
A first world problem perhaps, but the persistent use of certain words and expressions continues to drive me up the wall.
Politicians are bad for this; remember good ol’ Gordon Brown and his ‘hard-working families’? Well what about Local Government Secretary Steven Reed letting us know recently that the government is ‘minded’ to delay some mayoral elections until 2028? ‘Minded’ for fuck’s sake? This sounds like politico Newspeak from the 90s. I’m surprised the cunt didn’t say that there’s an ‘overarching’ need for the delay. Let me be clear on this; moving forward, it’s not a good look. The optics are awful.
Another bastard is when there’s some awful incident which leaves people in a bad way. I wish they’d just report that victims are in a serious or critical condition, but no; we always get the stupidly melodramatic ‘fighting for their lives’. Then when some figure who’s in the public eye pops their clogs, inevitably, ‘tributes pour in’. Really? To where, exactly? Oh, and when anybody has to say sorry for anything, the apology, we’re told, is always a ‘grovelling apology’.
Has anybody ever patronised you by promising to consider your point of view, when you know they couldn’t give a fuck? Maybe you’ve been at a work meeting or something when some HR pencilneck promised to ‘take that on board’, but of course you know they’ll forget it as soon as they’re out the door. I ‘literally’ used to die at that one. And I’ll bet that anyone reading this has at some point heard ‘no offence but…’. Yep, that person’s about to tell you that you’re a cunt.
Oh lord, fucking Americanisms. I loathe them, my bad. Come on dudes, I’m sure you can step up to the plate on this one. Get going already you guys. Turn a few nouns into verbs while you’re at it; wonder if there’s any chance that England might be able to medal at the next World Cup? We could work this up into a whole season.
So, so there you go. Let’s hear your own pet hate words and expressions. It’s deliverable. Be empowered by IsAC; it’s open 24/7, just reach out. Unpack it. Touch base. And merry Chrimbo while you’re at it. Amazeballs.
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Nominated by Ron Knee.