In addition to amazing and passion and basically I am adding 'look at that' to my list of words and phrases to be banned from the language when the revolution comes.
'Look at that' is uttered by just about everyone on the telly who even so much as lifts a pan or a skillet let alone prepares something reasonable.
The extreme case was when the least good of the Hairy Bikers said 'look at that' when he had put some uncooked rice grains in a pan with some butter. I thought, look at WHAT?
I should add that any programme that remotely hints at DIY or building face lifts stays unwatched as I cannot bear to see EVERYONE at the end of such programmes as they open their eyes and say, 100% guarantee of this, 'Oh my God!' I find that so unnecessary and offensive.
Just been reminded of yet another one: national treasure. Grossly over used and mis applied. There are very few national treasures as it is a highly reserved concept. Thora Hird is the last one I can think of. What these media types do is to confuse frequency with treasure trove. Simply seeing someone like Stephen Fry everywhere ALL of the time does not, NOT, make him a treasure.
DW
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I need to add three more that have just come back to me:
* nice
*going through it
* happening in there
Why do cooks on the telly say, buy some nice potatoes or I am going to make a nice roast? As if they would set out to make something rubbish although, of course, many of them do! James Martin is most guilty of this and that must be because he is the least talented cook on the telly these days. A bit like Stephen Fry though, he's ubiquitous.
Lardons going through it: what does THAT mean?
There is some garlic happening in there: Gary Rhodes, this is yours and it's nonsense. Still, if you insist of cooking grossly unhealthy albeit well presented food, you've got to try to stand out in some way.
DW
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