What idioms of speech annoy you?

[crrcboatz]

People who can not finish a sentence without using the word "like" or " ya know".
" We went to the mall, like ya know just to kill time. Like it was just as boring as last time ya know."

ABSOLUTELY! A clear sign their vocabulary has gone amuck! Childish and so irritating

 

[STS11]

Very unique. There are not degrees of unique. It is either unique, or it is not.

 

[okierider]

Mine is the younger gen who talk in that whinny high pitched voice and talk like mommy just grounded them off the phone!! Not an idiom ... but that is the type of speech that grates on my nerves LOL.

 

[gerhard1]

People who can not finish a sentence without using the word "like" or " ya know".
" We went to the mall, like ya know just to kill time. Like it was just as boring as last time ya know."

Like, I dig what you're saying, you know?

 

[ForsakenConservative]

Misuse of words that are the same both singular and plural, “aircrafts”, “deers”. I even hear “educated” journalists say “aircrafts” which always makes me laugh.

 

[Rod Snell]

Adults who fill every sentence with malapropisms: manor for manner, itch for scratch, site for sight, sale for sell, etc. Also people who answer every question with "I don't know, whatever."

malapropism (noun)

1. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo” (instead of flamenco).

 

[adamsredlines]

I hate most modern slang in general, but what really pisses me off is Merriam Webster has started adding that garbage to the dictionary.

 

[STS11]

Adults who fill every sentence with malapropisms: manor for manner, itch for scratch, site for sight, sale for sell, etc. Also people who answer every question with "I don't know, whatever."

malapropism (noun)

1. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo” (instead of flamenco).

My wife does this. I did not know that there is a word to describe it. Thanks

 

[GC7]

Mine is the younger gen who talk in that whinny high pitched voice and talk like mommy just grounded them off the phone!! Not an idiom ... but that is the type of speech that grates on my nerves LOL.

I wonder if you mean this? Uptalk? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

How some people butcher the language, like how they often mispronounce "jewelry". It's "jew -el-ry" not "ju-lur-e".

Woody