Words that get on your nerves

I wouldn't want to be the person who tries to put 'Yes' to that question as a joke!

 

I don't know if anyone has already mentioned "gifted". Someone on GW said they had been gifted a plant. What happened to "given"?

 

Maybe the speaker is trying to bring out the attractive side of the transaction. I mean, they wouldn’t say that they were “gifted” a thick ear or syphillis. Or maybe they would.

 

Some might think "get some while you still can".

One of our children's teachers once said to us re an out-of-print work which the school had in their library: We could always borrow you that book.

 

Not one word, but 'how to generally massacre a beautiful language'. The following is an example of a message received recently. (Apologies for the fact it's in 'furrin'. LAO will get it.....).
"Ct un peu trop tôt pour vs répondre et justement c pr cela g prcisée de ne pas le prdre ml car je suis trs gntlle avec les [URL masquée pour votre sécurité] vs en faites pas pr le coût pr le ret. Vs svz si ct pr moi j'aurai accepté mais g dit ct pr offrir.Pour moi tant qu'il y a une bne comm entre nous c déjà trs agrble. Une bne jné à vs " It did provide an hour or so of entertainment trying to fill in all the missing vowels and make some sense of it, but if that's the way the world's going, I really, really want to get off. Why????? Is everyone so busy and rushed nowadays? Back when ink and paper were precious commodities, I could understand the economising, but tapping on a keyboard? In fact, the lengths some go to in order to twist and abbreviate, it must take them longer to compose a masterpiece of text-twaddle than to write it properly in the first place! And breathe.....

 

You'd love it here, @shiney The French are obsessed by acronyms from Government level downwards (or upwards depending on your opinion of politicians ).

 

Probably already been mentioned but pre order.....unprecedented.......going forward.......can I help you ( when said without the least intention of doing so ).
As for gifted ???? Presumably as Xmas approaches, people will receive "gives" instead of presents.
One thing I must own up to is writing "tho" instead of "though" - even tho I don't tend to abbreviate other words

 

I used to love testing my foreign students on the different pronunciations of thou, though, thought, through and thorough.

 

Some might say it would be a good start ”not to split your infinitives”, but hey, times change(*)!

(*) Options facultatives pour “times change”: “Thank Goodness” – “More’s the pity” – “Il faut bien [“Y faut bien”] – “Never mind, eh” – “Get over it” – “Get a life” – “Time(less) oblige” – “It’s all relative” – “Look the other way” – “It won’t make you blind” - … and many more (j’en passe et des etc.)

That would make an excellent “rap” ... might be a bit over-written, tho!

 

Oooo miaow scratch!

 

I speak fairly fluent French @noisette47 but it took me a few minutes to work that out. I don't always understand my children when they use a lot of French slang and abbreviations when they chat together. We moved to France when the 4 of them were between 2 and 9.

 

Uptick.