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What current day words drive you up the wall?

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Poppyjo Sun 07-Aug-22 21:44:21

I guess I must be getting older and grumpier! I used to go with the flow.

I cannot stand
Woke, wokery.
This arvo,
Somethink.
The olds (I do sometimes laugh at that).
Bit (of water)ie drop.

Mind you guess I am very lucky if that’s all I have to worry about.

What are your pet hate words.

SachaMac Wed 10-Aug-22 13:38:46

Calling people Lovely’s, guys, peeps.
Constantly saying ‘awesome’ when it’s something not awesome at all.
Sic!?
ASAP!

Lilyflower Wed 10-Aug-22 13:37:18

'Hun' is pretty nail-down-a-blackboard too.

TwinLolly Wed 10-Aug-22 13:36:21

"You've done good" instead of " You've done well".

Lilyflower Wed 10-Aug-22 13:35:32

I love this thread. All the gruesome modern lingo in one cringeworthy, embarrassing outpouring. The Gransnetters clearly have an ear for language.

Lilyflower Wed 10-Aug-22 13:33:39

I am irked by the interlocutor asking whether I 'know what they mean?' at the the of a sentence. Of course I do. They are speaking English. And it wouldn't take an Einstein to work it out either.

MaggsMcG Wed 10-Aug-22 13:17:29

Mollygo We Obviously Know Everything smile I was laughing for ages.

Jillsewing Wed 10-Aug-22 13:11:30

Hanging out

pce612 Wed 10-Aug-22 13:09:54

anythink
hollybobs
my bad
sentences started with So.....
almost every other word being like

Philippa111 Wed 10-Aug-22 13:04:06

Can I get
Bad grammar. 'I should have went' and 'I done it'.
And 'like' every second word
And too much of the 'f' word... it looses its impact!

Patsy429 Wed 10-Aug-22 12:49:32

See ya later! when I will not!

Tizliz Wed 10-Aug-22 12:46:27

Sorry

Has just lost all meaning. Is anyone actually really regretting their actions/words? Or just regretting getting caught out?

clairefraser1 Wed 10-Aug-22 12:43:59

uptick. what is wrong with increase

Alioop Wed 10-Aug-22 12:37:51

It is what it is
Like ( at the end of every sentence)
Ummmmmmmm
Hun ( Hun Bun even worse!)

Janetashbolt Wed 10-Aug-22 12:36:05

LIKE

GrammaH Wed 10-Aug-22 12:33:57

Medalling - as in " its the first time this 500m runner has medalled" I.e. won a medal.
Ditto Podiumed - "Lewis Hamilton has failed to podium"
Plenty of others already mentioned

NoddingGanGan Wed 10-Aug-22 12:33:39

I guess, instead of I suppose.

Pippa22 Wed 10-Aug-22 12:32:50

My big cringe is when people talk about their fur babies. A bit sad I think as I always assume they never had human babies.

Another thing , when I put on the radio at 7 in the morning the journalist says “ we’ll return to the story we have been talking about all morning “ He might have be up very early but 7 is not all morning !
I hate being a customer on the railway, I am a passenger and I went to the railway station not the train station ! Enough from me….

sandelf Wed 10-Aug-22 12:27:39

Going forward I'd like to reach out and share with all you folks!

fiftiesgran Wed 10-Aug-22 12:19:00

Ok I’m just going to put this out here.
I like the way language evolves. We would sound very strange if we all spoke in the Victorian manner.
Tv, streaming & the internet all speed up this process. Back in our day it would take years for a new word or phrase to catch on , now it’s a matter of hours.
My only pet hate is could of instead of could have.
I sometimes say ‘could I get’ in a restaurant as I know it annoys my husband aka grumpy old man.
My grandkids use ‘a bunch of’ for a lot of anything, including water. Makes me smile.

EkwaNimitee Wed 10-Aug-22 12:09:55

And “bored of” instead of with or by. I know language develops and changes but grrrr!

Keekaboo Wed 10-Aug-22 12:09:49

I can’t stand it when people say, The view is to die for! really would you die for that view, I don’t think so.

also and very weirdly …shut! I hate that word don’t know why, I always say close.

oh and Woke, and Meme oh and also Sic what do they mean?

Northernlass Wed 10-Aug-22 12:04:11

Most of the above! I haven't read through everyone though.

"Can I get" : sums up today's avaricious society

"Amazing" - grrr

Nannashirlz Wed 10-Aug-22 12:02:01

Woke, trans, racist. climate change. No body seems to know any other words but the one that winds me up the most is cist woman no I’m a woman born not a man wearing a dress. Why should us women have to change what we are for someone who is trans yes live and let live but why should I change because you chose to. I didn’t change I’m still same rant over lol

Iwtwab12bow Wed 10-Aug-22 11:58:09

No worries, up for grabs,train station ( what happened to railway?) Woke,trans. I'll probably ( probs?)think of loads more. Oh yes... " I'll catch you later"

Candelle Wed 10-Aug-22 11:54:33

All of the above (pages 1 to 5).