What current day words drive you up the wall?

Not sure why this thread has suddenly sprung back to life but I always wince at

lady, as in 'she's one marvellous lady'. [and the 'one' there as well]

also boys (and girls) applied to animals, as in 'my boys' meaning my dogs

Most of the above, plus reesearch instead of research.

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 🤷‍♀️

Defo
My bad
This arvo
Of instead of have

‘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?

Showcase when used as a verb.

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

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.

Amazeballs, innit.

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

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. 😅

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

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

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'

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

Off of - grammatically wrong !

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

Hun
Soz (for sorry)

That should be bag!!!

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?

'gonna' when it is written down.

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.

Sorry I mean curtains are hung and people are hanged !

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 .

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.