Unpleasant modern expressions

chloe1984, I was going to say 'back in the day' which was used several times by presenters during the last episode of 'Coast Australia'. I thought it was very sloppy indeed - it saved them looking up exact dates and giving us proper information I suppose. [grr]

I really hate the American 'I am good'... I spend hours teaching my students the difference between 'good' and 'well' and then they hear
'how are you? 'I'm good thank you' doh.

At this moment in time ..... Instead of now.

The majority of.... instead of most.

One that has fallen slightly out of use is the misuse of "well" meaning "very".
I remember receiving an absence note (a thing of the past ) which read "Sorry Johnny was away yesterday. He was well ill"

I love the bones of him.
(What, just the bones??)

"Kewl" (as has just appeared in an email from a younger colleague).

As someone earlier said "I love him to bits" - really irritating because it's often what my daughter calls a "scorpion" comment (meaning wait for the sting in the tail) as in, "I love him to bits, but ...(insert appropriate grumble).

I also dislike it when sentences are punctuated by "yeah" as if to check that you understand. Grrrrrrrrrr.

Rosequartz sorry for taking your most unpleasant modern expression of course I could have said " enjoy the rest of your day" which staff at my favourite supermarket say all the time. Or " laters" which I understand is an expression to indicate someone will see me later!!

Greenfinch, on of the favourite expressions of one of the parents of a pupil at the school where I once worked (did not teach), was "sorry, we over-laid".It always brought a smile to the faces of the staff!

@Grannyknot - "kewl" at least shows that the writer is bored with the incessant use of 'cool' - I have been known touse it myself when in satirical mood...

I have seen someone here use "soz" - I think it means "sorry" - which is pretty heave-inducing.

@Granjura - Americans are terrified of adverbs, for some reason. And here I am fed up with the adverb 'well' being pressed into service as an adjectival "very". It makes me "well unhappy"!

Just seen Greenfinch's post about well/very!

I really hate those rhetorical questions -' how good is that?' I often reply 'I don't know' that foxes them.

This moment in time - why not now?
The Americans used dove [pronounced as doh-v] as a past tense to dived
using well in a term such as 'it's well good'
When a waiter asks a customer everything satisfactory with your meal? He's talking to English people. They'be too embarrassed to complain . [I'm just the opposite and will complain, but then I lived in Canada and the US]
Actually I have such a long list I'll leave it at that

Instead of saying, in conversation 'I said ....' it's 'I'm like .... ' Dreadful phrase

@feetle, chuckling at the thought of you writing "kewl"

@printmiss, I get the inward giggles when someone says "Bear with me". I either want to ask "Oh, no, where is it?" or "Are you having a baby? Sorry I can't help, I'm not a midwife".

Stop picking on the Americans!

I like it PRINTMISS

I also liked the one I had which said "Shane won't be here tomorrow. He is going to see the optician with his eyes."

Oh I'm totes kewl when I'm down with my homies, Grannyknot... innit?

The 'bear with me' thing is funny when Sally Phillips does it in Miranda - taking a call at the table she continually says 'Bear with... bear with... bear with' until the call is over. I 'd do it too, only I never give anyone my mobile number,so no calls.... bliss!

greenfinch how about "I don't see myself doing that ..." Er, no unless you're watching yourself in the mirror.

Feetle, And I would have thought that "soz" was short for sozzled!

janeainsworth- that is my pet hate as well !The only thing I would sacrifice my life for would be my children , not a bloody view !

I am also fed uo with people staring any answer with 'so'

*Grannyknot" Did you say that "off the top of your head ?" Another silly idiom

Oh, Americanisms!!
"He was in court and he pled guilty."
Pled??

Bear with, staying with Miranda, this thread is such fun!

"I'll give you a bell"…..I can't remember the last time I heard a phone actually ring….

Idioms change all the time. In every generation there will be a new and annoying collection of expressions. I'll use another: go with the flow!

Language evolves, perhaps we are not evolving quickly enough to keep up with the changes!

My pet hate is "yes no". Surely i
t is either "yes" or "no". Listen out for it - you will hear yes no everywhere!