The basically twats
I have had enough of all the twatting twats saying twatting "basically" all the twatting time.

Do they not know that it makes them sound like twatting retards?

Twats
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:55, 11 replies)

Ooh! ^This^
Along with "actually" and the overuse of reflexive pronouns (e.g. Can I take a few minutes to discuss a personal loan/new car/insurance policy/mobile phone contract with yourself?) this is one of the prime causes of twattish sales people.

Somehow, somewhere along the line, twats in sales came up with the idea that saying basically, actually, and yourself/myself/ourselves a lot made them sound more professional. Rather than just twats.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 14:05, closed)

Or the holy smash his fucking teeth in grail:
"Your GOOD self."
(username failed moderation, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 14:09, closed)

^This too^
It's bad enough when it's an off-duty middle manager at a beer festival asking his mates whether they'd like to go for another pint of Old Nun's Discharge.
When it's a teenager in a Burton's suit trying to ingratiate themselves into some commission, they're being a twat of the first order.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 15:12, closed)

Managers say basically
Actual workers say fucking.

E.g. Manager: "Basically the pump is malfunctioning"
Fitter: "The pump's fucking fucked"
(Smale is stuffed, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 15:18, closed)

haha
My mate supplies diving kit; he had to tell off some folk on the rigs for sending containers of kit back on one maintenance ticket with 'fucked' in the description of fault box.

I'm a coder/support analyst so I say things like 'the database is fucked' or my favourite 'took a shit with it's clothes on.'
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 20:07, closed)

Or "turned around and said"
or "to be fair" or "if I'm honest".

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 15:55, closed)

Whenever somebody says, "To tell the truth"
I usually butt in by saying, "Why, do you tell lies the rest of the time?"

I'm well funny me.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 16:07, closed)

I hate it when people say
'Can I ask you a question?'

Didn't really give me much of a chance there, did you?
(Mr Fudge It shouldn't be illegal to have sex with an eagle, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 10:05, closed)

However
I do enjoy the mental image of people having conversations whilst constantly revolving.
(friedel, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 21:12, closed)

I ask for clarification - "sorry, I've lost track... which way were you facing when you said that?"
(J H Christ began in Afrika ka ka ka ka, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 4:26, closed)

Have to say though,
while hearing people using 'basically' does grind, I often find when I'm writing something, I will put the word in, then as I'm checking will tut at myself and delete it.

It is a useful expression, there is some fundamental meaning to it that we do try to communicate, it's just old, trite and has to be replaced.
(username failed moderation, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 9:19, closed)