Anyone fancy a grumpathon with me about current sayings that drive you mad?

[Shamazing]

There are so many at the moment, I'm not the only one who can't stand this nonsense, am I?

Are you me?

XXX is my spirit animal.

I can't even.

Dead.

I'm so extra.

My bad

Do you mean I'm sorry?

Agree with reaching out.
Also; touch base.

😳

'A red lip'. As if the other one is green...

A famous person I follow on instagram says "this is actually a vibe" under their posts when they're posing on a sun lounger or something.

I just washed up with my marigolds on - it was actually a vibe.

Thank you thebluearsefly

Yes, somelikeittepid, I think blessed has come over from the more religious US. It doesn't really work in mostly agnostic UK though.

Does Chester Draws count?

"Can I get"

Aargh

Curated, as in 'the event was curated by', You mean 'put something together'?Actual curators must get so bloody annoyed.

#makingmemories

Squad / squad goals

What are Dead and I'm so extra?!

'Sourced' - no, you bought it from a shop like everyone else.

Misuse of myself and yourself . Ugh! Really annoys me. I’m a medical secretary and have to format clinicians letters.

“Thank you for meeting with myself on Friday” NO “thank you for meeting me on Friday”

Drives me nuts!

Every sentence starting with 'so'

'Woke' - apparently been around a while but never heard it til recently & now every phrase seems to need 'woke' in it

Nom nom nom. I hate it with a passion. Even just one 'nom' is enough for me to consider de-friending. Use delicious or tasty or any other descriptive word. Please don't 'nom nom nom'.

And 'holibobs'.

"Bae." No.

"Circle back". You're coming back later? Alright then.

Any type of imposed ceiling: cotton, glass or otherwise.

Ping me! Wut? Email? Text? DM? Be specific.

Let's "do" lunch/dinner/drinks. You mean, you are inviting me out for a meal or a drink? Ok then.

Like, like, you know, like...FFS DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE YOU SAY IT.

Peng: No.

“Make some noise! Give it up! Go wild! “ really irritates me when tv presenters ask the audience show their appreciation to an act on stage.

A 'pop of colour' is another one. Or using the singular for something when you shouldn't i.e. 'Yes that would look nice with a navy shoe'.

I will never forget, until I draw my last breath, the day I tried on a pair of shoes in a department store and the assistant said that 'they will look lovely with a nude tight'. 😂

My husband has a few of these especially "literally "

I like the funny teenage slang words! Every generation has their own - it seems a bit churlish and fuddy duddy to object to the current ones tbh.

When people use literally after every word.

I watched a advert with Amy Child and she used it literally after every other word. Literally. It was like she literally could not stop her self from saying literally. I mean it’s literally stupid. It literally made me want to scream. Literally.

^ see stupid

Also .....
“it is what it is”
“Blessed”
“Holibobs”
“Familam”
“You only live once”
“Woke”

I’m sure I could go on & on

Totally agree with misuse of "myself" and "yourself", that gives me the rage!

I also hate "gifted". No, you were not "gifted" it, you were given it. Aaagggghhhh!

Misuse of pronouns generally, as in "she invited Barnaby and I to her party", "please contact Harriet or myself".

To "hate on" someone.

Awks

And that's on ....

I received an email from a company whose seminar I attended.

Apparently the lady in question wanted to "reach out" to me. I would rather she didn't. It's like she is some sort of Four Tops / zombie mutant hybrid.

It did make me think of these threads though and I smiled, despite it's total wankery.

total strangers in call centres insisting on first name buddy basis for their buddy script (whilst completely failing to pronounce any name correctly, solve any problem or converse because script)

can I get instead of may I have

I want to say instead of I think

volcanologist instead of vulcanologist

nom

singular instead of plurals (wear your trousers or pyjamas not a trouser or a pyjama pfffft)

literally/ like/ so etc all activate the "schmuck alert" signal in my head, so does dumbass use of language to try and sound clever, here is a good example from a recent email;

"I was alarmed to read your note of last year hence my desire to meet."

Nope.