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.

A friend of mine whenever ordering something would say, "Am I OK for a...Coke / beer etc".

It made me want to crawl into a hole and often the waiter sometimes wouldn't understand so there'd be back and forth clarification, and then she'd repeat the whole thing again and I just felt like shouting "just say please can I have!!!"

Probably a thousand things but none more than, 'My bad'.

Now that makes sense although still not sure how or when I would use it and your very clear explanation, Zimunya, doesn't seem to match the few occasions I have seen it used.

Perhaps they didn't really understand how to use the phrase either.😁

Often on MN the punch line is "the two are not mutually exclusive", which might make more sense?

When people use "sort of" as a space filler, eg, "I was sort of totally devastated". Which was it? Sort of devastated or totally devastated? The two have entirely different meanings. The guy on the Zoe podcast does it all the time and because I read the transcripts rather than listening it stands out so much.

Also "as it were" often seems to be tagged onto the end of a sentence by some people and I haven't a clue what its purpose is.

Finally I can't stand "reached out". To me reaching out to someone suggests making a form of connection that just isn't there in the context it's often used for, especially in workplaces where people are asked to reach out to someone to ask them the most minor of questions or requests.

Not very keen on " overthinking, " which seems to be everywhere atm.

As is "I have mental health". Mental health what?!

Yes definitely on Mnet I have seen it.

Can't say it is a phrase that I have seen or heard used in my neck of the woods. 😁

'I'm not being funny but...' Correct - you are not.

And 'boils my piss' boils my pics.

My bad

Speaking in third person to children, and even worse when it's coupled with baby talk.

Does Harry want a biccy bic? Aww yes let dada get Harry his biccy bic. Dada do it.

‘Works out of’ as in ‘he works out of Manchester’. No, he works in Manchester.
’I say this as…’, it sounds so pompous
I also hate ‘a bite to eat’. No idea why

They are my daughters 😁

Just about everything on here except for 'Jesus wept' which I need for extreme incredulousness usually involving Reform or Trump. Isn't it the shortest sentence in the bible?
Adding 'to die for.' I make a mean coffee and walnut cake but it's not worth risking your life for.

Pet peeve of mine too.

I've posted this response in similar threads and got a pile on about it being colloquial.

Needs gone. Needs fed etc.

To me, it just brings back flashbacks to primary school being humiliated for not getting my past and present tenses right!

I know it's correct, but on the HE board when I read "DD wants to read history/English lit/geography at.." it makes me curl up inside a bit. Just looks and sounds so wrong.

Oh so many!! For me it’s “love doing life with you” wtaf. Also fur baby, Happy Heavenly birthday posts on FB and crossing over rainbow bridge when a pet dies.

*To be fair
*#be kind - so overdone and used to shut down opinion
*Calling someone a Karen - overdone and not fair on people called Karen
*It’s my ADHD - as an excuse for EVERYTHING especially when they haven’t got a medical diagnosis.
*My forever person/human - when writing a Facebook post about their husband

Oh gosh yes on that note parents saying that they are sure their DC "has a touch of autism" or "is a bit spectrummy".

Has anyone mentioned “like” yet. Admittedly it’s a word, not a phrase, but it’s like, so overused nowadays like, it gives me the rage 🤬 It adds nothing to the sentence.

Inner boak

In my eyes!
Really don’t like it.

Normally attaining to someone that's an utter cunt.
IE Cliff Richard.

These ones used on TV a lot now;
A pop of colour
It packs a punch

Both make me cringe.

Also people having hot flashes instead of hot flushes.

How is "Can I get" rude?