Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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FYI....For your information. There I just typed it in it entirety. I didn’t collapse with exhaustion nor did I feel the need for a short nap part way through typing it. And I typed it, which you must agree with the exception of texting or label making is the most labour expensive method of communication. For that reason alone I can see no reason while speaking one would say F.Y.I when passing you a piece of paper with writing on it.
My other pet hate is 'heads up' with or without 'giving you' 'Just' or other wise. What does that phrase mean??? I had never heard it used anywhere else except on the football pitch prior my current work place. In my previous incarnation was as a civil servant so I am fluent in Jargonise but not even White Hall 'Just gave me a heads up'! Forgive me for 2 things. Firstly, stating the obvious but it sounds like the obscene act. Secondly, heads up where? So far up the MD's fundament I barely see the soles of your feet?
(, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 11:33, 1 reply)
MeaningThis little phrase has several meanings - an advance warning - being wide awake and alert - being the head of - a type is display screen.
Origin
Several of the meanings of this phrase allude to holding one's head up high and concentrating on what one is doing. Residents of the USA will have come across heads up as an advance warning. For example, 'The boss was coming. Jim gave us a heads up to get on with some work'.
(, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 15:14, closed)
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