In any way shape or form

[AlwaysHopeful]

What's wrong with the phrease "at all"? Why fill the air with unnecessary words? I'm sitting at my desk in an open office playing bullshit bingo with all the overheard conversations of my colleagues.

What phrases drive you nuts?

What does going granular mean?

From my boss - "I'll give you a heads up on... " - arrgh hate it

'well jel' and all those other thick towie phrases

beanandspud - your contribution makes my teen colleagues look like Jeremy Paxman! Any one of those in isolation would make me want to gnaw my own hand off but all of them on a constant rota....!

I once had a boss who referred to "cascading down to the next layer of granularity".

'Literally' as used by TV chefs ie: used incorrectly! Grr.
Most of the phrases highlighted on this thread.

HOWEVER, saying 'can I get' is common parlance in Scotland and has been for many, many years.

A lot of it is tautology, isn't it? What irks me but I stay silent is when people say "I have never had / done / seen that in my life." We don't need 'in my life'.

Like others, I don't like 'meet up', 'meet with', 'type up', 'park up', 'train up'. A lot of these withs and ups are from you know where but I expect it would be racist to write USA here!

Oh, and fucking 'up-cycling'.

Lot of wank.

I also hate can I get.

Must of
would of
could of etc

It's HAVE! Grrrrrr

This thread is making me laugh! You can almost palpate the outrage contained within each post :o

Anyone using the phrase 'this current economic climate' in everyday conversation.

always hopeful as in.... There is still xyz hanging out the back end [to finish a project]

I used to be a vet nurse, and it always makes me think of animals with foetuses stuck [really grim]

It I'd said far too often in our office

Travelling by train: 'London Paddington is the next and final station stop'.

Oh, and the recorded announcement that pompously reminds people that they should take care 'due to today's inclement weather'. Who the blimmin' heck talks about 'inclement weather'? Seriously? What's wrong with 'bad?'

I interviewed someone recently who, when asked about a recent task, said "It was vital that we gained some traction and left rubber on the road!".

He was deadly serious and unsuccessful

"what it is, is..."

"step up to the plate"

These phrases make my teeth itch.

DH seriously annoys me when he prefaces his sentences with this ( far to often in my opnion " I don't know if you know this but...."
Why not just say what you want to say, grr

Is using 'recent' twice in the same sentence equally as annoying?

"it is what it is"

Ujj I've started to notice that becoming common and have been mystified. Of course it is.

'I don't know about you and frankly i dont care about you but...'

My dh has a very annoying tendency to use 'so.......' at the end of every sentence as if I'm expected to guess wht he is thinking. It is irritating, and makes him sound a bit dim. Bless him.

He is from London, so the Irish explanation is no excuse for him. When he uses it he knows it means nothing.

Ujj I have a horrible feeling that I have started saying 'it is what it is'

I've just remembered another one.

Suffice IT to say.

It's suffice to say, as in it's sufficient. You don't say it's sufficient it to say.

It makes no sense. Aaarrrggg.

I may have to return later when my blood pressure returns to normal.

OP I'm with you on "way shape and form". Often poeple come out with Bull as a filler, giving them time to think about what to say next. W,S and F, being at the end of a sentence, doesn't serve this purpose.

I had a client many years ago who would ask in almost sentence "you know what I mean?". Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Drove me nuts! (if you know what I mean).

stealth- from now implies beginning this instant- When I say going forward I mean not this time but the next time we do this and all future times
I do think ive just gotten used to it and now cant shake it . im ashamed of myself
My sister ends nearly every sentence with "d'ya know that way"