Phrases that like really bug us all, basically

The Telegraph ^ | 5/29/2007 | Johanna Leggatt

[bruinbirdman]

"Synergy ( also called TQMS ) The use of such to reorganize a company to get rid of the deadwood, usually producing the exact opposite result."

"downsize"

yitbos

[bruinbirdman]

"Oh, and how about "the problem being is ...""

"Being that . . . "

yitbos

[Xenalyte]

What you said, FRiend.

One of my current peeves is “foundational.” I’m also not fond of “societal” and cannot find any reason to judge “coronate” a verb.

[Xenalyte]

There’s a difference in quality.

“Irregardless” is not a word.

“Nukular” is a word, just a wrongly pronounced one.

[bruinbirdman]

"I hear especially from authorities being interviewed."

"unnamed sources"

yitbos

[altura]

That reminds me... I love it when football players being interviewed claim to be an ‘intricate’ part of the team.

[Petronski]

Okay, so what does “yitbos” mean?

Yell If The Beer's On Sale!

[bruinbirdman]

"This is slightly off topic but I hear a definite shift going on in how the soft j as in just or ginger is being pronounced. It seems to be moving forward in the mouth so that it comes our dzust and dzinger. Anyone else hearing that?"

How did "tour" (too r) become "tore" as in "torist"?

Niger (American pronunciation) is now Neejer (French and Nigerian pronunciation). The media tried to start using Mexican pronunciations of California cities, San Paydroh (Mexican) for San Peedroh (American), Mejico for Mexico. It didn't go over well.

yitbos

[Xenalyte]

Point of order . . . we are all “one race” because that’s the way we started.

“Human” is our race.

Our ethnic and geographic backgrounds might differ, but not our races.

Me, I don’t give a flying damn what La Raza says. If it wants to separate itself from the human race, that’s its lookout.

[bruinbirdman]

""Learners" instead of students."

"client"

yitbos

[3catsanadog]

Closure.

[IslandJeff]

“almost without exception”

[Ditter]

LOL! I had forgotten that one. Don’t the weather channel idiots love to say “hunker down”.

[Red Boots]

In Alabama the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all."

LOL !

[in the Arena]

the incorporation of Americanisms into everyday speech

LOL..what a wanker...

[-YYZ-]

I’ve never been quite clear on that. Does that mean you can use “y’all” when addressing a single person? If so, it’s no improvement at all in terms of clarity over just plain “you”. I don’t know, off hand, if any language has a pronoun or word ending (for agultinative languages like Hungarian) than distinguishes between addressing a single person and a group.

Well, I just checked with my Hungarian co-worker and, yes, there is a clear difference between addressing a single person and a group.

[Xenalyte]

Lexus radio commercials are the epitome of precious, priggish snotty-speak.

Any commercial that uses “purchase” instead of “buy” steers me clear of its product.

[3catsanadog]

Some people drop “basically” about 3 - 4 times in every sentence.

[Tokra]

What has been driving me crazy over the last few years is the disappearance of the word "Yes" as an answer.

No one says "yes" anymore - they say "absolutely".

Watch an interview sometime, when the interviewer asks something like, "Did you find it hard to write your book while working full time?"

"Absolutely"

Or "Did you check out the new mall?

"Absolutely!"

Does EVERYONE say this nowdays?

"Absolutely"

[Xenalyte]

Another point of order: here in the South, we do not say “you all.” That’s two words.

We say “y’all,” pronounced “yawl.” We MEAN “you all,” but we don’t feel like saying all that. ;)