Annoying words that have cropped up in our language

[malumbu]

Just a bit of fun, can't rage too much against this thing

Staffer = employee (or longhand 'member of staff'). Nasty American term.

More quickly = quicker (or faster)

Apple cider = cider (the traditional drink was rebranded to make it trendy)

Staycation (for a UK vacation) = holiday. All my hols as a kid were in this country. (Staycation was coined a few years ago, as staying at home and going for day trips - that was fine - but for some reason now applies to all domestic hols).

Pear cider = perry

Wild swimming = swimming (or swimming in the lake/sea/river)

Please do add words and phrases that also touch a raw nerve. As said not a serious debate, our language evolves, and funnily enough sometimes goes in full circles eg diaper rather than nappy was a word we used earlier in the last century, not an American import.

[OutOfFocus]

Eraser - a thing that is used for rubbing out.

[OutOfFocus]

Staycation. First used 1944 (in US). Appeared in Times in 2008 and Guardian in 2013.

[Spartacus]

Mom and Pop

Very American, even worse when used to describe a family run business (Mom and Pop business)

[jazzer]

The continual unnecessary and repetitive use of the words whatever and like in spoken language. Add awesome to the list.

[SpringTime]

Unprecedented - there's nothing wrong with the word, it's just that it's come to be used on an unprecedented scale. Since 2001. Most loved by journalists and politicians.

[malumbu]

On that front 'robust'. Totally overused in politics and meaningless.

Staycation was added to the OED in 2010 - and from memory until Covid was generally used for people holidaying from their own residence. As said a holiday in your own country, is.... a.... holiday.

[womanofdulwich]

Plant based diet = vegan.

[TheCat]

Server = Waiter/Waitress...American import...."I'll be your server today"

[Seabag]

Americano ☕️

Pop up.

[BrandNewGuy]

Strictly speaking "more quickly" for "quicker" is grammatically correct ? adverbial phrase rather than adjective. But use has made "quicker" the adverb acceptable.

[Nigello]

I agree with the slavishly-followed U S imports above, and add "couple" instead of "couple of" and putting "out" on the end of verbs such as "swapping", "tweeting". They usually come in via smart-alec commentators, pundits, columnists who use them as a way of signalling their global awareness/connections to America but more recently that job has been done by "social" media. Avoid unless you want to look instantly dated and a try-hard!

[keano77]

On the US import theme

Snuck instead of sneaked

Normalcy instead of normality

[malumbu]

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> Plant based diet = vegan.

Ah yes, should have included that in my original list.

Glasto, rather than Glastonbury (festival).

Although happy for Ausies to add 'o' to many words - eg smoke break = smoko (I'll wait to be corrected).

[Spartacus]

LIKE

As in "I done this like and then we went to there like"

WTF

[TheCat]

malumbu Wrote:

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> womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> > Plant based diet = vegan.

>

> Ah yes, should have included that in my original

> list.

>

> Glasto, rather than Glastonbury (festival).

>

> Although happy for Ausies to add 'o' to many words

> - eg smoke break = smoko (I'll wait to be

> corrected).

I heard a journo say that after smoko this arvo, he was going to head the bottlo as he's been copping too much aggro recently. But he'll defo be totally devo if they're out of Bundy Rum, as all he's got at home is a fridge full of avos...

[tomskip]

Myself = me.

Yourself = you.

[ianr]

FJDGoose wrote:

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> should of

Tell me if there's ever a posse ...

[Drxyster]

SO is SO irritating and and does not serve any purpose, there is not normally any requirement for it's use.

[ianr]

But might not at least the same be said about your apostrophe?

[Spartacus]

Can I add

"Low Traffic Neighbourhood"

A travesty and bastardisation of the English language 😱

[Alan Medic]

ianr Wrote:

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> But might not at least the same be said about your

> apostrophe?

Surely it's and its mean two different things?

[Ruffler]

> Wild swimming = swimming (or swimming in the

> lake/sea/river)

Can I add ?foraging?? It used to be just blackberry picking or whatever 🤷‍♀️

[Eucaly]

Many say 'absolutely' in answer to a question, listen to find out how often it happens on the news

[Drxyster]

ianr, thanks for the correction, To irritate, SO Mark Twain Said, "salt and pepper with punctuation"

Is SO needed, or required?