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gracesmum Sat 17-Nov-12 20:31:16

angryIf I had a fiver (even £1) for every time someone on TV gushes this over-used word, I could afford to give up my pension! Do you remember Zara Phillips at the Sports Personality of The Year Awards? It's been downhill ever since. I lost count this evening on Strictly, but pleeeease somebody use another adjective!!!
Is there another word which has the same effect on you?

julika Thu 28-Feb-13 12:45:45

"To be honest with you" or "I am not entirely sure" - used by quiz contestants when clearly they haven't the foggiest.

Maniac Wed 27-Feb-13 16:11:01

If a fine of £1 was imposed on all interviewers and interviewees who use the phrase 'kind of' 'sort of' or even 'kind of like' more than once in their interview a lot of cash could be raised for 'Comic Relief'

Goose Tue 26-Feb-13 18:04:33

I can't stand people - no, it's always women who 'juggle their lives' doing something or other - what are they some sort of circus performershmm

soop Tue 26-Feb-13 16:42:46

Well said, jings

j08 Tue 26-Feb-13 16:11:13

Oh no! It's more about acceptance isn't it? Sadness goes on.

Eloethan Tue 26-Feb-13 15:37:11

"Closure" - especially when used after a tragic death. Implies there's a point at which sadness is entirely erased.

annodomini Thu 29-Nov-12 15:25:50

Ed Milliband, at the end of a refreshingly cliché-free speech, spoiled it by referring to the 'last chance saloon'. Oh dear!

annodomini Thu 29-Nov-12 15:13:34

Just heard David Cameron using 'step change'. Is this the same as a 'sea change'. Oh, and he's also spoken about 'crossing the Rubicon'.

Wheniwasyourage Thu 29-Nov-12 14:20:42

What about "iconic" which drives me to fits of gibbering?

mrsmopp Wed 28-Nov-12 19:38:36

Politicians always say:

"Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again ........."

Ana Wed 28-Nov-12 18:53:58

'Look...' prefaces nearly every answer a politician gives to a question in a tv interview.

joannapiano Wed 28-Nov-12 18:51:49

People being interviewed on TV answer 'absolutely' instead of plain old 'yes',constantly.

mrsmopp Tue 27-Nov-12 20:15:20

Ah we'll, at the end of the day.........
It's night.

absentgrana Tue 27-Nov-12 08:58:59

I hate "draw a line in the sand". What a pointless thing to do unless the sea that the sand is bordering is non-tidal.

Deedaa Mon 26-Nov-12 22:21:21

Generally the more Z List the celebrity the more often the dreaded Journey is dragged up. Some of them could have travelled several times round the world with the amount of Journeying recording one album has required! The minute someone talks about lessons being learned you know they never will be and the latest disaster will be glossed over and forgotten.
The one I'm really hating at the moment is Moving Forward which is shoved into any statement, whether it makes any sense or not.

york46 Mon 26-Nov-12 20:55:53

Blue sky thinking! (I've no idea what that means)

Anne58 Mon 26-Nov-12 13:49:58

To "spend more time with their family", no doubt! grin

absentgrana Mon 26-Nov-12 08:44:14

Perhaps those who wish to avoid falling on their sword or their heads rolling – although probably not the golden handshake or golden goodbye – should step aside.

NfkDumpling Sun 25-Nov-12 22:45:09

Lessons will be learned.

annodomini Sun 25-Nov-12 20:43:30

Great mixture of metaphors, isn't it? Heads rolling, golden handshakes and falling on swords! What next?

Ana Sun 25-Nov-12 20:33:30

What a picture that conjures up, anno! grin But I agree, the majority of them walk away amply rewarded for 'falling on their sword'....

annodomini Sun 25-Nov-12 20:14:16

"Heads will roll" - maybe, but if they do they roll with a nice golden handshake.

NfkDumpling Sun 25-Nov-12 20:05:54

"Up coming" I hate, and "grow" used instead of increase. But most of all - "lessons will be learned", but they never are. Grrrr!

absentgrana Sun 25-Nov-12 17:24:00

This morning a chap being interviewed on Breakfast about the floods talked about "as the days move forward". He also managed to come up with "no two floods are different" which I think is the exact opposite of what he meant to say.

gracesmum Sun 25-Nov-12 16:37:25

Oh and "passion" - often in the same sentence as "journey" and like finger nails on a blackboard!