Words and Phrases You Hate

[sparrowhawk]

Okay , now that we got a thread on words and phrases we love, why don't we do one on the ones that we just can't stand ? I'm speaking about language uglies that have crept into modern day usage. Usually these words and phrases vanish after 10 or 20 years; these are a few of the ones that currently make me crazy :

Represent ( still trying to figure out what this means in modern slang)

Double down : I see newscast reporters using this one a lot

Man up : I really despise this one; grew from a couple of political seasons ago and is still in use.

Any more to add to the list?

 

[blueeyedogre]

"Do you know who I am?!?"........ When I was bouncing that was a sure way to end up at the back of the line.

 

[nachman]

Whatever. When someone dismisses me with the word "whatever" I feel like smacking them.

 

[cobguy]

"Let's put a pin in that" ... middle management speak for "I don’t feel like talking about that right now."

 

[danielplainview]

That's "sick." Meaning good, awesome, etc.
I'm sick of hearing "that's sick."

 

[phil67]

Uhh... this topic has already been started over a week ago: Words and Phrases You've Come To Hate :wink:

 

[clickklick]

Trump

Clinton

 

[sparrowhawk]

Whoops--didn't realize the thread had already been opened. Apologies

 

[mso489]

Yeah, I think we've just done this at considerable length. Better not start over.

 

[mawnansmiff]

People who start a sentence with "So" as in "So I went into town today..." really get my goat plus those who keep saying "like" as in "...when I saw him he was like really tall, but I had heard he was like really short".
Sad that these Americanisms have made it across the pond and we have to put up with them on a daily basis.
It's nothing short of linguistic lazyness in my view and should be scorned at by every opportunity.
Just my tuppenceworth folks ::
Regards,
Jay.