‘I WOULD SAY’! It’s just so silly.

Meant when asked IF they want or need anything !

Whilst I agree that
all this mangling of the English language is irritating, I think it's unfair to blame " young people"for most of it. Like somebody previously posted, for those of us who were young once, we had our phrases too.
To digress, slightly, I find the misplacing of apostrophes absolutely infuriating.
And to digress a lot (because I can't find out how to start a discussion), I am appalled by the people who are going to beaches and other places, completely ignoring and self distancing. It's not even Bank Holiday yet. What is the matter with them? Is it the stupid rephrasing of the the " stay at home " message?

I mean they are ignoring self distancing, not doing it!

Bluesindy1 and don't forget: "Let's run it up the flagpole and see how it flies "!!

Think about it.

Let me be clear ie I am going to lie and obfuscate again

Stan, used by youngsters to mean approval or liking something.l Stan these girls.So senseless.

There’s a world of difference (!) between new uses of language (eg ‘outside the box’ which is an interesting concept if not that new) and phrases like ‘let me be clear’ which is hectoring in tone.

Shakespeare was very innovative in his use of language and introduced many new phrases. Our language is living and moves on I’m pleased to note.

I agree that new language and phrases are arriving on our language all the time but do celebs always have to 'open up' about a problem or issue. Why not just say it. (or better still, don't) ?

Can I get.... ? when it should be can I have...?

@Bluesindy1 did you never play buzzword bingo?

livened up many a boring management “briefing” (always ANYTHING but brief) when I worked in Local Government

10 points for a blue sky
8 points for out if the box
5 for onward and upward
And 2 for any second use of ANY cliche

The winner put the kettle on for the essential after briefing coffee

Moving forward.

" Oh my word " why say that ?
Any shorted words like " lush " " hols" "Crimbo "

Coming to terms with is used far too often after a tragedy . How does the reporter know they are coming to terms with anything ?

‘Cascading down’ was my ‘favourite‘ bit of jargon-speak when I was still working.
As in ‘Can you cascade this down?’ instead of just ‘pass it on’.

I often used to think that certain people simply couldn’t even think in plain English any more, there was so much jargon- and waffle-speak.

Bringing back précis writing would IMO be a very good exercise for many people right across the board.

Why is everything awesome, amazing, brilliant when it’s just all right really.

The way people seem to start every conversation with 'So'. And then continue with lots of ums.

My pet hate words are "going forward", what is wrong with "in the future"!

well i don't quite get annoyed but i notice difference, or changes in usage, and then i get slightly annoyed if whoever denies that it is a change. do you know what i mean ?
eg, (i heard it again today on radio), something or somebody having been named for his uncle or saint's day.
we always used to say, named after...
similarly, his name is john but he goes by jack. that to me means he passes jack's house. we would say he is called or known as, or prefers to be called jack.
i don't object to the different form, and i guess it has come from north america, (anyone from there tell us please ?);
but people here in uk blankly stating, that's what we have always said. maybe v young people have, but not we oldies.

Flattening the curve!

At the top of the hour ?

The one that drives me completely around the twist, is the people who add "you know" into their conversation, all the time. Not an occasional "you know" With some its very other one or two words

I've just seen this on Google and had to share " They didn't want to illicit sympathy"

When did ‘one to one’ become ‘one on one’? Or ‘day by day’ become ‘day on day’? 24/7 irritates me but I suppose it’s a useful shorthand for ‘night & day, 7 days a week’!

Also , and I’ve said this before (it’s a pet hate): ‘It looks like it’s going to’ (should be ‘it looks as if...’)

On a daily / weekly etc basis.

What's wrong with daily or weekly etc on their own?