10 most annoying words and phrases 2023

[Ming the Merciless]

Mega post, bro. Awesome.

I ain’t your bro

 

[Jenkins]

Onboarding.

 

[mustang1]

Own the road.
Power the (whatever).
Business positive.

 

[welsh dragon]

Any sentence that starts with So.
Do you want to come with.
Cascading down.

 

[Jenkins]

Game changer - when used in any context other than sport (and sometimes when used in a sporting context as well)

 

[Gwylan]

I ain’t your bro

U dissin me?

 

[Seevio]

Bear with me

What about if you are trying to warn people that there is a bear with you?

 

[Broughtonblue]

Get all your ducks in a row!

And as already mentioned...

Can I get? No! Stay there and I will get it, its my job!

Like! Definitely don't like hearing this 5 times in a sentence

 

[Dadam]

Leverage as a verb has had a much more specific meaning for at least 40 years in the finance sector.

A "leveraged lease" doesn't just mean one that's been used ...

I’m aware of the term in finance. It was bad enough there but it appears it’s found it’s way into tech*, where it seems to use mean “use“ with an extra sense of getting the most out of something, using it optimally.

What it really means is “Please smile and ignore me, I’m an idiot without a clue what I’m talking about“

*for which crime Dante I’m sure would have reserved the Ninth circle, had he but known about it! Especially if they pronounce it to rhyme with beverage!

 

[Punkawallah]

John Wyndham, The Chrysalids?

Warhammer 40k :-)

 

[Dave7]

Yous / youse (plural you) was is common use in New Zealand when I was a kid. No idea if it still is.

When I was a kid on Merseyside our teacher (addressing one lad) shouted "stand up Hughes"......and everyone stood up.

 

[Drago]

Any phrase with words like jel in it. I mean, WTAF?

 

[MichaelW2]

These are not shiny new 2023 phrases. I finna stop the cap.

 

[figbat]

“Super” as a substitute for “very”.

I’m super excited to be here!

 

[mistyoptic]

Onboarding.

Forgot that one. So, like, I absolutely agree