Irritating phrases

“Literally” as in “I was literally lying on my back screaming”. The sentence doesn’t need “literally”, or I could say “it (literally) doesn’t need it”.

“Very unique/fairly unique”. Something is either unique or it isn’t unique.

”My bad”. It doesn’t make sense and it makes me think of a toddler learning to speak. I don’t know what it is meant to mean. Is it an apology? 

“At this moment in time” as opposed to any other moment in time. What’s wrong with using “now”? 

Anyone who uses phrases like: Me be like/my bad, anyways, does not understand good English. There are people trying to constantly disrupt language. 

but just like some people drop ‘s’s (innit), the faux aristocracy have a bad habit of dropping their ‘r’s and turning them into ‘w’s. Weally bad. 

My Bad, was a common phrase in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so lots of younger people started copying it. People have always adopted words, phrases and affectations, Life of Brian gives a good example, 'Biggus Diccus was the highest ranking officer in Rome' said with the lisp that made the whole thing funny, was actually an affectation used by many young Roman aristocrats, much to the disgust of thier elders.

Language isn't and has never been static, it's always been changed and is changing, I was fascinated to find out how many American words are regional English words, like closet insted of cupboard or wardrobe. Closet was widely used in Early Modern England, but particularly in East Anglia where so many place names are called after thier English equivalents.

My Bad, was a common phrase in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so lots of younger people started copying it. People have always adopted words, phrases and affectations, Life of Brian gives a good example, 'Biggus Diccus was the highest ranking officer in Rome' said with the lisp that made the whole thing funny, was actually an affectation used by many young Roman aristocrats, much to the disgust of thier elders.

Language isn't and has never been static, it's always been changed and is changing, I was fascinated to find out how many American words are regional English words, like closet insted of cupboard or wardrobe. Closet was widely used in Early Modern England, but particularly in East Anglia where so many place names are called after thier English equivalents.