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GEN Z is ditching age-old polite phrases like “excuse me?” and “pardon?” – swapping them out for blunt alternatives such as “huh?”, “what?” and “come again?”, new research ...

Gen Z is killing off polite phrases like ‘pardon?' - and there's one key reason why Gen Z is shaking up the way we communicate, opting for more direct phrases like 'huh?' and 'what?'.

Gen Z are ditching traditional polite expressions like 'excuse me?' and swapping them for blunter alternatives such as 'huh?' and 'what?' instead. Three quarters of younger Brits reckon 'pardon ...

Gen Z is killing off traditional polite phrases like ‘excuse me?’ – with ‘huh?’ and ‘what?’ becoming the mishearing norm.