[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Eric the meek]

'It is what it is'.

What does that mean? Just accept it as it can't be changed? Why can't we change it? How do you know it can't be changed? Have you tried to change it?

 

[clapham_gull]

Stakeholder, Reach Out, "Comms", "Piece", "Comms Piece", Narrative, Vendor, Content, "Singing From The Same Hymn Sheet", "Can't boil the ocean", "Can't fix the past", "Metrics", "KPI", "Show and Tell", "Deck"

 

[BN9 BHA]

Stakeholder, Reach Out, "Comms", "Piece", "Comms Piece", Narrative, Vendor, Content, "Singing From The Same Hymn Sheet", "Can't boil the ocean", "Can't fix the past", "Metrics", "KPI", "Show and Tell", "Deck"

Show and tell, something kids do at school aged 5.
Not heard of a few you have mentioned.

 

[FamilyGuy]

"Pop" as in "Pop into town", "Pop this into your mouth", "Pop along and see Mildred" (nothing against Mildred's per se you understand)

 

[clapham_gull]

Show and tell, something kids do at school aged 5.
Not heard of a few you have mentioned.

Lucky you

 

[Easy 10]

'It is what it is'.

What does that mean? Just accept it as it can't be changed? Why can't we change it? How do you know it can't be changed? Have you tried to change it?

You must love GP interviews then. Its his go-to (preceded with a little shrug and a suck of the teeth).

"So Graham, no goals in the last 3 games in open play, no wins, and Liverpool at the weekend. How do you build for that ?"

Hsssshhhh...it is what it is

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Most of the bitcoin ones..

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[Is it PotG?]

Toodle pip.

This is 2021.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Most of the bitcoin ones..

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Can you just? Or while you’re here.
Do you ever hear this when you are working? As in can you just look at my taps?…..when you have gone to do another job.

 

[GT49er]

'It is what it is'.

What does that mean? Just accept it as it can't be changed? Why can't we change it? How do you know it can't be changed? Have you tried to change it?

If you can change it, and do so, then it won't be what it is any more. But just at the moment, whether changeable or not, it is... errm . what it is!

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Can you just? Or while you’re here.
Do you ever hear this when you are working? As in can you just look at my taps?…..when you have gone to do another job.

There is one more thing..
Whilst you're here..

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[LamieRobertson]

Plus VAT

 

[Eric the meek]

You must love GP interviews then. Its his go-to (preceded with a little shrug and a suck of the teeth).

"So Graham, no goals in the last 3 games in open play, no wins, and Liverpool at the weekend. How do you build for that ?"

Hsssshhhh...it is what it is

Yes, you're right. A GP interview is what it is (not all that revealing), but it also isn't what it isn't (revealing). I suppose we can't expect a lot else really.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

‘Get Go’ ffs

 

[clapham_gull]

"Action" as verb, "Optics", "Engagement"

 

[OzMike]

Not a phrase, just when people go up an octave when saying the last word which makes every sentance sound like a question.
They do it all the time here and it is annoying.

 

[Eric the meek]

'I'll just double check that for you'

Why? Are you going to check it twice then? If you check it properly the first time, you won't have to check it twice will you?

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

"Lessons learned" - this normally gets fired off by the PR department when there has been a massive f*** up / embarrassing press story / etc to attempt to somehow get the company off the hook. It's become such a cliché and normally within a year or so a similar event occurs again proving the exact opposite.

 

[Insel affe]

"I will be with you in a second"



five minutes later, your still waiting.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

'Re-double' as in 're-doubling our efforts'. Almost meaningless in that it's impossible to quantify. Popular with certain politicians who want to appear to be on the case. Trust no-one who uses this term. (Unless they are playing contract bridge, where the term has a precise meaning.)