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

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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'

Any time I see “ Best” on emails as a close…

Best what? if it’s wishes add that word also to the email footer…. it’s not like you’re typing it every time!!!

Feels good to get that out!

My boss has started saying "let's take this offline" meaning "let's deal with this later." It was fine when we were online, but surely not in face-to-face meetings!

It’s everywhere now, but I really hate ‘birthing’ a baby. You give birth, you don’t ‘birth’. To me it makes people sound so thick/uneducated - feel free to have a go about that, I couldn’t give a monkey’s.

Can I get.... , meaning will you get... for me.

I don’t like it either. It seems fairly recent and I’ve only ever seen it in writing, usually on Mumsnet. I can’t quite imagine anyone saying, “when I birth…”, or “I plan to birth at the midwife-led unit”.

Partner being used interchangeably for spouse/husband/wife.

Slept like a baby.

what, only for a few hours, then you soiled yourself and woke up screaming?

sometimes 22nd. they're not fixed dates. but they don't move by a lot

sadly passed away always amuses me. it shouldn't, but it feels almost sort of superstitious

if eye make up "makes your eyes pop"

no thank you. that sounds disgusting and painful

Very well said. Some of these "can I get" haters need to look up "get' in a dictionary.

Free instead of Three really annoys me

Can I get
No you can't 'get' a coffee. You don't work at Starbucks do you??

@FireflyJar
I got a letter Friday morning.
I don't work at the Post Office.
Funny that🤔

I really don’t like ‘grandkids’ (mine are grandchildren) which is supremely daft since I don't mind ‘kids’ at all.

Soooo many ....

'They 'smashed it' over used, it's become a cliché now

'Over the rainbow bridge' which to me, infantilises grief.

'My bad' ...what does it even mean ?????

And not so much a saying...but said too much ...'it was only a joke, get a sense of humour !'... usually said by a man who has had a crass comment.

If it was funny and not insulting, I would laugh...it wasn't.

Holibobs
Circle back
Things that should be pluralised in fashion and beauty but aren't, such as "a nude lip", "a beige pant", "a white trainer". Just the one?! Why?!

'My bad' ...what does it even mean ?????

It means "my mistake" and appears originally to have come from African American Vernacular English. Its first recorded use appears to have been by Louis Armstrong in 1956, which suggests that it was perhaps street or musicians' slang. It became much more current in the 1970s.

There is nothing wrong with "can I get" unless you want to quibble with the can/may distinction, which will probably be gone in a few years anyway. Get means "come to have or hold (something); receive." It does not have some sort of built in reflexive. To ask someone "can I get" can mean "can I receive".

Everything being Super. So not just annoyed but Super annoyed. Not just busy Super Busy, Super hard, super cute. Just fuck off with all the Super.

Also hun, hunni and that really annoying spat my tea out shite that people say on here. No you fucking didn't.

Yes!! The ‘super!’ ‘I was super disappointed!’ Does that mean you were even more disappointed than just being disappointed?? Honestly, everything has to be so exaggerated! Super busy, devastated over trivia, how these people will cope when something really happens to them, I’ve no idea!!!

Beggars belief means it’s unbelievable or makes no sense.

Interesting. In Brazilian Portuguese, some people use the verb "virar (literally turn around)": "Ela virou e falou XYZ", which can be translated as "She turned around and said XYZ..". I don't, as I find it annoying.
I didn't know ppl used "turn around" like that in English. I could risk saying this was influenced by Portuguese speakers, but I find it hard to believe. Although I should probably say that Japanese people's "né" was definitely borrowed from the Portuguese.