Another list. I hope it doesn't offend anyone or cause a riot within the tribe. These are mainly idiocies I hear regularly on the radio news and TV, and read in the NZ Herald.
Déjà vu all over again
For free
Grind to a halt
Any time soon
Shrouded in secrecy
Tight-lipped
Focussed
I was like...
Plus (meaning also)
Invite as a noun... a commute, a read, a molest, a rebuild...
Liaise as a synthetic verb
Looked like (meaning looked as though)
Passionate about (equals I like)
Fingered (“Methane fingered in mine explosion” - I wonder what the results were.)
It didn’t improve as much as what we expected. (What as a relative pronoun)
Touted
Munted
Vow (eg. “He vowed to get to the bottom of it” - People are making vows all over the place these days)
Fighting for his life (ie. critically ill)
Quiet cul-de-sac (Has anyone yet found a noisy one?)
Quiet beer (There is usually some faint sound of effervescence)
Albeit...
Unbeknownst (Aarrgghh!!!)
Incredibly (meaning very)
Incredible (when it has happened and is perfectly believable)
Obviously (when it is not obvious)
Of course (as though only a simpleton would think otherwise)
In shock
Closure
Want answers
I mean...
To be perfectly honest / frank / candid
Let’s be honest
Don’t get me wrong (why not say it accurately in the first place?)
From here on in / out
...wise (pricewise... currencywise... careerwise...)
Slate, slated
Accident waiting to happen
Bang for your buck
Iconic (ie. quite well known in some quarters)
Basically (this word has become almost meaningless)
Disconnect (it’s a verb, not a noun, stupid)
Sweet as. Fast as. (As what, stupid?)
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