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.

“Man here.”

Oh wonderful. A man has arrived. We have been holding our breath hoping one would appear to shed light on this mystery.

1. Grab
2. Baby Daddy
3. So

Whenever I see or hear 'So' at the start of a tale or post, Seamus Heaney appears with his translation of Beowulf. Or I hear 'HWAET'.

The worst for me is the “x much?”

It’s always so sneery and superior, but its users have nothing to act superior about if they resort to ungrammatical, nonsensical clichés.

Also “Tell me you x, without telling me you x”
More unoriginal sneeriness.

@SunnieShine

"First world problems". So because you live in the UK a cancer diagnosis or your child being run over by a bus is OK?

Not defending the actual phrase, but that's not what "First world problems" means.
First world problems are things that may well be a problem to you but are actually quite minor in the context of some people having no clean water or living in a war zone. Things like "The shop nearby has stopped stocking my favourite brand of chocolate" or "I can't get the right paint colour to finish decorating the sitting room and I'll have to redo the lot".
A cancer diagnosis or your child being run over by a bus are obviously serious problems wherever you live. Nobody expects you to say "Bugger! I've got cancer. Still, at least I've got heating and running water".

Referring to a country in the first person, eg “Croatia, you’ve been amazing”. Annoys me.

When people post a pic of a child with the caption “This is 11” (or 12 or 13 etc etc). Also annoys me

I really hate when people say a touch of the tism.

My own family have said it about me, regarding my own diagnosis.

No I don't have a touch of the tism. I'm absolutely riddled with it.

"Moreish" about a food, makes me feel sick.
"Investing" in buying makeup, bag, statement piece, duvet or other crap.
"Come on now" being used too much and to put you down.

Any journey that doesn't involve travel - weight loss journey, pregnancy journey etc.
Craft beer. As though it's been crocheted. It's made the same way as any other beer.
The tendancy from the US to drop the "of" in a sentence, such as "a couple of weeks" becoming "a couple weeks." Same with losing the "off" in "pissed off."
This one's an online bugbear, but finishing a story with "Reader..." as though adressing the person reading with some knowing comment. Ach.

Any journey that doesn't involve travel - weight loss journey, pregnancy journey etc.
Craft beer. As though it's been crocheted. It's made the same way as any other beer.
The tendancy from the US to drop the "of" in a sentence, such as "a couple of weeks" becoming "a couple weeks." Same with losing the "off" in "pissed off."
This one's an online bugbear, but finishing a story with "Reader..." as though adressing the person reading with some knowing comment. Ach.

Oh yes to those ‘journeys’
And ‘man here’ - had forgotten how irritating that is
Also, just seen today /another of the numerous examples of posters who use the expression ‘cognitive dissonance’ without understanding what it means. This was on a political thread, but there is a poster who often starts education threads who uses this inaccurately (as well as ‘faux’ regularly).

And ‘be honest’ in a thread title.

‘Rock/rocked up’

You do you
You’ve got this
My bad
Ladies who lunch

"Gives me the ick"

Grass roots don't know why but it really winds
me up.

Our little family

Tell me X without telling me X can get in the bin too.
Along with hating on and swapping out , in , up down whatever.

Does this count as Full Disclosure, Caveat etc? Are these likewise verboten.

'the ick'

Fully adult women using this child-like phrase; just please stop.

I've only seen men do that on posts where their sex is relevant to the reply.

"Unmumsnetty hug" What's a "mumsnetty" hug?
It's not saying there is a unmumsnetty version of a hug but that offering a hug at all is unmumsnetty behaviour as we are considered to be nothing but a harsh pit of vipers.

So there are hugs, or not hugs, and the provision of them is unmumsnetty.

Because it just is! Contrast with 'please may I have' or 'could I have'.

Picky bits, bless you, keep your eyes peeled.

I will revert back … in emails from stupid self important people who imagine they are far brighter than they are.
You are not going to ‘revert’ … you’re going to reply you stupid twat.

At work, our CEO is always “leaning in” and wanting us to do the same. Tosser!