Slang words which make me cringe ?

Corryanna

Sorry I didn’t see the other thread earlier. My bad for not looking at all the topics!

Don’t mind ’Jabs” at all - but My bad makes me cringe! ……..

It’s not slang as such, but people saying e.g. November fifth, instead of November the fifth, or ‘the fifth of November’ does irritate me.

Ditto ‘go get’, ‘go see’, etc., instead of ‘go and get’, ‘go and see’, etc.
All very well from Americans - it’s when Brits do it that I want to tell them to talk proper!

There used to be a television advertisement for some sort of savings product with high interest where a male voice would say what sounded like

Saving has never BIN so interesting

I winced every time I heard it.

Innit

most of you would have hated that man Shakespeare.

I hate the expression “quit or quitting” in relation to smoking cessation. Why cant it be “stopped” smoking, or “giving up”smoking ?

I hate the word kids for children.

I always think 'you've got young goats?'

When I was in my 30s I had a partner who was in her 40s and she would talk about her titties. That was a word we'd maybe use in our teenage years but not in our 30s and 40s

'Bub' or 'bubba' for baby. Sounds like a plague boil.

And the reverse of slang: no one seems to have tea, high tea, dinner or evening meal any more; everyone has supper, sometimes a kitchen supper.

Jab ok. Do able not ok why cant they say it can be done.
Top Banana and Your A Star. WHY!!!!

Veggies, brekkie, sunnies, addy(address). Australians shorten just about anything. Think I’ll take a sickie today !

Sorry, I haven't read the whole thread

'Grab' really gets on my nerves e.g. I will just grab a sandwich etc.

Also, jumping into things e.g. I'll just jump in the car/bath/etc.

Gobsmacked. Ugly word innit?

Really don’t mind the word jab but hate, just hate the word gotten

I know it's illogical but Pop makes me grind my teeth - as in "just pop it down there",or "I'm just popping out to the shops".
I expect to hear a small explosive sound!

Again not slang as such, but ‘a newborn’ instead of ‘a new baby’.
Hardly anybody seems to have a new baby nowadays, they’re all ‘newborns’.

Tbh I can’t stand the advert for Yorkshire Tea. Yorkshire - where everything is done proper! Except the proper use of grammar. ?

Oh@Scribbles!
Talking of “pop” or “popping”
The nurse from my mum’s nursing home phoned me and said, “l’m just letting you know that I’m popping your mum in end of life care.”
Hardly an appropriate word to use under the circumstances. ?

“On” not “in”

More of a euphemism rather than slang but ‘passed away’ or, worse, ‘passed’. Why can’t anyone say ‘died’ any more? The use of ‘passed on’ or ‘over’ implies a belief in the after life. This one has come from the USA and is, sadly, probably here to stay.

Jezra, that's appalling. I appreciate that, at such a time, you don't need any extra stress and probably wouldn't want to make an official complaint but somebody really does need to take that nurse aside and have a quiet word about more appropriate, professional use of language. My best wishes to you through a sad time.

Jezra above sentiments from Scribbles echoed and many apologies for the timing of my contribution - not the most appropriate positioning in the circumstances.

There’s some current TV add on buying a used car, that makes me want to chuck a brick at the TV every time. The bloke just looks irritating for a start, plus he drops every available T.
Ending with, ‘You’re in the driving seat now, Bri’ain!’ ?

For the sake of my blood pressure I really must do more recording and zooming through the ads.

I just hated the term used for going to a club after the pub "going for a boogie" aaargh! Or a"bop" what's worse is when these terms are used by old or middle aged women who still think they're teens......cringeworthy

Some of these are regional, some are younger generations speak but some are just lazy, my 2 year old granddaughter says Din dins when she's hungry.

I had a friend who talked about her "poorlies" when having her period. Also hate the phase "a coffee"; can't you have two?