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What words/sayings annoy you?

207 replies

JustAPenny · 14/01/2019 14:50

Just curious if it's just me but I find 'reaching out' so annoying. Less so, but when people are talking about paying for something 'forked out'

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lavalampoon · 15/01/2019 15:46

A picture of someone with "this one though"
That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
"Done good"
"Going shops"
"Bae"
"Living my best life"

StealthPolarBear · 15/01/2019 15:48

You do you

Sicario · 15/01/2019 15:51

People who don't know the difference between "while" and "whilst".

Blibbyblobby · 15/01/2019 16:29

I hate words that distance the speaker from their statement.

"I merely asked...", "I would say..."

You did ask! You are saying! Be brave and own it ffs!

partypoopers · 15/01/2019 17:11

Starting sentences with “So”

AnotherShirtRuined · 15/01/2019 17:47

People 'sourcing' second hand stuff, so incredibly annoying.

StealthPolarBear · 15/01/2019 17:48

People decanting when its not wine or spirits. Decant the mayonnaise into a pretty little bowl.

PutDownThatLaptop · 15/01/2019 17:54

"We are where we are" (I have not got a clue how to even begin to solve it)
"Yeah, no" (yes)
"No, yeah" (yes)
"Look" (I am a politician about to start a sentence)
"So" (I am a gameshow contestant about to reply to a question)

12FreeRangeEggs · 15/01/2019 18:01

“Heads up” fucking hate it. Had an old boss who could give David Brent a run for his money (there you go, another of his moronic phrases), who used to walk into the office and shout “heads up guys, blah blah blah”. Makes me shudder.

StealthPolarBear · 15/01/2019 18:06

Along with 'heads up' there's 'just an fyi'

12FreeRangeEggs · 15/01/2019 18:07

And the collective “guys” when most of the office employees are infact women.

And if he calls us “girls” that would probably piss me off as well.

sleepismysuperpower1 · 15/01/2019 18:10

'I'm Shattered.' I don't know why it bothers me so much, but it just sounds so pathetic to me (again, really don't know where this comes from!)

12FreeRangeEggs · 15/01/2019 18:10

Ahh yes he used to say that too but in my head i was thinking “just a Fuck You Imbecile” which meant i quite liked it when he walked in and said “just an FYI... “

bringincrazyback · 15/01/2019 18:21

'Hangry'
'Holibobs'
'Stunning' (hardly anything/anyone really is stunning, and it's SO overused!)
People saying 'gotten' instead of 'got' in UK English
'Turn that frown upside down' (aaaargh)
'The girls at work' (if they really are girls, they should probably still be at school)
'Baby joy for...' (in newspaper headlines)

Grammar · 15/01/2019 18:42

Sorry, haven't RTWT, but if it hasn't been said, 'Ladies'
URRGHH

Hundredacrewoods · 15/01/2019 18:43

This won't be popular here, but "clicky link." It sounds so infantile. We're all adults, we should be able to say "hyperlink."

PreseaCombatir · 15/01/2019 18:51

Saying ‘myself’ instead of ‘me’.
Eg you can speak to x or myself about this later.
Also ‘yourself’ when ‘you’ does just fine

PreseaCombatir · 15/01/2019 18:52

And people saying ‘x and I’ all the time.
‘Can you take X and I to....’ winds me up

MrsDeanWinchester75 · 15/01/2019 18:53

On house buying programs when they go on about a 'space ' instead of a room and the flow.

StealthPolarBear · 15/01/2019 18:58

What's a non click link

minkies11 · 15/01/2019 19:02

'Proceduralisation' fuck I can't even spell it properly. Comes up in high powered meetings sometimes (usually when I'm nodding off) and instantly makes me homicidal with rage. Oh and 'cascade to your teams'. Grrrr.

1Regret · 15/01/2019 19:04

"Float my boat" - as in, "It doesn't float my boat".
'Bye for now".

Ladymargarethall · 15/01/2019 19:05

'Where's (name) in all this?'

Openandshut · 15/01/2019 20:08

"Cheeky offer"

GermanMumSussex · 15/01/2019 20:20

"Let's loop XYZ in"
"identifying [the client's] pain points"
"ICYMI"
"Moving this up in your inbox..."
"TL;DR"

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