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Calendargirl Mon 12-May-25 10:48:24

My top three are;

Amazing.

Toxic.

Emotional.

Marg75 Mon 12-May-25 21:50:38

Grab as in 'grab a coffee'
Can I get when asking for something in a café 'can I get a coffee?'

User77 Mon 12-May-25 21:41:29

Nucular. Unless you’re American the word is nuclear. It drives me mad.

User77 Mon 12-May-25 21:39:39

Double down

User77 Mon 12-May-25 21:39:17

Top down. Get a grip etc.

Skydancer Mon 12-May-25 21:28:57

Awww…bless!
Unacceptable
You guys
Double down
My lovely
Take care
Yeah (when written-I mean it’s quicker to write yes. I think it’s to sound cool).

sodapop Mon 12-May-25 21:13:24

Hubby
Journey
So
The wife
The elderly

CanadianGran Mon 12-May-25 21:13:02

Well, I use hubby all the time! I see it as a term of endearment. Maybe it's more of a Canadian thing, but it's common here.

Overuse of 'to be honest' is a pet peeve of mine. And literally, especially when used in the wrong manner!
I probably overuse lovely, but there are lots of lovely things, and the synonyms just don't mean exactly the same.

Harris27 Mon 12-May-25 21:04:42

Awesome
Babe
Hun

lixy Mon 12-May-25 20:38:53

‘unprecedented’ seems to have gone out of fashion recently but made me scream during the pandemic.

Scribbles Mon 12-May-25 20:28:14

Let me just get comfy with me cardi over me nightie .... Ghastly abbreviations!

As for "uni"; if you can't give the place its proper name, you shouldn't be allowed to go there.

And then there's "cuppa" .... aaaaaaagh!!!

Churchview Mon 12-May-25 20:21:17

"Slapped down" as in, "Badenoch slapped down Starmer at PM Questions. Slammed makes me equally grumpy. Both sound aggressive and childish in equal measures.

Cossy Mon 12-May-25 18:29:00

“Of an evening”
“Should of”
“Tar very much”
“My Jeff” or whatever their name is
“Hubby, Hubster, the wife, my better half”
“At the end of the day”
“Oh my days”
And
“So” at the beginning of any sentence!

Gawd, I’m a right grumpy old woman! grin

WelshPoppy Mon 12-May-25 18:13:36

Like, as in - he said like he was like going to the shop like.
So - at the start of a sentence.
You know, as in - well you know we went to see you know the film and you know it wasn't good.

Doodledog Mon 12-May-25 17:55:15

Mt61

Smash as in Smash it, smash the gangs.
So beginning of a sentence.
Like - usually used up North
Do- everything’s a do. A big do, a little do, going having a do with them. Again up North

'Like' is not confined to the North grin. I taught students from all over the world, and most of them use it a lot.

'It was like literally awesome'. 'I was like 'yeah', and he was like 'really?'

valdavi Mon 12-May-25 17:42:31

Not much annoys me, I'm just glad if I understand what they're saying!
That aside, "chrimbo" and "literally" as disliked above - I agree (theoretically).

Blossoming Mon 12-May-25 17:38:14

Mt61

Astitchintime

Turned round in conversation as in “ and he turned round and said xxxx and then his wife turned round and said xxx “.

Is that a Lancashire expression?

Not in this part of Lancashire.

Greenfinch Mon 12-May-25 17:37:52

Unbelievable!
Americanisms especially when used by older people eg
from the get go
on the weekend
would have….would have
eg If I would have seen him I would have spoken to him.

Mt61 Mon 12-May-25 17:37:04

Smash as in Smash it, smash the gangs.
So beginning of a sentence.
Like - usually used up North
Do- everything’s a do. A big do, a little do, going having a do with them. Again up North

Mt61 Mon 12-May-25 17:32:02

Astitchintime

Turned round in conversation as in “ and he turned round and said xxxx and then his wife turned round and said xxx “.

Is that a Lancashire expression?

Maggiemaybe Mon 12-May-25 17:24:17

Love, love, love. Surely one love will suffice? Or if not, perhaps adore will cover your overwhelming emotion?

One I’ve started to hear a lot lately, as both a verb and a noun - unalive.

What’s that all about? I appreciate that dead now seems way too strong a word for some to use or hear (“there’s a deceased cat on Station Road”) but unalive? Really? As for unaliveing someone…

Oh dear, I’m getting into Grumpy Old Woman mode now. Hold me back, somebody!

Grannybags Mon 12-May-25 17:23:27

I agree with
Hubby
Holibobs
Crimbo

also Amazing. We once had a waitress that said Amazing after almost every item we ordered!

Tenko Mon 12-May-25 17:23:15

Mine aren’t overused but are like nails on a blackboard .
Hubster
Kiddies
Chrimbo
Holibobs

eddiecat78 Mon 12-May-25 17:22:04

Tasked - as in " I was tasked to make a cake for the fete".
Hubby
The Wife ( instead of my wife)

Calendargirl Mon 12-May-25 17:21:44

welbeck

It maybe a tad pedantic to mention but
Shouldn't this discussion be in
Pedants Corner ??

No, I don’t think so.

As the OP, I just thought it was a ‘chat’ type of thing.

smile

loopyloo Mon 12-May-25 17:17:25

It is what it is.
Well it might be what it appears to be but I need clear evidence and it might be different in a few days time.