Unpleasant modern expressions

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

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

Also a colloquial noun for a heavy drinker...

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!!

Here's the thing ...

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!

Sorry, superfluous word, not good at textspeak.

Grannyfran, I am intrigued now!

I suppose that's TFM2KAU2FO

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

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!

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!

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

Whatever floats your boat.

Popped his/her clogs.

nana don't go to South Africa, where a favourite response to almost anything is "yah-well-no-fine":
uk.askmen.com/top_10/travel/top-10-south-africanisms_1.html

It means "If you say so" .

it …. not i t - sorry!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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'

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!

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!