Another irritating "speech" thing doing the rounds ...

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  1. Voi

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    My 5 year old grandson does this. I think "super" has taken over from "really" or "extremely" as an adverbial intensifier.
     
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    Agreed. Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
     
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    Potentially much more annoying is the use of " like" following the verb "to be", with the meaning of either " to say" or "to think", in such expressions as, " I was like, oh my God", or "I am like, that's awful".
     
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    Over egged hyperbole.

    Oh my god it was unreal, amazing, I've never seen/had anything like it. Etc

    But "like" interjected every 3rd word should be an instant one way ticket to a dark dingy cell.
     
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    Overusing the word 'wow'. He does it all the time on his current TV shows Future Food Stars and Uncharted.

     
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    The word too is used "too" much "too"
     
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    No brainer - started by a no brained manager of ours.
    Position of maximum opportunity
    Home truths
    Special human beings & synergy

    I still get PTSD from Hill, Johnson, Davey and Flitcroft, respectively
     
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    YES YES YES !!!
    Wife has these tv house progammes on and every time the prospective buyers go into a room or a garden it's WOW. WOW. WOW. All the feckin' time.
    Oh look, a kettle.... WOW.
    WOW, a door through to the bedroom.
    WOW, some plants in the garden.
     
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    Makes you go off of your head, doesn't it.
     
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    'Back in the day.' Used by kids to describe something that happened last week.
     
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    "Do you think will win em?"

    No but we may beat them.

    "I'll learn him how to do it"

    No you will teach him how to do it.
     
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    Someone appearing on a radio programme and starting their answer to a question with " Thank you for having me."

    Relatively new saying, they think it's polite and endearing. Gets on my tits.
     
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    Super, smashing, lovely. Look at what you could OF won.
     
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    Jim Bowens back yard
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    I keep banging on about this.

    You change TACK when you're changing course in a boat or, metaphorically, when you're changing your approach to something.
    TACT is being diplomatic.
    You don't change tact. Ever.
     
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    ahh but to be fair its radio and you can't see what they are up to , so it could actually be the correct term :p
     
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    The incorrect spelling of their. Angry even typing it.
     
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