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 ?!

'Can I get a...' When someone is asking for something in a shop or cafe.
No! You cannot get it - You can ask for it and they will get it!!

It annoys me when I am forced to say "yes yes" in my head on Mumsnet, when I read people show their agreement with "yy"

What's wrong with just saying it once?

When people say about themselves 'I think I'm quite a nice person', or 'I think I have a good sense of humour' etc. Who says that about themselves? How do they set their bar?

Dorothy L Sayers remarks kin one of her novels that the expression If you will forgive my saying so is always followed by something unforgivable.

But the worst of them has to I'm like for I said. If yoru DC uses that please correct it, every time, until they stop doing it with you and other adults - among themselves they will go on.

*in one of her novels FUCKING KEYBOARD!!

Spag Bol
Bang on trend
Work hard, play hard
24/7

and many, many more!

Bae
Sanpro
Coolio

Whoop, whoop
Nom, nom
And worst "made/cooked from scratch" ffs even typing that pissed me off

Oh and of course Going Forward.

All the things you have said, especially "I turned round and said to him/her" - no you didn't.

Most metaphors annoy me, in particular "dig deep" for "use all your energy", "go out with a bang" or similar

DH hates it when people describe things as a "red herring". So I try to get it in when I can

Also on the trains/trams etc when the announcement says "please use all available doors" or "use the full length of the platform" because it's impossible for any one person to do that. "Use a door that other people are not using" might not sound punchy but that is what

I got sick of hearing 'Strategic intent' when I worked for one Company.

"Have your cake and eat it"

It's my fucking cake of course I'm going to eat it what else does one do with their cake?

Playdate [vomit]. Thank god that awful word wasn't invented when my DCs were little. They just had friends round to play.

'You can always find the time to...(go to gym, cook, climb mountains, sew) if you really want'.

Erm no you cant. There is a certain ammount of hours in a day and if you have a job and a family you can not magic spare hours.

Oh god......"it's almost exactly....." As in "it's almost exactly 1pm". Arghhhhhh.......it's either almost or exactly..... And breathe.

So many on here!
What makes me utterly grind my teeth is people using 'invite' instead of 'invitation '

DH, DC, DS, DD, MiL, OH, OP, WWYD, IYSWIM, AIBU.

Nom nom is awful.

Spag bog is worse than Spag bol.

MIL has a tendency to describe food inaccurately which annoys me: eg. "spaghetti sauce" for "bolognaise sauce", "roasts" for "roast potatoes" and calling things rich when she means sweet. I like MIL alot, but I find her hard to understand when she talks about food!

For some reason, I hate the term "frugal" - it's overused and conjures up an image of miserly, penny-pinching smugness.

Addicted to instead of obsessed with. As in "my daughter is addicted to anything with owls in" when in actual fact the child simply likes stuff with owls on it....instead of wanting to eat owls. (or other objects!)

morelikeguidelines I have a friend who uses 'red herring' mistakenly instead of 'red flag' if someone says they were on a date and the guy does something a bit off, she will say 'well that would have thrown up a red herring for me' - always makes me laugh because of the image it conjures up

This won't end well

Typed as a sole contribution by someone on a thread & normally followed by a couple of echoes further down the page.....

'It's not rocket science'
'nom'
'bezzy mates'

aaarrrhghghghhghghghghgh

Can I second what doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

People who ask for rose blush (can't do accent on phone).

and yes tanith, I also hate 'frugal' it makes me want to stuff an eclair in my face and roll a fat joint.