Just for fun - words or phrases that should be banned

[ItsABrandNewDay]

Just that really, does anyone have any they'd like to ban? 😂

"Living their best life"
"Burgeoning baby bump"
Selfie - mainly when it's not a self photograph!
Quaint
"We're pregnant"
Any form of estate agent speak that makes a property sound nicer than it is
Furbaby
Baby mama/daddy

Welcomed - ‘they welcomed a baby’

They had a baby, it’s a layer of unnecessary cheese

Also Making Memories (you aren’t an iPhone)

Boobing is vomit worthy, but I don’t here it much IRL

I itched it. No, you scratched an itch.

X and Y share two children. No, they are the parents of two children.

Nodding in agreement to so many of these!

Also -
Quick wins (so David Brent in a work context)
Lessons have been learned (they generally haven't, particularly re. high profile and sensitive incidents)
Influencer (even typing that is raising my blood pressure)😡

Veggies.

'I'm on a health kick so last night I had grilled chicken, a little bit of mash and loads of veggies - delicious!'

Urgh!!!

Yes. I also think we should bring back “thrice”.

Myself - I don't want to ban it, I just want people to use it correctly, it is NOT a posh way to say 'me'.

Oh God, yes. This one is just getting more common. I'm sure they all think they sound great, instead of idiots.

I also hate Twitter speak, as in expressions that do the rounds on Twitter and everyone thinks they are so clever and original for using it.

Eg.

-Heavy lifting (eg. 'The word 'almost' is doing some heavy lifting there')
-Hill I'm willing to die on
-Not... (as in 'Not Boris Johnson telling us to spend 20 quid on a kettle to save a tenner').
-The thing where people write out an opinion they don't agree with but put it in alternating capital and lower case letters JuSt LiKe ThIs because they think it makes the opinion look stupid and discredits it.

They are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, but there are loads!

I hate 'nourish' as well.

I am enjoying my new way of eating (NOT DIET!) because I love eating foods that I know nourish my body

Reach out - especially when a brand 'reaches out' to an influencer.
Ride or die.
Holy grail, when talking about something like an eyeshadow brush or something.

OK, I'm going to stop now.

"Kick off" (as in "he started to become annoyed")
Hubby
Curated (unless you're in an art gallery/museum)
"sharing children" with someone. <boak>

"My bad"

Boundaries
Your house, your rules
Cheeky fucker
Grim
Vile
Fresh and clean
Darked on
Reader,I married him

I could care less

Lived experience

A man saying he is "babysitting" his own kids!

‘Birthing’ instead of ‘giving birth to’.

Ditto to gifting - it’ll be everywhere soon, what with C-word stuff already in the shops.

Loads already mentioned.

People that begin a sentence with 'Basically' when explaining something, thus implying the person listening is a bit thick.

One of my ex-in laws used to say 'Marv!' instead of marvellous but in a sarcastic context. That used to grate on me. They also said 'tops' as in a tops evening out. Urgh!

Oh and saying 'I met with' instead of 'I met'.

And 'we got this'. It's we have!!!

I could go on ....

I forgot hill to die on, never heard anyone in RL say it, only on here, but I can't stand it!

Also, Sit him/her/them down, hate this.

We’re pregnant.
I fell pregnant.

Double down
Let me be clear
I'm not being funny but.....

Drowsy but awake

Fed is best

"A high mountain pass" and "that fateful night" both need to fuck off. So irritating.

I have a lot of colleagues in the US that I do genuinely like in the main, but the use of 'reaching out' drives me demented. Unless you are a member of the Four Tops, just NO.

Also: using 'obligated', when you mean 'obliged'. The two words have similar but slightly different meanings - one is not a synonym for the other.

In hand,as in 'a cup of tea in hand' Also go to as in 'my go to dinner'. Both make me cringe for some reason.