Phrases that make you cringe

[BitSilly]

'Creative juices' is awful.

Brainstorm
Shit-stirring

I suspect I might be in the minority but "watch this space" makes me really cringe!

'It is what it is'

Usually used to cut the conversation off and/or brush off your concerns or feelings on something.

It is what it is

Every day's a school day

Hashtag beKind used to close down legitimate and reasonable criticism or a different opinion. I also agree with @Cattenbergregarding “Karen” used to shut down any middle aged woman. There doesn’t seem to be a male equivalent.

I would like to add “eclectic” to the comments about curated. There is a boutique near me that has carefully curated eclectic pieces which seems to translate as buying a load of tat from a wholesaler and putting it in an artisanal* basket at an eye-watering mark up. It’s all accompanied by cards describing an item’s story or journey. I understand the wish to create a different experience to shopping at Zara but it’s just overblown and a bit off putting IMHO.

*the shop’s description for anything baskety/linen/tent-like

It originates from the military... like when the military has control of a strategic area, they may decide that it's so important that they defend it to the death... ie. a hill to die on.

What a great "space", (it's a living room, kitchen etc...!)
Look at these lovely "pieces" (from H&M?!?!, they're not one off couture, babes!!!)
"Anyways" (why plural?? "I was going to do that anyways" American I think??)

"Hun" eughh

I'm sobbing...

No male version of ‘ Karen ‘ is there :(
This space works for us .. ticks all the boxes ( most property shows )

DS told me the male Karen is a Dave!

Basically. When explaining something, (well basically the sun comes up in the morning) if it was basic I wouldn’t have asked you condescending sod

Right. The sun comes up in the morning right?

Play dates
Date night
resilience

Fur babies!!!!! FFS they’re bloody animals!!!!!

Very unique

Something is either unique or it’s not. The use of very is redundant

urg, i have just used this phrase (for want of a better one) and i hate myself a little bit

Use. Your. Words.

arghh

Picky tea/bits
get you’re ducks in a row

Haven’t RTFT. Have we had ‘to be fair’ yet? Hate that one.

There’s a new one in town which is arguably worse „I’ll do“ as in „I’ll do the chicken“ instead of can I have/ I would like You’ll do what to the chicken?

it’s American but I heard a middle aged woman, a northerner say this in a restaurant in the Trafford centre. As a fellow northerner and middle aged woman I was appalled.

'You've got this mama!' (Got what, maybe they don't and that's OK)
'Woke Brigade' *eye roll'
'Staycation' - you're either on holiday or at home.
'Bless them' sounds so unbelievably patronising.
'Just me and my babies now' Unless your babies are under 1 they're not babies. This was written by someone on FB and said babies were school age.

'wear a white T, with a black trouser, a red lip and a smokey eye' .......
I'll give you a black eye in a minute.

@Archert 😆

There was a child minder near me that ran her ( a very successful) business from home .
It was called Cygnets to Swans, I could never understand why you'd want your cygnet ( baby ) to grow up to be a Swan ( child ) when swans are very well known to be cantankerous , bad mannered buggers .

I agree with pp most of those phrases annoy me too, or 'grind my gears'
But 'literally ' is the the most annoying especially when someone says something ridiculous like ,
I literally died / love him more than life / went to the moon and back .

'Gently, I think you need to ...' - often used on here when replying to someone who is having a hard time. It is only the 'Gently' part - with the comma - that I find aggravating.

'Light-hearted' - also frequently seen on here, and irritating as fuck, especially when the poster gets the piss taken out of them for whatever stupid thing they've written, and keeps indignantly writing 'It's light-hearted!'.

'Grab'. I can't even stand it these days when people say their young baby has started 'grabbing' objects. 🤮

Also parented or parenting.
Invite as a noun, it's an invitation, you invite people.
'Calling out' someone who's annoyed you, I immediately think en garde and see Heidelberg full of handsome men with duelling scars on their cheeks.