Not necessarily phrases but mine include... Let's unpick the data.' 'It is what it is.' Opening a sentence with 'Myself...' Ian Wright saying 'ee' instead of 'he' and also saying 'We was...' 'Lol' 'I'm good!' when asked, 'How are you?' 'Give it up for...' when an audience are invited to show their appreciation for a guest.
People trying to make themselves seem more important at work by adding the words "strategy" or "strategic" to what they do. The vast bulk of what most people do isn't strategic at all, it's bog standard, humdrum, business as usual. Stop trying to dress everything up.
On reflection - and I am deadly serious here - I heard an American broadcaster describe NFL coach Vince Lombardi as, and I kid you not, the "most winningest NFL coach of all time."
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Fuck off
Maybe - but still annoying.
People who say literally when they obvs don't mean literally.
People who say obvs, particularly when they're olders.
Olders who try get down with the kids.
I could go on ...
Do you mean 'yes'?????
What do you want?
and
‘Bed wetting’
Let's unpick the data.'
'It is what it is.'
Opening a sentence with 'Myself...'
Ian Wright saying 'ee' instead of 'he' and also saying 'We was...'
'Lol'
'I'm good!' when asked, 'How are you?'
'Give it up for...' when an audience are invited to show their appreciation for a guest.
Exhibit A: I am super excited.
Exhibit B: Can I get?
Exhibit C: Gratuitous use of the word "totally"
Displaced train crew
Points failure at Lewisham
Signal failure at Lewisham
Passenger incident
Congestion in the London Bridge area
Short-formed
Emergency timetable
Etc, etc, etc.
"Don't get mad, but"
Difficult to have a future behind you.