Phrases you can't stand for no apparent reason

[Thisnamechanger]

I know this comes up fairly often but I feel like we've not had one for a while...

My top ones at present:

Cutesy/cosy phrases used about adults e.g. (spotted on MN) "why were they in the garden at 2am anyway? Surely they'd be tucked up in bed and fast asleep."

Being 'helped to' re. food/drink. e.g. "she helped herself to the last of the champagne"

"tucking in" re. food.

Tabloid favourite here "tipping the scale at".

What makes your brain itch?

DontCallMeCharlotte
(A fellow PJ hater )

"Batch cook" is bad enough, but the sheer amount of pious martyrdom that goes into every single typing of the phrase "cooked from scratch"...

Not enough to merely cook dinner, they have to specially point out they did it FROM SCRATCH! Yeah well done you fucking saint of all kitchens.

I hate 'on the planet' - instead of the perfectly acceptable 'in the world' and 'quarter of a century' which has replaced '25 years'.

'Gifted' - no, you didn't 'gift' it to him, you gave it to him. You weren't 'gifted' it either, you were given it. Americans I will let off, maybe, but if you're British it's GIVEN/GAVE and don't you forget it! For the record we say 'present' rather than 'gift' too!

I also don't like when people are described as 'Battling' cancer or similar, or sick children being described as 'fighters'. Sometimes life is just a bitch - whether you survive or succumb to a deadly disease isn't saying anything about your character!

'No worries' gets right up my nose. If you're not Australian, don't say it !

"It is what it is."

Gives me the absolute RAGE when anyone says it!

Or when something is "cheeky."

"Few cheeky drinks tonight!"

What exactly is so fucking cheeky about it?

"filmed in front of a live studio audience"....is the alternative to film in front of a dead studio audience?

Well, Moasty, it's nearly Halloween so you never know.

Idiots who post pictures of clothes/shoes/puppies whatever captioned “I can’t cope” give me the rage

Hubby.
Date night (in reference to a married couple going out).
Fur baby.
Calling men & women, boys & girls.
Any word that pokes fun at someone with a learning disability.I started watching a film the other night,it was crap but I was sticking with it until someone said the word 'retard' There is NO excuse for it at all!

‘Picked up’ instead of bought. Normally said to disguise a bad shopping habit.
‘Girlfriends’, referring to female friends. We used to just say 'friends'.
‘Clean’ referring to food. Moronic. Is there dirt in your food?
Adulting
Anti-aging or ‘concerned about the first signs of aging.’ What?
‘How are you’ as a quick greeting. Never know what to say
Ladies
Snowflake. Horrible, mean spirited word, unless referring to snow obvs.
Obvs.
Going forward
Pamper. No one ever suggests men ‘pamper’ themselves.

@getoffthetableplease

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'Cheeky' anything. Makes me feel stabby.

'This one' to mean a friend. Use their name, FFS.

I think I did say 'I can't even' on a thread recently. I annoyed myself by saying it. I'll have to nip it in the bud

'Nourishing' is part of the same lexicon as 'stunning' and 'succulent'. In other words it's advertising language, which is why I hate all three of those words; they all have an insincere undertone, a feeling of dressing up as something they're not.
'Stunning' is one of those empty-vessel words, like 'nice', that our English teachers always used to put their red pen through. 'Succulent' just revolts me, especially when recited in the throaty female voice favoured by M&S. 'Nourishing' is particularly disgusting when used on the sort of shampoos that leave your hair lank and your shower tray sticky with residue, or greasy creams that won't soak in and leave stains on your clothes. It isn't even accurate.

I hate when someone is presenting on a topic and they say they are going to "speak to it" rather than "speak about it". Why? Just why?

I also don't like when people use "named for" instead of "named after".

lightlypoached oh my, that wasn't entirely pleasant viewing .

Agree Gallicos, patronising nonsense mostly aimed at women. Why do I need to be nourished, pampered and comforted? It's just washing hair and eating pudding

"Tell me in your own words..."

Whose words would you use if not your own?

I agree with loads of these!
And :
“boss babe”
“Slaying it”
“Can’t even”
“Dying” when something is funny
When people say “no offence but..” and then say something offensive!

'OMG I'm dying' - no, you just watched a cute/funny video clip.

Turned round - used a lot on Jeremy Kyle I've noticed

As in 'so I told Sharon I fancy her Dad and she turned round and said she'd kill me if I ever went near him'

Makes me cringe

I hate when you see posts on here that people 'spat out their coffee' or woke the entire street with their laughter. Did you really??? I doubt it

I hate it when people are talking about a hypothetical child and say 'little Johnny' eg 'the teacher's got thirty kids to see to but little Johnny can't do his coat up'.

i don't know why this drives me WILD with irritation but it does.

Most of my hated phrases & words have been mentioned - I'll add:

the wife / the other half / my better half
bucket list
starting a sentence with "what it is is..." or "what it is right..."
anything with the word 'hack'
kind regards / BW / many thanks... - email sign offs just annoy me

'My bad'

'The wife' instead of 'my wife'

'Thinking outside the box'