The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86382   Message #1607006
Posted By: Gurney
17-Nov-05 - 02:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Irritatin' phrases....
Subject: RE: BS: Irritatin' phrases....
"Oh My God!" as someone said up there, is gratituously asking for trouble. If I was going to break one of the Commandments, it wouldn't be that one. Others sound much more fun.

"At the Coalface." Usually by someone who couldn't handle a days physical work. I was a miner long ago, so I know what a stripper looks like. They look like a bundle of wire rope.
Stripper = coalface worker.
Person who disrobes for money = Striptease artist.

"Have a nice day." I'll have any kind of day I want.

"Growun", recent repronunciation for grown and groan.

"Ahead of....." when they mean before. Ahead of the field, yes. Ahead of time, no. American usage that is infiltrating the Media.