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'

‘In any way, shape or form’.

Ooh, I detest that too. Whoever originated it was trying to emphasise the strength of their feeling, but it's become such a horrendous cliche now, that it's ceased to mean anything - you just cringe as they parrot the 'shape or form' bit. Also related to that - mainly in the US - is people who cannot simply say 'nothing' or 'zero', but feel they have to lengthen it to 'zero, nothing, nil, nada, zip', in order for you to understand. Yes, we get the point very clearly, thanks, no need for unnecessary tautology: you wouldn't say "I'm going back to my home, house, residence, dwelling, domicile" would you?!

Wasn't 'kids' originally short for 'kiddiwinks' - a very old word meaning children and nothing to do with goats?

I'm interested to see the discussion and differing perspectives about 'gotten'. Yes, British people may sometimes only be saying it because they've heard Americans saying it; but there are plenty of people who are reasonably well-read and who have continually used what some consider to be 'archaic' words as part of their vocabulary since childhood.

Gotten is used by Shakespeare, as has been said, as well as many times in the King James Bible - both of which are still very widely read. Who is to decide which parts of them are 'archaic' and which are 'modern' or 'current', purely on the grounds of numbers of users? It's like the equivalent of declaring Welsh a dead, extinct language - which is obviously and demonstrably completely untrue - just because far more people speak English.

I hate "In any way, shape or form" too.

Obese. It’s impossible apparently to be fat or overweight these days. Obese means morbidly overweight but it’s just used as a catch all term now.

I agree!

‘My kid’ used to mean anything from a baby to a pre teen. I just find it ugly and quite disparaging . They are your child , not a baby goat.

Across.

Mainly used on TV / radio in the context of a developing story, e.g. “We’ll keep you across all the developments…”

It absolutely boils my piss gives me the rage for no reasonable reason.

“I lost my shit”. It’s an utterly vile phrase and thankfully I’ve only ever seen it on here, have never heard it in real life.

WOILA!!!

Its Voilà.
With a V.

Reminds me of another one: the frequency with which some people are "devastated".

@SprinkleOfSunak makes me have an image in my head of fries covered in flies and crap. Errrghhhh. I hate it too .

Same here, I have to really think what it means. I've used the phrase, you're in luck or you're out of luck.
Why does lucked out mean you're in luck and not you're out of luck?

Hollibobs, hun and anyhoo(it's anyhow!)
Give your head a wobble... what??

Wondered and wandered getting mixed up

Been and being

I was sat. No, unless someone placed you there you were sitting

”If you can return it back to us”. Just return it to us suffices

In and of itself. Why use so many words when 'it' is enough?

Re 'obese', the increased use of that has come from the use of BMI to classify weight. Overweight, obese and morbidly obese were all specific categories, although I think the word morbidly is less used these days.

There is a new Americanism I really hate, I have seen it said on a few American reality tV shows (and yes it’s my fault for watching them). It is said when people are ordering drinks or food, they say to the waiter ‘I will do a - insert food choice here-‘, the waiter will then reply ‘amazing’ as though they have pronounced the most profound statement ever recorded. Extremely annoying!!!!

Sorry instead of excuse me please, when someone is trying to get past. Wtf are you apologising for? Excuse me please is a signal that I need to move, which I will certainly do.

Obsessed with...🙄🙄🙄
Just simply say very fond of. An obsession is a serious mental disorder and not applicable to your kid loving lego or you enjoying a TV show.

There was a second hand, 'antique' shop in a small market town where every item on sale had a handwritten label "lovely old ....". Found it incredibly annoying but now it's long gone, I rather miss it.

Agree with ‘obsessed with…’ and it’s usually something really mundane like a toilet cleaner or a can stacker for the fridge 🙄
Get a fucking life.

’Going in with’ when doing make up.
No, you’re about to apply an eyeliner.

@Greengrassohla totally agree with broken. It's complete drama llama talk!!

When people use 'absolutely' when a simple 'yes' would do the job.

Politicians in an interview answer a question with ... "can I just say...." just answer the question!

Ugghhh I hate this too. It's makes no grammatical sense at all.

Judgy and judgy pants - only ever seen on MN, but they make me want to
e-slap whoever said (typed) it.

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

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