Cringe expressions

[Silverseas1]

I know this has been covered loads of times but here it is again. Feel free to ignore. Does anyone else positively cringe when reading or hearing people say 'would of' 'could of', 'should of' instead of have? It makes my toes curl 🤦‍♀️🤣

Totally agree.

@dropthevipers, and 'reach out'. Aaaargh!

I don't like 'Aaawww' or 'Bless' either

'property' instead of flat or house or cottage or bungalow or castle

@sammylady37 you don't have to like it, but it makes total sense. I've no idea why you think it doesn't.

..and just for the record, it's not some I do or would say.

I haven't heard/seen mom mom in YEARS! (Thank god)

Rest Bite always makes me smile. (And hope they get some soon!!)

'Curated' is grim, especially when applied to a plate of food in a poncy restaurant. Even more so when it costs 19.5

In a click, instead of clique
Turnt instead of turned
Off of instead of from
Should of
Would of
The confusion of passed and past
His/he’s
There, there and they’re. All irritating but loathsome, ridiculous speech like “middle for diddle”. I can’t bear it.

"I did a thing."
So annoying.

Fur baby
Staycation meaning a UK holiday.
Literally when it isn't.
Less when it should be fewer or vice versa.
And yes, cringe when it should be cringeworthy.

"Have a read of'. Why use four words where only one is necessary?

'confuzzled'

'tret' for treated

'need gone' instead of 'it needs to go'

All awful.

people who call their cats fur babies..
makes me vom. so twee. and cats are cats in their own cat nature...

Hubband

Most of these, plus:

Large of nork
Teeny-tiny
Princess (for a daughter)
Holibobs
A good bra

Wank badger and twat waffle

cheeky monkey
little devil
little angel
share house
match outfit
pack lunch
I am bias
Going against the grain when they mean going against the flow

@ThursdayFreedom you don't have to like it, but it makes total sense. I've no idea why you think it doesn't

I don’t think it makes sense. ‘Today years old’. ‘Today’ isn’t indicating the quantity of time, it’s merely a specific point in time. I get that what people are indicating is that they’ve just learned something, but I don’t think it makes sense grammatically.

I'll never understand the reason behind teaching young children to write words the way they sound. The 'would of' mistake is a perfect example of why children taught this way leave school believing this is appropriate. I know university students who remain writing words as they sound.

@silverseas1, I can't understand why anyone would spell 'could have' as 'could of'. Have and Of don't sound the same.
Even 'could've' doesn't sound like 'could of', it sound's like 'could uv'

Maybe my ears are better at picking up sounds

I genuinely saw someone write ‘spag bowl with the clang’ a few days ago,alongside a picture of them and their family.
They must of meant ‘spag bol with the clan’ 😬

Back in the day
Feds

Absolutely cannot stand "little man", it just makes my skin crawl.

Contrary to PP, using "cringe" as an adjective seems very normal to me. Maybe this is just because it was slang used amongst my age group from school age onwards so it just seems unremarkable.

Depending on the sentence, I would pronounce 'of' in exactly the same way as I'd pronounce the 've' in 'could've'.

“Cringe” as an adjective annoys the hell out of me, as does “chill”. Also any use of “whisper it”, which seems to be particularly beloved of the kind of fashion journalist who can’t say “leather” without adding “butter soft” or “white shirt” without adding “crisp”.

Hubby/hubster
Nom nom
Chippy tea
Chicken (insert ingredient of choice) dinner
My bad
Snuck
Holibobs
Gifted

'This one' I hate it.