To have an irrational rage that makes me want to gag whoever says...

[AlbaGuBrath]

"Hell to the no"

"Totes"

"Amazeballs"

(the last two combined)

"Chillax"

"My bad"

"Cray cray"

Surely nobody over the age of 15 should use these words in a serious context (even in a joking context if I'm totally honest)

I have this week heard them all used at work by professional, otherwise intelligent people. Please don't tell me it's me that wants to stuff the nearest bit of junk mail into their pie hold every time they speak like this.

Mimsy we are as one.

How about the misuse of the word 'like' instead of ' I said ' or ' I felt'

Also to say 'like' to mean what I used to call 'fancy' ie be attracted to someone.( no doubt that set the teeth of previous generations on edge though)

I don't like any of it.

Overuse of certain words. 'Generic' for example. Or 'before' - used wrongly, and far too often but can't quite explain why. Also 'random' or 'some random' a derogatory term to denote someone you hardly know or don't know.

Very far from top hole so Cheerioh.

A presenter chap on radio 4 a couple of days ago said, 'she literally had the weight of the world on her shoulders'. Radio 4!
I got out of the car and walked the rest of the way home.

'Like' is a lost cause, Word. I find it fascinating because I can't see how it came to mean what it does now.

What about people who start sentences "to me" as in "to me he's the best striker in the world at the present time" (they are usually talking about football and often at the present time). Don't even get me started on sports commentators who always say he/she is x years of age. No, they are x years old.

I cannot stand 'years of age'.

Mimsy I've sent you a message.

Train station is another one I agree.

And I wonder as well about the plate we must step up to. Is it something to do with steam trains? Or setting off some kind of massive gun(wanted to say howitzer or blunderbuss then felt sad that I often have to self censor to make myself understood these days)

'Step up to the plate' is a baseball term.
The batter bats from a plate.
Same as 'ballpark figure', which I think is from an estimate of the attendance.

What about "sammies" and "sammiches"?

Both unknown to me- sandwiches are sarnies or butties in the vernacular here. Both fine by me.

Though I can see how they could grate, as well as the examples you suggest.

Let's leave the surprisingly rich vein of regional pastry nomenclature for a different thread!

What is wrong with train station? Or pan fried?

Train station is US English. The traditional UK English term is railway station. As I said upthread, it may be more logical to have bus stations and train stations, but I don't care.

Pan fried - this one doesn't bother me too much, as it makes it clear it's not deep fried. We used to say shallow fried for that, though.

This thread is brilliant

Yes "pan fried" is one of my more unreasonable dislikes. Because I think its used to sound "fancier" than shallow fried, but it is at least descriptive. My major restaurant/ tv chef term hate though is "off" as in "fry-off" "cook-off". I find it very seriously grating.

Yes cooking things off is annoying. What about journeys on reality shows? Everyone has been on a journey, is passionate about it and wants to stay in the process.

Tee

It's a t-shirt. It's always been a t-shirt. Why have you started calling it a 'tee'

"You forgot to put the rubbish out"

Perfectly standard expression where I'm from.

Spag bol - commonly used on here. Makes me feel very, very violent.

Any fashion magazine lingo:

Red lip (just one lip? What colour is the other one - neutral?)
Pony - it's a pony tail. A pony is a small equine, up to 14.2hh. I doubt you have one of those on your head
Pop of colour - f**k off. There are no words for this ridiculously overused phrase.
Aaaaaaaaaaaagggggggg!

I use spag bol or sometimes spaghetti bollocknaked (not in front of kids though!)

Pumpkin

The example was how "my bad" is used. Nothing to do with people putting the rubbish out. I have no problem with that

Is there something wrong with "You forgot to put the rubbish out"? I say it every Wednesday night.

I just thought of one.
"Panties" does anyone actually call their knickers "panties"
Surely not!

I think that's an American thing.

I prefer a good pair of kidney warmers myself.....

There's something very grubby about the word panties. I think it may been used on the Benny Hill Show or similar innuendo-laden 'comedy' in the 70s.

Can I throw 'super' into the mix?

As in: that outfit was super cheap.

ARGGGGGGH>