| "In terms of ..." 16:24 - Oct 25 with 1463 views | Len_Brennan |
This expression is suddenly everywhere in the media, I can't help zoning in on it every time it is lazily trotted out & it is grinding my gears.
I find it particularly annoying when a reporter starts a question with it when interviewing a manager, footballer, or even in a mainstream news interview on ... pollution or anti-social behaviour. But equally so when journalists/podcasters are just giving their match report or general assessment - there is one particular Town podcaster who regularly throws it out 2, or even 3, times in the same sentence!
Maybe it's just me noticing it, but I fear it's getting to epidemic levels & must be reigned in.
Tune in next week, when I'll be sinking my teeth into the rise of the penetrating journalistic technique of stating a scoreline, following by "your thoughts", as a lead question following a game. [Post edited 25 Oct 2024 16:26]
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:02 - Oct 25 with 1366 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
And the amount of (especially young) people who say, "I'm not gonna lie..."
I hear it constantly these days. Generally I expect people NOT to lie, you don't normally need to spell it out! Very odd that one. |  |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:11 - Oct 25 with 1350 views | You_Bloo_Right |
So, in terms of your consumption of new items, exactly how irritating do you find it?
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:15 - Oct 25 with 1341 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
In terms of twtd threads, I'm not going to lie, but I find this one interesting. |  |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:19 - Oct 25 with 1339 views | Bigalhunter |
I’ve added that one to the list, alongside..
The Jermaine Jenas favourite, ‘I’m not being funny but..’
People (politicians) who start their answer with, ‘Listen’ or ‘Look’ which is far more irritating than the standard Australian cricketer (or Ange Postecoglu) response…‘Aah look mate’
Harry Kane’s starter to absolutely any question ‘Yeah, no, I mean..’
Overuse of ‘unprecedented’ which is now used for any event slightly out of the ordinary.
There we go, I feel better already. An irritation shared and all that. |  |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:29 - Oct 25 with 1314 views | Ryorry |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:02 - Oct 25 by The_Flashing_Smile |
And the amount of (especially young) people who say, "I'm not gonna lie..."
I hear it constantly these days. Generally I expect people NOT to lie, you don't normally need to spell it out! Very odd that one. |
“And the amount of (especially young) people”.
I’m afraid for me it’s the number of people who say “amount” of people when they mean *number* of people. People are not coffee, tea, milk or other loose goods! |  |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:29 - Oct 25 with 1313 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:19 - Oct 25 by Bigalhunter |
I’ve added that one to the list, alongside..
The Jermaine Jenas favourite, ‘I’m not being funny but..’
People (politicians) who start their answer with, ‘Listen’ or ‘Look’ which is far more irritating than the standard Australian cricketer (or Ange Postecoglu) response…‘Aah look mate’
Harry Kane’s starter to absolutely any question ‘Yeah, no, I mean..’
Overuse of ‘unprecedented’ which is now used for any event slightly out of the ordinary.
There we go, I feel better already. An irritation shared and all that. |
And people who start every sentence with, "So..." | |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:39 - Oct 25 with 1297 views | Bigalhunter |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:29 - Oct 25 by The_Flashing_Smile |
And people who start every sentence with, "So..." |
Yup, I forgot that one.
I’ll raise you, overuse of the word ‘basically’ and my wife’s irritating new habit of answering any question she’s unsure of, with ‘I want to say..’ | |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:43 - Oct 25 with 1287 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:29 - Oct 25 by Ryorry |
“And the amount of (especially young) people”.
I’m afraid for me it’s the number of people who say “amount” of people when they mean *number* of people. People are not coffee, tea, milk or other loose goods! |
Haha, you've got me there! | |
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:50 - Oct 25 with 1276 views | DarkHorse |
For me... |  | | |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:52 - Oct 25 with 1267 views | Bigalhunter |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:29 - Oct 25 by Ryorry |
“And the amount of (especially young) people”.
I’m afraid for me it’s the number of people who say “amount” of people when they mean *number* of people. People are not coffee, tea, milk or other loose goods! |
Up there with anyone under the age of thirty who asks a shop assistant, ‘Can I get?..’ rather than ‘Can I have?’ or ‘May I have?’
Whilst I’m having a right old moan, what happened to ‘he said’ ‘she said’ ‘I said’?
It’s now become..and he was like, and she was like and I was like.
