What Phrases and Words Make You See Red?

[sensesmaybenumbed]

"Mitch Moses has so much potential "

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

It really burns my piss when people pluralise surnames in an attempt to make themselves sound more intelligent.

"...your Thurston's, your Slater's..."

Laurie Daley does it all the time because he is a f**ken dickhead.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Seen at the local shopping centre today.

"100's of lines discounted".

It should read "100s of lines discounted".

Please Mr Shopkeeper, please tell me what the 100 owns as the erroneous ' is an example of a possessive case. A very common mistake.

 

[Life's Good]

'QUEENSLANDER'

 

[veggiepatch1959]

'QUEENSLANDER'

You win hands down!

 

[muzby]

^ only vs NSW..

 

[muzby]

Seen at the local shopping centre today.

"100's of lines discounted".

It should read "100s of lines discounted".

Please Mr Shopkeeper, please tell me what the 100 owns as the erroneous ' is an example of a possessive case. A very common mistake.

I can just see the kid on the counter pick up the intercom to the back office..

"Uhh.. Mr Stevenson? He's back again"

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

No mention of the over usage of "-Gate" as a suffix to indicate scandal in this thread yet?

I f**ken hate that too.

THREADGATE!!

f**k awf...

 

[OVP]

bae

f**king die merkin

 

[Incorrect]

Agile
Lean
Town Hall

 

[Nuke]

No mention of the over usage of "-Gate" as a suffix to indicate scandal in this thread yet?

I f**ken hate that too.

THREADGATE!!

f**k awf...

YES. This too. It does my head in. It's so unnecessary.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Incorrect use of the word "bias", as in
"the refs are so bias against the Roosters". It should be "the refs are so biased against the Roosters" or "the refs have a bias against the Roosters". Bias is a noun, not an adjective.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Its a real problem poor gramma and spelling and I hate no punctuation

Don't forget capitalisation. I helped my uncle jack off a horse yesterday.

 

[Life's Good]

League specific but I can't stand 'that's an Origin moment'. Plays in Origin like a desperate tackle, a loose pass that is picked up where the player races away etc. are part of club games and the emphasis that these are somehow more special in Origin is an example of overblown hype.

 

[Generalzod]

key performance indicators (kpi)
Value add

 

[Generalzod]

Here is a couple of more when I was working in an IT environment,
Let's touch bases
Core Values

 

[Life's Good]

Here is a couple of more when I was working in an IT environment,
Let's touch bases
Core Values

Touch base - that is the closest some IT stiffs will ever get to sport.

 

[Valheru]

An American special that i despise is "could care less" or even worse "could care a less".

It's i couldn't care less as in you don't care. "I could care less" means you do care.

 

[Twizzle]

This is a very important period coming up in this game.

More of a sentence rather than a phrase but how many times a game do we here it.

 

[Skinner]

Incorrect use of the word "bias", as in
"the refs are so bias against the Roosters". It should be "the refs are so biased against the Roosters" or "the refs have a bias against the Roosters". Bias is a noun, not an adjective.

100% on the nail Spacey....drives me insane. It's not difficult to get it right.