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

425 replies

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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NinjaPenguin · 26/01/2014 21:52

I can image walking down the street and having a random baby chucked at you, and being told you're now pregnant.

Caitlin17 · 26/01/2014 21:54

My mother-in- law calling my husband "son" instead of his name.

DumSpiroSpero · 26/01/2014 21:57

'she's pregnant to him'

Wtaf is that about?

oohdaddypig · 26/01/2014 22:00

"Yummy mummy"

"Belly pork"

"Can I get" ... Irrational I know but it winds me up

TypicaLibra · 26/01/2014 22:00

In a similar vein to AGM meeting and PIN number I've just realised I refer to 'the le Creuset'!

storynanny · 26/01/2014 22:04

Gawjuss

drbonnieblossman · 26/01/2014 22:04

sorry if already mentioned but when people say "yooz" instead of "you".

"I'll see yooz two later".

puntasticusername · 26/01/2014 22:05

People say "hashtag" too? Fuck me, what is the world coming to? Seriously? I am NOT going through childbirth and child rearing twice in order to leave my kids in a world like THAT. I DEMAND A RECOUNT.

I wanna - oh, I do remind him of his error, don't you worry.

Just like when he thought the name of the Flatiron Building in New York was pronounced "Flatty-ron Building".

And when I said Dalmatians were bred as carriage dogs - ie to run behind carriages - and he said "Oh, really? They must be stronger than they look, then". Because he thought I meant the dogs were PULLING the carriages themselves.

I'll stop before this turns into the equivalent of the extremely annoying thing that is the "stupid things my gf said" column in mens' magazines.

Snorting through nose at "playing the hobo" btw Grin

drbonnieblossman · 26/01/2014 22:07

but Typical, you can get away with that because "le" is part of the brand name of the item . The fact that the damned things are wrist breakingly heavy is another issue in itself!

dementedma · 26/01/2014 22:08

Never mind hashtag and lol, my ds says "BTW' phonetically as in buh tuh wuh.
Eg. I need bus money tomorrow buh tuh wuh.
Text speak gone mad!

sarine1 · 26/01/2014 22:08

Shop assistants and people in restaurants who look at me and say 'yawright?' 'Yes, I'm fine thank you' is the answer to that.
I want a coffee or to pay for this shopping that I'm carrying, not to be asked a meaningless question. Drives me mad....
(grumpy old woman alert)

Caitlin17 · 26/01/2014 22:09

"Pre-order [insert name of CD/DVD/handbag]"

It's just "order".You're placing an order which will be processed when the item goes on sale.

drbonnieblossman · 26/01/2014 22:09

baby mother/baby father. makes the bile rise.

WitchWay · 26/01/2014 22:19

Urgh yes yes pre-order - like Free Gift - aargh

applecrumbleandcream · 26/01/2014 22:21

At the end of the day.....

Prinny

Big ask

Roll it out (Manager uses this a lot)

Be rude not to..... (grrrrr)

Nom nom nom

fink for think

SliceOfLime · 26/01/2014 22:25

Things in the singular that shouldn't be, in clothes shops usually: 'trouser' / 'jean' / 'tight' instead of trousers, jeans, tights...

mindthegap01 · 26/01/2014 22:27

Let me just run this past you...

I can see you're busy...

Or people who want to speak to you when you're in the middle of talking to someone else, so they just hover next to you until you're forced to be rude to the person you were talking to in order to not be rude to the RUDE hoverer. Grrr.

tallulah · 26/01/2014 22:40

Newspaper reporting concerning a child that always has to include the word "schoolgirl". Seven year old schoolgirl Lucy.... She's seven, what else would she be?

Also "grandmother of 3" unless it's relevant to the story. "Grandmother of 3 gives birth to triplets" is fair game, but "grandmother of 3 wins at bingo" isn't. They never describe men as grandfather of 3.

PicardyThird · 26/01/2014 22:41

Yy to 'falling' pregnant 'to' someone. Or having children 'to' someone. I presume 'catching' and 'falling' both come from the days when a pregnancy was more likely than not to mean trouble of some sort Sad

Disliking 'can I get' isn't irrational. When you order something using that, you are effectively asking if you can go behind the counter and serve yourself.

I love 'outwith'. And 'yous' counts as dialect, I should think.

NigellasDealer · 26/01/2014 22:47

'how's you?'
'are you all right there?' (in pub/shop)

nothing wrong with 'youse' every language needs a plural second person pronoun - just that English has not got one!

IneedAsockamnesty · 26/01/2014 22:50

Calm down, usually said by a person falling over themselves to annoy you.

At this moment in time, hate that.

mindthegap01 · 26/01/2014 22:57

Pacifically. It's SPECIFICALLY you idiot!

ashtrayheart · 26/01/2014 22:59

Woman at work always says 'income coming in' no need.

Lemonfairydust · 26/01/2014 23:03

"At the end of the day...."

Janorisa · 26/01/2014 23:08

Texting
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/text_2