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

I have found my people. <<<Genuinely, I'm not objecting to the use of the phrase, I really have found my tribe on this thread, with the exception of objecting to calling your spouse baby, which is completely acceptable, as is babykins.

Can I add to the list 'drive and hunger' in a work setting, instead of being motivated and conscientious.

Dinner

'I really resonated with this'. No.

I will have to show my family, this made me laugh so much 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I will die on that hill.
No you won't.

You call it a buffet
you call it a spread
if it’s a wedding or funeral spread it’s a purvey

It was so fun.

It wasn't - it was fun or such fun!

There's always some old uncle at a funeral or wedding that could be described as "purvey" too.

People who use 'terrified' when a proportionate reaction would be to be mildly worried.

Fully agree. See it here all the time - ‘terrified’, ‘horrified’, most of the time it seems like such an overreaction.

"Little gem" to describe a hospitality business or attraction someone is reviewing on Google maps. SO overused!

"Can I get..." when ordering food or drink.

Or the even more egregious variant I've heard on Selling Sunset, "I'll do a [insert name of food or drink item]".

GAAAHHH!

So many of these!

the time lapse photos with ‘how it started’ and ‘how it’s going’

’this one’ when referring to a DP (incidentally I irrationally hate the word ‘partner’ too!)

An OP posting ‘this’ in response to a comment that agreed with their post.

Hashtags that are totally meaningless tagged onto the end of a post

The overuse of ‘trigger warning’

’unalived’ himself

Poorly.

I’ve seen it used for everything from recovering from chemo to feeling a bit sick from a cold FFS

I agree. I find under twenty five years use it most, and I’ve only noticed it in the last few years.

See you later - said by shop assistants. Err, no you won’t see me later unless you’re stalking my house.

Ahhhh don’t banish me to the gulag, one loose use of spread. It’s better than pick tea though? Come on…

That is truly awful.

Hits the spot 😬

A Daily Fail favourite… “slips into” for a woman wearing clothes. Makes my skin crawl!!

I cannot cope with.. I need a handhold.

No, it's the fact there's no "hello", or "please", or "thank you", nor indeed any attempt at showing any genuine interest. I know it's a template, but use your own brain. Why not:-

"Hi, if this is still available I can bring the £10 with me to collect any time from this evening. Many thanks"

Seeing we are doing the you said, I said thing. Wanna Vom That’s pretty dire. Rightbackatcha 🤮

Bored of (no, it's bored with)

Prep (instead of prepare; and let's face it, making a meal to take to work isn't nearly as self-important as 'prepping' makes it sound)