Grab. Ugh.

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AIBU to really dislike the way that 'grab' has become an acceptable verb, when it's an actually quite an aggressive action.

Today, I've heard
"Gonna grab a coffee"
"Grabbin me bag"
"Just stopped to grab some food".

Ugh.

I know. But I do not get HOW they possibly could get mixed up. They are different words.

I don't no.

Sorry.

Grab feels very grasp / snatch and I'm unlikely to use it in today's common sense.

Gotten is longstanding English that is now regional and American.

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

If you are on Mumsnet you know that doesn't mean grabbed.

[KJV 1611 Genesis 4:1.]

Bits = 😱. I cannot bear it. Grab i don't mind.

'Team work makes the dream work!' URGH!

Agreed. Hideous.

'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!' ARGH!

That's my motto in life and I truly believe it!

You can’t. People that do are wrong.

Totally agree, OP. I can’t bear all those words including pop and bits. I also hate hop as in hop on a call.

Pop of colour makes me feel ill.

Jamie Oliver always says "go in with", when he means add some.

Ooh this reminds me of when i was on work experience at my local newspaper, as a reporter. I met an old hack (another term i hate!), i mean... an experienced PR guy, who told me just to "bung that paragraph in there" 😆👀😳

At the time, as a naive 17 year old, I didn't think much of it. Now, it would be bloody irritating if someone told me to bung a word into a news story I was writing! 😖

Oh, and I can't stand "kind of" or "do you know what I mean?" No, I don't.

I hate ‘gotten’

No. There’s another chef that does this too on Instagram. Hate it.

Grab
Reach out
Gotten
Can I get
Unalived
All that good stuff
Picky bits
Swing by
Pop, nip, zip
Lush

I have more 😂

I hate "grab". I also despise people who "jump on a call" at work - mate, your life isn't that fast-paced and exciting, you're just making a routine phone call. And everyone is pivoting these days, wankers.

Edited to add: reach out! Urgh.

I hate it when people use ‘going in with’ in place of ‘applying’ on makeup tutorial videos e.g. ‘I’m going in with the blusher… now I’m going in with the mascara’

‘Unalived’ isn’t annoying. What’s annoying is the people who don’t understand the very practical reason for using ‘unalived’ and believe it’s because young people are being snowflakes.

The only legitimate reason for disliking ‘unalived’ is when it creeps out of TikTok into everyday vocabulary. Although that personally doesn’t annoy me, it’s just force of habit I guess.

don’t get this. I’m not from the UK, but why is it that you can replace bought with brought? Or should of? It truly hurts my head. It’s just wrong

Its been explained - but it’s never should have - it’s should have - would have, could have - never of.

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P.S.
@BlossomMoon I agree with the use of "reach out", unless you are one of the Four Tops 😉

Seems like every bugger is using “gotten” now.

I really, really hate "excited for", rather than " "excited about".

I don't like "gotten", either...and I realise it's part of the Irish/Scottish dialect, but EVERYONE seems to use it now and it feels like another Americanism we are blindly adopting. I like some dialect variation, " My 'wee' one", for instance, I like far more than "My Little one".

I KNOW language evolves, but, just like some places like to retain their dialect variations, so do I like to retain the language of my English heritage too! And not feel I'm being mercilessly swept up into American/ Influencer's speke.
I guess, as this is AIBU, though, and not Pedant's Corner, I may be jumped on. I'm fairly sanguine and phlegmatic about that, though.

Another one creeping in a lot lately is "advocate for". There is nothing wrong with just "advocate". As in "I advocate being more discreet". And that reminds me - confusing discreet and discrete, ugh!😧

Also hate ‘my bad’

I loathe it so much!! I always say “ I’m not desperate or a thief… so I won’t be grabbing anything” …. Can’t stand the corruption of our beautiful expressive language by these crass Americanisms. We are sliding step by apathetic step into a ditch of awesome grabbiness that can go right ahead and eventually be lost in a fog of inarticulacy.

No, they don't become picky bits until you've brought them, nipped back home, plated them up and popped them on the table so that people can wonder about and serve themselves. No?

You have gone too far.

'Please may I have ...'

If you ever see an older woman standing behind you in the queue mouthing this as another customer says 'Can I get...', that will be me.