qvc dictionary

margerine has added another word to the qvc dictionary this morning. On the l'occitane show she said we may want to "stockticise". Sorry but she is no better as a presenter in my opinion and I turned over channels once I saw it was her. On just long enough to catch this gem from her.

Can you use this word in a sentence?

I agree their "words" are sometimes dreadful...Jill Franks is a complete word doofus with her "glooky". I'm a bit of a pedant when it comes to spoken English. If someone struggles to express themselves with the abundant vocabulary English offers, they probably shouldn't work in communication. Sometime in my lifetime it became ok to dumb down on TV and other media.

'Fabrication' is currently driving me beserk! I have even caught a few of the designers use it. Is it a real word, or a QVC word?

And look out, the verb 'gifting' will be upon us any day now. Grr!

Fabrication = lies as in made up facts or stories...it makes to all the funnier that presenters use it "to be honest"! The word they need is "fabric" but a longer word sounds cleverer but, in fact, shows their ignorance!

MinxyKitten said:

'Fabrication' is currently driving me beserk! I have even caught a few of the designers use it. Is it a real word, or a QVC word?

And look out, the verb 'gifting' will be upon us any day now. Grr!

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does the word 'gifting' ever stop being used on Q?

I first heard Carla use fabrication.

Loveinamist said:

I first heard Carla use fabrication.

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Lottie who used to present KVZ handbags was fond of it too.

I think fabrication is also used to indicate a manufacturing process, like in a factory - but I am a Swede and English isn't my first language!

Inge x

You're right Inge but it's more like metal work than dress or bag making. Maybe when Q start selling welding gear I'll accept the word "fabrication" :mysmilie_14:

Oops, I knew about the true meaning of the word, but I wondered if it was actually correct in relation to what they're talking about!! Crazy people! :taphead:

At least poor Jill has learnt the correct uses of 'specific' and 'pacific' now! I was disappointed to hear Ali K talk about eXpresso's recently though (in relation to coffee rather than the Kipling shade) It's like my mum saying 'pompadoms'. Drives me crazy every time, but there's no telling her!!

For a while, whoever was in charge of advertising things on the QVC Twitter account kept using the 'crushing' as in, 'We are crushing on this dress', in other words, ' We really love this dress'. It drove me bonkers. I haven't noticed them do it for a few weeks, but that may be that I am just blanking it out now ;-)

That would drive me mad too! Another saying I hate is "rocking", as in "she's totally rocking those jeans", "she rocked up late". Grr!! Why do grown people wish to speak like teenagers from the 'hood?! It's embarrassing! On the very rare occasion that I read the Daily Mail online, I notice they have totally erased the word "'legs' from their vocabulary and instead use the word 'pins' :mysmilie_51:

Crushing? That's an abomination!

D Gilman annoys me when she goes on about "sisters"

One of my pet hates is the use of the word unexplainable on TV, it is inexplicable and always has been - aaarrrggh!

Did anyone notice Craig and Ali laugh about the word 'Facialist'? It was during the Sarah Chapman part of BCC show, and Ali said Sarah is a facialist, and not to worry because that's a real word and a real job, then Craig started laughing loudly in the knowing sort of way. They've read or been told about this thread you think? It made me laugh anyway ;-)

Cariad said:

Did anyone notice Craig and Ali laugh about the word 'Facialist'? It was during the Sarah Chapman part of BCC show, and Ali said Sarah is a facialist, and not to worry because that's a real word and a real job, then Craig started laughing loudly in the knowing sort of way. They've read or been told about this thread you think? It made me laugh anyway ;-)

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i hope they have read this site, then they can pass on our best wishes to Ali K too.

Facialist is a real word - in the US it's used for someone who performs facials, so no brownie points for Craigie there. We're in the UK, hon. We say things differently here, ok?

But good to know they at least take note of these threads.

It's all a complete 'fabrication' as far as I'm concerned.

Fabrication is a french word as in "fabrication du gateau". It is also used in french for " fabrication d'une robe' so I suspect the presenters are using their superior knowledge, after all haute couture is a French term.