Unpleasant modern expressions

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nana don't go to South Africa, where a favourite response to almost anything is "yah-well-no-fine":
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It means "If you say so" .

Whatever floats your boat.

Popped his/her clogs.

Anyone who insists on putting a 110% into a task.

I secretly love and collect all these because I'm a writer and I only have to put something like "So, basically, it's, like, a technology thing, yeah?" into a character's mouth for readers to provide the rest of the information about them ready-made!
The latest prize addition to my collection is the odd use of the singular, as in "Ooh, I love a sausage, me!", or (I heard this on the radio this morning) "You love a plane, don't you, Stewart?"
I'm just a pushover for quirky usage, me!

I love that one too, Grannyfran, they use it a lot on the Steve Wright show which I listen to on my way home from work ("You like a mange-tout, don't you Tim?") - always makes me giggle!

Grannyfran one of my pet hates is incorrect use of slang or informal expressions. Sometimes in a novel set in say the Sixties, a character will utter something that you know didn't enter common parlance until much later.
Definitely gives rise to a tooth-grinding moment

Grannyfran, I am intrigued now!

I suppose that's TFM2KAU2FO

Sorry, superfluous word, not good at textspeak.

Enjoy! Aargh!! Why can't they be bothered to say "enjoy your meal" or whatever it is?

The only thing which gives me hope about these awful expressions is that I remember being very irritated by the constant use of "tend to" in (I think) the 80s. Nothing DID anything, just TENDED TO do it. That seems to have died out, so possibly all these dreadful examples will too.

In the meantime, it's refreshing to realise that we, as pedants, stand together!

Here's the thing ...

Not much annoys me, but I absolutely hate the use of "lush" to mean … well - what exactly?? It is one of the most over-used and inaccurately-used words in the English language these days.
Lush applies to vegetation and means verdant and luxuriant as far as I am concerned. How come just about everything is suddenly being described as "lush"?
Really makes me grind my teeth!!

Also a colloquial noun for a heavy drinker...

That is true feetlebaum but I don't understand the current excessive use of it to basically mean 'like'.

Nanna you can blame Gavin and Stacey for that one. Lush is Stacey's favourite expression!

But it sounds so lush when she says it!

What's occurring?

Basically. And random.

Functionality! What is wrong with just plain 'function' but we must move with the times I suppose..............

As I've said before I strongly dislike today's use of the word 'like'

When I told a cold caller at our door last week that I didn't want new windows, his reply was 'no worries babe' (I'm 64)

I fine the expression, 'entry level' annoying. First of all what does it mean? I assumed it meant a basic unskilled job as I heard a tv programme saying that immigrants were taking entry level jobs such as fruit picking etc. However I was seeking a new tyre for my car the other day and the guy quoted the prices as being from 'entry level' upwards.
I have also heard holidays described as 'entry level'. 'Entry' to what?
Anyone got any ideas.

It's like that awful expression 'starter home' - as though everyone should be aspiring to something bigger, better and of course more expensive...

KatyK

Did that make your day or annoy you?

Blue sky thinking.
Thinking outside the box.

(Can you have blue sky thinking inside the box?)

Another one.
It's a big ask.

Many of these clichés started out as fresh and meaningful metaphors. Now they are tired and overused. Who can suggest a fresh and interesting alternative to 'blue sky thinking', for example?