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Ridiculous/annoying phrases that wind you up/make no sense

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MakeMineAdoubleChocolate · 13/08/2023 05:17

I will start.

-Hate cigarettes being called fags.

-The London term, bare, referring to lots, but in reality means nothing, like bare minimum. So when they say there were BARE people at the museum, do they mean none or naked!

-Allow it fam! Another London term, where people will say that when they want something to stop. But 'allow it' surely means let it continue, haha.

-Beggars belief/isn't it meant to be it begs belief?.... someone correct me if I am wrong? ....

-boils my p#*s. Makes me feel sick thinking of a pot of urine on the stove being boiled.

-chest of draws/ chester draws. Its bloody drawers!

-the classic 'i brought it from the shop'

-my mother used to shout out Pure Filth in her Irish accent, if the house wasn't tidy. It wasn't even that bad, but she hated mess and if there was an empty glass on the table and a magazine left on the floor or a crisp wrapper, she would call the house a mess and that we (US SIBLINGS) were happy to live in PURE FILTH. Bearing in mind, the two don't exactly go together. 'LOOK AT THIS PURE FILTH! GOD FORGIVE YE!'

-Men referring to each other as Bruv. I don't mind bro, mind you.

'Caught pregnant'

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barbarahunter · 14/08/2023 09:51

Has anyone mentioned 'unique' to mean 'unusual' yet? Unique means a one-off, so something can't be quite unique or very unique.

Pennylope32 · 14/08/2023 09:51

I hate it when grown women say “Oh just put her in the bin” grow up you’re an adult!!

FortheBeautyoftheEarth · 14/08/2023 09:56

'Want gone now' when selling something.

It sounds so throwaway and ungrateful. It makes me think someone is saying ' this tat is too shit for me but I want someone else to take it.' ( I think I've said this previously in a similar post 😄).

rookiemere · 14/08/2023 10:02

wellstopdoingitthen · 14/08/2023 09:48

People who sign off emails with 'blessed day'. It's just creepy.

Never come across this yet - but I might try it to freak out my work colleagues. Do you live in Gilead ?

Notellinganyone · 14/08/2023 10:30

SittingontheSidelines · 13/08/2023 09:13

@blobby10

i hate children being referred to as 'kids' - no idea why! Kids are baby goats not baby humans and it really winds me up.

Me too. I got this across loud and clear to my son who, when the teacher called then kids, looked at her long and hard and said "We are not baby goats".

Bollocks you did- and if you really did she’d have thought you were a twat. You may not like it but it’s a longstanding usage and perfectly acceptable.

Imnotdrinkingmerlot · 14/08/2023 11:42

I actually like 'it is what it is' - to signify acceptance of what cant be changed so no point worrying.

Ones that do irritate me are:
'You got this' especially when someone is clearly stuck
'Traumatised/ traumatic ' to mean any sort of upset. Likewise, use of mental health terms like depressed, obsessive etc to mean any emotion. And 'mental', 'mentalist' as abuse - awful terms!

MattDillonsEyebrows · 14/08/2023 11:53

My current pet hate is people declaring:

"I'm an empath, so I really feeeeeeeeel other people's emotions!, it's so hard, it's so exhausting, I can't help it, it just happens, I can read a room as soon as I walk in, I can feel other people's trauma, people just open up to me'

Literally so many people claim to be 'empaths', and almost all of them have a video on TikTok/ You Tube and state "it's meeeee!!' but they are so self absorbed or obsessed with social media that they really wouldn't have a clue in real life.

Anyone who declares people 'just open up to them' literally make me want to run for the hills and not open up to them at all, but funnily enough they never seem to recognise that.

I firmly believe that 'Empath' is not a term you should apply to yourself. Other people find you empathic, not yourself.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 14/08/2023 11:54

i hate children being referred to as 'kids' - no idea why! Kids are baby goats not baby humans and it really winds me up.

Me too. I got this across loud and clear to my son who, when the teacher called then kids, looked at her long and hard and said "We are not baby goats".

