expressions that (irrationally) irritate you

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What expressions really irritate you?

My pet hate is 'gently' - somebody gently pointed something out, gently told them.

I know it's irrationally, don't gently tell me anything just tell me! I'm a grown up, I can take it

@superoz

'Living my best life'

What does that actually mean? You had other not so good lives?
It just makes me cringe.

I always feel like responding:

"Is that the best you can manage?"

Please connect with ...
For please go and speak to
Argh! And most corporate speak

Reach out. No one ever contacts any fucker anymore.

Gifted. No one gives anything anymore.

“we should hook up”

Felt such an odd thing to say the first time I heard it (a long time ago). Imagined Captain Hook’s arm..

A lot of expressions commonly used on social media. I avoid social media partly for that reason.

Hun
Hinched
Living my best life
Hashtag
You do you
Triggered
LO
BFF
Knock the door/knocked the door - there should be an 'on' in there.

It is what it is.
Ours is not to reason why.
Artisan bread , beer , whatever .
This one.
Going forward.
Fell pregnant.
Picky bits .
Matchy ,matchy.
Can i get ?.
Super cute.
All of them make me cringe , sure there are some i missed too.

"Do you know what I mean?" Or "does that make sense?" When they're saying something really obvious that has no depth for any kind of ambiguity or confusion.

@Staffy1

"Fish supper" "Gives me the rage"

Literally all of Scotland calls it a fish supper

Pie supper
Haggis supper
Black pudding supper

Damnit now I want chips

I still hate 'circa' however it's used but I know about the appropriate use of the word. My examples are what I've seen that started to irritate me - people using it in place of "in". People using it all the time when it's not necessary.

"Fair enough"

Like they've given it careful consideration and declare their judgment as if it matters to me 🖕🏻

'Needs must'.

'More fool, you'.

Just grates on me.

"If you could call myself" to talk about your bill/this exciting opportunity etc. Always said by people who think it makes them sound cleverer/more professional.

And my pet hate:

I'm having a lay in.
Always makes me think, Miss Read-ly, "eggs or bricks?"

It's a lie in. Not a lay in

When people post about speaking to their toddler about something and say "We discussed so and so" It's over egging it a bit to call talking to a toddler a discussion.

Reaching out. Aaaarrrrgggghhh!

"Tips and tricks"

@notsureofname yes! Me too. Along with I love you lots like jelly tots . Ugh.

"It is what it is" makes me roll my eyes too

A "cheeky" this or that. Ew!

As PP said "I too" is awful. sounds really patronising and up your own arse.

"Can I please have" rather than "please can I have." Just sounds badly phrased.

I used to know a girl who's response to everything was "seriously?" -
"I'm going to have a sandwich for lunch"
"Seriously?"
"No, I just made it up for a laugh."

"Carriages at midnight" on invitations. I must have omitted to notice that it's a Victorian themed wedding.

People saying borrowed in the wrong context - eg "I borrowed it her" "she borrowed it me" and missing "to" out of the sentence as well.

My exH used to say "we was" and "there is some" - always used to irritate me.

' Do you know what?' usually pronounced 'Ja know what?

No. I don't. But I'm sure you're going to tell me.

Game changer

Using 'invite' as a noun. You mean an invitation.

“Putting the world to rights”

"hun" I loathe being called hun by anyone, I think it's a sign of low intelligence, sorry.

Hate office speak "touch base" "reach out" etc, ugh. And I work for a large financial corporation so I hear it a lot.

Also "emotional support animal" when did our cats and dogs become emotional support animals??

Borrow me instead of lend me.

On here when people say ‘has anyone ever/else ....?’ and it’s always something extremely common like eaten cornflakes for breakfast. No, no one else has ever done that.

Fish supper means fish and chips in Scotland, and 'the house needs cleaned' is standard chat although admittedly sounds clunky to non Scots.

I'd love never to have to read 'fast forward' on here again. Usually used by the types who say 'he then proceeded to...' 'at which point she informed me...' etc etc.

@BeautifulStar

“Reach out” or “reaching out” Ellie Goulding said it on the radio earlier, that mark Ronson “reached out” to her. Dh and I just looked at each other and went “eurgh!”

You mean he rang you Ellie?

Yes. My daughter uses it and it's beyond annoying. About as annoying as beyond annoying probably is.