What current day words drive you up the wall?

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

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

Too many to mention!!!?

Off of
Whatever!
Back story……..what happened to history?

Recently in a restaurant - waitress to us : how’s your grub? It wasn’t a cheap place either!
Bruv - drives me mad!

Chewbacca

'ya right? Instead of "Hi, how are you?"
"You guys" is just cringe worthy
"Like" said every other word: "So, I was, like, going to the mall and I was like super busy, like I had, like no time to waste at all, like every second counted and I was like rushing like crazy!" Like grrrrr!

Totally agree and ‘basically’ e.g ‘so I basically told him I wasn’t going and basically he went mad and basically told me to get lost’ - overheard at bus stop today.
When I was working a manager used to send staff emails starting ‘Hi guys’. A female colleague and I stopped answering and when he asked why we told him, innocently, that we didn’t think it was meant for us as the last time we looked we were both gals.?

Most of the above, but also “off you go.” It sounds so dismissive.

When people use ‘like ‘ in the wrong context / I was like / so he was like - nooo / drives me up the wall.
Awesome
Obviously ( when it’s not because you just met them ).
No worries

As other people,
No worries - especially when they couldn’t supply whatever I’d asked for. Maddening.
Innit
For sure at the end of every sentence
Aks

Definitely getting old!

Thanks for this thread: an ideal way to spend a hot afternoon-in the shade with the computer!
Those with time on their hands may wish to scroll through again and note that the vast majority of these are from America, either they took it over from here on the Mayflower (e.g.gotten) and we now have to have it back or have mangled English into AmerEnglish so we get vile "words" like," burglarised" or "hospitalised" and nouns forced into dressing up as verbs-"party" or "invite".
"So" is a perfectly acceptable word but it is, dear class, a "joining word" not one used to start a sentence. "Sooo..." "So what?" What are we referring to-or more correctly,"to what are we referring"!?

Can I get?
Amazing.
I'm good.
Like...like...
Let me be clear (sound familiar?)
Awesome.
And too many more to mention.

grannyrebel7

Just though of another one. Shop assistant "Would you like a bag today?" I'm always tempted to say "No, I'll have one next Friday!"

Please do, and take a photo of the expression on her face and post it here!

Guys
And 'making memories'

Wow you guys I will shut my gob in case like I am coming over all woke and aks what is allowed.?

Oh yes, most of the above. You guys is just awesome to of come up wif so many!!

Recently I've seen many examples of "fit" and "knit" used as past tenses instead of the perfectly good "fitted" and "knitted". I know it's whatAmericans say, and they are welcome to do so (she said graciously), but why do we have to? A "knit jumper" which "fit" me last winter just sounds silly to me.

Can I instead of may I
Less when it should be fewer
Bruv and guys when we are not
Like and f--- continually when people seem to have limited vocabulary
Lots more
Do they actually teach grammar in schools these days?

Like
F..k

Hubby, hubster, hollibobs, famalam, passed away, passed. 24/7.

“I’m not a fan of” — instead of “I don’t like”.

AGAA4

Wow you guys I will shut my gob in case like I am coming over all woke and aks what is allowed.?

Thanks for the laugh! ?

Another one that drives me batty is when a waiter asks, “how’s everything tasting?”

The verb "to podium" ...used in sport paticularly Formula 1 .Aaaargh!

Gender critical
Biological/natal female
Genderwoo
Sex realist

First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sic!

"absolutely" for a simple "yes".
"I need you to..." for "Please will you..."
"ter" for "to"
"sicth" for "sixth"
"shop" for "shop FOR"