Phrases/sayings that irrationally annoy the life out of you

[Candycoco]

I cannot stand it when someone is asking about what to use in a certain situation, and people say "... [Such and such] is your friend" argh I hate that!

Or when people describe something as their "go-to" product .

Don't know why but I just hate those phrases! Anyone else ?!

I hate "with all due respect..." as it means no respect is forthcoming.

Also "-gate" as a suffix to signify a scandal, copying Watergate. So original.

I cannot stand 'Date night....' Hate it.
References to people turning round and saying something
'I'm not being funny but .........'

YY to date night.

I also hate 'play date'

Yy hate date night!! Makes me cringe. Where did it come from???

On point or even worse "en pointe" just awful

"To be fair.....". So is everyone else being unfair then?

I agree Charley however do often want to correct people when they say they are 'on route' somewhere

'Yay'

and I was actually going to mention en/on route in my post! so annoying

I have a raging aversion to the misuse of the word Curate. I had a look at the John Lewis website recently and they have apparantly 'curated' a new range of denim wear. And I read that Nick Cave (or some other arty type) had 'curated' a collection of vinyl (basically he was showing the journalist his record collection). Drives me mad!

Also anyone who substitutes a perfectly legitimate unit of measurement with the word 'yes' or 'so'.

"How big was it?"
"About Yea wide" (gestures wildly with arms)

Gah!!!!

Sorry, that should have read 'yea' not yes. Apparantly my iPhone has an aversion to it too...

When you tell someone you're having a hard time and they just send a text saying 'hope you're ok'. Well, I've just said I'm not okay, you 'hoping' I am isn't helping at all.
It's the modern day equivalent of 'I'll pray for you'. Yeh great thanks that'll REALLY help.

Should of, could of what happened to should have or could have.
Me and DH (or anyone else).
Nom Nom.
Just saying.

Jesus wept.

Nom nom is disgusting. Makes me think of one of those big dogs with slobbery chops.

Pissed as a fart.

It doesn't even make fucking sense.

"Kids" (sorry)
"Iconic" for anything not directly comparable or analogous to actual icons.
Unnecessary "-selves"
"Utilised" when "used" would do just as well

Oh, another thing that irrationally annoys me is cutesy/loved up couples referring to things (objects/decor/holiday/'experience' as being "Very us"

I have no idea why this annoys me so much. There's something so yuckily exclusive about it. As though they're some miniature offshoot of The Borg.

"I was sat". No you weren't. You were sitting; you sat. A radio presenter should have a grasp of grammar that would at least have satisfied my Primary 6 teacher.

Excited for e.g. "I'm excited for the party".

Referring to yourself as your pet's mummy.

More Daily Mailisms - the ones where they tell you what to think about a story. The usual form is the the word that tells you how you're supposed to feel about the immigrants/gays/feminists, then a comma, then their bit of brilliantly well researched and completely unbiased journalism:
"Worryingly, ...." "Disturbingly,..." "Troublingly, ...." It sounds so hateful and often a bit voyeuristic too.

Aggh hate it too when people refer to themselves as their pet's mummy and/ or daddy.... Gross. Totally creepy and weird. :/

Mortified to mean upset.

Hate "from the get-go". What's wrong with "from the start"

Pre-order. No you're ordering it not fucking pre-ordering.
Starting a sentence with "So", and in total agreement with pp who said every expert on Radio 4 starts their sentence like this. Yes can you hear me shouting at the radio, for some reason I expect more from them.
And what does nom nom even mean ?

"At the end of the day, it is what it is."
"I'm not being funny but...."
Obviously. You have to say something funny to be funny, you IDIOT.

Oh god: I hate all of these too. The lot.

yum/yummy/nom/nommy/mmmmm.

take care.

'no, i won't have a cake because i'm being good'. being 'good'? are you selflessly giving your cake to a very hungry person or hormonal woman then? no. you're just resisting the urge to shovel extra food in your face. how is that being 'good'?