Twee phraseology....must be me!

"Not a problem" when ordering in restaurants, have to bite my tongue as I would like to respond "well I hope not".

Also "oftentimes" another Americanism.

Bukkie

I don't know what Messenger is?

Messenger is the personal communication system linked to Facebook, although you can use it separately too. It’s a more flexible system than texts, you can send images, and have group chats in writing or in person. Some people use. WhatsApp instead, and would say I’ll WhatsApp you rather than I’ll message you.

People who have been 'on a journey' and 'reaching out'
But the one that really stunned me recently was when my daughter used one of her husband's (my SiL) work phases and asked 'if I could lead on cooking the meal' !!?? I didn't!

People who ‘gift’ unwanted pets to charities . Use the real words. Dump, abandon etc

MaggsMcG - To older people 'At 6s and 7s with yourself' does indeed mean in a bit of a pickle/muddled up. But currently young children laugh their heads off and do a gesture with upturned palms. I was recently told I had said a meme. I told the young girl I didn't know what a meme was.
I wonder if pencil crayons is a Hull thing. I always say pencil crayons or wax crayons but my Geordie friend said she has always called them coloured pencils and have never heard them called pencil crayons until she moved to Hull.

I thought 6 7 meant confused as in all in sixes and sevens.

Nonspaghetti Can you explain that.?

In a strange town, in a shop I’ll probably never visit again, the ubiquitous “See you later”.
I don’t think so.

Moth62

Curated and reaching out

The only people who should reach out are the Four Tops.

'Gifted' is a word that makes me suspicious: personally I always take it to mean "naff pressie someone gave me so I'll 'gift' it to somebody near at hand because I can't be arsed traipsing round to a charity shop with it........"

Let's be honest/cynical about it. 'Gifted' is a diplomatic term.

Sorry, Bukkie, but coloured pencils was what it said on my tin of crayons c.1955. I always thought the term was used to differentiate them from the wax crayons that my mother wouldn't allow me to have.

I don't know what Messenger is?

Bukkie

Gotten is American. I too hate, " Can I get...." It should be, "Please can I have..."I would like....please"
I hate somebody messaged me or Can you message me.... No I will ring you, text you, email you, I will not message you.

I thought that can you message me was what you say when you are communicating via Messenger? I’m guilty if that’s not the case, because we use Messenger for all our family communications, and would routinely say can you message me to say what time we are meeting, or whatever.

No you're quite right Bukkie. 'Gotten' remains inexcusable in written English.

I stand corrected on the word gotten. Every day is a school day. I still cringe when I hear it though. Lots of Americanisms have trickled into our language like movies, flyers, math (arghhhhh!) and another recent one is people calling pencil crayons coloured pencils.

Bukkie

Gotten is American. I too hate, " Can I get...." It should be, "Please can I have..."I would like....please"
I hate somebody messaged me or Can you message me.... No I will ring you, text you, email you, I will not message you.

Gotten was taken to America by the pilgrims along with many other words we have forgotten, such as forgotten!

"No Problem" makes me smile because some 20+ years ago after paying for groceries a supermarket checkout girl said " No Problem" to my Mother who replied "I didn't think it would be".

I have a teenage GC. When my daughter was pregnant my excited Canadian Son- in- Law phoned me to say "We're pregnant". So the expression, daft though it is, has been in usage a long time.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I like using ‘gotten’. Sorry, not sorry. 😂
Also starting a sentence with the word ‘so’.

It must be the rebel in me.

Me too FGT. Love how it sounds.

Gifted as on OP I hate though.

Aveline

It has not 'survived' but been revived due to American influence via social media and films.

No, Aveline, it has actually survived and has been used constantly in some places.

Deedaa

Curated is a perfectly good word if it is used for organising a museum. If I invite people for lunch I am not curating the menu for them. Gotten is a perfectly good word. It has just rather fallen out of use in this country.

Things that annoy me are somebody "sharing" their children with the father. It makes the children sound like a bag of sweets! Then there's the constant use of "sweet" in items about the Royals. Prince George's "sweet" gift to his mother. The Queen's "sweet" reply to a question. The "sweet" hat the Princess of Wales was wearing. Are these people six years old!

Could be worse… cute is more common now than sweet.

Lived experience. What other type is there, apart from a second hand experience, which isn’t then an experience anyway?

What about 'pre-loved'?

Harsh but true nevertheless

Aveline

But only uneducated or American people use it.

Ouch.
Somewhat harsh, no?