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Any words or phrases that you can't stand?

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phoenix Mon 10-Feb-20 18:14:36

Not a case of misuse, but "hubby" and "cuppa" really grate!

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BBbevan Mon 10-Feb-20 18:10:13

Hubby, hun, babe, You guys, for free, off of. My list is long so I won’t bore you all with it

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Oopsadaisy3 Mon 10-Feb-20 18:08:49

Hence that’s why.......

Drives me crazy

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Dinahmo Mon 10-Feb-20 18:05:23

An early phrase that I loathe is "can I get" but a more recent one is the word curate which is used in place of collect, or select etc. Recent examples:

The Guardian" the BBC's failure to curate some news event responsibly"

A description of someone's collection of china pig money boxes (once given away free) as being "carefully curated"

A delicatessen which provides "a perfectly curated picnic"

To my mind the misuse of the word devalues the work of museum and gallery curators.

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