Anyone want to add to my ever increasing list of words/terms that are just really bloody annoying?

[TitaniasAss]

There are many but this year I've been able to add even more:

Weaponise
Twixmas
You do you

Feel free to add yours!

[downnew]

My 10yo's latest one is 'I'll search it up', as in 'search for it', referring to an internet search. Sometimes he corrects himself when he sees the look on my face. Other times he just likes to wind me up!!

My DC's say this as it's what their teachers say at school. Really irritates me!

[Mumtobabyhavoc]

Incentivize
lean into
curate when not referring to art collections
generally any industry jargon outside of work
texting shorthand in spoken conversation (ie lol)
my bad
Myself instead of me used to sound formal when it's just incorrect use
journey
you do you
crunchy/scrunchy/silky to describe parenting philosophies
I know, right

if I've offended anyone, my bad, you do you.

[Mellymoon]

Overuse of “narcissist”.. funny how everyone seems to know one and they are always an ex 🙄

[Tessisme]

@Mellymoon

Overuse of “narcissist”.. funny how everyone seems to know one and they are always an ex 🙄

Agree with this! Everyone's a blinking armchair psychologist these days, diagnosing personality disorders left, right and centre. I cringe when someone calls anyone a narcissist. Fair enough to use it in the casual sense of someone being vain, but people using it in the medical/therapeutic sense is a bit embarrassing.

[Katypp]

'And just like that' as in 'And just like that, she' s 16!' on SM

[WandaWonder]

Boundaries

Unless we are speaking sport or fences type thing

[Motnight]

Cis

[SinnerBoy]

Somewhat off topic - is there a new Word Association thread? The old one's full and I can't find another.

Thanks in advance!

[Tessisme]

@Motnight

Cis

Grrr. Yes. Keeping my mouth zipped on this or I'll start banging on too much.

[Saltywalruss]

"mad" when you mean angry

[bathbombaholic]

"Making memories"

🤢🤢🤢

[excelledyourself]

'Cold snap'

[DatasCat]

To carry on the weather theme: ‘temmretures’ for temperatures, always spoken by the women weather presenters, never the men. Also a weather phrase used equally by both: ‘showers feeding in’.

[excelledyourself]

When people talk about 'flexing'.

'You need to learn to flex a little on the arrangement'

Or

'Weird flex, but okay'

Totally different, but equally shite.

Also, 'convo'.

[midsomermurderess]

‘Call out’. And the sodding ubiquitous misuse of ‘myself’. Do speakers of eg German, French, Spanish so routinely get their own language wrong in such a basic way?

[Timeforachangeisitnot]

@Sunnytwobridges what is wrong with maths? Just curious, as I have used it forever and I am 60.
Hate ‘math’ btw .

[Cath667]

Unconscious bias. It's everywhere in corporate speak and now bloody Harry's waffling on about it too. Latest buzz word.

[excelledyourself]

People being, or even worse, telling others to be, 'mindful'.

[DerekFaker]

'Wellness'.

[Katypp]

Following on from my post about psueudo medicalising feeling a bit off/worried, I read on a declutter page that someone seemed to diagnosed herself with 'overwhelm anxiety' presumably meaning she had let everything get on top of her and she didn't know where to start.
Does overwhelm anxiety even exist?

[larchforest]

@PAFMO

British English also used "math" until fairly recently, linguistically speaking. Then, for some unknown reason, the S was added while in America, the original form was maintained.

I've always assumed that 'maths' is short for 'mathematics'. Hence the 's' at the end.