Phrases you hate

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I know this has probably been done to death but just saw a cafe advertising "Vicky Sponge" and felt compelled to start a thread. Other offenders:

• any onomataopoeia for anything smell related, particularly if it is alliterative. There was a recent thread about "pongy pits" and being "whiffy" which gave me the inner boak.

Saw "occy health" on here which made me eyes bleed.

Wow, you come on a women's forum and tell us you despise feminism?

Yeah the love you to the moon and back or anything else like that.
Making memories,
Live, Life, Love
Anything really on those stupid signs people have in their house.
wine o clock
A classic of mil..What’s for you won’t pass you. ARGHHH.

“Take care”

Why wouldn’t I? And if I was inclined not, you telling me to take care wouldn’t persuade me otherwise.

Appropriate action - why would I take inappropriate action?

If you know you know. It sounds stupid, is exclusionary and attention seeking.

WTAF!!!! The majority of things you take for granted are down to feminism.

Grrrr yeh. “Pop up” gives me the rage

When people on here say ‘Jesus wept’, I inwardly cringe and have to just scroll on. It’s just so dramatic and they sound ridiculous.

”I don’t care about the sex of my baby as long as it’s healthy”

does it mean that if the baby is born not healthy or with medical concerns that you no longer want the baby?

I understand that it just ‘something’ people say, however it really annoys me!

Is 'Christ on a bike/in the night' any better? 🤣

'Belly' makes me want to stab the person, especially if it's an adult saying it and their belly is poorly.

This might be very regional, but "God forgive me but..." at the start of every sentence, usually said regarding things that are completely not worthy of penance. I was in a support group once for parents with DC with autism and one mum said it ALL THE TIME. "God forgive me but my wee man had a meltdown last night/God forgive me but I had picky bits for tea last night". I had to stop going because of her.

It's even worse when someone says it, knowing that you have a child that isn't healthy!

Agree with everyone except this comment... Maybe you don’t commute regularly on trains or tubes or go to large events? Manspreading is definitely a thing, whatever you want to call it. And lucky you if you’ve never been mansplained. Twitter has some absolute classics if you care to look!

You've got your hands full.
House needs gutted

There are others, but these two in particular really grate, and I literally can't stand to listen.

I work with a lot of Scottish people and they all say it, so could be a Scottish thing.

As PP said, language changes all the time. I wonder if that process feels more unpleasant as we get older? Do people below, say, age 30, find certain phrases annoying?

I dislike BFF (stratospheric expectations of friendship) and Picky bits (Just eat your tea!)

My bad.. eugh

Anyone who says myself and yourself instead of me and you

Pet parents. Fur babies.

There are things that I hated when I was younger than I use very routinely now, almost subconsciously, and I get embarrassed about it afterwards, but still keep saying it. I had 3 DC very close together and used to get "you've got your hands full" a lot, which I found really annoying, but now I say it to women I see with several young children 😳. I've also started using "health to have" about everything, and "he/she is a picture of health". If I was 80 you could overlook it, but I'm in my early 40s.

Violently ill makes me think that someone ill has kicked off and floored the Doctor.

I hate “tell me you don’t know anything about X without telling me you don’t know anything about X”.

I don’t know why this one bothers me so much as it’s really inoffensive, but “a bite to eat” makes me want to scream every time! Possibly because it’s incredibly overused by my dad and every meal/snack has always been referred to as this. Even now when I speak to him he’ll say “have you had/are you having a bite to eat.” No father, I’ve eaten dinner!

I’d like to add to my previous comment:

sarnie (also when people pronounce as sam-wich)
choccy milk
and pretty much everything that everyone else has said!

Yes!!!!!!!

"Mutually exclusive" describes two or more things that cannot both happen or exist at the same time. For example, in a coin toss, getting heads and getting tails are mutually exclusive events because only one can occur with a single toss.

I did see a sign in a car dealership describing a vehicle as "exclusively for everyone" - that amused me almost as much as "free gift" does.

"You do you" (so overused, and I cannot "do" me, I can only "be" me)

"I hope this email finds you well" (an email cannot find anything)