To be annoyed when people say ....

I don’t have a problem with the expression “turned around and said”. It’s not literal, just expressing that you replied assertively.

(There’s probably a fancy grammatical term for phrases like that)

I've worked all my life. No you haven't you didn't crawl out the womb and start working at Asda.🤣🤣🤣

Eh? What does 'low key' mean???

I get the rage when people refer to "renting out" a house. There is a perfect and precise word for it: LETTING. That is why they are called LETTING agents, not "renting-out" agents.

It's even more annoying then they don't say "renting out" but just "renting", which means the opposite of what they think it means.

Example:

"I am renting a house."

Using English correctly, that means she is paying money to live in a house. But no, people will say "I am renting a house" and then go on to say the person they are renting it to hasn't paid their rent. Grrr.

A related annoying phrase is "doing up" and, worst of all, "doer-upper". The correct word is RENOVATE and the house is one in need of renovation. This is a perfect good and precise word, so why bring in words like "doing" and "up" into it? Grrr.

I have two. Firstly, a colleague has started slipping the word ‘hella’ into conversations, as in ‘we’re having a hella healthy meal tonight’ or ‘it’s going to be hella hot in Greece’. Absolutely grates. We live in East Anglia, not the Midwest, why say that?

Also, when did everything become ‘wholesome’? Wholesome videos, such a wholesome vibe, this is the most wholesome story etc. Are we all in Little House on The Prairie now or does it just mean something that isn’t wildly offensive?

It's figurative speech 😃 . It's not meant literally but is a turn of phrase meaning someone says something in a very direct way without worrying about people's reactions or saying something unexpected or cutting!

Oh and another one that's been getting on my tits today. Fecking "disrupt". "Let's disrupt the narrative around XYZ" Why? What do you even mean? Disrupting things isn't somehow automatically positive and cool - if you mean have a new idea or do things differently, fine but just arse off with your "disrupting" it makes you sound like a pretentious wanker.

This Reminds me of Russell Kane explaining Essex phrases!

Surely nothing is as bad as "Geoff and myself have been working on Project X. Thank you to yourself for giving us that opportunity."

Argh, you sound THICK, not clever!

No, my 16 year old daughter says it all the time. And that means that at least she's speaking to me which I'm low key grateful for.

I was a lot* older than I should have been when I discovered the difference between less and fewer. And that Pilates wasn't pronounced Py-Lates!

*see what I did there

Quoting myself here...

I meant to say "Putting "literally" and "actively" in every second sentence ought to be a hanging offence."

"journey" now used for any and every life experience. "passed" instead of died or passed away.

I've not heard anyone say anything is low key apart from an event

I think it’s something used in text messaging and has spilled over into other areas. Drives me up the wall !!

At the end of the day.

It’s night

Agree, it’s have a son /daughter well always used to be. You share a bag of crisps. You may have shared custody of a child.

Sorry OP but ‘Alot’ is also one of the things that annoys me. A lot is two words - ether that or ‘allot’ with two L’s but with a different meaning.

My SIL often said "to tell you the truth".
I butted in & said "Why, do you usually lie to me ?"
It worked !

Oh God yes, it’s always ‘it doesn’t fit the narrative’ !!

When people have a disagreement online, they often try to insult the other person with “I bet you’re fun at parties!” or sign off with “I hope you have the day you deserve.” I always feel slightly embarrassed for them, because I have this little image of them having previously read that in an exchange between others, and making a note of it. I can just imagine them feverishly jotting it down, excitedly looking forward to their next Facebook spat and an opportunity to use their stock phrases.

A lot. Not alot. Alot is not a word.

Allot is a word, like "my allotted portion" or "The court decided to allot the plaintiff 15 shares in the company". A Lot, meaning loads, is two words. Alot is just incorrect.

Sorry, OP - Alot is one of my bugbears of online communication, like "low key" is yours.

And yes, I noticed 19yo and her friends saying "that scarf will low key go with the jacket" and it surprised me as well. Bloody youngsters, making language their own.

I threatened to say Skibibi at them if they didn't stop saying Hence Why. That was a dire enough threat. 😁

Not sure if it’s exactly trending but ‘going forward’ drives me up the wall !! And don’t get me started on the word ‘like’ !!

Not heard it yet, going to keep an ear open for it. The over use and usually inaccurate use of "aesthetic" makes me grind my teeth. Seems to be a favourite with shrieking nail tapping influencers who use it all the time while going on about their latest "hauls" . In fact haul is another word that riles me up too. The greed, the tat and the future landfill are jaw dropping