It makes me laugh when people wilfully deny a meaning of a word just because they personally don't like that usage Grin. I'm afraid that 'children' is a perfectly legitimate (and the most often used) meaning of the word 'kids', whether you like it or not. It's in the dictionary and everything, you know.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 14/08/2023 11:57

My current pet hate is people declaring

"I'm an empath, so I really feeeeeeeeel other people's emotions!, it's so hard, it's so exhausting, I can't help it, it just happens, I can read a room as soon as I walk in, I can feel other people's trauma, people just open up to me'

Yes. It's the concept I object to rather than the term per se though. I always think these people sound curiously self-obsessed and me-me-me, considering that they are allegedly so in tune with the feelings of others!

wellstopdoingitthen · 14/08/2023 12:03

@rookiemere

what freaks me out more is that they’ll use it when sending a. complaining email. Sometimes quite nasty but then ‘blessed day’. perhaps I’ll just send them to the wall 😂

SittingontheSidelines · 14/08/2023 12:22

@AllProperTeaIsTheft

It makes me laugh when people wilfully deny a meaning of a word just because they personally don't like that usage . I'm afraid that 'children' is a perfectly legitimate (and the most often used) meaning of the word 'kids', whether you like it or not. It's in the dictionary and everything, you know.

Yes I'm probably way behind the times. Said child is now in his thirties.

marshmallowfinder · 14/08/2023 12:42

The wanky 'don't hesitate to get in touch...' when 'please get in touch...' is perfectly sufficient. I'm quite capable of deciding when I will, hesitation or no hesitation.

Smout · 14/08/2023 12:43

Using only instead of few! Only means one, single, solitary. “She was one of the only people to…..” implies there were more. “She was one of the few people…..” makes more sense.

marshmallowfinder · 14/08/2023 12:45

Agree with the appalling 'excited for' instead of excited ABOUT. You can't be excited for an inanimate object, such as a new bed. 🙄 Dick talk.

Lifeinlists · 14/08/2023 14:00

Parked up. What's the 'up' got to do with anything? Parked is fine.

Also, I passed a house yesterday with 2 large signs outside saying 'Buy Me'. I think the house is For Sale. Are we all now so infantilised?

Pancakebatter · 14/08/2023 14:08

Bare instead of bear. It’s everywhere. I saw it on an official website this morning . For Gods sake if yuh can’t spell, don’t write the website content. I don’t want to bare with you no. I prefer to keep my clothes on.

Pancakebatter · 14/08/2023 14:09

OH HATES being told ‘enjoy’ by staff in restaurants. He feels he is being ordered to enjoy his food or else!

SittingontheSidelines · 14/08/2023 14:28

@Notellinganyone
** SittingontheSidelines
@blobby10

i hate children being referred to as 'kids' - no idea why! Kids are baby goats not baby humans and it really winds me up.

Me too. I got this across loud and clear to my son who, when the teacher called then kids, looked at her long and hard and said "We are not baby goats".

Bollocks you did- and if you really did she’d have thought you were a twat. You may not like it but it’s a longstanding usage and perfectly acceptable.*

😂 no I don't think she thought I was a twat, was rather too lovely for that. However my son did sound rather rude and I was rather embarrassed. He doesn't call his children kids though.

LadyEloise1 · 14/08/2023 15:18

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/08/2023 09:48

Politicians who start a reply with, ‘Let me be absolutely clear…’ - before proceeding to slither around the question like an oiled snake.

This 💯

I also dislike the word kids being used for children.

MoralOrLegal · 14/08/2023 15:24

"Kid" for a child has been around since the 1590s and was common by Victorian times. (Doesn't mean you have to like it, obviously!)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/kid

Roosmarjin · 14/08/2023 15:30

blobby10 · 13/08/2023 08:00

i hate children being referred to as 'kids' - no idea why! Kids are baby goats not baby humans and it really winds me up.

Baby Daddy is another one. As is 'We are pregnant'

I don't like kiddo

AlpineSue · 14/08/2023 15:30

First and foremost.

Totally meaningless. Humza Yousaf uses it to pad out every answer.

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MakeMineAdoubleChocolate · 14/08/2023 15:36

@Pancakebatter maybe you should just grin And BARE it! Hahahaha

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RaraRachael · 14/08/2023 15:39

Two sporting ones that really annoy me -

Saying that a single person like a tennis player will have to regroup.

An athlete is hoping to medal in their event. You can't just turn any noun into a verb.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 14/08/2023 16:10

An athlete is hoping to medal in their event. You can't just turn any noun into a verb.

I hate this one too. An athlete who has 'won a medal' has manifestly done an impressive, laudable thing. An athlete who has 'been medalling' (considering the homophone) is probably not one you'd want to get close to...