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Words and phrases that are sooooo over

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Were all guilty of using tired old one liners and old phrases that have since been declared well and truly past it, some of us are also guilty of doing the same thing with phrases that havent yet been declared dead, but should be tossed into a box at the bottom of the ocean...Case and point
"Blatantly" "Blates" or "Blatant"
I'm not sure where this comes from but its disgusting. It sounds awful and when it comes from the mouth of someone who isnt just a poster boy for the chav generation its even worse. You used to be able to use these words (excluding "Blates") in everyday conversation and not seem like your waiting in line with a bottle of white lightning at asda, but sadly nowadays you cant.
"You're a Legend"
Elvis was a Legend. Maybe a few of the great pioneers who have given us things we now rely on could be also be called legends. Not the guy who’s just downed 17 pints of Stella and is now setting fire to his Reeboks.
"I'm such a keeno"
I remember when i finaly emegerged back into the nightlife hearing this phrase used everywhere and having no idea what it meant because it had appeared in my absense. It means what it sounds like, a "keeno" is someone who is keen....I've been hearing this more and more often, i'm worried it might just be the next "Blatently"
Can anyone else think of anything thay they have heard or they themselves said that they would like to see written on a piece of paper and tossed into the nearest fire?
Weapons of Mass Destruction
"Talk to the hand" / "Whatever!"
Never said it myself but I cringe whenever I hear it.
Move on
Closure
Emotional roller coaster
Journey (in the figurative sense, for a process of change)
In the lifestyle
bovvered
radical
random
the 'scene'
clients
service users
significant other
Off the top of my head but thrers gotta be millions
Vanillas
Team player
Technical area
Mindset
Not rocket science
"End of" .. although I am guilty of this myself. redface
"Clearly" ... massive over-use of this just on this site alone.
"Whatever" ... goes without saying
"Your loss" ... nope, its yours.
"No-brainer" ... americanisms annoy me
There are lots more, I'm sure I'll be back later! wink
Keep you posted
Another vote for 'client'
Run that by him/them
Re "I'm phoning re the situation with etc etc"
Etc etc
Sort my shit out (My daughter says I'm too old to say that)
There in 5
I will be enormously grateful when anything which can be said is not started with the expression 'yeah/no !'........ rolleyes
Nail the jelly to the cieling (ie an impossible task)
Close of play
Continuous improvment
Lean enterprise or manufacturing
Quote by goose35
Nail the jelly to the cieling

:laughabove: cant say ive ever heard that before Goose (and sure you meant ceiling)
an impossible task? I like a challenge me!
would help if i knew what it meant though redface :giggle:
whatever!!!! when the kids just have to have the last word
that soooo (sorry somkoi redface ) drives me crazy mad :x :x
"Thank you"
"Please"
"Your Welcome"
don't hear these that much anymore!
I hate the word 'basically' when used to place emphasis's the most mundane point of any conversation...
For example... "...basically he said to me..."
What really hacked me off was when those dumdum news reporters on TV also used the in their broadcasts mad
I'm all for seeking alternative words in normal conversations but when a word gets churned out in every possible context my teef start to itch! confused
Finishing sentences with "You know what I mean?"
rolleyes
Quote by Dlep
Finishing sentences with "You know what I mean?"
rolleyes

:thumbup:
innit
aint
stuttering the word 'yeah' two or three times in every sentance!
Step back everybody!!
I'm simmering now! mad :x :x
:giggle:
''I'm not being funny..but''
Quote by redpantherman
stuttering the word 'yeah' two or three times in every sentance!
Step back everybody!!
I'm simmering now! mad :x :x
:giggle:

mmmmmmm rpm simmering ... wanna simmer over me yeah? well do ya yeah?
bolt
'To be honest'...........
Does this mean that everything else you say is a lie?
rolleyes
Not so much a phrase but a way of speaking?
Where every sentence goes up at the end?
No matter what the meaning is?
Making it sound like a question when it isn't?
That makes me want to scream?
Quote by Cherrytree
Not so much a phrase but a way of speaking?
Where every sentence goes up at the end?
No matter what the meaning is?
Making it sound like a question when it isn't?
That makes me want to scream?

Sort of like a Dalek, but without the questioning tone of voice. :P
Most overused phrase in Wales:
(at the start of a sentence) " What it is right..."
:taz: :taz:
Finishing a sentence with "Hun or "Babe"...i hate them!
Quote by Cherrytree
Not so much a phrase but a way of speaking?
Where every sentence goes up at the end?
No matter what the meaning is?
Making it sound like a question when it isn't?
That makes me want to scream?

The intonation......The American's do that all the time....rolleyes
Quote by Drewxcore
"Blatantly" "Blates" or "Blatant"
I'm not sure where this comes from but its disgusting. It sounds awful and when it comes from the mouth of someone who isnt just a poster boy for the chav generation its even worse. You used to be able to use these words (excluding "Blates") in everyday conversation and not seem like your waiting in line with a bottle of white lightning at asda, but sadly nowadays you cant.

Why can't you? That is blatantly wordist and I protest in a belligerently blatant manner!
FFS you lot - judging by the above ^^^^^^^^^^ (OK I know that's tautology!) I'll have to stop talking soon!
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