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

[MakeMineAdoubleChocolate]

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'

Not buying a £5.99 polyester T shirt is a positive result so not all bad 😄

‘I’m good’ - as answer to How are you?

I wasn’t asking about your behaviour!

Baby steps - ugh, so twee

Can I get? (Whatever happened to Can I please have?)

Hardly anyone talks proper any more - Gawd knows where they was brung up.

I'd love to change my bum

And I've noticed the younger generation, "go gym"

Let me just go shops and go dry cleaners then I'll be right with you.

I can't stand the phrase / saying 'butter wouldn't melt' when describing someone as cute etc. WTF does that even mean? Makes zero sense to me

My bad.its weird and doesn't make sense

• Reaching out.
• Signposting someone to something.
• close of play.
• ducks in a row.

Plus many others that "grip my shit"!!!

I can beat that .My mil says like you say and noone has bloody said anything about what she's waffling on about..
And breathe

Moving forward
You got this
My bad
You got this
It is what it is
Sic...now banned in my house

Just thought of a few more. "On the boob" or "boobing" for breastfeeding- makes me nauseous.
And for some bizarre reason, referring to a pack lunch as a "pack up". I know it's a regional saying, and I have no idea why it winds me up, but it does.

I hate “mooed”. There’s a columnist in the Times who, when she doesn’t like / approve of whoever she’s writing about, describes them as “mooing”.

“Working with them was “the fashion equivalent of watching Shakespeare performed the way it is meant to be done” moos Enninful, whatever that means.”

It’s a shame, because I think I would enjoy reading her stuff. It’s got to the point where I’m just waiting for her to put “moos” / “mooed” in there.

Pack lunch is another one of mine It's packed lunch surely?

@Underthelightofthefullmoon touché

@Underthelightofthefullmoon I always ha e said packed lunch. But my eldest says pack lunch and so does the school forms. Will they be having school dinners or pack lunch.
It is a lunch that is packed! Packed from home.
There is no pack/packet?!

@CruCru one that I read sometimes and on here is 'mooing through the contractions'.

I was on all fours and mooing through the contractions as the midwife rubbed my back!
Yeah, great!

The 2 that really annoy me are

outfits - meaning items of clothing. Can't explain why but the word gives me the same reaction as fingers nails down a blackboard. I'm fine about the word outfit, it's the plural - grr

But this is mild in comparison to my reaction to people using the word 'passed' to mean ' has died'. Whenever I hear / read this I have this involuntary thought "passed what, the port, his driving test, urine ?". Slightly less reaction to the phrase 'passed away', but even so, please we can't be honest about death...

This makes me cringe too! Just watched a place in the sun and they put a cheeky offer in.
I dislike it immensely!

I hate this one too. Young people at work use it when they have made a mistake. It sounds so dismissive. Apologise and learn please.

‘It is what it is’ makes me angry each time I hear it. I don’t know why!

‘sourced’ makes me cross too. ‘I sourced a cup’.

How could I forget ‘cheeky’? ‘Cheeky takeaway’, ‘cheeky trip to Asda’, ‘cheeky holiday’. Argh!

@ThereIsNoBritishSummerTime
The phrase butter ‘wouldn’t melt in his mouth’ describes someone who appears demure, innocent or sincere but is in fact unkind, devious or insincere. The idea is that the person in question is so calm, cool and collected that butter wouldn’t even melt in his mouth.

Oh dear, I use "my bad" at work sometimes. I'm trying to learn to not be so apologetic about everything and it feels like a "Sorry about that minor mistake, ok lets move on" statement to me. But I take the general hatred for it, so shall desist in future from its use.

-Stop Mouthing off
-Stop running your mouth at me

🤮 Always said by people with a massive attitude problem

-tummy
-belly

🤮In any sentence used to describe a midsection of anyone over 12 months of age. Just say gut/guts instead 😂

-I want to have my cake and eat it.

Guess what? You can! With blessings.
You can't eat it and have it though...

• I believe

When used incorrectly to replace I don't know/I know for a fact.
I believe = I'm not sure or I don't remember exactly but I'll make an educated guess to answer your question.

When someone is excited about going somewhere and they post on social media'" "(place name) here we come!! It always makes me want to cringe.

But this is mild in comparison to my reaction to people using the word 'passed' to mean ' has died'. Whenever I hear / read this I have this involuntary thought "passed what, the port, his driving test, urine ?". Slightly less reaction to the phrase 'passed away', but even so, please we can't be honest about death...

@DPotter this really irritates me too. ‘sorry to hear of your mother’s passing’ etc. it’s like people are afraid to say the words death/dead.