Hated Phrases

[parklifeclothes]

IKWYM



(BTW, the word you're after is acronym )

What????????

[parklifeclothes]

Another hate is,

'honest'

Why do people say it??

And I meant to prefer a load of bulls**t

[Jan]

I don't know about the rest of you but each of those phrases makes me think about someone who uses them a lot (not the same person though I have to say), I cringe when I read them but then smile.

Regards,

[TraceyHand]

What????????

ner ner
serves you right

just google it
I think that's the worldwide equivalent of....STFF!

[TraceyHand]

Certainly I use a few of these!
I think a lot depends on who the phrase in question comes from and in what context though.
Pretty much anything said by someone who you have negative vibes for will be annoying, IMNSHO (threw that one in for Darron )

Friends could say anything and it'd be unlikely to annoy me...REAL friends anyway

*thinks the beer may have been a bad idea today*

[Kirk]

I really hate it when I quote a price and the potential customer says -

"Is that the best you can do?" (No, I rarely do my best)
or
"What's MY price?" (You and I are such good friends I don't even know your name?)

[Donna]

I detest the phrase "China Price"
Its always some prick who wants only 3 of something really tiny.
(well thats all they're used too!)

[guccij]

Not a hated phrase, but one which has just made me laugh out loud: punter is visiting website right now. He (she?) got there by using the search words "how to use an eye mask" . I mean, how stupid can you get???

I am so tempted to use the chat back facility and ask them, a la Gordon Ramsay, to get the feck outta my website.

[Tricky]

I love the conversation where somebody says their going on holiday, and somebody always says "where, somewhere nice?"

No, I always book up to go somewhere really crap !

Was chatting to my Mum who's 63 on Skype today and she came out with 'Whatever!!' Had to remind her she's not in her teens.

[Darren B]

Hmmmm Loads really and i use them all its called English, but seriously

Chop chop
Give Me Your Best Price
I have a Big Job To Do Next Week, But I Only Want That For Now
I Was Just About To do That

the Worst For Me Is
Billio

WTF

[jont]

We can complete this whole thread by copying a transcript of "The Apprentice" on here!!

Window of opportunity
Solutions

I love it when we get marketing companies on the phone using really nasty phrases and marketing-babble (they use it to hide their ignorance and sound more important) .... I fight back and make words up when describing products and get them to use the word back to me

[Duncan Rounding]

I hate the use of the word 'revert'; such as 'I will discuss this with so-and-so and revert'

[Cheapprices4u]

heres one

when on a training course they call it an "overview" if there clueless and got dumped in the deep end and dont know what there talking about

[chris ashdown]

I detest the phrase "China Price"
Its always some prick who wants only 3 of something really tiny.
(well thats all they're used too!)

Hi Donna

Never heard of "China Price" what does it mean?

[acompton]

You know how it is: you've been hungry for hours, you've just got your food and you're tucking in happily when this cheery voice interrupts with:
"Is everything OK with your meals?"