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Any words or phrases that you can't stand?

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Dinahmo Mon 10-Feb-20 18:05:23

An early phrase that I loathe is "can I get" but a more recent one is the word curate which is used in place of collect, or select etc. Recent examples:

The Guardian" the BBC's failure to curate some news event responsibly"

A description of someone's collection of china pig money boxes (once given away free) as being "carefully curated"

A delicatessen which provides "a perfectly curated picnic"

To my mind the misuse of the word devalues the work of museum and gallery curators.

annodomini Tue 11-Feb-20 09:20:24

Insightful instead of the perfectly good English word 'perceptive'
Bradford, I take your point, but this is an example of two words with different roots meaning the same thing, 'Insightful' is of Anglo-Saxon origin, whereas 'perceptive' is of Latin origin. However, 'insightful' must be one of those words that migrated across the Atlantic and has come back as an intruder!

annodomini Tue 11-Feb-20 09:21:14

Or should I say, as a 'perceived' intruder.

arosebyanyothername Tue 11-Feb-20 09:29:13

Starting a sentence with ‘so’
Saying somethink instead of something

PernillaVanilla Tue 11-Feb-20 09:35:57

"myself" and "yourself" instead of "me" and "you" it has now become very widespread. if a salesman calls me "yourself" in conversation I don't buy, that is my one woman protest.

shysal Tue 11-Feb-20 09:36:22

Most of the above.
The proof is in the pudding (should be the proof of the pudding is in the eating).
Pronouncing an H which should be silent.
I have just woke up.
I text him. (surely should be texted).
Being 'woke' as in aware.

sue01 Tue 11-Feb-20 09:50:19

Wrap up warm. Aaaargh... even the BBC say it now !
It's an adverb !!!!

And this hideous new habit of starting every reply with ..so.

Hun... is ghastly too !

Patsytaylor Tue 11-Feb-20 09:52:57

Absolutely!
Ahh bless

quizqueen Tue 11-Feb-20 09:58:17

'bin' instead of 'been'
'gonna' instead of 'going to'

Nortsat46 Tue 11-Feb-20 09:59:47

I had forgotten about ‘my bad’, which is a ludicrous phrase and seems to be creeping into television dramas!

CrazyGranny60 Tue 11-Feb-20 10:08:28

At the end of the day....winds me up something rotten! I always but in and say, "It's night".

Phoebes Tue 11-Feb-20 10:11:02

Never heard: ”my bad” - what does it mean?
As a language teacher, there are many turns of phrase which I really can’t stand. For example:
Starting a sentence with “so”
Hubby
The wife
You guys
Could of, should of, would of
Aah bless - we took the cat to the vets once and every other word was “Aaah bless!”
Myself and yourself in the wrong context
Pronouncing H as haitch.
I could go on for ever........

lizzypopbottle Tue 11-Feb-20 10:15:26

Suddenly we have 'people that'. It's people who and things that!
Yes, 'can I get?' is seriously irritating. I've heard that occasionally the person who is being asked replies along the lines of, 'Customers aren't allowed in the kitchen but don't worry. I'll get it for you!' Even if that's an urban myth, it's a good one!

I try always to order with, 'I'd like...' ?

polnan Tue 11-Feb-20 10:17:34

the only words that I can`t stand are the words I don`t understand what is meant!grin

Olive53 Tue 11-Feb-20 10:17:42

Saying Hey instead of Hello, happens all the time now on TV. And starting every sentence with so..............

pce612 Tue 11-Feb-20 10:17:50

'See you later' from checkout operators etc that I don't know.

Elenkalubleton Tue 11-Feb-20 10:18:02

Starting a sentence with “So”WTF no need?went on a trip abroad a year ago, and the guide started every sentence with SO?!!

jaylucy Tue 11-Feb-20 10:19:43

I remember my teacher when I was in primary school giving me a good telling off for using "off of" so have never used it since!
My hates are :
WOKE
At this moment in time
too too much
babes
the elephant in the room

maddyone Tue 11-Feb-20 10:24:15

He/she was sat.......nooo, it’s he/she was sitting. Drives me mad!

ecci53 Tue 11-Feb-20 10:26:42

Ahead of instead of saying before. Why not just say before? It annoys me every time I hear it. BBC reporters use it a lot.

NotSpaghetti Tue 11-Feb-20 10:27:46

Naty, are you in The US?

I also hate DH, DS, DGD etc.
... and (usually on the phone) ”bear me a minute”
... and “can you confirm your address” - ?? ?

LadyO Tue 11-Feb-20 10:27:50

Haitch
Bored of
Can I get?
Like... like... like... repeated throughout a sentence

Decembergirl Tue 11-Feb-20 10:28:05

ME and my friend ??

Bellocchild Tue 11-Feb-20 10:28:58

'Awesome'

Phloembundle Tue 11-Feb-20 10:29:17

I'm fed up with fed up of.

lizzypopbottle Tue 11-Feb-20 10:29:45

I love 'the elephant in the room' jaylucy. It's so apt, as long as it's used correctly and not overused.