Awesome!

[GrahamM]

Okay, Barrie hates the over-use of the word 'awesome', so what are your pet word or phrase hates?

A few of mine are:

'Lunker' and 'Lump'
Every big fish caught just lately is either a lunker or a lump.

Absolutely
Why do people use this four syllable word all the time when a simple one syllable word, like 'yes', will do?

'Up for grabs'
Why does every competition you see have prizes that are 'up for grabs'? Take a look through any of the weeklies or monthlies and you'll find it somewhere.

'A Shedful'

'Getting your string pulled'

'A big kipper'

I've got more, but go on, let's have yours.

 

[Big Rik]

Graham

you've just outlined Matt Hayes' script for his next episode on Sky.

 

[Baz]

ABSOLUTELY is top of my list.
DOING MY HEAD IN.
I CAN "ASSURE" YOU.

 

[Big Rik]

Shedful is definitely my worst.

"he was sat on a shedful"

"I was haulin', big style"

 

[Martin Scullion]

'Basically' Is one of my least favourite, as is appending the word 'Yeah' to the end of every sentence

 

[Martin Scullion]

OK so Bold tags don't work then.

 

[Ron Troversial Clay]

"Beast"

"The Beast"

"Beastmaster"

"Slabs"

"Snappers"

And a few others I can't think of at the moment.

 

[Big Rik]

I've corrected it for you

 

[Peter (Tackle Tart) Jacobs]

In addition to Graham's list (mine would have been very similar) my pet hate is in both AT and AM and that is the over use of alliteration:

Terry Tames Tring Tench,
Rik Rules Rother Roach,
Bill Bashes Bure Bleak,

Every week it seems these inane headlines in the popular press.

Another pet hate:
Try watching any video with good old DT and count the number of times he uses the word "situation"

While I am in the mood, so to speak, why in the name of common sense do manufacturers choose such hideous names for rods and poles?

The Annihilator, Grim Reaper etc.

As if we don't already give enough ammunition to the anti-brigades, right?

 

[Nigel Connor(ACA ,SAA)]

Boris basher Brian bags big barbel bonanza by banana boily ball in.

Any advances?

To be fair the AT has got better on this score.

 

[Stuart Dennis]

I totally agree with Martin Scullion and this is deep shit so try and follow this. I work in a commercial world and listen all day long to my and other sales people use the word 'basically'. When you witness this term being used you?ll start to see that it is in fact an act of nervousness with regard to a retort. It?s a an excuse to take a breath between answers and its so transparent. An example is ?Yeah basically what I mean is? or ?well basically we do it this way?. Basically what? What the hell are you trying to tell me? Why not just say err?let me get back to you on that. If I witness my guys using that terminology I look to retrain them.

When you witness someone starting their pitch with ?Basically? and then continue using that term then they are about to ad-lib, bullshit you, stool for tim or worse still they don?t know what they are talking about and at the very best they are un confident!

Try it out and make up your own mind!

Corr, I feel a lot better getting that off my chest ? I feel all cleansed!

 

[Ron Troversial Clay]

"And that's what it's all about"

At the end of fishing vidoes.

"Tremendous Terry tames titanic trio."

Dynamic Dave digs deep during dash for drains dark depths at Deeping.

"Oh I'm a dapper snapper and I'm looking for a slapper."

Strangley enough this actually appeared in a Matt Hayes column in Angling Times ca 1997.

 

[Ron Troversial Clay]

"At this point in time" Can't they say: Now?

"Quantify" How I hate that word.

People who post on forums in that silly language used for texting.

People who do not use paragraphs correctly when writing.

People who post using caps lock on.

 

[Baz]

People who continually correct other people, then make mistakes themselves. It's quite funny atually.

 

[Frothey]

"the truth of the matter is......" you know they are lying!

 

[senan ensko]

From dog walkers and passer-bys:
"Are there fish in there?"
"You won't catch anything in there"
"You throw them all back?"
"You want to fish down at the bridge"
"Young lad had a 20lb pike here last week"
"Sure you can't eat them".............

 

[GrahamM]

'To be honest'

Every sentence ending with 'right'

'Yer Know'

'I went in with....' meaning they fished with.....

 

[Baz]

Can I pay you next week?

 

[Graham Whatmore]

"At the end of the day"

My pet hate is "yeah" at the end of every sentence as mentioned previously, one of my sons does it continuously and it drives me up the wall.

 

[Ron Troversial Clay]

Actually we could all do with improving our English a bit.

I have always been a dreadful speller.