Phrases/sayings that drive me mad!

And whenever anyone on BBC's "QuestionTime" says: "That's an interesting point" or "That's a very challenging question" or (my favourite) "I'm glad you asked me that....."

Talk about playing for time - waffle, waffle, waffle, waffle!

I’m proud of you when it is the other that has had an achievement. Pride is the prerogative of the one achieving and no other... proud FOR you might work at a pinch!

The media mispronouncing the station Marylebone- french for Mary the Good - calling it Marley Bone - it should be Marry le bone - but bone not pronounced with long o nor a short - somewhere in between.

So........
Our country (politicians)
Lessons must be learned
Haitch
He’s my rock

Used and abused! Really irritating.

I forgot the word ‘practitioner’. Everyone is a practitioner now.

“Hence why”. A massive dose of tautology that make me want to cry.

“Mis chee vious “ oh please!

Hubby.

It does my head in
Anythink instead of anything

Yes, yes, YES!!! to all the above.
"Can I get...?" instead of "Can I have..." [or preferably, "may I have..."] No you can't, but someone can for you
We have a lot of "dee-oos" for Brexit at the moment
Pressurised instead of pressured
of course, my head immediately emptied... might come back later!

Nanny27, that's my bete noir too, plus
Me personally
You know what I mean
At this moment in time.

My bad..... it really really pisses me off......

When someone asks for a coffee for example and they say...' May I get...' Aargh!! It should be 'May I have.....'
While on the subject of how we speak, does anyone else feel like I do when so many people now talk with this 'up sound, as if it is a question? Thought it was just the young but everyone does it now, even on television and it is driving me crazy!

I don't like 'talk us/me through' when what the speaker means is 'tell us/me about'. It makes sense if you're reading out instructions to someone but not otherwise.

I believe the original expression was not " I fell pregnant" but "I fell wrong" meaning, as my father discovered as a young GP in Huddersfield, not that the lady had sprained her ankle, but that she had missed a period (It hadn't fallen on the right date) so she suspected (or was afraid) that she was in the family way.

"We're pregnant" always makes me want to say, "Congratulations, sir, you are a medical sensation!"

These items have been 'carefully curated' - no, they've been chosen.
Can I get a coffee? No, the barista gets it.
'Absolutely' instead of yes.
Beginning a sentence with 'so' really annoys me but is all the rage at the moment.
At the end of the day.

Lynne59 when I put "must have" on my list it was in the conext of "the iphone10 is a must have"

I also do not like "must of"

"babby" instead of BABY!
A bite to eat!

A big ask
It is what it is

Learning curve.
Very unique.
He was hung ( instead of hanged).
Enjoy.
Passed instead of died. ( People looked at me in horror when I told them that my husband had died ) Lots of these already mentioned .

He’s my soulmate. Barf. ?

Actually... so overused
So to start every other sentence and like dropped in many times over
Innit
Pacifically =specifically
How are you.... Then ignore you're answer and move on to what they want to say.
A mind of information
Kids.... no, children

And then there is 'preggars' for pregnant ?

ALL of the above, especially Haitch, it's bloody Aitch for gods sake.

Also
The get go
'My go to ' bag, dress, jacket etc
Must have
Going forward

Hate them all.

The 'so' one gets my vote
Also 'listen up'. Can I listen down instead?
The fact that newsreaders omit the word 'that' .

So and so "has become a father for the second/third/fourth... time". Nooooo, a man can only become a father once!