Grinds my grumpy old gears
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| "In terms of ..." on 20:56 - Oct 25 with 1262 views | Swansea_Blue |
Is it any worse than “zoning in on it” though? |  |
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| "In terms of ..." on 21:11 - Oct 25 with 1240 views | Ryorry |
Don’t worry, my bad habits include “in terms of” - in fact I think the offenders might have copied it from me …  | |
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| "In terms of ..." on 21:21 - Oct 25 with 1232 views | Swansea_Blue |
| "In terms of ..." on 21:11 - Oct 25 by Ryorry |
Don’t worry, my bad habits include “in terms of” - in fact I think the offenders might have copied it from me … |
I’m a serial abuser of subordinating conjunctions (I had to Google that). I use though or although regularly, though not all the time 🙈 | |
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| "In terms of ..." on 21:47 - Oct 25 with 1188 views | Cafe_Newman |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:29 - Oct 25 by Ryorry |
“And the amount of (especially young) people”.
I’m afraid for me it’s the number of people who say “amount” of people when they mean *number* of people. People are not coffee, tea, milk or other loose goods! |
Sometimes "amount of people" is more appropriate than "number of people", but yep, not often.
On the subject of people, just about everybody (young and old) says "less people" rather than "fewer people" - but that's an old one. The most recent ones that boil my gears are:
How are you? I'm good, thanks.
Would you like some more coffee? No, I'm good thanks.
I'm excited for the weekend.
And very popular with US State department spokespeople is "We cannot speak to the actions of the government at present" |  | | |
| "In terms of ..." on 22:06 - Oct 25 with 1156 views | DJR |
The American pronunciation of privacy in this country annoys me. [Post edited 25 Oct 2024 22:09]
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| "In terms of ..." on 22:09 - Oct 25 with 1144 views | Cafe_Newman |
| "In terms of ..." on 22:06 - Oct 25 by DJR |
The American pronunciation of privacy in this country annoys me. [Post edited 25 Oct 2024 22:09]
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And harassment. I blame Cagney and Lacey for bringing the US pronunciation to the UK. | | | |
| "In terms of ..." on 22:37 - Oct 25 with 1095 views | NedPlimpton |
Alex on the Kings of Anglia podcast says "in terms of" constantly and once you've noticed it you can never unhear it
Like Matt Bellamy from Muse making loud sharp breaths before every line |  | | |
| "In terms of ..." on 22:41 - Oct 25 with 1089 views | Trequartista |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:02 - Oct 25 by The_Flashing_Smile |
And the amount of (especially young) people who say, "I'm not gonna lie..."
I hear it constantly these days. Generally I expect people NOT to lie, you don't normally need to spell it out! Very odd that one. |
"I'm not being funny".
I know. At no point did I detect you were telling a joke.
Bloody hell, just noticed someone already did this one. [Post edited 25 Oct 2024 22:42]
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| "In terms of ..." on 22:50 - Oct 25 with 1032 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| "In terms of ..." on 20:52 - Oct 25 by Bigalhunter |
Up there with anyone under the age of thirty who asks a shop assistant, ‘Can I get?..’ rather than ‘Can I have?’ or ‘May I have?’
Whilst I’m having a right old moan, what happened to ‘he said’ ‘she said’ ‘I said’?
It’s now become..and he was like, and she was like and I was like.
Grinds my grumpy old gears
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You forgot they said and they was like! |  |
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| "In terms of ..." on 22:54 - Oct 25 with 1016 views | Len_Brennan |
| "In terms of ..." on 22:37 - Oct 25 by NedPlimpton |
Alex on the Kings of Anglia podcast says "in terms of" constantly and once you've noticed it you can never unhear it
Like Matt Bellamy from Muse making loud sharp breaths before every line |
He's the one I was thinking of alright, often saying it more than once in the same sentence. As you say, once you've noticed it, you can't unhear it; almost as though you're unconsciously 'zoning in' on it! | | | |
| "In terms of ..." on 23:30 - Oct 25 with 970 views | redrickstuhaart |
| "In terms of ..." on 22:54 - Oct 25 by Len_Brennan |
He's the one I was thinking of alright, often saying it more than once in the same sentence. As you say, once you've noticed it, you can't unhear it; almost as though you're unconsciously 'zoning in' on it! |
By far the worst of these currently, is the use of the word "for" when they someone means "about".
"Excited for" is just murdering the English language. Seriously. FO. | | | |
| "In terms of ..." on 09:41 - Oct 26 with 811 views | DJR |
| "In terms of ..." on 23:30 - Oct 25 by redrickstuhaart |
By far the worst of these currently, is the use of the word "for" when they someone means "about".
"Excited for" is just murdering the English language. Seriously. FO. |
There is a sense in which excited for is correct, and I have heard it used that way, but I agree it shouldn't be used if excited about is meant.
Here is an example from the following link.
My best friend is getting married/has won a million dollars/is running for President, and I might say "Wow! I'm so excited for you".
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/excited-about-for.3173653/ | | | |
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