Words we cannot abide.

[fenlander]

I imagine that most people can define ONE as mild discomfort, but how do you define TEN? It has to depend on the worst pain in your own experience, but that varies from one individual to another and also depends on your tolerance of different sorts of pain.

 

[Trev]

No, you are not coming behind the counter

Woosh

?

What is about "not coming behind the counter"?

 

[EEPhil]

What is about "not coming behind the counter"?

It is X rated filth and if you don't understand it I'm not going to explain it.

 

[prpr]

It is X rated filth and if you don't understand it I'm not going to explain it.

That sort of thing got a branch of a well known burger chain in Bristol closed some years ago... allegedly.

 

[Trev]

Doh.

 

[EEPhil]

Doh.

Sorry it's a filthy mind caused by years of listening to BBC Radio. ISIRTA, ISIHAC and Hello Cheeky were the main culprits. But now that BBC Radio 4 Extra (previously Radio 7) have been airing Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne, I can't seem to see/hear anything without looking for (and often finding) a double meaning!

 

[trog]

That sort of thing got a branch of a well known burger chain in Bristol closed some years ago... allegedly.

Was it a Whopper with a large shake?

 

[rpb424]

Sorry it's a filthy mind caused by years of listening to BBC Radio. ISIRTA, ISIHAC and Hello Cheeky were the main culprits. But now that BBC Radio 4 Extra (previously Radio 7) have been airing Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne, I can't seem to see/hear anything without looking for (and often finding) a double meaning!

'Samantha has to nip off now as she's being driven to North Wales for the weekend by a gentleman friend. He's a builder by trade, but as his car is currently in for repairs he's hoping to get to Bangor in his old van'

 

[EEPhil]

That's the sort of thing.

 

[EEPhil]

Hands, face, space are soon going to annoy me.

 

[prpr]

Hot on the heels of "instore" is "instock".
I've just received an email saying "... is back instock along side ..."
Seems they put the space in the wrong place, as it should be "... is back in stock alongside ..."

 

[EEPhil]

Urgh! I'd prefer "in store" and "in stock", or maybe "in-store" and "in-stock". I'd have probably got "alongside" wrong. "Email" is debatable, could be "E-Mail" or "e-mail". (I use email).

 

[Black Hole]

Stephen Mulhern on Deal or No Deal: "would of" "should of" – and he pronounces those very clearly.

 

[EEPhil]

Something I don't watch. Only ever catch the end of it if it's repeated before 6am (with signing) and I'm waiting for the next programme. Never with the sound on. Neither Mulhern or Deal are my thing. It is unfortunate the "would of" and "could of" are common usage. So common, I can't be sure I don't say it!

 

[Plisgyn]

Curated instead of Created

 

[prpr]

Stephen Mulhern on Deal or No Deal: "would of" "should of"

You'd think someone on the production team would tell him... wouldn't you? Or maybe they're all too scared to.

It is unfortunate the "would of" and "could of" are common usage.

Perpetuated by the ignorant and reinforced by the non-thinking.

 

[Black Hole]

Curated instead of Created

What, used in the incorrect context you mean? I can't say I have noticed that one, but I have noticed this one:

Superlative.

Superlative describes a part of speech (like noun or adjective), so superb is a superlative, and something can be superb but not superlative.

People pick it up because they think it's being clever (without understanding what they're saying). "I'll be there momentarily."

 

[EEPhil]

Curated instead of Created

What, used in the incorrect context you mean? I can't say I have noticed that one,

Noticed the reverse once on QI where Johnny Vegas said, and meant, curated but another guest thought he said created.

 

[EEPhil]

Perpetuated by the ignorant and reinforced by the non-thinking.

Alright, I'll take that one on the chin as both often apply!
That quote could apply to many other people on this forum (current participants excepted).