Phrases that give you The Rage (lighthearted)

[Saggingninja]

Often heard on Daytime TV: 'She's 85/90/years young'. It's the 'young' - so patronising and irritating. See also, 'Not being funny . . .' followed by spirit-crushing comment.

On their knees/on my knees etc.

"The likes of" followed by the one and only thing that fits into the description.

"My truth" when people really mean their view / opinion. It's a sneaky way of undermining other peoples points of view.

former workmate used to say Devil's Advocaat, which always put me in mind of Satan drinking snowballs.

HAHAHAHA

I notice people using it like this:

• you engage in a debate with them

• you wipe the floor with them, exposing the weakness of their argument

• to save face, they say “but I’m just playing devil’s advocate!”. Ie pretending that they made a stupid argument on purpose, so dedicated are they to lively discourse.

Fur babies
My bad
Early doors

Little prince/princess (in a non-ironic way)

'naughty' used as a synonym for horny or sexy. Even worse when it's used as a noun to mean sex.

They're not phrases as such, but I hate the following shortened words:

"cherry toms" instead of tomatoes
"hot choc" or "bar of choc" instead of chocolate.
"bikkies" instead of biscuits.

They REALLY make me cringe!

Can anyone tell me what 'today years old' actually means ?

I can see it's in a thread title currently on chat but I'd never seen it before . I've noted a couple of posters have picked that out as being annoying.

My bad!

I absolutely hate this "broken their silence" rubbish. eg "the Duke of Cambridge has broken his silence after Meghan and Harry's interview" broken their silence gives me the absolute rage.
And whatever he's said has absolutely nothing to do with Meghan or Harry and it's something he said the very next day so when the fuck was he being silent? Drives me nuts.

My bad
Quality family time/making memories

Powered by Fairy Dust

Usually on the back of a Corsa or something. Extra cringe points for the fake eyelashes. No love it isnt powered by fairy dust its powered by pollution causing chemicals made of rotten carcasses from millenia ago, lets not try and dress it up otherwise. (I am a car owner by the way ha)

Staycation.
It means staying at home and having day trips out.
It does not mean going on holiday in the UK - the word for that is holiday.

@shinynewapple21

Can anyone tell me what 'today years old' actually means ?

I can see it's in a thread title currently on chat but I'd never seen it before . I've noted a couple of posters have picked that out as being annoying.

If you put today bin square brackets and invite people to replace it with how old they are today.

So

I was today years old when I first tried to explain that stupid fucking saying

Means

I was 55 years old when

Or, more simply

Ooh! I only realised X today

It irritates me too 😁

God yes, I am sat. For the love of God, please say I am sitting.

But I am sat, seated!

People saying, "Does that make sense?" Grrrrrrr

The one I hate and a previous poster has already mentioned
"At the end of the day ..."
There was a time when you couldn't watch a single daytime TV prog without hearing this every two mins...

Fur babies - 🤮🤮

And being referred to as a "lady" or when part of a group "ladies". I am a woman - I am no lady.

OH
My partner said in anything other than a business sense.
At the end of the day..
It needs gone

'It's our one week/one month/six month anniversary'
NO IT ISN'T - 'anni' means 'year' - the clue is in the word!!!

The rage

Another vote for "the rage" or "gives me the rage"

I have an irrational dislike of the word “safeguarding”. Sounds so jargony and often used as a way to shut you up and for institutional bodies to get out of doing things. Used to be “data protection” now it’s this.

Also incorrect use of “myself” makes me wince

Adding “at all” pointlessly, as in “Would you like coffee at all?” “Can I get you a cup of tea at all?” Used to be repeated by cabin crew on flights until I was grinding my teeth with air rage! I still can’t understand how one can want coffee partially - surely it’s either yes or no.
Using myself or yourself incorrectly in place of me or you. “Could yourself send the documents to myself.” Scream.
Return back. No, just return. Which means to come back. You don’t come back back.

Anyone who says "calm your tits".

I've seen it on MN many times. Never heard it in real life, thank god, although it would be a great shortcut to knowing the person saying it should not be in your life under any circumstances.