What English expression do you hate the most?

[Drago]

Jamie Oliver.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The auberge field is back firing …

 

[Dogtrousers]

Jamie Oliver.

Lovely jubbly

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Jamie Oliver.

His entire vocabulary is cringeworthy.

I particularly hate his use of ‘bad boys’ for food items. Prat.

 

[Tribansman]

Lovely jubbly

Pukka.

Actually I'd take a pukka pie over the over complicated 'bit of this' and 'bit of that' shite he serves up any day

 

[mistyoptic]

Doesn't it become a real word if people use it a lot?

But that’s “common usage” and one would not wish to be thought common…

 

[mistyoptic]

"May I have a cup of tea" is speculating on the possibility of having a cup of tea some time in future. The answer might be "Yes, you may, but first you must order it".

But if you preface it with “please” then surely it becomes a request, rather than a (potentially) abstract question.

 

[Gwylan]

Lovely jubbly

Where's the unlike

 

[Drago]

There will be no hurricane.

 

[FishFright]

There will be no hurricane.

And there wasn't one.

 

[Drago]

And there wasn't one.

Not here, perhaps...

 

[raleighnut]

Pukka.

Actually I'd take a pukka pie over the over complicated 'bit of this' and 'bit of that' shite he serves up any day

Leicester's finest amongst many others. Walkers Pork Pies, Walkers crisps Stilton Cheese

 

[Dogtrousers]

Leicester's finest amongst many others. Walkers Pork Pies, Walkers crisps Stilton Cheese

Overheard outside a chip shop in Shrewsbury in the 90s "Fleur de Lys pies? That sounds posh"

 

[gbb]

I tend, or try not to get upset by mere words, we're all different and should celebrate it not marginalise someone or get annoyed because they use different vocabulary. JMO

 

[Dogtrousers]

I tend, or try not to get upset by mere words, we're all different and should celebrate it not marginalise someone or get annoyed because they use different vocabulary. JMO

What a splendid opinion.

I'd add that hating particular expressions is both stressful and futile. You'll give yourself an ulcer getting agitated about the inevitable process of change that languages go through.

Except when it comes to the misuse of reflexive pronouns. People who do that really need to be hated.