Does it annoy anybody else....

NTO

pompa I think you meant NTO, but my singing's best drowned out, too

Off thread but couldn't resist. Get your knitting needles out, folks.

Doesn't exactly look like him though, does it?

Well, the eyebrows are good!

What about "bored of" and "fed up of" This change of the expression is quite recent. In my day it was always "bored with" and "fed up with"

How do these changes happen?

I hate the expression of very busy people who 'juggle' with their lives (it refers mainly to women). To me it brings a mind boggling picture of women throwing their babies/bosses/shopping trollies, etc, up in a high arch, and frantically scrabbling around trying to catch them

"What's that all about". That really annoys me. No good reason just drives me mad.

Verbs used in place of nouns, for instance, Invite for "invitation", a big ask etc
Oh and the interminable loose for "lose" ( they don't even SOUND. the same!) Bah humbug!

Fit for purpose

Lessons will be learned.

"Comfort zone"

"I want answers." Really annoys me.

"See you later " from the "boy" at the supermarket checkout, but bless him, he is just being friendly.
Oh and being wished a "wonderful weekend" or a "fantastic evening" . I know they mean well, but my evenings and weekends while not unpleasant per se, rarely match up to "fantastic" etc

I must add "Get a life" which is one of the more insulting things that can be said to anyone.

'I can honestly state'
I am sure you are capable of stating whatever it is, but:----------

Used there not to be the over use of the phrase "Tell me about it"always often accompanied by a (almost audible) roll of the eyes which meant precisely the opposite.
Hated that with a passion.
Oh and "passion" whether for cooking, gardening, singing (flat) underwater basket weaving usually by reality TV contestants. Bah very humbug!

People who have just been appointed to some new position often declare how "passionate" they are about it. Presumably that's what they put on their application form.

I must add "Get a life" which is one of the more insulting things that can be said to anyone
I will second that Elegran; it was used on another thread this morning and I was going to post a riposte but had to dash out.

post a riposte sounds like another annoying phrase now I re-read it

Blue sky thinking.
Thinking outside the box.
I personally think.... (What's wrong with I think??)

Notices that say, 'Please be aware that these toilets may be cleaned by a male operative'. Drives me mad - why not just say 'Men clean these toilets'? Or just don't say anything. We are not likely to run screaming from public toilets at the sight of a man with a mop and bucket, are we?
Please be aware that the floor may be slippery when wet. Or Wet floors are slippery!

Another one - is this American - if you make a mistake, you say, 'my bad.'
Good grief.

Very unique - it either is or it isn't. And Nick Clegg on the Today programme saying 'Myself and David Cameron'.

Carol Kirkwood , the weather lady, always say the evening period. She doesn't say the night period or the day period,so why add period to evening. It is just the evening!!!

Smile, it may never happen

Grannylynn