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'

@Bananasplitlady What’s wrong with crusty bread or what alternative would you use? I contrast it to a soft bread, yes there are crusts on soft bread, but not crunch. I think of hard bread as bread that’s been left out so not deliberately crunchy.

omg I’m obsessed with…
then insert any mundane every day item

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are labouring under a misapprehension.

"With much ado at length have gotten leave,
To look upon my sometimes royal master’s face."

Shakespere, Richard III

Yes @VeniVidiWeeWee that’s correct … do you speak in iambic pentameter every day? 😄 Forsooth, I’d wager that it’s not in general use in the UK in the 21st century!

@Username620 I've spied this on mumsnet a few times and didn't dare correct it in case I was called the spelling police.

Eh?

It's in 'the last place you think to look'.

I'm sure the OP is aware of that. They still just get on her last nerve.

'on route' no, it's 'en route' it's French

@DPotter
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...

I so agree. I nipped out for some food after sitting with my declining mum for hours. I was told she had many hours left. When I returned the nurse said 'Your mum's just passed'. For a moment I didn't realise what she meant. I still wish she'd said died.

I don't blame her as so many people have a taboo around the word died.

No, I don't.

The point I was making is that it is not an Americanism.

"Seen as" instead of "seeing as" winds me up... As in "Seen as it's almost the weekend..." 😠
Also hate "Love the bones of him/her" 🤮 and "I love him to bits and pieces" which one of my friends says ALL the time. "Love him to bits" or "love him to pieces" don't bother me at all though, even though neither really make sense.

VeniVidiWeeWee

Gotten' instead of 'got', unless you are American/Canadian.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are labouring under a misapprehension.

"With much ado at length have gotten leave,
To look upon my sometimes royal master’s face."

Shakespere, Richard III

Do people speak 'Shakespearean' English in normal conversation in 2023?
No, they are picking up American English and it's annoying.
By the way there's a second 'a' in Shakespeare.

Lifeinlists

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...

I so agree. I nipped out for some food after sitting with my declining mum for hours. I was told she had many hours left. When I returned the nurse said 'Your mum's just passed'. For a moment I didn't realise what she meant. I still wish she'd said died

I don't blame her as so many people have a taboo around the word died

I'm so sorry about your Mum.

I think it's usage by HCP is completely reprehensible.

If it's any conciliation, it's often the case that people will die when their nearest & dearest leave the room, even for a moment.

"Shout out" don't know why but I cannot stand the phrase,

'and breathe' annoys me. As does 'hack' and 'needs gone'.

Oh and "hubby". It fills me with rage

The point I was making is that it is not an Americanism.

Yes it is. It's current standard American, not British, usage. So when Brits use it, it's an Americanism. It's not as if they're saying it because they read too much Shakespeare!

Im sick of people on here saying 'baby instead of 'the baby ' and why DH DP DD DS?

No, it's not. It's because they are still using the original English usage which the English have stopped using.

Doesn't make it an Americanism.

@DPotter I feel the same about 'lost'. We lost her this morning....
I think... how remiss of you...

I also really dislike 'figure it out' when said by some multiple sister wife on TLC whilst the penny drops that their relationship is defective.

Hate the expression "to be fair..." It's always used in wrong situations.

I don't like "gotten." When my DS uses it, I tend to say, "... or 'got' as we say in Britain." It's a bit of a standing joke.

However, the word "Americanism" can either mean "a phrase/word more often used in the USA than that UK" or "a phrase/word which originated in the USA." So it's entirely possible to argue either way there.

It is what it is.

Basically nodding along to all of these recent ones.

The “myself” thing is much favoured by contestants on The Apprentice say no more