10 most annoying words and phrases 2023

[Alex321]

"Literally"

As in "I literally died laughing."

No you didn't.

To which my response (usually only in thought) is "I wish!"

 

[CAESAR AVGVSTVS]

Ending a phone call with “see you in a bit”

 

[Andy in Germany]

To which my response (usually only in thought) is "I wish!"

I quite deliberately didn't add "unfortunately" on the last sentence...

 

[TheDoctor]

"I invite you to consider [insert incredibly obvious point here]"
Could you sound any more pompous? I'm so glad I don't have a manager these days.

 

[Joffey]

When people say ‘you know’ for no reason whatsoever. You know.

 

[Kevberlin]

Social media “Influencer”.
🤮😡🤮😡

 

[Dogtrousers]

Social media “Influencer”.
🤮😡🤮😡

You win the thread!

"Influencer"

 

[Once a Wheeler]

So used as a pre-emptive particle in an initial position. For example:

So all the diets have failed to solve my weight problem…​

meaning that the assertion that diets have failed cannot be questioned and that the speaker has genuinely followed the diets in their prescribed ways. Used like this, the pre-emptive particle, so, often seeks to exclude the real issue from the debate. Discerning listeners might do well to regard it as a prompt to make the reply: I think we need to examine the underlying assumptions here.

 

[Beebo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67602699

Word of the year is Rizz!
Basically it’s a shorter form of charisma.

 

[Windle]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67602699

Word of the year is Rizz!
Basically it’s a shorter form of charisma.

Shorter as in shortened by lazy people who can't be bothered to speak properly.

 

[Dadam]

Shorter as in shortened by lazy people who can't be bothered to speak properly.

Oh the irony.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Shorter as in shortened by lazy people who can't be bothered to speak properly.

People who move in the same circles as the trendy young things in the BBC who got paid to make that list.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I had an e-mail at work a while back, I can't remember exactly what it was about but it was from one of these seminar organising type companies and implored me to 'reach out to them' if I had any queries. WTF? This is the construction industry fella, we don't speak like that here. Deleted and blocked.
As for 'can I get', I'd love to try working behind the counter somewhere and when some dimwit comes out with that motion to them to come round and serve themselves.

SOmetimes when we go out to a restaurant with the grandkids and their parents then I end up at teh bar with their Dad (my wife's son)

He nearly always order by saying"Can I get......"
I often (i.e always) tell him that they are really good here and he doesn;t have to get it himself but they will get it for him

if his Mum (AKA his Mum) normally rolls her eyes

 

[simongt]

He nearly always order by saying"Can I get......"

He's obviously been watching too many American films - !
'Can I have...' / 'Can I get...' are American ways of asking for something in a shop or restaurant.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

He's obviously been watching too many American films - !
'Can I have...' / 'Can I get...' are American ways of asking for something in a shop or restaurant.

Probably
A lot of people his age around here seem to say the same