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.

@LadyCatStark

Oh and this one is probably specific to DH but if he wants me to do something he always starting with, “Do you just wanna...?” No I don’t “just wanna” do whatever boring housework task he couldn’t even consider doing himself.

Not just exclusive to your dh

Mine used to do this too, until I started saying “No” in a really casual voice as if he’d just asked me if I wanted a cup of tea, and carried on doing whatever I was doing.

I totally threw him abit at first 😂 but he got the message eventually.

'The hoi polloi'
No, you pretentious twat, if you must say it, don't stick the 'The' on. Hoi means 'The'. Just say 'hoi polloi'.

All the trimmings
Brew instead of tea
Leccy for electricity
Referring to boob in the context of breast feeding... Boobing the baby etc

There are more but these are the worst

@Ilovedthe70s

I absolutely, possibly quite irrationally loathe the phrase cooking from scratch.

I hate this too. It's weirdly smug.

I also hate:

The [decade] called. Their want their [whatever] back.

Just idiotic.

@nolongersurprised

Trimmings.

I cope poorly with Christmas on MN because of all of the posters having turkey with “all the trimmings”.

I don't know why but this made me laugh.

I was looking at hotels some years ago for a holiday, (remember them...) and one hotel 'curated' so much it put me right off staying there.

"Stay safe" irritates the hell out of me.

@merrymouse

Fashion magazine speak:

‘Curate’ if not referring to museum.

‘Source’ instead of ‘buy’.

‘Think’ without a preposition e.g. ‘The 80’s are back! Think leg warmers!’.

Think, I dislike being ordered to think. It happens a lot on MN.

'My DH has a hobby, think cycling'.

Why?

Making memories
18-25 called Young Adults (they’re adults)
BGT they’re ONLY 16..piss of Amanda they ARE 16

Crisp white shirt

Buttery soft leather

Can you borrow me your pen
No I will lend it to you , you can borrow it

Some of mine (that only irritate me )

Topping up your tan
Sipping an ice-cold drink
Here Comes Summer
Your Best Christmas Ever ( so any from now on are destined to fail)

No idea why but these phrases make me wince a bit !

@Insertdeadcatsnamehere

Crisp white shirt

Buttery soft leather

Teamed with a well cut trouser of course.

Fuck. Right. Off.

Having a 'cheeky' anything

Jag or jab.

I’m not looking forward to my jag, or jab. I want to be vaccinated because I work in a school with 350 children

My bad
Making memories
Starting a sentence with “So”

When DH describes a piece of technology as "sexy", ugh.
Furbabies
Make it make sense
Need gone (on endless fb marketplace listings)

@Justgivemewine I do that too 😂

I agree with so many of these.

To my fellow Jamie Oliver disparagers, how about when he says to put an ingredient "In and around" a plate of food?

"Just tear the coriander and scatter it in and around the curry"

Ugh.

Also, Expresso

Even worse - 'KR' instead of Kind Regards at the end of an email.

Because they are just so so busy they couldn't possibly spare the time to type the words out in full...Dicks.

And just like that...

"It is what it is"

How fucking profound.

I hate when someone says I instead of me because they think it makes them sound posh.
Like "could you send a copy to Joe and I"
Urrgh. Finger nails down a chalkboard.

"I picked up this top in Penney's today" and "I can't cope" you picked it up? No you didn't you fucking bought it. And you can't cope with a nice lamp/cute child/nice top.?Drives me mad.

I hate Insta bloggers. Or digital creators as they like to call themselves. Digital dipsticks would be far more accurate.

@Insertdeadcatsnamehere

Crisp white shirt

Buttery soft leather

God yes. I hadn't realised how annoyed these made me.