Current Phrases You Can't Stand - Page 10

Quoth · 03-06-2020, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Probably got befuddled in translation - Chinese->German->Irish (Gaelic)->English

BR

There is no Irish text on Lidl products. Though NI sourced own brand have fake Ireland placenames in Ireland different to the Lidl own brands in UK.
Tesco also does a lot of fake English brands for their own stuff.
That's twice recently you've made bad and offensive jokes about Language abilities here. It's not funny.

Wetdogeared · 03-07-2020, 10:30 AM

Wealth management.

hobnail · 03-07-2020, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Wealth management.

More appropriately called peanuts management for those of us who aren't wealthy.

BetterRed · 03-19-2020, 06:47 PM

"Quantitative Easing" - bad

"Helicopter Money" - good

arjaybe · 03-19-2020, 06:55 PM

Have we done "at this point in time?" I particularly dislike "at this particular point in time." They could just say "now."

timebug · 03-20-2020, 04:57 AM

'I,Myself,Personally'..... What,all three of you?

arjaybe · 03-30-2020, 01:29 PM

"Epicenter," for anything besides an earthquake.

BetterRed · 03-30-2020, 06:37 PM

fiscal stimulus - Muppet speak for disaster relief

arjaybe · 04-20-2020, 03:34 PM

This day'n'age.

timebug · 05-01-2020, 01:09 PM

'R&B' when it means the modern pap that sounds like bland club singers squeezed through a tube,rather than the REAL R&B of the early Stones, Dr Feelgood, the Pretty THings etc!

DiapDealer · 05-02-2020, 01:25 PM

"In these uncertain times" and "we're all in this together."

The alpha and omega of every recent speech and commercial.

HLS · 05-02-2020, 02:14 PM

taters. its POTATOES!!!!

HLS · 05-02-2020, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

"In these uncertain times" and "we're all in this together."

The alpha and omega of every recent speech and commercial.

Yep. its all over Facebook and I hate it

william z · 05-02-2020, 02:55 PM

"New Normal," "We're all in this together," "Flattening the curve."

DiapDealer · 05-02-2020, 04:35 PM

Don't get me wrong. I agree with the sentiment. Just not the mass regurgitation of already overused catch-phrases. Life is not a trending twitter hashtag. If it's already been said enough, consider saying something else. Or maybe even nothing at all!

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03-07-2020, 10:30 AM	#137
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,781 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	Wealth management.

03-19-2020, 06:47 PM	#139
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,008 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	"Quantitative Easing" - bad "Helicopter Money" - good

03-19-2020, 06:55 PM	#140
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,074 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	Have we done "at this point in time?" I particularly dislike "at this particular point in time." They could just say "now."

03-20-2020, 04:57 AM	#141
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	'I,Myself,Personally'..... What,all three of you?

03-30-2020, 01:29 PM	#142
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,074 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	"Epicenter," for anything besides an earthquake.

03-30-2020, 06:37 PM	#143
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,008 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	fiscal stimulus - Muppet speak for disaster relief

04-20-2020, 03:34 PM	#144
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,074 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	This day'n'age.

05-01-2020, 01:09 PM	#145
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	'R&B' when it means the modern pap that sounds like bland club singers squeezed through a tube,rather than the REAL R&B of the early Stones, Dr Feelgood, the Pretty THings etc!

05-02-2020, 01:25 PM	#146
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,869 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	"In these uncertain times" and "we're all in this together." The alpha and omega of every recent speech and commercial.

05-02-2020, 02:14 PM	#147
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,134 Karma: 16342480 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	taters. its POTATOES!!!!

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05-02-2020, 02:55 PM	#149
william z Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 4622408 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: B.C., Canada Device: Kobo Touch	"New Normal," "We're all in this together," "Flattening the curve."

05-02-2020, 04:35 PM	#150
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,869 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Don't get me wrong. I agree with the sentiment. Just not the mass regurgitation of already overused catch-phrases. Life is not a trending twitter hashtag. If it's already been said enough, consider saying something else. Or maybe even nothing at all!