Most annoying phrases

[chicane]

Amazes me how these people coming out with this stuff can dress themselves in the morning.

I suspect in some cases that they're still dressed by their mothers.

[richard-af]

I suspect in some cases that they're still dressed by their mothers.

Or their nannies.

[realityhack]

Some

MBS (management bovine excrement)

generators

for you


And this lovely Web 2.0 one.

[Zippy]

An a guy I used to work with managed to start nearly every sentence with "It's basically a case of..." or "What it boils down to". Annoying at first, funnier as time went by.

If we were really lucky he'd combine the two into "What it basically boils down to, its a case of...", which doesn't really make any sense at all.

What are the most annoying phrases you've heard?

God we must work in the same office.
In meetings I find myself muttering 'get to the fffing point'

[richard-af]

Team.

Never worked in one yet. Groups, yes; teams, no. It's a pipe dream.

[Lucy]

Remember Gus from Drop the Dead Donkey?

He would say, 'Let me pop this into your perculator and see if it comes out brown' etc

Hilarious.

[Zippy]

Remember Gus from Drop the Dead Donkey?

He would say, 'Let me pop this into your perculator and see if it comes out brown' etc

Hilarious.

Oh yes!
Underperforming in the team togetherness department ....

[TheFaQQer]

"One team..."

[brollyman]

Solution:

As in "it's our latest customer service solution"

or "tooth whitening solution"

etc.etc.etc