Yes, I agree.
goamules
Well-known
Damn right, I agree with that one. Especially starting out a thread title or paragraph that way. It just sounds flippant, whiny, or something:
"So, I just bought an xyz..." (So what?)
Have you noticed the new one used by commentators on the news (similar to the above) starting the past year is:
"Look, what the president needs is...."
You'll hear it 3 times on every news panel discussion. It's used to grab attention, act like you are summing up or about to say something important. That's fine. But "So, I need a nap..." is just whiny.
Sparrow
Veteran
"piss of" always makes me smile, it says so much about the author ....
one90guy
Well-known
I hate the word "Minty" on auction listings! Phew I feel better.
David
David
ian_watts
Ian Watts
"you'll have to prize it out of my cold dead hands".
"IQ"
"street" (as in "yeah, I like to shoot a bit of street")
"I could care less"
"fast glass"
"Canikon"
"IQ"
"street" (as in "yeah, I like to shoot a bit of street")
"I could care less"
"fast glass"
"Canikon"
Rodchenko
Olympian
Bokeh gets on my wick.
sreed2006
Well-known
"you'll have to prize it out of my cold dead hands".
...
The use of the word "prize" in place of "pry" also bothered me, a lot, until I looked it up in the dictionary. Your sentence shows a correct usage of the word "prize" even if it is irritating.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prize
tbhv55
Well-known
Yes, I don't understand why this is coming into common usage, since it, quite literally, conveys the opposite of the intended meaning.
Rodchenko
Olympian
'prise' would be better and less confusing.
Sejanus.Aelianus
Veteran
It's the "separated by a common language" thing yet again. I was taught prize and prise are words with different meanings. We'll soon by told that he "priced the gun out of his cold dead hands".
Hang on, I begin to see a profitable new method of gun control here...
:angel:
Sparrow
Veteran
... it's because couldn't requires using a possessive apostrophe which is beyond the predictive text function of handheld devices ... and many of their users
tbhv55
Well-known
I could imagine that the first part of your comment might possibly be true (rather than humorous), but I'd probably put money on the veracity of the second part...
ian_watts
Ian Watts
Yes, I agree. In fact, I'm not sure why I wrote "prize" because I certainly meant "prise". Maybe, I was subconsciously Americanising (or should that be Americanizing?
) the word because the phrase I was quoting is not one we use here in the UK.ian_watts
Ian Watts
Oh, another increasingly popular phrase I can't bear is doing something "in a heartbeat".:bang:
pdh
Established
"begs the question" does not mean "invites the question" or "the question must be asked"
"But, I digress." seems so self-conscious, and redundant...
ashfaque
Learning
Brainstorming, synergy, etc. - I dislike any sort of management speak. I work really hard not to use them whilst teaching my tutees and in my research papers. I occasionaly use the phrase "outside the box" though.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
'Giclée'
As though by using a sophisticated-sounding name could hide the fact that it's just an inkjet print.
"Squirt" would have been more descriptive
As though by using a sophisticated-sounding name could hide the fact that it's just an inkjet print.
"Squirt" would have been more descriptive
rumbliegeos
Well-known
In academia we don't have "discussions" anymore, we have "conversations", and we don't "think" about things, we "reflect" on them. And then there is the language of postmodernism.