When did put become 'pop' and why does it bug me so much?!

[EinsteinaGogo]

Pop it in the oven
Pop it in the fridge
Pop it into your bag.

Arghhh. So twee. So

When did plain old fashioned 'put' get ousted?

Am I alone in my angst?!

And what other words grate on you?

I get really irritated by people who use infantile phrases like “how’s you?” instead of “how are you?”.
I work with a man who greets everyone on video calls with “howdy-do”

The word 'twee' is far worse, and I don't even know what it means being a non-UK poster, but I HATE the sound of it anyway..

I don't pop things in the oven, I bung them in.

I wrote a recipe for the school newspaper when I was in Primary 4 and used the term "bung it in the oven". My dad saved a copy because it made him laugh so much.

Bung is the one that drives me nuts actually 😂 usually in the context of "Christmas is just a glorified roast dinner, just bung it in the oven"

"Prepping" as in prepping dinner earlier in the day. "Prepped" isn't much easier to say than "prepared" anyway.

@PickledPeppa

I hate it when people describe going somewhere as "rocking up" to a place. No you didn't "rock up to the school gates this morning". You did what everyone else did and walked, drove or rode there.

God, I hate that too!

@PickledPeppa

I hate it when people describe going somewhere as "rocking up" to a place. No you didn't "rock up to the school gates this morning". You did what everyone else did and walked, drove or rode there.

I want to see someone actually rock up. AC DC blasting, guitar / drum playing. Head banging

I cringe inside when my husband used the expression “fella” to another man, like when he takes his car to the mechanic etc. “Allright fella” 😖

Uses not used

Plenty x. Greys anatomy were doing this instead of very.

Also - the use of ‘mahoosive’ .

I think I’m over invested in this thread.

Pop of colour 🤮

I don't mind pop but hate chuck.
Chuck a right here - noooooo

@snowdropsandcrocuses

I rarely pop but I do sometimes chuck..

Chuck it in the oven
Chuck it in the fridge
Chuck it upstairs

Perhaps I'm more aggressive than twee?

lol. Are you Northern by any chance?

I don't mind "pop" but HATE brekky, holibobs, Choccy etc

I hate 'ping'

I'll ping over an email
Just ping it over to me

My worst saying is

a round of toast

Wtf does it even mean? A piece of toast? Several pieces of toast? You offer one to everyone else like a round of drinks?

Yep, agreed. I blame Delia, she always used to "pop it in a ramekin"

@Migrainesbythedozen - I think that's the whole point, it's .. trying to think of the word, is it onomatopoeic? It sounds like what it is! Irritating, fake, little-girlish... twee!

While they are popping to said shop - why do some people add an 's' to the end of the shop's name when one isn't naturally there? 'I'm popping to Tesco's" "I got it from Asda's' etc. Funnily enough, I don't recall it ever being used for Waitrose.

That’s because Waitrose is dubby-trose

This morning I've had an email from a shop which refers to garments as 'garms'

Can I add 'grown ass..' to the list of sayings that I absolutely cannot stand? You're not a grow ass woman, you're an adult. Please speak like one 😂

And it's only on MN I've ever read the words 'vanishingly small' and it makes me grind my teeth every time I read it.

I HATE it when 'one' is used as a pronoun.

@Sidehustle99

I HATE it when 'one' is used as a pronoun.

It must be pretty hard to avoid using ‘one’ as a pronoun, surely.