Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[kernelbogey]

"No worries"

I blame Neighbours.

[Serial_Apologist]

I blame Neighbours.

I think you really mean "I blame Neighbours?"

[Keraulophone]

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...and no worries if you can't quite get that lamb rezala right:

"As the name proposes, it is No Worries Curries mission to make the true, rich kind of Indian and Asian curries open to the ordinary cook."

https://noworriescurries.com.au/

[oddoneout]

What happened to the gebouw?

It's under construction.

[oddoneout]

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...and no worries if you can't quite get that lamb rezala right:

"As the name proposes, it is No Worries Curries mission to make the true, rich kind of Indian and Asian curries open to the ordinary cook."

https://noworriescurries.com.au/

Is that the same as "plain cook" which used to be part of the job specification for certain domestic staff?

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Brainless nonsense: 'the least/most number of...'

No, no, NO! It's 'the fewest' or 'the most'.

I blame the failure to use 'fewer' and 'less'; maybe the proponents of 'less' in all cases including count nouns should be forced to use lessest and mostest.

[Bryn]

Brainless nonsense: 'the least/most number of...'

No, no, NO! It's 'the fewest' or 'the most' . . .

How very unidiomatic. Lowest/highest number, surely?

[EnemyoftheStoat]

How very unidiomatic. Lowest/highest number, surely?

How very inelegant.

[oddoneout]

We've had curated now apparently it's time for juried. What's wrong with judged?

[EnemyoftheStoat]

We've had curated now apparently it's time for juried. What's wrong with judged?

Too judgmental?

[cloughie]

Too judgmental?

Next new word will be juriemental!

[ardcarp]

Is it my imagination, or has the word 'so' (used inappropriately to begin any sort of reply) declined in popularity? It's still around for sure, but seems less
bandied about than it used to be.

[johncorrigan]

Is it my imagination, or has the word 'so' (used inappropriately to begin any sort of reply) declined in popularity? It's still around for sure, but seems less
bandied about than it used to be.

Probably been replaced by 'super' being used everywhere as in super-excited, super-thrilled, super-honoured which I have heard of late - I first started hearing it from tennis players in post-match conferences usually from Europeans, but it has started to turn up in the UK too, of late - I find it kind of iritating, though not super-annoying.

[teamsaint]

Is it my imagination, or has the word 'so' (used inappropriately to begin any sort of reply) declined in popularity? It's still around for sure, but seems less
bandied about than it used to be.

So it’s Still super popular, and often used in emails, I find.

[teamsaint]

Digital ID.