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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AmericaI live on an island separated from the mainland by 3 miles of water. Islanders are liable to use one of several terms when they are going to the mainland:
True natives use "over town", e.g. "I'm going over town to the mall."
"The mainland" is both appropriate and acceptable, and preferred for clarity.
The phrase that makes me livid is "America", e.g. "I've got to go to America to renew my license". Or, "That movie is a new release, it's only playing in America".
First-off, it's not "America", a generality that includes a third of the globe. Secondly, even if. "America" wasn't hopelessly generic, it doesn't differentiate our island - we're still in America, you bint!
(, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 21:26, 2 replies)
yes but AHAi think what you meant to say was "a generality which includes a third of the globe's land mass"
(, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 21:55, closed)
I'm not fond of that word either...but for vastly differing reasons
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 7:41, closed)
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