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 "true dat" instead of "that is true"

RAGE RAGE RAGE

Unless its done ironically

I've got loads.

Hubby or hubs or anything like that.

"Can I pick your brains"

Have you cake and eat it, well obviously I don't want a cake to then not eat.

'Cooking from scratch', Most people say this and it drives me mad it sounds as though you have something to prove. Cooking is cooking as opposed to heating something up, I'd prefer to just say it's homemade or something like that.

Playdate

I hate 'full fat coke' theres no fat in coke, the term is 'full sugar'

And when people say ' my foundation is by MAC Cosmetics', MAC is an abbreviation for Makeup Art Cosmetics grrr

'My bad.'

'I feel like..' for example 'I feel like I have a never-ending list of irksome expressions to contribute to this thread.' An awful Americanism which has found its way to the UK.

'Xxxx, I salute you' (Xxxx being whichever place the speaker has recently visited and is now boasting about on fb)

'Actioning' things at work.

'Going out for a meal.' It sounds like something cattle might do, not something that might be considered an enjoyable occasion.

'I need a wine.' Rather than 'I need a glass of wine.' The former sounds like a drink poured from a box into a pint glass.

'Big love.'

'Soz.'

Agree with lol, besties, whoop whoop, nom nom etc.

(I'm stealing 'punch my own teeth out Helenahandbag

'Date night'

Yuck.

How are you? I'm good, thanks.

Good at what? Aargh!

badtime
Thats brilliant! Youve converted me.

I'm another one who dislikes "passive aggressive" being used to mean anything other than what it really means.

Also "hubby" - horrible word. I'm not really fond of "telly" or "poorly" either - they have the same sort of feel to me.

"Birthday" for "birthday party" - as in "Are you going to Sophie's birthday?"

"Orange" for orange juice/squash.

"A McDonald's" - doesn't really tell me what you had/want.

"Teddy" for a cuddly toy that isn't a bear. I think this might be said more in some regions than others.

"Little man" for a little boy - and "baby" for a toddler or older.

"Passed away" or other euphemisms for "died".

Euphemisms for swearwords, like "what the flip" - either swear or don't!

Grab a bargain.
All day long. As in "its worth £5, all day long"

This one is written, but when people use * instead of letters in swearing. There's a great quote about it that I'm hunting for.

FantasticButtocks My boss, a sensible woman and first-class manager, recently used Going Forward in a meeting with me - then stopped, apologised, and banged her head on the table "as a reminder to myself never to say that again"!

frikadela, you've misunderstood that phrase, I'm afraid. It may still be an annoying one, but what you said is nonsense.

"The practice of hinting by single letters those expletives with which profane and violent people are wont to garnish their discourse, strikes me as a proceeding which, however well meant, is weak and futile. I cannot tell what good it does – what feeling it spares – what horror it conceals."

Charlotte Bronté

'Being that' as opposed to 'seeing as' or a variety of other options. Though I believe that is just down to regional variation. I've known a handful of people from the South the use 'being that' so I suppose there's a divide somewhere. Still annoys me, though I wouldn't presume to suggest my version was any more 'correct'.

Mainly I get wound up by people who complain about language change, and especially by people who fail to see that at least 50% of the things they pick to sneer at in these situations are not considered 'bad' because of something inherent in the language but because of the developing (or longstanding) association with the lower classes or some other unfavoured group. Which just makes them a twat, really.

Can't help get annoyed by people who can't google 'have your cake and eat it' to try to understand what it means if they find it so ridiculously nonsensical, either. I quite like the phrase. It doesn't necessarily make obvious sense at first, it's not that transparent (the use of the word have instead of something more complex can be confusing). But it's short and sweet. And if you heard it in context then surely you could work out what it's saying.

It should be Eat your cake and have it which is of course impossible.

Cool beans. Especially when used in a professional setting by a very senior person.

Doesn't sound as good though, does it Andrewofgg?

I'm going to be hypocritical now and say I've just seen something that's been doing my head in for days on here.

'Brought' instead of 'bought'. Especially when used repeatedly and consistently and then put down to iPad keyboard or whatever when someone (pedant) calls them on it. Just fucking learn it for god's sake, it's not an uncommon word. Though I suspect I've heard people use 'brought' for 'bought' in speech as well, which would suggest it's a developed/developing legitimate variation and I should stop fussing about it.

There are also people who use "brang" or "brung" for "brought" in speech...

I detest the trend for putting 2 words/names together, such as Brangelina and bromance. I also hate a lot of this Twitter shit. It's #wank.

Someone describing doing something as just to 'bung' or 'pop'. I don't know why i find this so irrationally annoying it just seems so patronising and condescending to me as if they are saying 'oh your so stupid why didn't you think of it before it's soooo easy'. This is probably just me though to be fair.

It's either unique or it isn't. Any unique thing is exactly as unique as any other unique thing

I would disagree with that - I am unique in as much as I am a collection of genes that isn't replicated elsewhere, but I would say that my friend who has a condition that is completely unheard of anywhere else in the medical world is more unique than me!

I also cannot stand when people refer to something as "lush" ... I hate that word!

a woman gets the man she deserves.
who the fuck thought that one up.
i dare them to say it at a womens refuge

How about 'why did you do that for?' Instead of 'what did You do that for' or 'why did you do that'

mileend You can't have your cake and eat it makes absolute sense. It's to make the point you can't have it both ways, whatever 'it' is.
Like when you want to spend your money on something but you really still want the money. You can't have both options.