Oh yeah! This is one is so bad! I saw a comment on a thread once where a poster said ‘am I in the wrong for eating the nugs?’ and then it seemed like the other posters had a challenge to use nugs/nug nugs/nuggies as much as possible!
"Internalised misogyny" dragged out every time a woman doesn't like pink, doesn't wear makeup, isn't maternal, isn't interested in "girly" things, etc.
"Internalised misogyny" dragged out every time a woman doesn't like pink, doesn't wear makeup, isn't maternal, isn't interested in "girly" things, etc.
This is more of an online one, but when people try to be funny by saying ‘reader’ as a sort of punchline. “A colleague asked me out. Reader, I said no” “Thought it was OK to go out without an umbrella. Reader, I was wrong”
I’m also sick of hearing slang like ‘sling, bung, chuck’. Just use the actual word!
delulu for delusional
I think that's an up and coming one. I've heard a few YTers use it and saw it in a Daily Mail 'article'. I used to work with simplified English (for work instructions and manuals) and even this is Shakespeare compared to some Social Media speak.