to fucking HATE words like

[JustDontWantToSay]

"totes"
"emosh"
"amazeballs"

and the horror I've just seen on fb....

"appaz" (apparently).

FFS. WHY?????

I really hate it when people's Facebook status says what they've had for tea then "nom nom". Drives me insane!

ahem, what's YOLO? I don't know either. I'm sure someone has explained it already, sorry.

Vlad - same round here!

I was sat...grrrr

I do try not to get too annoyed, I accept that language is changing constantly. And just think how bad it's going to get when my kids hit the teenage years.

And nom nom makes me actually gag

I completely agree with the poster who dislikes the sign off (on emails, at work) of 'best'. It ALWAYS makes me want to shout at my screen 'best what??!'. I think it is used in an attempt to be friendly yet professional and ever so slightly hip. I can't stand it.

Also hate: hollibobs, the 'nom nom' thing, hun and the prevalence of 'l'il' (as in 'my l'il man').

YANBU.

I have lived in the UK for 10 years and always say "good" in response to a question about my wellbeing.
"Fine" always sounds a bit cold to my ear, as in "fine, don't ask!"
Can it be forgiven if you're foreign? The problem is that a British person would never tell you it's annoying. They would just secretly cringe.

I've said natch since I was 7, and it was never a shortened version of naturally. In fact I've never heard it in that context at all.

I only know it as a word to use when someone has been really lucky.

E.g person 1: I've just won a million pounds on the lottery
Person 2: Natch! Get you, you jammy thing.

sprite, in Ireland we say "I'm grand", when asked how we are. It means the same as fine, but it's just a bit perkier!

YOLO = You Only Live Once

I love new words and I love it when my DD shares new ones with me, they make me laugh. I do agree though that most of them sound really bad when uttered by middle aged women rather than sullen teenagers, and that when they become too mainstream is the time to stop using them!

I was thinking about how I used to speak as a teenager way back in the dark ages. If something was good we used to say it was "fine". If something was really good it was "rare fine".

One that I really do dislike though is "anyhoo". So twee and Miranda-ish.

Murphy, what about pap en wors? Meaning spicy sausage and porridge. Doesnt sound as good somehow, Afrikaans rocks at discriptive words!

Davina McCall says you have to ask for phone owner's "permish" if you want to vote on Got to Dance... boils my piss that one...

I must be really old.

I've never even heard of half of these and those that I have heard of, the only ones I see in 'everyday' use i.e. amongst FB friends etc - never in real life - are things like Hun and LOL. I certainly never come across YOLO or all these 'bob' words.

Who really does use all these other words? I bet many of them are regional things.

Wa g'wan blud?
{kills self whilst clutching a copy of the Oxford Book of Grammar}

I think the most annoying expression is being used to describe feelings towards annoying expressions - "boils my piss". Revolting and factually inaccurate.

For purists among us, the above translates as " How are you today, my friend(s)"

Sorry Just!

Thanks Alleycat. I love "I'm grand" but I'm not sure I could pull it off without an Irish accent. It does sound so much more optimistic than "fine."

Frogisatwat, hope you know I used "haterz" ironically

Emotional roller coaster , journey (as in experience) arghhhhhh!!!

heyho - yes, yes and yes again!!!!

Alleycat, reading back & almost choked on shiraz,

Trouser. Knit = jumper! I had to buy Grazia recently, for research purposes.
"Team this on-trend pool slider with a glossy tight"... One shoe? One leg?

Journey. Raaargh! I'm with ya, fourforksache. Your wedding journey, my weight loss journey, her baby journey... Just no!

My friend orders in restaurants with the phrase "Can I get.... ". Makes me want to punch him EVERY time.

What about 'learning curve' when referring to a one off event like a bump in the car. It was a real learning curve.

No. No it was not. LOLZ.