I keep meaning to offload the fact that the latest over-used phrase that I find as irritating as the 2 second repeating video clips that some people here use as header photos is 'any way, shape or form'.
"Honestly!!" I call a lot of that crap "Sprach-Bazillen" - "Bacillus of speech" (my creation). As to "anyway, shape or form" I do not even understand it. (sent as a min-reply on my way to the gym, just to shape and form...)
Poor Tom , my current pet peeve, given we are coming up for an election, is "..the fact that..." when it is not followed by an actual fact. But when you do it in a mini rant, it is endearing!
Yes, so many qualifying phrases mean the exact opposite! Methinks the speaker often is hoping that we will just buy into it. And sadly so often this tactic works.
I mean, what is the difference between shape and form in any case? Kinell.
ReplyDeleteAnd the are usually lying.
ReplyDeleteI stop thinking about it as soon as those words.
DeleteAbout a year ago Lady Magnon used the phrase 'at the end of the day'; everybody gasped in horror. She hasn't used it since.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, ghastly! The only answer is "You go to bed."
DeleteI bet she was as sick as a parrot.
DeleteI hate the phrase "..110 percent.." Oh, and also "..to tell you the truth..".
ReplyDeleteI hate 120 percent, 10 percent more.
Delete"Honestly!!" I call a lot of that crap "Sprach-Bazillen" - "Bacillus of speech" (my creation). As to "anyway, shape or form" I do not even understand it. (sent as a min-reply on my way to the gym, just to shape and form...)
ReplyDelete'To be honest...' is popular here.
DeleteI think you are ready for a holiday.
ReplyDeleteYes, but I can hold out for a year or so if needed. I am good at going blank.
DeletePoor Tom , my current pet peeve, given we are coming up for an election, is "..the fact that..." when it is not followed by an actual fact. But when you do it in a mini rant, it is endearing!
ReplyDeleteHere, obfuscation is usually prefixed with, 'I am very clear that...'
DeleteYes, so many qualifying phrases mean the exact opposite! Methinks the speaker often is hoping that we will just buy into it. And sadly so often this tactic works.
DeleteThe bigger the lie....
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