Are there every day hyperboles people use on here that particularly annoy you?

[CurlewKate]

“He cut his head open” meaning that he had a small cut somewhere on his head. “I pulled my kid out of school” meaning “I decided to move schools” And “I spat my tea on my keyboard” meaning “I found something mildly amusing” Although there aren’t as many of those anymore-maybe life has got more serious…..

It broke me - usually in reference to something slightly sad on the TV or news.

My washing machine blew up. - it refused to start
Excited - vaguely interested in or looking forward to
Toxic - a bit unpleasant
Mind blowing - somewhat surprising

I could go on. What has caused this trend? It has become much moré prévalent in récent years.

This one made me laugh! Can’t imagine anyone accessing any kind of health care in a rush these days!

Having panic attacks all day = a bit worried for the day
screamed in my face = spoke a bit loud
literally shaking uncontrollably = worried
severe anxiety = bit uncomfortable
honestly wonder how people are making it through everyday life at times!

Everyone is 'livid' or about to 'go nuclear'. Especially when someone knocks on the front door or the builder asks to use the loo.

The posters who jump in on an a&e waiting times thread with ‘I was rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke and had to wait 9 hours’ - what they mean is they had a bad head ache and their partner drove them to a&e. Anyone can have a ‘suspected’ anything, they rarely say what they actually ended up being diagnosed with! I went to the walk in once and had a very high heart rate like 200bpm ended up being something very treatable, I had one night inpatient. I didn’t go on about ‘being admitted for a suspected heart attack’

Another one who is mildly annoyed by ‘broke me’.

Not your typing finger, obviously, since you have banged on about it for half a page.

Or your sense of self importance ( see above).

Quite unique- no it’s either unique or not, there’s no middle ground.

Exactly, at most you took a cab to a&e and waited for 6 hours, needlessly dramatic 😭

Anything which is preceded by “literally”, or “super”. Eg “I literally died when they told me”, or “I’m super excited” - means you’re looking forward to, it’s used so frequently it’s meaningless. See also “excited for”, as in “I’m so super excited for Christmas”.

I find it really quite dull.

I like old fashioned sayings like “chuffed to little mint balls” and “pleased as punch”.

Also preceding everything with “to be fair” / “to be honest”.

My ex/boss/sister/MIL is a narcissist, the response is usually to go no contact.

"We're on the bones of our arses". Of course you aren't.

"Blew my phone up with messages": no phone blows up because someone sends it a lot of messages.

Agree re screaming. How often does someone actually scream in real life? After all, it's actually quite difficult to do. Yet, for some people, others are constantly screaming at them, when they actually mean that they raised their voices a bit.

Anyone that adds intensifiers to superlatives.

Very devastated
absolutely gorgeous
totally terrified
terrible agony

They're superlatives for a reason.

Whenever someone has a child who likes reading, they always seem to be "an avid reader who devours books". Such tiresome oneupmanship.

“Devastated “. I think they will spontaneously combust if they ever experience real pain

Narcissist
Gaslighting
Triggering
and traumatic are so overused the meaning is being diminished.

‘Screams’ to mean suggests.

Livid

"DH waltzed home from the pub at midnight".

It's weird because if he'd been half an hour earlier, he would've just 'got' in from the pub at 11.30 🤣

Do they suddenly turn into Anton Du Beke if they stay for an extra pint?

“I fell pregnant.”

You fell on his penis, did you?

I'm not especially avid, nor do I devour, spit out my tea, turn around and scream but I do love a bit of hyperbole.

And "pile on" = people disagree with the Op

Terrified/petrified = a little bit nervous.

Grim.
That is a very over used word on here. So many things are grim, eg a child sitting in a supermarket trolley, and using a towel more than once.

The word 'devastated' is very over used I feel.