To ask you which other '-isms' you find really grating....

[Sebsaloysius]

Following on in the spirit of the "I could care less" post earlier, what other new age/adopted phrases make your ears burn? Unfortunately, I'm adding to the USA pile on (although they likely could care less) as I'm pretty sure they are responsible for my own pet hate.

When ordering food at a cafe, restaurant, bar or anywhere in fact, when and why did we lose "Can I have" or "I'd like to order" to "Can I get"??

Only the other week did I overhear an elderly, well-spoken lady in a deli queue drawl "Can I get a pear and Shropshire Blue sourdough loaf". I wanted to tell her that she had no right to that beautifully crafted, quintessentially British artesan bread by asking for it in such a manner, and push her out of the door to reinforce the point (I didn't, before the MN police come at me).

I also find "sorry not sorry" vile. Not only are you 'not sorry', you're now also a dismissive cockwomble, so I like you even less than I did 5 seconds ago.

What are yours?

"Draws" instead of "drawers". "Greatful" instead of "grateful".

Not only do I hate gift as a verb, I also dislike it as a noun. I give presents not gifts. And no, I have no idea why I dislike it except that I've spent 60 years giving presents and can't change now.

Oh man this really really annoys me too! We’ve lost sight of what a renovation really is at this point 😂

I forgot the third one....

Holibobs.

I'm starting to wind myself up now, pass the camomile tea, someone.

'On accident' instead of 'by accident' seems to be becoming horrifyingly widespread these days.

I've never heard of this either, but it's making me cross already!

We are pregnant

A trouser - to be worn with a strong lip, perhaps.
Cockwomble - frankly insulting to Great Uncle Bulgaria.
'I was today years old when I discovered....' - just a pile of non-sensical bollocks.

Reached out

Basically anytime you talk to someone

Pacific instead of specific 🙃

I hate “2am in the morning.”

For me it only needs to be “2am” or “2 in the morning.” Not both!!!!

Reach out
Anal - bad situation
Fab - as in How are you doing? Oh, faaaab, ta!
🤬

Oh yeah I hate this one too! 'We're going to do Italy this year. We did Disney last year.'

What did you do to it?

Gifted - it's given

Criminality -it's crime

Reaching out is ridiculous isn’t it? There is a lot of it about now it seems! I also hate “Are you excited for..?”. Where did it come from, is it American? Also PTO seems to be a new thing - I thought it meant Please Turn Over but apparently it’s Paid Time Off 😹

"I'll do" the salad and a side of fries. No, you would like a salad with a side of fries please!

Also, "I’m dead, you're gonna die" when something is unbelievable 🙄

I agree with that one, CandyCane.

"Comprised of." It's composed of or it comprises, it's not comprised of.

Agree with the person who said "plate up" too. I've literally only ever seen that on MN. Everyone I know in real life says "dish up" even if they're not using a dish.

"Go toilet" especially if you're not a small child who doesn't know any better.

"Nail polish" instead of nail varnish - might possibly be of American origin, but that's not why it annoys me. It just doesn't make sense - it's the texture of varnish, not polish.

"Mil" for millilitres - a perfectly sensible abbreviation, but one that seems to have only become popular among non-scientists fairly recently, so it still feels lazy and irritating to me.

Original way of speaking, where, when? Language developed and regional differences are as valid as each other. Classism takes us to eugenics, understand why everyone at the BBC/original TV sounded the same. It fed racism as well. Understand why some of us don't want any part of it.

I absolutely detest 'making nemories'. Ugh.

Anything with 'super' in front of it - I want to be super helpful, it's going to be super fun etc.

rip angle
God rest his sole.

Anything that resembles shining on like a crazy diamond.

"I did it on accident" instead of by accident.

Can I get instead of I would like

Holibobs

I absolutely will not be called "our lass" thankfully DH has never done this and will refer to me as my actual name if anyone asks about "his lass"

"It's giving"

I'm quite intolerant it would seem.

SO many.

If you don't like 'veggies' I raise you my 80 year old MIL who asks regularly what I'm having for 'din dins' as if I'm a toddler. And when suffering from hyperemesis I was asked 'are you feeling icky?'

As PP have said 'on accident' instead of 'by accident' grinds my gears. My current irritation is being asked to 'pick' everything. What happened to being able to choose something? I know 'pick' is perfectly valid but it still annoys me somewhat!

"going forward". Listen fuckface, unless you have invented time travel (unlikely) we are all going forward -otherwise known as the future.

I also seem to be the only person left I I my world who understands when to say "x and I" and "x and me" where x is another person.

My dc also know as I have it beaten in to them.

Think it's specifically gen Z, but phrases such as "oh my god I'm screaming, oh my god I'm dying" when it's an unusual scenario.