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I'm Getting Really Fed Up With People saying "100 Per Cent"!...

StykerStyker Posts: 49,871
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....Aren't you?

It seems to be the latest "in term" and I find these "In terms" so annoying in general. Over the last 20 years I can think of "Respect, Believe, Man Up" and now this" being in terms and I wish they would never come about and people to stop being so sheepish in the "vocabulary" they use!
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    DiabolusDiabolus Posts: 1,012
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    I find it better than those who say they'll give something '110%'.

    I mean, why not go for 111% or perhaps a billion percent whilst they're at it!!
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    SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    No I find phrases like "at the end of the day!" much more annoying.
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    StykerStyker Posts: 49,871
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    Diabolus wrote: »
    I find it better than those who say they'll give something '110%'.

    I mean, why not go for 111% or perhaps a billion percent whilst they're at it!!

    I don't mind that one so much as its not said that often and it means someone going beyond the call of duty which is a good thing. "100 per cent" is being said in a street accent way too and that irks me even more.
    SJ_Mental wrote: »
    No I find phrases like "at the end of the day!" much more annoying.

    That was another annoying in term but around the year 2000. Not used that much now.
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    muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    Blame X Factor, or Simon Cowell :D
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    VulpesVulpes Posts: 1,504
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    I 100% agree with you.
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    StykerStyker Posts: 49,871
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Blame X Factor, or Simon Cowell :D

    Has he been saying it as well?! I stopped watching X factor around 2008. If he has been saying it, that probably is the reason why its suddenly crept in as an "in term"! >:(

    Its high time ITV scrapped the X factor. Its gone on for far too long already and I can't believe people haven't tired of it.
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    Miss XYZMiss XYZ Posts: 14,023
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    I quite often say I'm 99.999% sure of something. The number of 9s I say varies. It's just my say of saying I'm almost, but not quite, certain of something. :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,003
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    Vulpes wrote: »
    I 100% agree with you.
    15 minutes and six posts.
    Far too long for that crack :(
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    Styker wrote: »
    ....Aren't you?

    It seems to be the latest "in term" and I find these "In terms" so annoying in general. Over the last 20 years I can think of "Respect, Believe, Man Up" and now this" being in terms and I wish they would never come about and people to stop being so sheepish in the "vocabulary" they use!

    I can't understand why some people say that. Instead of just saying "totally agree".
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    snukrsnukr Posts: 19,729
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    Styker wrote: »
    That was another annoying in term but around the year 2000. Not used that much now.
    It's still in common use
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    RorschachRorschach Posts: 10,818
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    I'm not aware of anyone saying it, so I'm clearly mixing with the wrong people (or perhaps that should be the right people). :)

    I do however find "Giving 110% annoying" and when a sign on a block of 15 new flats proclaimed "90% sold" I did wonder who had bought half a flat who who would buy the other half". :D
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    jzeejzee Posts: 25,498
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    Styker wrote: »
    ....Aren't you?

    It seems to be the latest "in term" and I find these "In terms" so annoying in general. Over the last 20 years I can think of "Respect, Believe, Man Up" and now this" being in terms and I wish they would never come about and people to stop being so sheepish in the "vocabulary" they use!
    Yes it is very annoying, Caprice used it so many times on This Week last week, I almost headbutted the screen.
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    Zidane82Zidane82 Posts: 6,899
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    Diabolus wrote: »
    I find it better than those who say they'll give something '110%'.
    !!

    Exactly
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,182
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    People starting sentences with "so" is far more annoying than anything throughout history.

    So, I watched this thing on TV last night
    So, I wondered lonely as a cloud
    So, if you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends
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    bbclassicsbbclassics Posts: 7,806
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    I might start a drinking game while watching The Apprentice - every time one of them mentions they will 'give 110%' , I'll take a shot. Though I fear I'll be dead by the end of the series.

    The new (annoying) thing to say is that you're gonna 'smash it!'.
    It sounds naff imo.
    For e.g. We've got a pitch today - I'm gonna smash it!
    My football team they're definitely gonna smash it...etc
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,003
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    jzee wrote: »
    Yes it is very annoying, Caprice used it so many times on This Week last week, I almost headbutted the screen.
    On a scale of 1 to 100, how close were you to doing it?
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    KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    vinba wrote: »
    You can go to at least 110% on a lead bismuth cooled reactor 😊

    The BBC iPlayer volume control goes up to eleven. :D
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    KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Phil Barber
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    SaturnVSaturnV Posts: 11,519
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    vinba wrote: »
    You can go to at least 110% on a lead bismuth cooled reactor 😊

    And space shuttle engines went to 109%
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    thefairydandythefairydandy Posts: 3,235
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    Diabolus wrote: »
    I find it better than those who say they'll give something '110%'.

    I mean, why not go for 111% or perhaps a billion percent whilst they're at it!!

    I work 150% of my contracted hours...
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    QT 3.14QT 3.14 Posts: 1,771
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    For sure.

    *sneaks away quietly to chew on the business end of a shotgun*
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 410
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    Styker wrote: »
    That was another annoying in term but around the year 2000. Not used that much now.

    Unless you're watching Jeremy Kyle. Everything is 'at the end of the day'!
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    neelianeelia Posts: 24,186
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    Styker wrote: »
    ....Aren't you?

    It seems to be the latest "in term" and I find these "In terms" so annoying in general. Over the last 20 years I can think of "Respect, Believe, Man Up" and now this" being in terms and I wish they would never come about and people to stop being so sheepish in the "vocabulary" they use!

    No why should I? If it conveys the sense of what they want to communicate then why shouldn't they and why should I be bothered about it?
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    neelianeelia Posts: 24,186
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    thefairydandy wrote: »
    I work 150% of my contracted hours...

    Yes because that is possible but you can't give 110% of something that it is only possible to have 100% of e.g. your potential effort.
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    JurassicMarkJurassicMark Posts: 12,876
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    Diabolus wrote: »
    I find it better than those who say they'll give something '110%'

    Yeah, that annoys me more. Often hear it in football post match interviews, "The team gave 110%", no they didn't, it's impossible.
    KJ44 wrote: »
    The BBC iPlayer volume control goes up to eleven. :D

    I've noticed that, maybe whoever designed the iPlayer is a fan of This Is Spinal Tap.
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