IF use of the expression 'going forward' gets on your nerves, you aren't alone.
Countdown's lexicographer Susie Dent asked her one million followers on Twitter what words and phrases they wanted to see banished from the dictionary.
And many responded with their pet hates, like 'reach out', 'basically', 'no disrespect but....' and the overuse of 'like'.
We asked readers what was their most hated word or phrase...
Samantha Holborow: "'I hear what you are saying, however' …"
Catherine Hitchman: "'Could of' and 'should of' ..... "
Sue Baxter: "And 'bored of'."
Graham Ball: "'Literally' - the most incorrectly overused word ever.
Allan Bott: "Starting a sentence or finishing one with 'So'."
"'Brought' instead of 'bought'.
"'I thought I'd reach out'" - reaching where? Just contact me like a normal person."
Jeannette Birks: "I roll my eyes to the ceiling when I answer my work phone and the caller says 'What it is, is...'"
Jessica Bailey: "'Innit', 'blud', 'bae' - anything that's chavvy.
Also 'give your head a wobble'. What does that even mean? What does wobbling ones head achieve?"
Leigh MatBar: "“Pull your finger out' is such a crass, vulgar expression."
Peter Swinyard: "'Unfortunately'...This means I'm not going to help. Nor is my boss. Tough luck."
Patti Ford: "'I/we/you got this'! Makes me cringe!"
Michaela Baverstock: "'Unprecedented'! So overused."
Lyn Garnham: "'It is what it is'........arghhhhh."
Sean Forde: "'Awesome'. A overrated American phrase. Handsome is far better."
Chris Adie: "'Reaching out' and 'touching base'."
Kayleigh Black: "'Living your best life', hate it."
Tom Watt: "In the 1990s I imposed a £1 fine on anyone who said 'at the end of the day' at meetings.
"The modern version seems to be 'going forward'."
Bev Willis: "'To die for', bloody ridiculous."
Matthew Brown: "'Like' in-between every other word when speaking.."
Steve Kingston: "Commencing a sentence with 'look' or 'listen'.
"You’ve already got my attention, just say what you need to say."
Celia Parker: "'Lessons will be learned'! They never seem to be!"
Steve Skp Oxford: "When someone calls me 'fella'."
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