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certain phrases which give me the irrational rage. Anyone else?

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NolansEpicDressSense · 26/01/2014 19:06

'is your husband babysitting?' actually that's not an irrational one. It annoys the fuck out of me.

'I am eating my meal'. No you're not, you're eating your breakfast/dinner/tea/lunch/supper/whatever you want to call it, not your meal.

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itsbetterthanabox · 27/01/2014 09:11

Bored.com or exhausted.com when describing an emotional state not a website!

Mignonette · 27/01/2014 09:22

My pet hates-

People who 'curate' . Unless you are a Curator, no you didn't. You chose a load of stuff for your home.

People who 'edit' as in a 'finely edited collection of clothing'. No you chose a load of clothing. Unless you actually are an Editor.

Both rife in fashion and home design. If I read another Sunday supplement with a feature about the 'finely edited home of another bloody hipster' I will vomit. Literally Wink.

SauceForTheGander · 27/01/2014 09:24

Bubba, bubs, hubby, baba

Especially when used by HV or midwives. Piss off with the baby talk

Mignonette · 27/01/2014 09:40

Oh yes Sauce. I have a whole list of health related ones.

'Pop over there/pop clothes off/on. I don't pop. Never have.

'Normal Birth' err as opposed to my abnormal one you mean? MIdwives PLEASE stop using the normal word. It should be unassisted or minimal intervention birth. Same for 'Natural' birth. No such thing unless you delivered out of a medical setting without any MW assistance, Konakion, Synto or help delivering the placenta.

'Normal Birth' can be so offensive. Please choose your words.

'A sharp scratch'. I have never 'scratched' anybody with a needle. It is a sting or a sharp pain. Or not that painful at all. Depends upon the person.

'Can I have a feel of your tummy?' I am not five. I am a grown woman. It is not my tummy.

Being referred to as 'Mum' or 'Mum to be'. Yes I get the (cod) psychology. But I have a name, an identity something other than a Mother. Please do use it.

Smile.

ShephardsDelight · 27/01/2014 09:42

slut shaming (its ridiculous , sexist works just fine)

end of! (always at the end of a rant!)

narcissist!!! thanks to hear if I hear it anywhere online, irl, tv my insides go RAWR!!!!!ARGH!!!

don't be defensive ! [anger] Oh i really hate this,..usually after a criticism you're responding too...people are obviously gonna defend themselves.

FastWindow · 27/01/2014 10:03

Oh I recognise the 'where's that to' and tescol, asdal vernacular.

Also 'a good ideal' instead of idea.

That's just an accent though and doesn't bother me.

'right now' instead of 'at the moment' is so Americanised and makes me go grr especially in a corporate setting. The only exception is Will Ferrel saying it in Zoolander. 'he's so hot right now' and that only gets my thumbs up because it's meant to be tongue in cheek!

agedknees · 27/01/2014 10:08

My mil's favourite - how's your little job, said to her dil's, never to her sons.

SabraCadabra · 27/01/2014 10:10

When people call the shop Home and Bargains, its not its Home Bargains inmassive letters above the shop.
Deal breaker
Gobsmacked
At the end of the day he's my husband, so he's not your husband in the morning at the start of the day?
Fell pregnant

ShephardsDelight · 27/01/2014 10:12

fell pregnant is a good one.

WitchWay · 27/01/2014 10:23

Noticed people using the verb "doing" for taking medication which really bugs me - "I've got a cold so I'm doing paracetamol" - no you are not "doing" it, you are "taking" it; it's not a class A substance FFS.

LJL69 · 27/01/2014 10:26

YY strongurgetofly...nom nom make my hair clench

SabraCadabra · 27/01/2014 10:28

Texted, hate that- I've just texted my mum

dontsqueezetheteabag · 27/01/2014 10:29

there is a guy at my work who says the following nippy things all the time which annoy the feck out of me:

I'm not being funny but....

It is what it is......

I don't mean it that way but........

RAGE- just SAY WHAT YOU MEAN

soverylucky · 27/01/2014 10:32

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MrsDeVere · 27/01/2014 10:34

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crazykat · 27/01/2014 10:35

"Like" every third word in a sentence.

"Can you learn me ..." Makes me want to slap whoever says it.

MrsDeVere · 27/01/2014 10:36

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crazykat · 27/01/2014 10:37

Gawjus, speshul etc drive me mad. Makes me want to buy the offender a dictionary.

NigellasDealer · 27/01/2014 10:38

" 'goin a toilet', 'goin a school' 'pourin a rain' etc."
ooh mrsdevere i used to talk like that as a teenager....Grin

MrsDeVere · 27/01/2014 10:59

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NigellasDealer · 27/01/2014 11:01

hahahaha i suspect you may live in my old endz mrs devere

DiseasesOfTheSheep · 27/01/2014 11:17

By Jove. Double ablative, much? I feel the same about all the usual ones: should of, would of, confirmation instead of conformation, off my own back. Not cool, not cool at all.

Also hate onomatopoeic words, and unnecessarily juvenile turns of phrase. Yum, yummy, mmmmmm, comfy, toasty, etc.

Completely irrational but give me "the rage".

DiseasesOfTheSheep · 27/01/2014 11:24

Oh not to mention all the bizarre things people say.

"Cancelled due to weather". Wow you have weather? No shit Sherlock, these is weather every day. Bad weather? Now that would make sense. Same situation for blood pressure - "the doctor says I have blood pressure"... I should bloody hope so, if you're up and about and, you know, alive...

Freckletoes · 27/01/2014 11:25

Small majority, or large majority or small minority or large minority! If it is a majority it is most of, a minority it is very few of-there's nothing in between!
Half dead. Something/one is either dead or not. No half measures!

JRmumma · 27/01/2014 11:34

The term 'lil man' is currently my biggest bug bear. Hate it. He is not a lil man, he is a baby.

I must admit I often say them, when I mean those, but I do try not to. I can always picture my friend shaking his head at me when I say it.