As an expat living in New Orleans,it is a very long list but "burglarize" is currently the word that I most dislike.
"Oftentimes" just makes me shiver with annoyance. Fortunately I've not noticed it over here yet.
Eaterie. To use a prevalent phrase,oh my gaad!
I'm a Brit living in New York. The one that always gets me is the American need to use the word bi-weekly when fortnightly would suffice just fine.
I hate "alternate" for "alternative". I don't like this as they are two distinct words, both have distinct meanings and it's useful to have both. Using alternate for alternative deprives us of a word.
"Hike" a price. Does that mean people who do that are hikers? No, hikers are ramblers!
Going forward? If I do I shall collide with my keyboard.
I hate the word "deliverable". Used by management consultants for something that they will "deliver" instead of a report.
The most annoying Americanism is "a million and a half" when it is clearly one and a half million! A million and a half is 1,000,000.5 where one and a half million is 1,500,000.34.
"Reach out to" when the correct word is "ask". For example: "I will reach out to Kevin and let you know if that timing is convenient". Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff? Can't we just ask him?
Surely the most irritating is: "You do the Math." Math? It's MATHS.
I hate the fact I now have to order a "regular Americano". What ever happened to a medium sized coffee?
My worst horror is expiration, as in "expiration date". Whatever happened to expiry?
My favourite one was where Americans claimed their family were "Scotch-Irish". This of course is totally inaccurate, as even if it were possible, it would be "Scots” not "Scotch".
I am increasingly hearing the phrase "that'll learn you" - when the English (and more correct) version was always "that'll teach you". What a ridiculous phrase!
I really hate the phrase: "Where's it at?" This is not more efficient or informative than "where is it?" It just sounds grotesque and is immensely irritating.
Period instead of full stop.
My pet hate is "winningest", used in the context "Michael Schumacher is the winningest driver of all time". I can feel the rage rising even using it here.
My brother now uses the term "season" for a TV series.
Having an "issue" instead of a "problem".
I hear more and more people pronouncing the letter Z as "zee". Not happy about it!
To "medal" instead of to win a medal. Sets my teeth on edge with a vengeance.
"I got it for free" is a pet hate. You got it "free" not "for free". You don't get something cheap and say you got it "for cheap" do you?
"Turn that off already". Oh dear.
"I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" has to be the worst. Opposite meaning of what they're trying to say.