To want to ban these phrases (not light-hearted - this would be my first act as dictator)

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"I'm reaching out" - no, you are contacting me by email

"it broke me" - no, it made you a bit sad

"Picky bits tea" - just no

Gavel! Look you’re not judge Judy and this isn’t Highbury magistrate court

My sister still says slagging off. She left school over 40 years ago FFS.

The overuse of the word 'absolutely' when a simple yes would suffice particularly when people are being interviewed on telly.

Chippy tea ?? Chippy tea ???? What on earth is wrong with chippy tea ?!!! What else can it can called...Fish and chip shop meal time ?!

"Now read that again"

So grandiose and patronising

'Woke/ Wokesters/.Wokerati/ Wokery/ etc.'

At the other end of the scale, I'm not keen on 'gammon'.

The automatic assumption (especially at the moment by some right-wingers) that anyone who disagrees with them is 'superior' and 'condescending'. I don't feel condescending toward Farage and LePen and Trump; I feel a mixture of angry and terrified. I don't consider them as my inferiors; I consider them as my enemies.

'Shitty'. I don't mind a bit of swearing in general, but I hate that word for some reason.

'Tough love'. Be nasty to me if you must, but don't call it 'love'. That really is superior and condescending!

I knew someone who enjoyed saying "totes amaze".

Same woman also couldn't give a straight answer to a simple question. For example:

"Do you know the light your living room is not working?"

Reply:

"Ok, so here's the deal...". and then launching into chapter & verse about how the bulb blew, when really all she had to say was "Yeah, it popped last night and I couldn't be frigged to change it as I knew you were coming to clean today and would do it for me".

Referring to the unborn baby as ‘bump’.

‘Bump’s first Christmas’

Was nearly sick all down myself while pregnant when people would text asking ‘how’s bump?’. 🤢

Using sorry, instead of excuse me, e.g. when asking someone to move.

Not so much a phrase but

"Any update Op?"

Stop nosing and leave her alone! She doesn't owe anyone an update!

A cheeky anything. Hate it. Lets have a cheeky wine, went for a cheeky nandos. Bowk. Just awful. Stop it.

We are where we are….. in the shit you really mean. Have the cojones to say it.

My dental surgery says this on their emails. It winds me up every time.

People who miss the "I" off the start of a sentence. Sorry @penelopeL , you can slap me for it later. 😅

The use of the word pennies when adults talk to adults. I've sent you some pennies. Have you got any pennies? Let me give you some pennies.

It's called money!

Makes my insides turn and not in a good way.

To which one of the offenders would have probably remarked “Ah hun, bless you” if you had indeed understandably puked.

Can I add veggies and roasties?

They are vegetables and roast potatoes.

Totally agree. It's as though people think using "me" is somehow rude / impolite. I see it ALL the time. It's so easy, just take out the other person in the sentence then does it make sense as I or me.

Would of, could of

Incorrect use of your instead of you're upsets me

Circle back

Hubby might be the absolute worst

Starting to feel angry 😠

Same. 😆

Also hate this one. Makes no sense and seems rude.

Is this still available?

I can’t even say mine, it disgusts me so much. It refers to a component of male genitalia, rhymes with Tall Fake.