Hated Americanisms

[Mortartube]

Which Americanism(s) that have crept into the English language, do you hate the most?

The one that jangles my nerves the most is when people want to buy something in a shop and say "Can I get a" followed by the product name.

[Quizmonster]

But we say 'cheap at half the price' when we really mean 'cheap at double the price'. This started life as a joke, apparently, but we stuck with it. The plain fact is that idioms - whether British or American - often have little regard for logic.

[Papaleekie]

Another one that rankles is a fairly recent one. When asked 'How are you', the reply is often 'I'm good'. This has taken off in the UK with even the older generation, who for the majority of their lives would have replied 'I'm well, or I'm OK etc, never 'I'm GOOD''. It's an example of giving an answer to a different question.
When I hear that reply I feel tempted to add 'I mean your health, not your behaviour!'

Don't get me started on how shop assistants call everyone-male, female regardless of age- GUYS!!!!

[pingu2541]

Being used far too much and especially in radio interviews is "I guess". Most of the time the interviewer is stating a known fact to the intervieweee anyway and is not guessing at anything.

[shoota]

Gotten........I've gotten so sick of hearing/reading it that I've turned programs off and stopped reading books because of it. Why does it exist? What does it add?

[shoota]

Gotten........ its rotten and annoys me so much I will turn off a program or stop reading a book that contains it.

[harryticker]

New words and phrases enter our lives all the time. Just the way it is!