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

396 replies

TitaniasAss · 30/12/2022 20:41

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

Weaponise
Twixmas
You do you

Feel free to add yours!

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AncientQuercus · 31/12/2022 10:37

At work the latest expression is "in this space". Particularly annoying when combined with a department like "in the HR space".

On SM there seems to have suddenly been an increase in people writing me for my, he's or hes for his and as instead of has. What is that about?

GordonShakespearedoesChristmas · 31/12/2022 10:39

Herja · 30/12/2022 20:49

Triggered.

I even have regular awful flash backs, brought on by a specific benign daily act, and yet the word's use STILL causes an irrational rage, because fucking everything is a trigger or needs a trigger warning. My recent degree drove me to destraction with the number of course text trigger warnings. I refuse to use the word now, even in relation to the thing that causes my daily rape flash backs because it causes such an irrational response in me.

Also Moist, but I think that's something about the sound of it.

I don't honestly think your problem is with the word tho, is it? As a word is definitely needed for this and so a different one would have the same effect
Gently, I think you need some therapy.

funnystuff123 · 31/12/2022 10:40

passed away.
They didn't pass away. They died.

MadisonAvenue · 31/12/2022 10:40

I’m not crying, you’re crying
Reach/reaching/reached out
Going forward
Presented (as in he presented at A&E)
Super (super excited etc)

EnyoClytemnestra · 31/12/2022 10:48

"Out the door". Makes no sense. It's "out of the door", thank you.
@FartWrangler
This is actually gramatically correct. The of is a redundant word

EnyoClytemnestra · 31/12/2022 10:51

Queenmargery · 30/12/2022 21:11

'Ahead of' meaning prior to or before.

OMG yes! favoured by newsreaders and other TV people

EnyoClytemnestra · 31/12/2022 10:54

Sparklingbrook · 30/12/2022 21:32

Because they are bereaved maybe? Sad

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But it doesn't address the issue - bereaved or not. The person has not:
'fallen asleep'
'passed'
'passed on'
'over the rainbow'
They are dead - we have the Victorians to thank for our prissy garment-rending approach to a death

barkyy · 31/12/2022 10:56

Essentially ... overused word that people think makes them sound smarter

asblackasyoursoul · 31/12/2022 10:56

PAFMO · 31/12/2022 10:36

With you on both of these. As soon as anyone says "veggies" I back away. Fast. It's usually said in a very superior way too. "oh you tuck into your KFC, we'll just have 18 different veggies and a lentil sandwich"

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Yep, it makes my teeth grind!! Made some lovely veggies tonight for dinner but hubby wouldn’t eat them, IABU?
🤢🤮🤮🤮

EnyoClytemnestra · 31/12/2022 10:57

News readers ending every programme with 'bye, bye' (mainly ITV)
Other TV people announcing that 'there are only 'x' more sleeps until... (insert event)'
I am not 6 years old

WandaWonder · 31/12/2022 10:59

The overuse of the word anxiety

I am not speaking of anyone who genuinely has it

WandaWonder · 31/12/2022 11:01

GordonShakespearedoesChristmas · 31/12/2022 10:39

I don't honestly think your problem is with the word tho, is it? As a word is definitely needed for this and so a different one would have the same effect
Gently, I think you need some therapy.

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I do think it is odd to use the word trigger or triggered when speaking of shootings like the daily ones in the US

pinneddownbytabbies · 31/12/2022 11:02

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 31/12/2022 00:28

Yes, yes, yes! I'm constantly pointing this out too.

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Yep - and people going on about it starting with 're-' don't have a leg to stand on.

Recite after me:

Repeat
Replace
Restrain
Rely
Redact
Restore
Regret
Reflection
Reject
Rebuke
Receipt
Resolve
Refresh
Recline
Reduce
Research

I could go on, but I'm bored now Grin

Spottybluepyjamas · 31/12/2022 11:10

Cis
Need gone

tonsattingforbjudes · 31/12/2022 11:23

New YearS

It's New Year
We are entering just one new year, not umpteen all at once.
I might forgive you if you are from the US.

TheChippendenSpook · 31/12/2022 11:28

Forever home
I've found my people
Coop for co-op and noone for no one.

catchingclouds · 31/12/2022 11:28

I also hate 'family time'. Someone once used the term quite nastily to alienate me from an event and now I hate the term.

I also hate 'boundaries'. By all means say no when you need to, but stop with the invasion vocabulary. Most people mean no harm.

Lovetotravel123 · 31/12/2022 11:35

maryofthevirginkind · 30/12/2022 23:08

I work in HR and "onboarding" grates on me!

Yes! I thought it was just me. It used to be just ‘taking on new staff’.

YouSoundLovely · 31/12/2022 11:38

Yes to 'pass' referring to moving into the afterlife - a notion rooted in many religions and cultures. I wouldn't use it myself, but I don't think it's entirely a euphemism.

'It the moment' was surely an accent thing (e.g. Kiwi or SA)?

I really dislike children being told that babies grow in women's 'tummies'. I've always said 'womb'.

PAFMO · 31/12/2022 12:00

tonsattingforbjudes · 31/12/2022 11:23

New YearS

It's New Year
We are entering just one new year, not umpteen all at once.
I might forgive you if you are from the US.

Highly unlikely that the anglo-saxon genitive would be used in US English tbf. It's just elision, though in general usage it's interesting to see that some forms are more acceptable than others. Sainsbury even added the genitive especially. Debenham just added an S. Tesco isn't allowed ever on MN to be referred to as Tesco's (despite Tesco itself being an abbreviation)
Fascinating really.

AffIt · 31/12/2022 12:02

I find the phrase 'having a wine' - as opposed to 'having a glass of wine' - deeply irritating, and I don't know why.

I wouldn't expect anybody to say that they're having a [pint / glass / insert container of choice here of] beer / whisky etc, but 'a wine' really annoys me. Completely irrational.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 31/12/2022 12:03

EnyoClytemnestra · 31/12/2022 10:54

But it doesn't address the issue - bereaved or not. The person has not:
'fallen asleep'
'passed'
'passed on'
'over the rainbow'
They are dead - we have the Victorians to thank for our prissy garment-rending approach to a death

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'Lost'- as in 'I'm sorry you lost your mother.' I always get the urge to reply 'I haven't lost her, I know where she is. Brother's chest of drawers, if you're interested.'

YouWouldNotBelieveIt · 31/12/2022 12:05

Having my/his/their best life
At the end of the day
Going forward
Absolutely, when said instead of the word "Yes"
awesome - no, your pizza/that film/your kid/that idea is NOT awesome. Awesome might be the great barrier reef/great wall of China/Grand Canyon

FestiveFruitloop · 31/12/2022 12:22

EnyoClytemnestra · 31/12/2022 10:48

"Out the door". Makes no sense. It's "out of the door", thank you.
@FartWrangler
This is actually gramatically correct. The of is a redundant word

I've never heard this before, where are you getting it from? I'm a copyeditor and have never come across it.

CharlotteStreetW1 · 31/12/2022 12:33

PAFMO · 31/12/2022 12:00

Highly unlikely that the anglo-saxon genitive would be used in US English tbf. It's just elision, though in general usage it's interesting to see that some forms are more acceptable than others. Sainsbury even added the genitive especially. Debenham just added an S. Tesco isn't allowed ever on MN to be referred to as Tesco's (despite Tesco itself being an abbreviation)
Fascinating really.

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Or it's just a very sloppy shortening of New Year's Eve.