Whatever happened to the future?

[Chitfaced]

Ha guesstimate, how did I miss that? We have an 'incubator' at work at the moment, which is basically where **** ideas go to die.

[FionaH]

The whole "it's been a journey" rubbish, favoured by celeb ice dancers !!!! Drives me crackers

[miffy]

I really hate the use of the word awesome, something that is truely awesome which would make you use the word appropriately might be an amazing view that takes your breath away not buy one get one free pizzas!!! Also everything thing is now upped, upcycle, upgrade, upsize what!!!!? There are so many american words coming into our language eg when I went to the garage the other day I was asked to 'pop the hood', I enquired if this was some slang for shooting a gangster!!

[Bren In Pots]

'Better than half price' why don't they say less than half price instead.

[miffy]

Buy one get one free!! Just give me one of them half price.

[Glutton4...]

guesstimate

Sorry, but that warrants another AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHH!!!!!!

[Hilary B]

Too many American versions of too many things. I've got nothing against the American language, until it stops people speaking ENGLISH!
Best illustration of the difference is imagining a man going out in 'vest and pants'...... (I am fond of this particular illustration)

[snohare]

"Action this..."
"110 per cent...."
Utter b****cks, if I hear this kind of nonsense I make a point of asking to hear a translation in English that actually communicates ! Happily the voluntary organisations that I work with tend to take the p...mickey out of jargon in a big way (buzzword bingo out loud works well ! ) and as volunteers are so difficult to browbeat our attitude tends to have a deterrent effect.
The occasional word with local meaning is fair enough, it's part of how language evolves - but if you are paid to communicate, by golly, you'd better do it well.

[Jeanied]

Now I am getting a bit annoyed with politicians who say 'what we have said is' in order to justify their policies. And as for those who claim to be 'relaxed' about some serious issues well...

[di]

'Better than half price' why don't they say less than half price instead.

Aaaah...but it depends on how you translate less than half price...less than half or less than half would be?

The one that gets me at the minute is grown adults using the term BFF...grow up!!!It's sweet from a child but grates on me when adults use it.

[Potstubsdustbins]

My favorite hate of the moment is the term `hero` applied to sportsmen etc.

Colin

[Snadger]

BRILLIANT ! How can something be brilliant? Someone can be brillliant but not an inanimate object?

[Flummery]

BRILLIANT ! How can something be brilliant? Someone can be brillliant but not an inanimate object?

Unless it's a light bulb?

[bobleponge]

Unlike Hilary, I have lots of things against the American language. Hearing kids talking about "license plates" does make me a bit cross.
Its even coming about in the land of the rising Frog, sacre bleu. I passed a group of "les yoofs" chatting just before I came back to work, all in French and there must have been a good dozen words, all American slang, that I heard in the brief snippet of the conversation I heard.
Languages evolve, foresooth I have no problems with that, but the English language is very slowly becoming a homogenized, bastardised version of that which creeps across the pond.


And breathe...

[Snadger]

Unless it's a light bulb?

Only when its switched on! Whats this brilliant white emulsion anyway? (An emulsion with a physics degree?)