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!

[HarrietSchulenberg]

Eaterie instead of restaurant/cafe/canteen/whatever.
Gift as a verb.
A bite to eat.

[Justsaying22]

“My bad”.. someone on the bus pressed the bell one stop too early the other day and then shouted this at the driver. Just say sorry..

[Rockbird]

What's wrong with safeguarding? How else would you describe it in one word that covers all bases?

[HarrietSchulenberg]

Totally agree with "passed" or "passed on". "Passed away" is fine but, really, it's "died". Not sure why so many people feel they have to try to sanitise it.

[Hedjwitch]

Gifted
Super...as in super happy,super annoying
Diarise

[Sparklingbrook]

@HarrietSchulenberg

Totally agree with "passed" or "passed on". "Passed away" is fine but, really, it's "died". Not sure why so many people feel they have to try to sanitise it.

Because they are bereaved maybe?

[Davros]

Lots of the above. Also

• reach out, like they're doing someone a favour
• cheese board, "I'll be serving a cheese board", I'd rather have the cheese thanks

[Jomummy1013]

@PeachyMama

The mumsnet acronyms get on my nerves 'DH' 'DP' 'DC' 'YANBU' like can't we just type out the words in full? It doesn't save much time to shorten (if any!) but I may be alone in this opinion haha x

Oh god me too! Make me cringe! I thought it was just me x

[Katypp]

Where do I start?
Any shortening of food, usually veg (toms, pots or - shudder - jkt pots)
Any pseudo scientific language such as (on an energy saving FB group) 'I am trialling running the heating 24/7' or lots of talk of 'overwhelm' on my autism FB group
Changing use of literally. : 'I literally jumped out of my skin'. You really didn't.
The changing use of confused to mean something you don't agree with: 'My dh says we have no money, I am so confused.' You might be angry, upset or bewildered, but not confused.
Another one from my FB enengy saving page: Tumble instead of tumble dryer. 'I am trying not to use my tumble as much'
Family time - as if it has to be diarised. It just sounds smug.
I'll think of more, I'm sure.

[Redcrayons]

A piece of fruit. One grape, one strawberry?

[Katypp]

Can I suggest 'You' ve got this mama'?

[DerekFaker]

@Ayeaken

'Super'

I am super bored
He's super tired
She was super excited

Oh definitely. It's super annoying.

[bellac11]

@Rockbird

What's wrong with safeguarding? How else would you describe it in one word that covers all bases?

Because its usually used incorrectly

'thats a safeguarding issue'
'safeguarding concern'

When its usually nothing of the sort

[Monkeyrules]

I hate it when people say they 'reached out' instead of saying they tried to contact someone. It makes me think of a long arm extending outwards and is a way of mixing emotion with a physical act which makes the person saying it sound caring when in actual fact they might just be corresponding in a pretty standard fashion.

A lot of language is like this at the moment and it is really annoying.

I also hate it when a presenter states a fact and then says 'what does that look like?' before describing the effects of living with the fact. For example they may say 'one in three people suffer with depression. What does that look like? Well, feeling fatigued, a loss of interest in things around them and not sleeping is not uncommon'.

Three things wrong with this. Firstly using words to describe something is not showing me what it looks like. It is DESCRIBING it.

Secondly, there is no need to use the phrase 'What does this look like?' It adds nothing to the meaning conveyed in the above example.

Thirdly stop treating me as an imbecile who needs 'facts' broken down into 'how it feels'. I'm more than capable of understanding the context of the fact in it's own right.

[MrsMorrisey]

@ShowOfHands

Affectations like slinging and bunging and throwing. People are always chucking ingredients together or throwing on a nice tee and smart jeans. Or they pop on a nude lip or pop to the shops or pop things on the counter. The same people plate up or eat picky bits or sling jacket pots or spag bol in the oven. Their food is always beautifully fresh or gorgeous in its simplicity. Their slightly cruder counterparts meanwhile, are smashing things in their face or gob and choking down medicine or nibbling on something naughty.

It's the perfect storm of affected and visceral and makes the offenders sound like their dream is to write inconsequential shite in magazines for laydees.

Haha brilliant.

[owdlass]

I should 'of' known ( should HAVE known)
Who did you get it 'off of' ( who did you get it from)
I'm bored 'of' ( I'm bored WITH)
I'm loving.... such and such.. I love ..I'm loving sounds pathetic
Fashion 'piece' its clothes luv
Oh and yes I agree with bellac 11 when they say why put DS DD DH DC .. Just type the bladdy word.. Son/Daughter/Husband/child/children . Gee!

[bellac11]

The use of the word 'unsafe'

What people mean is 'dont like it' or 'uncomfortable' which is fine. But you're not unsafe.

[mynameischloe]

Another vote for the complete improper use of 'literally'

"So I literally died!"

[HarrietSchulenberg]

Sparklingbrook, my dad died last month. He died. He's gone and he's not coming back. He didn't "pass", he died, and there's no point in sugar coating it with silly twee language.

[wormshuffled]

"It's no wonder there's so much mental health nowadays. "

Also hate you do you, it's basically a fuck you.

"This one" as in happy birthday to or had a great day with.

[RuthW]

Gotten - makes me stop reading.

Pissed - I assume the person is drunk.

[Scarletpetunias]

100% instead of just saying yes

[MrsMorrisey]

When there is a problem, " this is an interesting space to navigate" 😩

[lieselotte]

All of the above

And "setting" in the context of childcare. Why not just say the school, the nursery or the childminder. Even premises. But setting! Pretentious Ofsted nonsense.

I do tend to use super-annoyed or super-expensive though. Sorry!

[pinneddownbytabbies]

Research. It appears that no-one is capable of pronouncing it. Drives me crackers.