Words (and phrases) you dislike

[HowDairy]

We all know MN hates the word moist, but are there any others that you really dislike?

I don't like smear or seep.

‘Gifted’ and ‘authored’. What the hell?

And ‘laid’. ‘She laid down on the bed … ‘ I’m grinding my teeth with rage just writing it.

But I love ‘not my circus, not my monkeys’. At least, I love being able to say it about things!

Oh a couple more.

Grabby (just say greedy)
Spendy (just say expensive)

Vote with your feet

I keep hearing “lean in” or “lean into”. All this reaching out and leaning in, doesn’t anybody consider health and safety!

To be fair.

'Like' liberally sprinkled in speech.

Any sentence starting with 'myself' or 'me'.

"We was sat..."

Shop assistant: "You alright there?"

Starting a post with ‘kindly’ it usually means the opposite.

Yes. Like me with, "Fast forward to." Visual brain. You can see the physical motion.

Also often said by people that you really wouldn't want to reach out or lean into you.

Unpack, as in "let's unpack this statement". A colleague says it at work. Every time he does, I want to throw a pastry at his head.....

"Deep Dive" , I've seen this on searches "Let's Deep Dive into xyz "

Needs Gone - usually some poor animal on Gumtree

Up For Grabs - magazine giveaway

"Run- don't walk" to high street store for whatever item an influencer is promoting today

We’re pregnant

frickin or feckin (just swear if you want to!)

All the young uns saying ‘lowkey’ all the time

"Gives me the ick" Fuck off!!
"My truth" again, just fuck off
"We're pregnant" when a couple are talking about the mum being pregnant. Unless you're a couple of females and you are both actually pregnant, it is incorrect to say "we're" pregnant.
"My bad"
"Literally"
"Fur babies"
"I've got your back"

Also common in Ireland and Scotland. I’m so used to saying it that I’m always a bit taken aback by how many people hate it. It’s not just colloquial here in NI, but absolutely correct. Ah well, I suppose we’re entitled to ‘misuse’ the English language in Ireland and maybe we should be a little bit pleased that it annoys some people!

I like "Feck" it sounds very Father Ted .
I can get away with "Feck" like "Feck Off" it is sweary but not coarse .

Deep dive, unalive, going forward

Gives me the ick - what is an ick?
Suck it up/Minging - sound disgusting and lower class
Use your words - patronising
Judgy - can you not spell judgemental?
passive-aggressive - most people use this wrongly

If I never read or hear bloody “elevate” again it will be too soon.

"Enjoy!"

No.

‘From scratch’ - 99% of the time it is said to show off or be judgemental on here 😅

Saying rip after someone's died. It's seems lazy and thoughtless to use an abbreviation, in that context

Tummy

Nobody over the age of 3 has any business saying ‘tummy’.

It’s bad enough when you’re describing your appearance, e.g. ‘I’ve got a bit of a tummy’ but the absolute worst is when describing an illness, e.g. ‘tummy trouble’, ‘sicky tummy’, ‘sore tum’, ‘tummy ache’

🤢

Agreed. As is ‘lost my shit’. Horribly vulgar phrases.

'Skellington'
'Draw' instead of drawer
'To be clear'
'Look' as the starting word when answering a pointed question
'Fuming'
'Tickety boo'
'Lush'

Could go on forever.

It is what it is , 😡

picky dinner/picky plate
puggled
starbees ( Starbucks)

In real life: “hun”.

On here, comments that start with “kindly”.