Modern phrases that drive you nuts

[Rita_Poon]

Very recently "The full force of the law" is being used all the time. What does "half the force of the law" look like?

Politicians being "very clear" when actually they're being their usual duplicitous selves.

Top corner from 25 yards?

 

[JLW]

Blah blah blah, why does it have to be said 3 times?

 

[Pootsy]

Blah blah blah, why does it have to be said 3 times?

To be sure, to be sure, to be sure!

 

[Tipp blue]

"Touch Base"
Also adding the word "hack" to things,
Life hack.
Save fuel hack.
Dinner hack.

 

[MJA]

Saying "to be fair" before giving an opinion-just say what you have to say the to be fair bit doesnt add anything. Also everything being compared to A "Prime" this or that on here.

 

[summerisle]

"Back on the grass."

 

[ds3000]

Saying “etcetera” after everything you say.

Someone I work with says “yadda, yadda, yadda” after almost everything she says.

 

[Bluesaint]

"Touch Base"
Also adding the word "hack" to things,
Life hack.
Save fuel hack.
Dinner hack.

Exactly this. Life hack. As soon as a video or ad comes on professing to have found a life hack I can’t get rid of it quick enough. Since when has putting a sponge on a stick to reach difficult places been a’hack’ ffs?

 

[Pootsy]

Unalived

Even spell check doesn't recognise it. The work is Killed or Dead.

 

[bluerobert]

Saying "to be fair" before giving an opinion-just say what you have to say the to be fair bit doesnt add anything. Also everything being compared to A "Prime" this or that on here.

To be fair, I’m very guilty of this

 

[Gerard_Francis]

People who say no offence, and the proceed to offend

 

[MJA]

To be fair, I’m very guilty of this

So are most people mate especially my wife she works in an office and seems to pick up all the latest buzzwords and sayings off whoever she sits next to on any given day " to be fair" is just the latest in a long lie of annoyances.

 

[Jokerdan]

'So' beginning every sentence whether in response to a question or beginning a statement eg 'So! I was watching a programme last night and....'

or

'So! In response to what you're asking...'

 

[bluerobert]

So are most people mate especially my wife she works in an office and seems to pick up all the latest buzzwords and sayings off whoever she sits next to on any given day " to be fair" is just the latest in a long lie of annoyances.

It’s weird, it’s not something I tend to say in a conversation with somebody. I’m much more likely to use it in a text for some strange reason

 

[MJA]

'So' beginning every sentence whether in response to a question or beginning a statement eg 'So! I was watching a programme last night and....'

or

'So! In response to what you're asking...'

Winds me up that one. Very common when people are asked what they do by a quiz show host for some reason.