What current day words drive you up the wall?

I hate all the American-inspired phrases my DD36 has adopted since working for a multinational business.

Can I get…?
Reach out

etc etc

Me too Twiggy! What makes me cringe is the American pronunciations of 'moustache' and 'ice cream' where Americans put the accent on the first syllable.

I was like and she was like, bored of (rather than with), learn off (rather than from), and that's on a BBC education advert! At this moment in time (you mean "now?") Guys. Estuary English in general, much of which I find unintelligible, and which would benefit from subtitles. Strange times when I often find it easier to understand a foreigner speaking English, rather than a native Brit in their so-called first language, and I'm not referring to dialect, most of which I have no problem with. Most forms of "executive speak", as in the tosh which is often trotted out in so-called teambuilding sessions, e.g. joined up, blue sky thinking, touching base, thinking outside the box, low-hanging fruit, square the circle (eh?). Oooh, that's better.

The list is endless .
I'm officially old and grumpy :

Like
Sort of
Kind of
Back story
Cheers
Iconic - an over used expression
At the end of the day
Bit instead of drop
Floor instead of ground
Hanged instead of hung.
Veggie
Gos(sip)
No probs

A few days ago , I wondered what the receptionist meant when she said that she was throwing my name into the mix .

Sorry I mean curtains are hung and people are hanged !

I haven’t read the whole thread but can honestly say that there’s only one expression which I can’t stand.
It’s “passed or passed away.”
I never use this phrase.

'gonna' when it is written down.

Sales assistant, "Would you like a bad with that today?" Me "No, I'll have one next Tuesday." Not really, but that's what I felt like saying! Why the need for "today" at the end of that question?

That should be bag!!!

Hun
Soz (for sorry)

Stunning ,everything is stunning on FB
Hubby ,I just cant stand it.

Off of - grammatically wrong !

Hubby
Hun
You guys
Going forward
Reach out to you
He/she passed
And so many more!!

This arvo
Sorry, that's Australian! As is sanger.
And stonking (first heard on Neighbours!)

Hubby
Passed
My bad

Can I get…?
Or 'I wanna get'

"Sickth". It isn't difficult to say sixth.

Gifted. Not clever gifted. But gifted as in giving a present.

CONtribute, instead of conTRIBute.

And ‘amazing’ - so over-used for things that are nothing of the sort. It’d be amazing if I woke up to find a spaceship with aliens in our back garden. Or, for that matter, if I went mad and cleaned the house from top to bottom when no guests were expected. 😅

Ok look. The zenophobic zombie thread has come back alive. Again.

Amazeballs, innit.

I agree with the vast majority of that mentioned up thread, but by far the one that sets my teeth on edge is “Crem” for a Crematorium.

ick or icky
pension pot
naff
woke/wokery
minging
judgy - for people who cannot spell judgemental
classist - often dragged up by trolls to diver a thread
boomer - a character in Battlestar Galactica

Showcase when used as a verb.

‘Curated’.
Just heard it on an ad for cruises on Classic FM - carefully ‘curated’ excursions.
Why not ‘selected’ or ‘chosen’? Does ‘curated’ make them sound fancier, I wonder? More exclusive?

Defo
My bad
This arvo
Of instead of have

I absolutely detest the phrase “it is what it is”
Fur baby is another and slightly off topic a woman I work with refers to her dog as her son 🤷‍♀️