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Or by anyone - even if they are Amercan....
"touch base"
The final straw for me, was when my consultant used it when arranging a further meeting..
Someone being "across" a subject or situation. It's odd how these sayings spread amongst news organisations and become fashionable.
"Can I leave that with you?" Meaning I've got a tuna salad on my desk and this task is beyond me so I'm off, pleb!
You'd have thought that the producers of 24 would have noticed in season 2 that Kiefer Sutherland can't pronounce "nuclear" properly and therefore refrain from nuclear-based plots. But they proceeded to make another five stories with nucular threats.
My pronunciation bugbear is "pronounciation" (unless it is used as some sort of clever portmanteau for only ever describing someone as "him" or "her").
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Babyccino.
The concept, the product, the idea behind it are all just awful - then as a word it's horrific.
'Cool', when used by people my age.
Resplendent.
I first noticed the complete over-use of this word by commentators of Wimbledon a few years back. "Ooh, doesn't Centre Court look resplendent in the sunshine?"
NO, it looks nice...great even...fantastic maybe. Now fuck off.