Own it ? !

Cannot stand alll those singing competition programmes that seem to be for carpenters instead, as all I hear the judges say is “you nailed it” “ you really nailed it” or “ you need to nail it” .What the .....?

Another bugbear - when someone says "you're welcome" when you have just done them a favour. I am a grumpy old woman.

I am another who cannot stand a sentence starting with So! I also hate in store as in “in store today we are selling” etc. Why not in the store or in this store. I also hate the use of own it and nailed it and another pet hate is when someone says “I am on it”!! Or “I am all over it!” Urgh!! Plus stand out performance instead of outstanding, in fact so many annoy me that I will have to stop in deference to my blood pressure ??

Here in Sarf London it’s common to hear police referred to as “feds” . Say no more grrr!

I don't like 'little man' for boy children, or any of the (only in my own opinion!) twee ways of referring to children.
I have seen them on here referred to as 'the smalls' which I love!

It annoys me when children are referred to as 'kiddies'. For some reason it makes me squirm as does 'hubby'.

Oops! "Let's give it up for ....(name)", that is.

The phrase that irritates me is "'et's give it up for ....(name)" What's that all about?

The response from the young postman or should I say post person, when I thanked him for bringing a heavy parcel he had delivered into the garage, was 'Cool man' ? Did he mean that's ok?.

Watch late evening U.S comedy programmes
There's your answer.

Yep! Quite agree! Can't stand it.
They were obviously thinking outside the box when they conjured the phrase up.
Or maybe just pushing the envelope around

I hate the way council's talk about their 'robust' plans for ways to spend our money.

I certainly agree - " You OWNED that dance!" to a Strictly contestant sounds idiotic! I also dislike " Can I get..." instead of please may I have and referring to past times as "back in the day"...which particular day was that? As for "Are you all right there?" in shops, well...! When I first joined a travel agency, handing out brochures was a regular task and I was always reminded never to ask if the customer was "all right there" as this could provoke a useless one word answer, ie: yes or no. Far better to ask how one might be of assistance. I always remember that when someone says " You ok there?". I was always also taught to treat everyone who walked into the shop as a potential customer but times have certainly changed there and customer service isn't what it once was.

Starting a sentence with 'SO'..grrr
My sisters use of 'SEVERAL' all the time...grrr
I could fill pages, I am becoming a grumpy pedant

And another hate is when being served by a shop assistant they end up saying 'see you later' when I will probably never see them again

Hate to hear people say 'blah de blah' when they are telling you what someone else has said to them.

Tough ask.
Heard on the BBC this morning during a news bulletin.

I was just going to post the same thing, Patticake123. Perhaps it's an indication that there are more people in therapy than there used to be.....

"Can I get" really gets to me! It seems indicative of an acquisitive outlook - language can represent the concepts of the mind.

I think the term ‘own it’ originally was used in counselling situations to get the client to ‘own’ their feelings. It is quite easy to say ‘we don’t like such and such’ but more difficult to ‘own it’ and say ‘I don’t like such and such’. In therapy, encouraging a client to ‘own their feelings enables them to gain confidence and recognise their true feelings. This is considerably easier said than done!

My current hate , frequently heard on BBC is “’wiv’. Where has ‘th’ gone? I find it most odd when spoken by someone who otherwise speaks pretty standard English.

Oh Grammaretto....tears of laughter......... yes, yes, yes, WHY do contestants on game shows applaud themselves??

Could be the excitement of it all I suppose? Getting confused but surely not EVERYONE can get confused? Are they told to? Who knows.......

Yes the So at the start of every answer grates as does the You alright there? from shop staff. I also dislike: What was your name again? when asked at the doctor, optician etc.. I had never told them my name in the first place.
And, while we are on the subject of things which annoy or irritate; Why do contestants on game shows applaud themselves?

Infact there's a bit too much self praise going on from selfies to tradesmen who ask you to please review their work for an on-line site and grumble if you don't give them 10 out of 10.

And starting every sentence with 'So.....'

And saying 'my bad' - stupid and meaningless.

Hahaha....agree totally. My old dad used to get wound up when people started saying "There you go" Instead of "here you are" He would say.....where am I going? haha (now find myself saying it!!!)

Similarly I get annoyed with the constant "you alright there?" instead of something like "what can I get you?" For instance, you could have been standing at a counter for five mins when the 'server' comes up and says "You alright there?" I always want to say....."yes am perfectly happy to stand here thank you" bahaha...... My daughters think I am being silly and no doubt in time........even I may end up saying it.

At the primary school assembly I always play ‘fantastic’ bingo. My record is seventy seven fantastics in three quarters of an hour. I know little kids need encouraging but there are other words and not all children really do do fantastic work, most are satisfactory or adequate, but these days satisfactory is considered poor rather than average or normal. Makes me spit that we are setting them up for such a crash when they start work and discover, like most of us, that they are average.