hear or see the following:
“It’s for the sake of the Children”
“Lessons will be learnt”. (It should read: The fuckwit in charge, has been hanged sacked immediately).
No smoking.
“Drinkaware” on my booze. ( I’m perfectly aware how much I need to drink before I’m a gibbering wreck).
“It’s the right think to do”. (The head fuckwit politician’s favourite phrase).
“Darling, can you fix the……”(Enter disaster of your choice).
“Ring Ring” We’re just carrying out a short survey. (After twenty boring minutes you finally find out what they’re selling).
I could probably think of many more if I wanted to.
Please add your pet hates in the comments.
Fight the cuts.
ReplyDeleteNo platform to UKIP.
No privatisation of the NHS.
We're going to change the terms of membership.
Celebrating diversity.
Iconic.
Centre of excellence.
The Roma have been persecuted for centuries.
Black history month.
Islamophobia.
Homophobia.
Lad culture.
I apologise unreservedly.
I made a mistake with my expense claim.
The far right EDL.
Right wing blogger.
This one gets my teeth ratting,
ReplyDelete"Now you don't smoke anymore, when are you going to give up vaping?"
Well, I'm not!
The innocent have nothing to fear
ReplyDeleteWe need to have a debate about this
The debate is over.
ReplyDeleteGoing forward
"We apologise unreservedly to customers,"
ReplyDelete"Can I get....?"
ReplyDelete97 per cent of scientists . . . .
ReplyDeleteThe report is robust, peer-reviewed . . . .
The BBC has learned . . .
"Your call is important to us,,,, "
ReplyDeleteBut we're too tight to employ more answerers
Corporate buzzwords. All of them.
ReplyDeleteOur company has recently discovered buzzspeak and is loving it.
Leverage
Buy in
Leadership team
Values
Robust
Etc...
Raising Awareness
ReplyDeleteMoving forward.
ReplyDeleteHeads up
ReplyDeleteStep up to the plate
Huddle (informal meeting)
Ball park figure
Informed choices
End game
Vibrant
Diverse
Customers (when it should be 'passengers')
Issues (when it should be 'problems')
Healthy eating
Inappropriate
Unacceptable
No platform
Carbon footprint
Climate change
Noooooooooo more.
ReplyDeletedeficit? What deficit?
ReplyDeleteExperts have said...
ReplyDeleteSustainable development
We are an equal opportunities employer
Most smokers want to quit, and these bans help them
If smokers switched to e-cigs, it would save 5,000,000 lives a year
Actually, I could go on and on.
Contro-versy (Yankee mangling) instead of the perfectly fine English con-troversy
ReplyDeleteIt is right that...
ReplyDeleteProactive
Right wing
Left wing
Progressive
ReplyDeleteSocially liberal
(both of which tend to mean pretty much the exact opposite)