Words that grind my gears!

[firstborn]

Hack

 

[Irish_Tom]

People getting then/than mixed up is something I’ve noticed recently.

 

[Chrisc]

" I CANT STOP LAUGHING " <- You must've stopped by now otherwise you'd be in hospital.
" EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT " <- Everyone isn't talking about it, just you!
" Let me be clear about this " <- Should've been clearer in the first bloody place!
" Education, Education, Education " <- What saying it once isn't enough you've got to say it three times?

What's yours?

"I cant wait to go"

Well unfortunately you cant time travel, so you're going to have to wait!

 

[robfosters]

Rio Ferdinand saying "listen...".

Thank you, I thought it was just me. Not just Rio, I can’t stand anyone saying it. It’s like an order.

 

[Fubsy]

Brought a dictionary to guard against this sort of ting.

 

[Neil79]

Here's a new one that I saw people using on Twitter

" This game is COOKED "

How is a game cooked? 60C in the oven before release?

 

[FoxEye]

" I CANT STOP LAUGHING " <- You must've stopped by now otherwise you'd be in hospital.
" EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT " <- Everyone isn't talking about it, just you!
" Let me be clear about this " <- Should've been clearer in the first bloody place!
" Education, Education, Education " <- What saying it once isn't enough you've got to say it three times?

What's yours?

Argh, the 3rd one. Politicians.

"Let me be absolutely clear - I'm not here to actually answer your questions; instead I'm going to give you a pre-arranged spiel which answers absolutely nothing, but has been authorised by our PR machinery. Let's be absolutely clear about that."

 

[uber soldat]

When imbeciles like Meghan and Harry tell "our truth" which is actually a load of BS.

 

[Removed User 345456]

BAE, NGL, HON, Simp, Vibe, Fire, Lit, Did you actually, Pacific, YOLO

 

[GGizmo]

People who start off by saying "basically".

 

[cjgardens]

Fully

 

[Fiocca]

When my 8yo daughter calls me bruh. Makes her sound thick as...

Hate it

 

[cheesefest]

Influencers

Kids are brainwashed by these idiots.

 

[potatolord]

"Irregardless"- nearly always incorrectly substututed for "regardless".

"Lived experience"- where do i start to explain my hatred of this one?

 

[200sols]

'Grind my gears'

Come on...

 

[potnoodle]

Folks that use brought instead of bought, how can so many people get it wrong?

Education, Education, Education

 

[Captain]

Brought a dictionary to guard against this sort of ting.

Working well for you then.

 

[joey1211]

Adults pronouncing words like toddlers... samwiches, ickle.

 

[CapitalOne]

“Stop the boats”

Interesting use of an imperative. Sorry I’m busy today.

Also, “conflating”. A little patronising.

 

[Demon]

Brought instead of bought, or as I see often, "breaks" instead of "brakes" seems fair enough, Otherwise, I don't see the issue, all the OPs examples are simple uses of language that convey a high degree of emphasis.. Why would you take a black and white literal approach?

Maybe that's the difference between a technical author writing user manuals and Shakespeare writing plays.. Each to their own!