Hubby, grandbaby?

SueDonim haha, there’s nothing to say really is there??
But did you say anything?

Mom and prom (as in the leaver's dance ).
When I was a child, my DM showed great disdain for people who used the term 'hubby'. She thought it was so 'common', even though we were very working class ourselves.

I can't say panties!

Some things are best left unsaid, Lemongrove.

We say that...maybe it's a ' regional phrase '...." I'm good, thankyou ". Often used. X

I hate snuck, dove instead of dived, putting "of" in unnecessarily, e.g. it's not that big of a deal (UGH). 24/7, over the next several days, instead of in several days or in a few days. Bad grammar, would of could of, etc. you was, you done, etc. hate grandkids (the word!) fur babies, going forward, obvs, and many more!

Here's a new one. 'Sharpening the pencil.'

My son was recently looking for a new car. He went to the dealer where he'd bought his previous cars and everyone he spoke to talked about sharpening pencils as in 'Let's see if we can sharpen the pencil and get the price down a bit for you.'

He got fed up of people talking about stationery and took himself off to an alternative dealer, where they spoke in a normal language and sold him a car which was much more suitable for his needs.

I agree about panties - it's horrid.

Someone up thread mentioned 'uni' - that is also horrid.

I e just remembered another of mine - bestie!! I'm actually seeing my closest friend today but I'd never call her my bestie!

On a recent phone call I was told no worries when it was nothing to worry about at all.
Also see your later which has no time relevance

SueDonim
I must start using that pencil one!

Yes, we can be 'early adopters' of that phrase, Farnorth!

Thinking back: I am sure that my mother often referred to 'panties'. 'Knickers' would have seemed 'common' to her, unless it referred to the school ones we had to wear for our PE lessons. The kind my grannies wore were 'bloomers', almost reaching the knee, concealing their garters. I don't think I would have used 'panties' (the word, not the garment), more likely just 'pants' which caused me some confusion when my American pen friend used it to mean jeans.

I like 'sharpening the pencil'. But if I knew it was a cliche I'd not like it. I do like people to be creative and if they cannot be creative just to speak in plain English (where that's the common language). Cliches are sad,

My sister in law has just had her company offices refurbished. She was insistent that there was 'bump zone' included. I think I they used to be called kitchens!

A lot of people at work end their call with “see you later”
I am never, ever going to see them, and if by some remote chance I did, we wouldn’t know each other.

I say "the husband" sodapop -in a somewhat jocular manner -the novelty of having one amuses me

Just found another one which has annoyed me for a while; 'home alone', as in 'she has been left home alone' instead of 'she has been left AT home alone'. I think it's careless, and presumably the fault of the films.

Must say, I like 'see you later' - cf au revoir, auf Wiedersehen, hasta la vista, arrivederci. It's very common round here.

Not keen on ‘see you later’ unless you really are going to. Why not just say ‘goodbye’?
Another annoying one- sales staff saying “Are you all right there?” instead of ‘Can I help you?”

Saying it in a jocular way is acceptable GrauntyHelen

I dislike the word 'panties' as well somehow it sounds seedy.

Panties makes me cringe.

Maybe “see you later” is a regional thing, but I always find it odd.

I hate and cringe when I hear these expressions - 'fur babies' they are pets for goodness sake, 'Mom' unless you are American, 'I could care less' really, could you?, 'making memories' no words to qualify that one it made me shudder as I wrote it, 'is all' what does that mean?, 'see you later' you almost certainly won't, 'baby shower' no words again, 'play date' and 'date night' and so many more that I can't remember now, but when I hear them I will wish I had put them on here.

'reach out' instead of contact, it sounds so feeble.

“Love you to the moon and back”
Stupid.?

I have noticed how some presenters on one of my favourite TV programmes (Denise Nurse is a particular culprit) talks about kitchen area , dining area: sitting area even when these are clearly separate rooms (not an open plan arrangement ) , oh and the inevitable “a good size “, “heart/hub of the home” and “put your own stamp on it”