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?

‘Passed’ is for kidney stones.

I’m absolutely fine with variant varieties of English, but I do find something I only see on Mn (which I don’t think is a matter of dialect) irrationally annoying — people using ‘floor’ for ‘ground’. If you are out on the street and drop an icecream, it doesn’t fall on the ‘floor’.

I like "of an evening". It's got a very relaxed feel to it.

Staycation. Any travel agent, resort or hotel that uses this will immediately lose my business

In a work context, it drives me nuts whenever people say they can "talk to that" or "speak to that" usually in reference to a tediously boring powerpoint slide.

You can talk about it, or explain it, yes, but why in god's name would you "speak to it"?!

Hello Mr Powerpoint slide, how are you today?!
Oh I'm really boring, thanks for asking...

When people say “I have mental health” when really they mean to say “I have poor mental health” or “I have a mental health condition”.

Same here; I really don’t get it!!

My 12 year old has also had this engraved on his little heart.

Yes, this really annoys me too! It makes me think that people don’t really understand the concept of mental health. We all “have” mental health, just some people’s mental health is good and unproblematic, and other people’s isn’t.

It annoys me when commentators, academics, etc, use the phrase "speaks to" instead of "communicates" "portrays" or even "speaks of".

My mother typing “Enjoy!” when I’ve texted her about something I’m about to do. I think it came from my sister, but it drives me mad. What happened to “Hope you enjoy it,” or “Hope you have a good time!” I understand those take longer to type, but honestly, I’d rather she said nothing as it sounds so false/smug to me.

‘It is what it is’.

I loathe that phrase. Like you can’t change anything, ever. It’s all set in stone for the rest of time. Can’t be questioned or critiqued because ‘it is what it is.’

I agree - ‘Go shop, go toilet’. Erg.

’I go it’s ok to do that but… blah blah.) You don’t GO, you think, or say, or debate, or argue, or feel…

When people say: ‘At the minute..’. I don’t know why it winds me up so much, but I can’t stand it.

It's giving

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

As a child I was taught not to 'grab' but now everyone is encouraged to grab everything...

Whether it is a coffee, a sandwich, a 'deal', a plane seat, a holiday, a job (GrabJobs)😡

I sometimes find myself wondering at what point in the last decade the phrase "to be like" became synonymous with the verb "to say"...🙄

Or "I have blood pressure".

Yes I know. If you didn't we wouldn't be talking to one another as you would be dead.

I don't like 'you take me as you find me' because the person saying it usually thinks they're very down to earth or very real. Actually this person is often very rude and inconsiderate but they've now got a get out clause.
Equally 'you either love me or hate me'. Fabulous- I probably hate you.

Yes! Or 'I'm a little bit OCD'

Good on you. We will resist until the end. It is a hill I'm willing to die on.

The use of insure instead of ensure also annoys me immensely.

Referring to an item of clothing as a ‘piece’.

I know ‘needs done/fed/washed’ is loathed on Mumsnet but it’s a very natural way to speak where I’m from. ‘Needs doing’ isn’t grammatically correct either but it’s never met with the same ire.

All the yourself-ing. They're especially bad for this on Traitors - 'I'm voting for yourself, John' or whatever. What's wrong with 'you'? I've no idea if it's American or not, but either way it's annoying.

When did we start to 'fill out' a form rather than 'fill in', ie put information into the form.
People cooking 'source' an ingredient, sorry love, I go to Sainsbury's or wherever.
'Curate' seems to have taken on a new meaning.

“Off of” instead of “off”.

I took that book off of the shelf. Makes me want to shout.

I know it’s an Americanism but stoppit.

Also used in Scotland. Not an Americanism.

Markies is used in Ayrshire and Edinburgh!