Annoying speech habits

[Ben in LA]

As long as we understand each other, I could care less. Feel me? Just keeping it 100.

[Ts RedVeX]

nope

[gmb]

I know I grew up using the word 'like' way too much...

[sucka4chix]

I HATE the way people, even journalist are breaking diphthongs into 2 syllables! "YOU isn't pronounced "Yo-oo"

"School" is one syllable! It is not "schewel"!

I hate when people say "Went missing" and "At my work"!

If I hear "Yaz!" one more fucking time...

[Ben in LA]

Yas bitch...yaaaaaaas!!

[sucka4chix]

Why you I oughtta.....

[SanDiegoPervySage]

Yas bitch...yaaaaaaas!!

Oh I hate that shit!

[hamdasl]

Having lived overseas for the last 20+ years, I enjoy introducing my friends to American colloquialisms.
An Aussie mate was completely surprised when I asked him to "Flip a Bitch" when we were driving. In return, I found out what "Chuffing up to your bollocks" means.

[filghy2]

I'm Australian and I have never heard anyone say "chuffing up to your bollocks".

My pet hates, which are unfortunately prevalent among younger people so they are unlikely to go away:

- Inserting "like" into every other sentence

- Rising inflections at the end of sentences, so every statement sounds like a question

- Overuse of superlatives like "awesome" and "unbelievable" to describe things that are actually commonplace

I know languages evolve, and changes can be good if they make things simpler or clearer. For instance, I don't see any point in fussing about things like split infinitives. However, many modern speech habits seem to go in the opposite direction, making the language less precise.

[fred41]

overuse of words such as 'oligarchy', especially by folks on social media who think that they've just become politically enlightened.