Phrases that make you cringe - Part 2

[BitSilly]

So we can carry on speaking our truth innit 😂

“I am ADHD/ASD” fills me with rage. It doesn’t make any sense when you think of what the letters stand for.

Hubster/Hubby/Holibobs/Fur Babies. Yuk.

Also long winded FB posts about how proud someone is of their child, but to their child, when said child isn’t on FB to read it. Example being “Happy birthday to my amazing Bobby, you are the… then goes on to list all of Bobby’s completely normal character traits, which Bobby seems to be excelling in more than any human on earth ”

Alot, abit, aswell among others. They are TWO words, not one. Very common (and grating) on this site.

Give your head a wobble. Such a stupid phrase and makes me think less of the person who says it 🤣

Bradley Walsh on The Chase saying to a contestant "Good answer!" I have to stop myself from shouting "It's not a good answer, it's the correct answer".
Also when Bradley tells a contestant who has scored abysmally that they're "a better player than that." If they were a better player, they would have scored a lot more. I know he means they were probably nervous or something but it pisses me off.
Also people who say they've "fallen off the bandwagon" when they mean 'wagon'.

Use of 'journey', e.g. on your parenting journey. Heave.

Weird uses of 'mental health' , for example there is signage at my work office listing all thr positive things the office itself offers you, phrased as 'Working at X, choose....comfort, location, natural light, mental health...

So weird.

“I was today years old when I discovered…”

You got this

When southerners say "I brought" when they mean "bought"

When Southerners say "are" instead of "our"

Get instead of have. Even when ever so politely put, "please may I get a coffee?"
POV
Rainbow anything, pets, babies.

Not so much now, but a few years back, everything was shabby chic, which usually meant shabby shit.

Crack on

Unless I’m making an omelette or a cake I don’t want to be cracking things!

I am really enjoying this thread! The use of “reach out” eg in emails at work…”thanks for reaching out” and people who don’t say the letter “t” to the extent the word no longer makes sense eg artists becomes arrrisss

"Excited for".
No, it's, "Excited about".

“My 2yo daughter is completely in her princess era” dry heave!

‘Road trip’ for trip or drive.

Or "Van Life" if you borrow your Uncle Steve's caravan in Clacton 😄

Cuppa
Picky bits
All the trimmings
A bite to eat
Artisan

‘Nip it in the bud’ makes me cringe so much!

"Smashed it."

Usually used by parents talking about school reports or exams.

"Jimmy got his report today and he's smashed it!"

Smashed what???

The ick... like something a toddler would say
Bruh / Bae. It irritates me even more when I hear young kids say it.
Whatevs instead of whatever.

And I once dated a guy who'd say tbh, imo, lol, yolo etc rather than the actual words! It really made me cringe so he didn't last long 😂

My truth makes me wince. I hate it. To me my truth means you know you are lying...

Definitely this! Who the hell wants shabby anyway?

Ohh with you on “bite to eat”. My in laws say it and I find it irrationally annoying.

At the other end of the age range I hate my teens saying everything good is “sick”. I get motion sickness and even hearing the word sick makes me actually feel abit sick so detest this trend.

"tell me you don't know anything about xyz without telling me you don't know anything about it."

Trying to sound clever just makes you sound childish.

I also hate when someone asks for an opinion on Mumsnet (and as it's you know, a non formal formal platform and discussion is just, well, opinions. Then you get some smart arse :

Poster: "I personally think yellow is the best colour "

Smart arse : ? Source. Do you know anything about yellow? Are you aware of the history of yellow ? Have you actually had much to do with yellow or are you just giving us your unchecked opinion?

Well I can tell you a few things about yellow. It is in fact the 3rd favourite colour in several pieces of research (goes on to put paragraphs and paragraphs of quotes with sources and links that nobody ever reads) them concludes the poster isn't allowed to have her favourite colour as yellow and she's basically just wrong. Smart arse feels very superior afterwards. They probably also chuck in that the poster is clearly a racist for liking the colour yellow.