Faddish phrases that annoy you.

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Ken B

#160
April 16, 2017, 03:57:01 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 16, 2017, 01:14:57 PM
If you object to euphemisms, the phrase should annoy you. But it is not faddish.  It was the usual usage when I was a kid fifty years ago, in Boston and Florida.
And everywhere English is spoken.  "Crossed over" is more annoying but also not recent.

Karl Henning

#161
April 16, 2017, 04:14:19 PM
If mere euphemisms annoy me, life will buffet me with frequent annoyance.

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André

#162
April 19, 2017, 05:24:04 AM
A buffet of annoyances !

bwv 1080

#163
April 19, 2017, 06:55:40 AM
basically, someone needs to curate a list of these phrases

Kontrapunctus

#164
April 19, 2017, 10:31:29 AM
"I have an ask." WTF? How about "I have a favor to ask"? or "Can you do me a favor?"

"Come with?" Why drop the "me"? Is that single syllable word too exhausting to utter?
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