English language - where is it going to? AIBU

The English language has always evolved and always will. Whilst there are some phrases that irritate me, (such as saying myself, instead of I) I quite like to see a wider vocabulary being used; it enables greater articulacy. Anything is better than interspersing a conversation with effing and blinding simply because the user is too dumb to articulate themsleves any better!

I think the studies show that swearing has absolutely no correlation with intelligence from what I remember.

The only word (apart from swearing) that really winds me up is ‘awesome’ it makes me want to run out of the room.
Overreacting?
Probably.

Co-worker is not as bad as without the hyphen which is like dairy.

I really like 'super' as an alternative to 'very'.

Chewbacca and Galaxy you are right about swearing replacing good English words! I can't stand that either.

Dad always used to say to colleagues who swore, to express themselves in better English! ???

I have no problem with swearing twinlolly.

I agree that language does evolve over time but we seems to have a huge influx of "uglies". Why on earth do we meet "with" people and not, simply, meet them. Normalcy, overly (yuck!) "like" as punctuation, the list goes on and on. Apparently, one "can "gift" land but it has turned into gifting and gifted for presents. Gift is not a verb. I do hate it when other words are used instead of verbs.

The modern day apology -
"My bad"
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I don’t mind the evolution, or swearing as long as it’s not noun, verb and adjective in the same sentence. ixion bad can also mean great or excellent, as in ‘bad shirt man’

TwinLolly

Chewbacca and Galaxy you are right about swearing replacing good English words! I can't stand that either.

Dad always used to say to colleagues who swore, to express themselves in better English! ???

Most of the swear words I know are good examples of very old English

upcoming instead of forthcoming
upcycling instead of recycling
up-levelling instead of improving or even upgrading

I have posted this before, but it bears repeating - at my GP’s surgery, there is a computer screen on which you sign in.
It says ‘Arrive me’ ...

I hate it when people making a request on the radio ask for a "Shaht aht"

Absolutely

A little off track but the word that really gets to me is ‘empower’. It’s so over-used.

It’s evolving. I used to teach English in Istanbul. I find some of it a useful different way to say something...

Surely a lot of the swear words are Anglo Saxon!

I have noticed the habit lately of people saying “I am sat here” instead of sitting.

To me I am sat seems to indicate someone picked them up and plonked them down on the seat !

Maybe it is correct but it just sounds wrong to me.

I don't mind the way that the English language has evolved during my lifetime because it is quite fascinating. I am not sure that the good English words that could replace some swear words would be welcomed in polite conversation though.

I enjoy the rapidly changing use of language, often more expressive than the original, but “myself” is my pet hate too, Chewbacca.

I find it fascinating how the English language has evolved over centuries and I enjoy reading the etymology of words. To me, a language which adds new words and changes the use of others, is a living language. We may not like certain words and how they're used, but enough people do use them to warrant their inclusion in every day speech or writing.

Last year my DGS said he'd 'tasked his brother with putting the bins out' after I'd asked him to do it.

His brother obviously didn't 'get where he was coming from' because I ended up putting the damn things out.

I am withGalaxy - the thing about it showing low intelligence is a bit of an old chestnut.
I’ve been known to swear but the difference may be that I “ choose my audience” .
I get irritated with “going forward” but I realise that language must evolve.
In teaching I really found new management speak annoying blue sky thinking etc etc.
My son works in marketing and used to make up new phrases and slip them into meetings ....nobody ever questioned him!