SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 The word 'Guesstimate'EEEESH!Just had another one just now.Sales Manager of quite an imporatnt vendor: Morning Steve. How's your diary fixed for this week?Me: I've got a slot available on Thursday afternoon.What I felt like saying was 'The binding of my diary is intact and doesn't require to be repaired.' But if I said that the sarcasm would have been lost as the man in question has no concept of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Lets all moan at the flexibility of the English language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I loathe that one. Really grates on my nerves too.I must confess my guilt using this one. I even say it at work but as an alternative to admitting any mistakesEven the use of 'like' used as punctuation in speach makes me want to rip the offendor's tongue out and bitch-slap them with it.Two of my hated phrases/sayings are:To die for - the only time I've tolerated this on is when it was used as a title for a Nicole Kidman filmIt/they are so more-ish - Just stop! Say 'fine' or 'nice' as an acceptable alternative. Saying that something is 'more-ish' implies that the perpetrator cannot exercise any self-control and is quite content to stuff their fat fucking face with fine delicacies.Moreish isn't a new expression, according to the OED its first use in print is in JOnathan Swift in 1738. It means something totally different to nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Lets all moan at the flexibility of the English languageThis thread isn't about the flexibility or the inflexibility of the English language. It's about sayings or colloquialisms that people find annoying and loathsome.Slang is acceptable in almost every occasion, but for something as twee and insipid to be said, that has neither significance nor relevance to the sensibilities of the more articulate, enrages us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Moreish isn't a new expression, according to the OED its first use in print is in JOnathan Swift in 1738. It means something totally different to nice.moreishmorishadj (Eng)1. colloqSaid especially of a food: so tasty, delicious, etc that one wants to keep eating more of it.Etymology: 18c.Still amounts to nice in my estimation:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 moreishmorishadj (Eng)1. colloqSaid especially of a food: so tasty, delicious, etc that one wants to keep eating more of it.Etymology: 18c.Still amounts to nice in my estimation:up:Something tyhat is moreish is also nice, but nice and moreish don't mean the same thing. Snow is cold but cold is not an acceptable alternative word for snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Something tyhat is moreish is also nice, but nice and moreish don't mean the same thing. Snow is cold but cold is not an acceptable alternative word for snow.Well how about REALLY nice? Or nicer than a nice thing covered in nice on national nice day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Well how about REALLY nice? Or nicer than a nice thing covered in nice on national nice day?Well you can have a nice day but you can't have a moreish one can you. M<oreish means something very specific. Jaffa cakes can be moreish, cocaine is moreish, ice cream less so. When yo've finished a cornet you rarely want another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Well you can have a nice day but you can't have a moreish one can you. M<oreish means something very specific. Jaffa cakes can be moreish, cocaine is moreish, ice cream less so. When yo've finished a cornet you rarely want another.I still maintain that moreish gets on my tits no matter how fanciful it's put or defined. As I said earlier:Saying that something is 'more-ish' implies that the perpetrator cannot exercise any self-control and is quite content to stuff their fat fucking face with fine delicacies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Well you can have a nice day but you can't have a moreish one can you. M<oreish means something very specific. Jaffa cakes can be moreish, cocaine is moreish, ice cream less so. When yo've finished a cornet you rarely want another.Haha! "I say Ruddiger, this crack coccaine is awfully more-ish, what." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Haha! "I say Ruddiger, this crack coccaine is awfully more-ish, what."There's a sketch in the Mitchell & Webb Situation with two junkies mainlining heroin.Female: Now that's my last. Take it away.Male (sharing her needle): Go on have some more.Female: It is rather moreish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Cocaine doesn'tt make you fat, that's for certain Steve.That Mitchell and Webb line reminds me of a similar one in Peep Show where SuperHans at the wedding quips "that crack is really moreish." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Cocaine doesn'tt make you fat, that's for certain Steve.That Mitchell and Webb line reminds me of a similar one in Peep Show where SuperHans at the wedding quips "that crack is really moreish."Very true. Especially when it's been cut with powdered guar gum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 That was where I'd heard it before! Superhans... I'm sorry I plagiarised you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I met the guy that plays Superhans a while back and the first thing he asked me was if I had any charlie on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Crunchy Nut... very expensive as I recall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_matter Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'm guilty of using the word, "like" too much. I find that I'm worse for it when typing rather than in actual speach.I've become bad for using the phrase, "mate" too much now - something that I, myself find irritating when used in slang. It's bled out from an in-joke that I have with my boyfriend and some friends. I've found myself uttering the phrase, "alright, m'mate" and, "c'mon, mate" with regularity. *hangs head*.I'm in the exact same boat as you there, and I feel like a right tit sometimes for it!I also say "here" before everything but normally when i'm annoyed.exampleHere....shut your fucking face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I remember being given into trouble about 15 years ago for saying like after every sentence, hardly new, like.I think there's a difference between the "Aberdeen" way of using "like" eg "Yon boy wis a right bam, like." and the, like, totally Valley Girl, way of, like, speaking that's now so prevalent, you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 "and I was so like...."- Used by teenagers, why do they have to overuse the word "like"?The full version:"So, I was, like 'You gonna trap my mate?' And he was, like, 'Nuh', and I was, like, 'Oh my God!' Overheard that verbatim on the bus about 6 months ago, still raises a smile.Anyone who uses the word "brunch" deserves a slow and painful death.Other hates:"It's got to the stage where............""Moreish", good call on that one.And I also hate it when people point out how drunk you were last night. Yeah, that was the idea, you mug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big D Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Wow, you guys would hate me *he too hangs his head*. I definitely use mate and banter too much (but not completely nonsensical use of banter where it acts as a sentance on its own).I do know a girl who says "lol". How annoying (am I allowed peeving?) is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Wow, you guys would hate me *he too hangs his head*. I definitely use mate and banter too much (but not completely nonsensical use of banter where it acts as a sentance on its own).I do know a girl who says "lol". How annoying (am I allowed peeving?) is that?Your banter certainly isn't more-ish like! Lol! How peeving. I get this, mainly in work related e-mails:"Further to our telecon...."ewwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 The one:"Alright, hows it going?"They ask the question then walk on by without recieving the answer. Just say "Hello" you weeping anuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onlynik Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 I use this alot, as it is much better at describing my signifacnt other than just a girlfriend, and I won't call us poor people or from bad stock.But why not just call her "your girlfriend"? It is like a new status. Friend, Girlfriend, Partner, Wife.Yep its a new satus, its more than just a girlfeind, but we're not married yet, so to give her an elavation in status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeromiserY Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 I use this alot, as it is much better at describing my signifacnt other than just a girlfriend, and I won't call us poor people or from bad stock.But why not just call her "your girlfriend"? It is like a new status. Friend, Girlfriend, Partner, Wife.would "me and the bitch" suit better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 my girlfriend says "kinda thing" at the end of 99% of her sentences. ITS SO FUCKING ANNOYING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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