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

“Super” - every thing , it seems, is super this or super that. No it’s not, f*ck off !

If I read one more "Fancy a(n)..." or "What do you fancy?"

Just delete the word 'fancy'. It's starting to sound/look 🤢

Reaching out. It’s so overly emotive. Why did we start saying this instead of contacted. People at work constantly saying “our company will reach out to you when the product is ready.” Please just contact me.

Also, and maybe this is just in Canada, but people referring to old people as “seniors” and even worse, old people themselves saying in a nasally way “I’m a seeeeeenyur”. Makes me enraged. I’m nearing retirement and dreading being referred to this way.

Also, in a zoom session today the instructor kept saying “unpack this” and “hold space for”. Why have so many people started speaking in cliches?

‘I love the bones of him/her’.
Makes it sound as if they’re skeletons.

'Give your head a wobble' - Grrrr!

@DaylightSunlight

'Circa'

Can't stand it. Why not just write 'in'.

This was me circa 2010
I attended Uni with her circa 1904

I think “circa” means “around”. Maybe people are using it thinking it means “in” though which is indeed annoying!

'Such likes'

'Odds n sods'

I had to dump someone once because he kept saying these things and it made me stabby.

@DaylightSunlight

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.

Crikey! I’ve just posted about this again before RTFT sorry!

I agree with a pp on "taking the knee" etc. Im old enough to remember when it was simply called "genuflecting". Which is a word I havent heard or used for decades.

I get unreasonably annoyed by the use of “support”. It’s everywhere totally overused. Companies in adverts, people offering it, people complaining they not getting it. Once you’ve noticed it you can’t unnotice.

So....

It’s so annoying! I’ve tried to like it but I just see what purpose it serves.

😂
I’ve been guilty of saying some of these. I’m naturally gushing (one of my failings, I appreciate it’s annoying), so I say ‘super’ or ‘awesome’ all the time!! 🤦‍♀️

My current pet hates are modern ones:

During a debate ‘I’m not telling you, educate yourself!’ I learn through discussion & debate so asking people’s thoughts is the quickest way for me to educate myself. Why would you not want to help somebody learn?

‘Do better!’ As if that’s the end of it. I just want to answer with Fuck off!!

A classic one I hate is when people describe their own sons as ‘dudes’ or ‘wee/little man’ as in ‘the wee dude said this today’, ‘look at this from the little man’.
I’m not sure why I hate it so much but it leaves me cold. It might be because I have daughters and there is no equivalent way to describe girls so it implies boys are better.

Oo yes "this one" referring to someone you're with in the third person - I always hear it as Brendon Cole saying it about his Strictly partners but it's spreading, grr. They seem to think it's cutesy and loving but I find it infantilising and objectifying, she has a name!

2019 Love Island = 'it is what it is'

'picked-up' / 'grabbed' = instead of 'bought'

@stampsurprise That's ok. Was surprised at all the "mention' I got earlier so I realised I didn't make myself clearer.

People who call people out 🤯

What's wrong with:
Take issue
Ask about
Challenge
Disagree
Question
Counter

Why in earth have we all started calling people out ALL THE FUCKING TIME? It sounds so sanctimonious & just doesn't really mean anything. Gahhhhhhhh!

My bad

Stupid saying, doesn’t even make sense 😡

I hate gently and kindly too.

Gently I only see on here, but I work with 2 people who use massively overuse kindly (multiple times an email) and they are both twats

"Everything happens for a reason"

[quote DaylightSunlight]@stampsurprise That's ok. Was surprised at all the "mention' I got earlier so I realised I didn't make myself clearer.[/quote]
I woke up far too early this morning and I am not a morning person

Can I get? Which is the worst or even can I have? Whilst ordering a coffee or some other product. I would be some tempted if I was the barista to reply 'yes' and just stand there.

I hammer into the dds it's 'may I have?' For grammatical correctness and ffs good manners!! 😡😡😡😡

I don't like the use of US expressions or spelling- we are not the 51st state.

I really like US spellings or words, they cut out the pointless letters and it just makes more sense.

I also love y'all and I will defend to the death my right to use it. There isn't such a nice catch-all informal term in UK English.