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?

@ShotsFired I detest “Supper” and “End of” so much too.

Also

Inbox me
Need gone
Sicked it up
Literally
Hun/ hunny
You’ve got this
Brexit means brexit

People signing off emails with “best”.

Best is so arrogant on emails I think.

Your guess is as good as mine.

I find this incredibly annoying and belittling. :D

"Littles/littlies"

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

I'm not sure how many pages I've missed and whether there's been already an explanation (I did like the Hallowe'en possibility) so apologies if I'm repeating. It's from when they weren't all filmed in front of a live studio audience and it's to make it clear that it's real laughter and not canned laughter.

Snuck - whatever that means
Babe
Little man
basically, basically, basically, oh and basically.

Myself

As in, ‘my boyfriend and myself went to the shops’. No, no, no.

Bossbabe. Just stop it. Selling make up or scented candles via Facebook to your mates does not make you a business woman.

Put her in her place
Getting too big for her boots
Getting above herself
Separate the wheat from the chaff
Making memories

Little man brings back memories of an awful person.

This is not a phrase I dislike for "no apparent reason". It's a phrase I dislike because it's infantile, ridiculous and I don't understand how people can keep a straight face when saying "fur babies". Aaaaargh

'role model' when applied to film stars and sports people.

Snowflake - always associate the use of this word with insensitive, intolerant, ignorant aresholes.

Why has 'at the minute' replaced ' at the moment'? I really hate it.

And ' you were a child once' to anyone who dares to complain about some brat screaming or generally being badly behaved!

Tots and gutsy - both of which appear on virtually every page of my local paper. Especially annoying when it’s “tragic tot” or “gutsy granny.”
Also the phrase “and so on and so forth” for sheer pretentiousness.
Been looking at prams lately as dd is pregnant and some of the names put me off no matter how nice the pram looks - ickle bubba and my babiie

Blue lighted

Now I know it's used on here frequently as I'd never heard it before.
Although it doesn't take much to work out what it means, I've had cause to use it recently, and nobody knew what it meant.

It's succinct and perfect for the situation, but my friends and family hadn't a clue what I was talking about.
So now, thanks to Mnet, they think I'm barmy.

Nom, noms.
11am in the morning, 10 am in the morning etc.
Bedsheets.

Bubbly to describe a personality.

I swear to God

At the end of the day

Oh my days

"in today's society". It's in every fucking undergrad essay without any kind of explanation as to what the fuck they mean by it. It drives me nuts!

"Perfectly acceptable"

'It is what it is'
Passive aggressive and patronising.ugh.

At work we are always "going forward" apparently.

On here the things really getting on my nerves are
I'm angry at... surely it's with?
People who refuse to use the standard acronyms and invent their own - getting a bit sick of reading LG / LB / es / ys /ms. Just use the same abbreviations as everyone else so we get what you are talking about.

Tabloids - every female is either flaunting, displaying or rocking their curves/ baby bump, even when they've just been snapped going shopping. Men don't flaunt or display even when they are photographed topless with a huge fat stomach.

Answering a phone without caller display and being immediately asked "how are you?". Who are you, what do you want, and why do you want to know how I am?

In similar vein getting a work email that starts "I hope you are well" from someone I don't actually know. Just get to the point!

Lastly most expressions around tea. Cuppa, brew, just NO.

'met with' instead of 'met'.

"Tucking in" as well, and "bling bling". No idea why!

'Scuse fingers'

No I do not, please find a kitchen implement to use.

I agree with 'it is what it is' dH says it a lot.