Words that really annoy you.

[Frozen Horse]

"invalid" to describe a person.

 

[Brian Marwood]

'Off of'

Drop the of, it really isn't necessary.

 

[Kowalski]

Blame as in blame culture, terrible word. Accountable / responsible much more appropriate.

Also, Listen at the start of sentence. Makes me want to do anything but...

 

[EuropeTwice]

My bad / our bad

 

[Wyke Red]

"Literally"

 

[fassy]

Leeds

 

[Cuthbert]

Slightly twa*tishly, I find bought/brought a bit irritating.

 

[Warwickboro]

Cautious

 

[Norbert_Colon]

Grown men describing something as LUSH,

 

[Heine_Otto]

'Medalled'

A made up word by Olympians who have won a medal.

 

[r00fie1]

Using a verb as an adjective:

Thus: incentive - "incentivized"

I am certain I am guilty, but it grates.

 

[Sisyphus]

"of", if the writer means "have

Agreed. But are we listing the sounds that we don’t like (‘moist’), or solecisms?

 

[Sisyphus]

'Medalled'

A made up word by Olympians who have won a medal.

That’s just Americans, who create verbs from nouns. Though that was very common in late Middle English.

 

[LaPennaBianca]

premierSHIP

loose instead of lose

boooook, hoooook when said in a teesside voice ;-) - its book & hook ffs

Another one for loose/lose.

I shouldn't take it so seriously, but I genuinely think less of a person who has written it.

 

[JonnyHistory]

"I'm sorry you feel thats what happened"

 

[tripleheader]

'Robust' especially when it comes out of a politicians mouth. No matter what their political allegiance.

 

[Trug]

so, basically

 

[JackG]

'cheeky', as in the consumption of fried chicken

 

[SmallTown]

Agreed. But are we listing the sounds that we don’t like (‘moist’), or solecisms?

Oh, in that case "sphygmomanometer"

 

[Duffman]

‘With all due respect’ - usually said when showing zero respect.
A board favourite - ‘In my humble opinion’ (IMHO) usually said with little or no humbleness but to tell you they are right and you are wrong.