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To be annoyed when people say ....

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Newmumburnout · 12/02/2025 14:22

low key ? For example someone says " does this top not low key go with these jeans" it seems to be used all the time now. Maybe annoyed is not the right word but it's irritating 🤣 . Light-hearted post really. Are there any sayings that seem to be "trending" that annoys you ?

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ErrolTheDragon · 12/02/2025 17:10

So the youngsters are using 'low-key' instead of something like 'kinda' ?

The phrase that often annoys me is the host of radio 4 comedies reading the credits, ending with 'and I've been Andy Zaltzman' or whoever... unless they cease to exist when they're off air, wtf don't they say 'and I'm ....'?Confused

Garlicworth · 12/02/2025 17:10

I hate that no-one says 'hatred' any more. After checking just now, 'hate' does have a long history as a noun. I reserve the right to be annoyed by its recent resurgence, though.

So I literally just thought I'd low-key share that with y'all 😂

XWKD · 12/02/2025 17:05

Putting "literally" and "actively" ought to be a hanging offence.

Newfoundzestforlife · 12/02/2025 17:03

Newmumburnout · 12/02/2025 14:22

low key ? For example someone says " does this top not low key go with these jeans" it seems to be used all the time now. Maybe annoyed is not the right word but it's irritating 🤣 . Light-hearted post really. Are there any sayings that seem to be "trending" that annoys you ?

The incorrect use of the word proper, for example "That was proper nice that pizza"

Also "you'll smash it babes" meaning someone will do a good job of something. Can we just do a good job and not "smash" things...?

Babycote · 12/02/2025 17:01

Oh I've got one : ur for your

I always read it as 'err' in my head and it makes no sense

ElleneAsanto · 12/02/2025 17:01

I’ll gently draw your attention to Pedants’ Corner if this sort of thing grinds your gears… 😉

I often wonder how we described points of view before everything became a bloody “narrative”.

tobee · 12/02/2025 16:55

Yes @JudgeJ

CheekyHobson · 12/02/2025 16:55

I think the person quoted in the OP used “low key” in a slightly unusual way which is why it grated, but I (late 40s) rather like “low-key” as a phrase (along with a lot of other words and phrases quoted in the thread).

”Low key” is used quite flexibly by Gen Z, but generally it’s a substitute for “a little bit” (I was low-key annoyed by that), “secretly” (I low-key love Bluey even though it’s for kids) or “but I’m playing it cool” (I am low-key obsessed with the guy who works at the corner shop).

I think the person in the OP probably meant something like “Does this too not look amazing with these jeans?” with the “not” being ironically or as a way of saying “don’t you agree” but it’s a complicated structure!

WhatterySquash · 12/02/2025 16:54

OMG yes "we're just going Sainsbury's" arrrgh!

tobee · 12/02/2025 16:53

Girasole02 · 12/02/2025 16:03

'If that makes sense' at the end of a sentence.

I do say that quite often. Because most of the things I say don't make sense. 😬

BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation · 12/02/2025 16:50

Icanflyhigh · 12/02/2025 14:29

Gaaaaah!

My DD says this ALL THE TIME! It drives me nuts!
Low key this and low key that......

It'll be replaced with something equally annoying soon enough I guess!😂

So does mine.

Did you have a good day? Low key.
Your hair's looking shiny. Low key
Low key I've applied for a job.

It doesn't make any sense.

LaMarschallin · 12/02/2025 16:50

ANameForOscar · 12/02/2025 15:53

My brain 'translates' lol So when people add extra letters for emphasis I find it really odd!

Loooool (laugh out out out out out loud)
Lololol (laugh out loud out loud out loud)

Yes, I definitely get that.

I also find something similar happening when people stress or stretch a word by repeating the last letter.
So, instead of "reeeeeeally" they write "reallyyyyyy" which I "hear" as "really yi yi yi yi".

tobee · 12/02/2025 16:49

Yes @WhatterySquash!! I'd forgotten about "share" 😩

OlivePeer · 12/02/2025 16:49

"Go [place]"

At first it mostly seemed to be used for "go gym", but recently I've seen "go uni" and "go Tesco".

Rinkytoo · 12/02/2025 16:44

I DESPISE “trending” terminology, especially when used by peers who are in their late thirties/early fourties and really need to grow up!
”Its the for me” ie. it’s the hair flick for me, or its the side eye for me. Shut up.
Thats the only one I can think of at the moment, but there are loads more.

Adelstrop · 12/02/2025 16:44

‘I was today years old when I realised (x)’ which I see on social media threads. I believe it means ‘I realised x today, at the age of y’, but it is actually illiterate gobbledegook.

Bringbackspring · 12/02/2025 16:42

I've never heard it said. It sounds annoying though so I'm glad I don't speak to very many people!

Babycote · 12/02/2025 16:41

Newmumburnout · 12/02/2025 16:40

Maybe you both work in the same team 🤣

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Haha that is actually possible. I work in big open plan office

Babycote · 12/02/2025 16:40

"low key" in the jeans example is a bit like:

"I low key love those jeans" = "just quietly, I love those jeans" = "don't freak out but I love those jeans"

thenightsky · 12/02/2025 16:40

Using 'Look' or 'Now look' at the start of a sentence. It sounds rude and bossy.

There's a BBC sounds podcast and one of the two presenters starts nearly every one of his sentences with it. I can no longer listen to them. I think its called 'When it Hits the Fan'.

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Newmumburnout · 12/02/2025 16:40

Babycote · 12/02/2025 16:37

It's quite useful though? "Can we signpost to some helpful resources on this page" is something I literally said this morning in my job.

Instead of
"Can we put some kind of indication or suggestion of some helpful resources, but with a clear way to access them so it's not just the names but actually the way to get to them as well... On this page"

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Maybe you both work in the same team 🤣

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Babycote · 12/02/2025 16:37

DemonicCaveMaggot · 12/02/2025 16:29

Everyone who uses 'signpost' as a verb can just fuck right off too.

It's quite useful though? "Can we signpost to some helpful resources on this page" is something I literally said this morning in my job.

Instead of
"Can we put some kind of indication or suggestion of some helpful resources, but with a clear way to access them so it's not just the names but actually the way to get to them as well... On this page"

HazelBite · 12/02/2025 16:37

"Like" every other word ie I was like, it was really like, It seems to have replaced pauses in conversations,
We were on the Eurostar recently, and there was a twenty something chap sitting behind us, he said the word "like" 34 times in about 5 minutes!

Doggymummar · 12/02/2025 16:35

Oh, never heard this. Low key. I thought it meant casual. Pop over for dinner, but we're keeping it low key, couple of Tesco pizzas

Babycote · 12/02/2025 16:35

My pet peeve is when people say 'bits' when they mean 'things'

Like "I popped out for some bits"