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Marketing 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

(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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I use the word
'excellent' far too often along with 'great stuff' and I wish I didn't but I can't help it, it just pops out.

Someone: "We'll send an engineer round tomorrow afternoon"
Me: "Right, excellent"
Someone: "Thanks for calling"
Me: "Great stuff, thanks, bye"

I'm trying to get out of the habit of saying "I aren't" when I ought to say "I'm not".
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 0:22, 6 replies)

Mine is "ideal" - hate myself every time I hear myself saying it.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 4:08, closed)
I aren't
Simple solution - the Scots way:

I amn't.

It's also used as in, "I'm going to lose my money on that horse, amn't I?"

Regional variations include 'amnae'.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 8:20, closed)
ahaha
Yes, I too have fallen foul of this. I said to my mate's sister once "He's inebriated and I aren't", clearly proving what a twat I was.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 9:45, closed)
I'm trying to use the word "Rather!" as agreement more in conversation.
"Bloody hell it's bin a long week this 'un, ain't it, Vagabond?"

"Rather!"
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 10:35, closed)

In my case it's "to be honest ..." and "fabulous"
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 10:50, closed)
Superb!

(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 11:10, closed)

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