What phrase or high jacked word bugs you ?

[Jules]

Do young folks shorten words because they really don’t know the full word. I sus that’s what‘s happening. Our dictionaries are changing.

 

[Mitch86]

"Some die too young while others live too long."

 

[Sunkist]

Me and Monica went to the store.
Give the parcel to Monica and I.
I’s and Monica’s parcel has arrived.

There's a local politician who always does that 'me and..' thing..

 

[Sunkist]

Do young folks shorten words because they really don’t know the full word. I sus that’s what‘s happening. Our dictionaries are changing.

One I think is kind of new, probably another fad like Valspeak, Vocalfry, etc., is leaving out some of the letters in words.. for example, there's some ad/commercial on t.v. where the young woman should have said 'student,' but instead says 'stu-ent.'
If it's just another fad, I hope it goes away soon!

 

[January]

I must be among the very few who not only isn't annoyed by "it is what it is,"

I must be among the very few who aren't annoyed by any of this - I find language interesting but can't share the same "I can't stand" feeling about any catch phrases.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Another one for ‘My bad.’

 

[Sunkist]

How about 'In my day..' or 'In your day..' I'm always tempted to ask 'Which day was that?'

 

[Della]

One I think is kind of new, probably another fad like Valspeak, Vocalfry, etc., is leaving out some of the letters in words.. for example, there's some ad/commercial on t.v. where the young woman should have said 'student,' but instead says 'stu-ent.'
If it's just another fad, I hope it goes away soon!

Those central consonants seem to give lots of people trouble and it drives me crazy. When I lived in the south I got very tired of hearing people change the "t" to a "d, saying impordant for important. All the time. Nancy Grace is a criminal lawyer who can't pronounce sentence. She always says sennance.

Prepare yourselves for "insane." I seem to hear it constantly these days. I think it's going to replace amazing. Everything from his shirt to your sandwich is insane now.

 

[Brookswood]

Karen. It’s a perfectly good name for a female. Why is it used to describe jerks?

Adoption. Why do we use it for pets? That is insulting to human children who have been adopting.

 

[VaughanJB]

So many. But I'll begin with "research". It's been replaced with a quick Google search, and only reading the first page of hits.

 

[BeefStu]

It is what it is.

As much as I hate this I have to admit that there have been times when I couldn't think of anything else to say that remotely covered the situation any better!!!