I cringe when sports folk like John Inverdale talk about things being 'key' to a match or whatever. I cringe when people refer to dancing as 'throwing some shapes'. What modern phrases make you cringe?
Yup, 'At this moment in time' and 'think outside the box' especially with added hand gestured inverted commas, and some insurance selling bloke said to me the other week 'let me run this up your flagpole' when trying to explain a scenario.
I cringe when people constantly say "sort of" or "kind of".... just listen out for it on the television; I promise you that once you notice it, it will get on your nerves. Another pet hate of mine is "end of".
jno, the way Inverdale, Guscott and co use 'key' is new. And yes 'a big ask', absolutely cringe-worthy. I also hate the way tennis folk refer to everything good as 'unbelievable'