Addicting does exist and has been in the OED for decades. No-one ever uses it correctly and it has started to be treated as though it has the same meaning as addictive. It does not.
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mal 20,485 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Razz 'vehicle' should be pronounced 'vee-hickle'. There's an H there for a reason (see M*A*S*H)
@sharks re surely. I didn't even realise I was making a mistake. Cheers.
@cozeny And WTF does irregardless mean?Cubby didn't know how to turn off sigs!
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Login Industry 273 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI'll see your 'Addicting" and raise you a "Standart" and "Serie".
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FWB 39,088 posts
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Registered 11 years agoVehicle doesn't have to have the "h". In fact pronouncing it is less common than not pronouncing it. Both are okay though. -
mal 20,485 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFWB wrote:
Shush now. The 'vee' is the important part anyway, and should be pronounced as long as possible (without sounding silly of course)
Vehicle doesn't have to have the "h". In fact pronouncing it is less common than not pronouncing it. Both are okay though.Cubby didn't know how to turn off sigs!
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FWB 39,088 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYou mean /i:/? -
Login Industry 273 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOh yes, I almost forgot one.
The word.
That terrible word.
That most overused word, which has been bent out of all shape from its original meaning. So bent in fact, it doesn't need a mirror to see up its own arse.
You know the one I'm talking about.
Gentlemen, I present to you...
"Awesome"
End of argument.
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Sharks 5,135 posts
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Registered 4 years agomal wrote:
Think of it this way. If you're going to say 'sure' where you might otherwise say 'certainly', you're making a mistake. That's how I keep myself from slipping up. And 'surely' sounds much nicer too.
@sharks re surely. I didn't even realise I was making a mistake. Cheers. -
FWB 39,088 posts
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Registered 11 years agoLogin: Yeah, it is pretty awful, but I am guilty of using it. Still with me from my time over there. Still I pronounce it the British way which is a not as bad. -
Sharks 5,135 posts
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Registered 4 years agomal wrote:
It means the same thing as regardless, and that's why it's a horrible word. It doesn't make sense. I can sort of understand it, it sounds more emphatic than regardless, but I still couldn't forgive anyone who dares to use it.
@cozeny And WTF does irregardless mean?
@Login Industry: Couldn't disagree more, I love awesome and I love America for popularising usage of it in everyday speech! Aweeeeeesome! -
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man-of-steel 21 posts
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Registered 4 years ago"Glorious" and "stunning" and all other adjectives that SKY use to promote HD -
Genji 19,691 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI really hate the word "LARP", actually. -
Tonka 18,144 posts
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Registered 9 years agotransparency and transparent in the way they are used lately.
"We aim to have a completely transparent government" etc.If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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Genji 19,691 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI'm fairly sure they've been used like that for quite some time, though. And imo it's easy to see what they mean by that, even if it is just a pipe dream. -
Fab4 5,297 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI cringe when I hear the word 'clutter'. No idea why. -
Tonka 18,144 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGenji wrote:
It's more the fact that it has gone from something relevant, transparent government, to just another worn out buzz word.
I'm fairly sure they've been used like that for quite some time, though. And imo it's easy to see what they mean by that, even if it is just a pipe dream.
"Our transparency is our strength"
"OK, how much does product X really cost?"
"Euuhhmmmrr..."
"Every corporation needs to be fully transparent in today's media landscape!"
"In what way are Apple transparent? Or Nintendo? Or Google?"
"AHA! Google have this transparency page! Got you!"
"How does their search algorithm work?"
"Eeuuuuhmmm...."
But I guess any word makes this journey. See eco-system.
"MS have created their own eco-system with XBOX-live and Zune!"
"The smart phone slots nicely into the eco-system of the office IT blah blah blah"If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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Cadence 1,527 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI work in the civil service. I'm not sure this is something that happens outside the civil service, but almost everyone, without exception, will say "around" instead of the word "about". It fucks me off no end. -
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Genji 19,691 posts
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Registered 8 years agoCadence wrote:
What if they say "around about"?
I work in the civil service. I'm not sure this is something that happens outside the civil service, but almost everyone, without exception, will say "around" instead of the word "about". It fucks me off no end. -
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Registered 10 years agoGenji wrote:
Then you kill them under 'Unnecessarily Vague Speech Directive 66782/1b'Cadence wrote:
What if they say "around about"?
I work in the civil service. I'm not sure this is something that happens outside the civil service, but almost everyone, without exception, will say "around" instead of the word "about". It fucks me off no end. -
Cadence 1,527 posts
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Registered 7 years agoExactly. -
King_Edward 9,315 posts
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Registered 3 years agoRhinoplasty. Makes me rub my nose. -
mrpon 24,033 posts
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Registered 6 years agoMy GPS says "round about" for roundabout. Was amusing for a while, then got on my tits. At least I don't live in Milton Keynes.
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Registered 3 years agoCadence wrote:
I work in the civil service. I'm not sure this is something that happens outside the civil service, but almost everyone, without exception, will say "around" instead of the word "about". It fucks me off no end.
Big time. I have particular hate for the phrase, "we need to have conversations around....", seems to come up in every bloody meeting I go to. -
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Registered 4 years agoI hate the phrase "The Big Society". Aside from the fact that it grates to see the tories reanimating a corpse killed by their beloved Führer, it pains me to have to rewrite all my work's funding bids in light of it.
mrpon wrote:
I don't like TomTom, it lies to me about wildlife. Keeps going on about a bear on the left or right, but I never see them
My GPS says "round about" for roundabout. Was amusing for a while, then got on my tits. At least I don't live in Milton Keynes.
[Yes, if I lived there why would I need GPS etc.. blah blah]
Fire up the Cobra!
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Local, did you hear the Eddie Izzard voice package for TomTom? "Bear left, monkey right".
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