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'

We are pregnant is awful and incorrect. I hate boils my piss !

How are you?
Fine thanks, yourself? (Argghhh)

'Reach out'. Are you offering help, sympathy or anything useful? Then say so.

'The proof is in the pudding'. No it isn't as that doesn't even make sense.

Hive mind.
Overuse of the word pop.
This to shall pass.
Cheeky anything other than a monkey.

It’s like marmite, you either love it or you hate it.

it is what it is.

Going forward.

Describing items of clothing as a piece.

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'

Oh I've thought of another FB one "No timewasters" on any initial add. It just seems so unfriendly and assuming everyone is out to scam you, plus it's not going to dissuade any scammers or indecisive people anyway. Usually used for puppy selling and dodgy looking holiday cancellations.

'Off his own back' .It's bat , as in cricket.
Going forward, no let's go back, that would make sense.
Window of opportunity. I'd prefer a door.
And 'reach out', someone used it in an email to me. He meant contact, I hadn't reached anywhere.

I came to say this.

Only one person can be pregnant in a couple. In a heterosexual couple, this will be the woman.

The man is not growing a baby or experiencing morning sickness or any of the joys or pains of actually carrying a child.

Fed up with the amount of women who use this phrase. "We're expecting a baby" is fine. "We are pregnant" is obviously untrue and diminishes role of the woman who actually is pregnant.

Yes it is a clear sign that whatever comes next is a lie

"Like I said" at the start of a new conversation. "That's my point", again at the start of a new conversation. Both of these really annoy me as you hadn't said anything in the first place!

"If you know what I mean" regularly put into a conversation.
Yes I do know what you mean. I'm not stupid.

You got this... Urgh

It's just slang / colloquial expressions. You're obviously welcome to your own opinion about which phrases you like and dislike, but you're wrong about the 'beggars belief' one and (I think) about the 'allow that' one. It's also pretty unusual to expect all slang phrases to make literal, logical sense. There are plenty of fairly inexplicable expressions in non-slang English.

Preggo, preggers. Ugh!

You do you.

@ChristmasCrumpet absolutely spot on

"I've lucked out"

I do not understand this phrase at all, yet nearly everyone I know uses it when they have actually got lucky!

You/we/they 'smashed it!'

I love you to the moon and back 😖

@LemonDrizzle10 I hate that one too. Like as if people are spinning and talking with their backs to each other haha!

Me too

It's infuriating

Also famalam

And reached out. No - contacted

Yes!
Or anything commence

I hate this too.

"are you 12?" is my default response.

'Haitch' for the letter H

'Need it gone' on FB ads

'We're pregnant'

I also hate 'for free' as it should surely be 'free of charge'. 'You can have a cake free of charge' makes sense, 'you can have a cake for free' doesn't!

'Grow the business' I hate that use of grow

Everyone near me writes Foot Stall on Facebook- it's footstool isn't it..?!

And No worries as an answer to a question- I'm not worried, I need a yes or no! Like

Could I borrow your blender?
No worries!