"Going forward..."

I hate "up for grabs"

And two times instead of twice!!!

So.It is what it is and we are where we are

Teetime. You described my ex boss perfectly! Did we work for the same Company?

I can't stand it when people begin a reply with look, when they really want me to listen. Politicians seem to say that a lot.

"Let us be crystal clear" - that is a common bit of media-speak, and usually means you are about to be told a whopping lie!
What a load of Botox!

EVERYONE on Melvyn Bragg's programme on Monday began their answer with "So."
how about "Have you done?" or "I've done" instead of "finished" and "Can I get?" instead of "Please may I have...."

On the phone: "Can you confirm your name and address for me?" and "Can you confirm your phone number for me?" So annoying as I thought you confirmed something after saying it once! Also that annoying "for me" medics use after requesting you to rollup your sleeve, etc.

Lay instead of lie drives me nuts.

I thought I had heard the last of the well worn 'hard working families', the politicians' mantra. However, there it was again this week. As long as there are politicians there will be clichés.

Pushing the envelope comes from aerodynamics not stationery but I doubt whether those who keep using the expression actually understand what it means.

I dislike the use of sea change when change on its own would be a) perfectly clear and b) more accurate. I assume that it is a quotation from The Tempest, referring to the physical alterations brought about when someone drowns and lies full fathom five. Drowning seems a somewhat radical approach to effecting political change but I suppose it could be arranged.

And colours became colourways

"Functionality" all mad!

A big ask.

Yes Instagran, when asked to confirm my phone number/address, why do they say that,s fantastic, What,s so fantastic about me knowing my own b----y phone number and address!!! Another pet hate is this way women have of talking and dropping the end of a word into a low croak,

Back in the day......hate it

How are you?....I'm good. GOOD AT WHAT!!

Yes, I tripped into that American 'I'm good' for a little while. Duly corrected as it is indeed stupid. I am guilty of saying absolutely sometimes but, on reflection, I feel it is used as an emphatic yes than a regular one (if that makes sense to anyone other than me!)

'Thinking outside the box' and 'blue sky thinking' are two meaningless phrases I used to hear at work. And having issues instead of problems.
Even my children say 'Can I get' in restaurants and I feel like saying 'No, they'll bring it for you!' And my DH get furious when he orders food and the waiter says 'Brilliant!' - what's brilliant about it? He asks for another beer and they say 'No problem' - he didn't think it would be, in a restaurant!
As for TV presenters, the number of times I've heard that something is 'very unique' or similar is ridiculous. It's either unique or not!

I must confess that I do say 'Absolultuely' though - I see it as indicating emphasis.

Sorry I meant absolutely!

I hate 'can I get ' almost as much as 'can I' but for different reasons!

Back to the hands and the 'thumb and index finger' gesturing. I am convinced that politicians and other public presenters must be sent to some sort of 'hands school' where they are instructed to lift and lower right and left, spread and clench fingers and twirl their wrists to give emphasis and gravitas to the points they are making. I guess they have to practice sitting down and also walking towards camera ... A lot of them end up looking like daft windmills and I bet it has cost an awful lot of money for a day's training - no doubt with an expenses paid lunch thrown in.

On a more serious note, when I undertook middle-management training I was presented with three theoretical models. My training required me to compare them for my own use and to comment on which one I felt most reflected 'my style'. I raised the point that they were a) all business models, b) all imported from America and c) all concerned with measurable products and profitability. As to usability ... well, I am a teacher ...

I can't stand the young women who speak in a really croaky voice, you can tell that it is false and i am not quite sure what it is meant to achieve!!!

I've gone through the stage of being annoyed by every bit of grammar or language use that didn't meet with my approval, but have now reached a point where I think that being so intolerant of change is both pointless and silly. Language changes - it always has and it always will.
Usage is everything, and if the majority of the population now uses an expression or a grammatical form that doesn't match the 'rules' of the past, it is time to 'revisit' the rules. Unless it involves any of my own personal pet hates, obviously (one of which is 'revisit') !