To think this is the most annoying combination of words in the world?

[tessiebear4]

"Feeling blessed".

Child free.

" I'm not racist, but........"

Yes you are.

Deathstarcantina
Yes! If someone has to precede a sentence with that (or sexist/homophobic/whatever) then you can guarantee the next words out of their mouth will be exactly that!

Personally I'm a fan of 'child free' as an alternative to 'childless', to describe individuals who see it as a positive status.

I hate:
rainbow bridge (vom)
furbaby
touch base

I've also noticed a recent trend among colleagues to say that, rather than just saving a file (eg a photo from an email) they 'save it down'. As opposed to up?!

But why does everything need to be affirmed as a positive choice? I don't enjoy horror films so don't own any = I have a horror free movie collection. I live in a new build where there isn't much parking = this is a car free development. I've given up some foods for some reason = I'm wheat and dairy free.

Argh!

With respect...

Argh

Childless

Vom

Arghbus my response, not a word.

Argh is...

I can accept that people might have a weird feeling of "I'm a grown-up now!" if they do something like buy a house in their early-mid 20s, but "adulting" is always applied to mundane stuffthey should have been doing for years
Yes!
I have a friend who self-deprecatingly laughs at how she "can't adult" and delights in sharing stories about hwo she's messed up mundane elements of life.

We all have daft momenta and sharing the odd silly moment is funny, but delighting in being inept seems quite babyish and .

BasketofDeplorables

True, but, to continue with the horror film analogy... People who don't watch/collect horror films probably aren't asked in regular conversation when they're planning to get some and looked at like an alien with no head when they respond that they're not planning to because they don't want to. Maybe if that were the case they'd feel the need to adopt more positive terms - such as horror-free, rather than the passive 'horror-less', which implies something is missing - to assert that it can be a perfectly normal and socially acceptable choice as well.

Probably not making any sense now the analogy has got so far but hopefully explains at least a bit!

"reach out to"

NoKids - just run with analogies, they can only get better!

It's more when it's a written description of people in general that it annoys me. 'X% of British couples are childfree', when you can't know how many made an active choice. I get a bit wound up by the framing of everything as a lifestyle choice.

Also how everything is a community. The skydiving community, the mental health community etc. A lot of the time people aren't referring to a group dedicated to that interest or issue, they just want another way to say pig farmers so say pig farming community.

I write and edit a lot of copy so I'm a bit over invested in clarity...

BasketofDeplorables
Ah yes, that makes sense, and it's probably quite hurtful to those who actually want kids but can't have them for whatever reason, to be lumped in like that.

Community - yup, they're only a community if they engage with each other in some way (as a community, funnily enough!). So yeah I'd imagine pig farmers as a whole wouldn't really describe themselves as a community - unless I'm completely wrong about them and they all have regular meetups across the UK?!

Should be made law , you're allowed to flick anyone for saying nom nom, Hun when they don't know you and the wide spreading saying, IT IS WHAT IT IS. I get the urge is say ,is what?what is?

maccie d
(Have just seen that on another thread.)

Tommy K.

Mac 'n cheese. For fucks sake - it's macaroni cheese. Leave it alone.

Oh, and Deliciously Ella - makes me want to punch her in the face.

"my bad" I absolutely cringe when I hear someone saying that or writing it. I always think it makes the person sound really fake and stupid.

Sweaty sock. Or shortened to just sweaty

Almost moves me to violence

People who refer to their musical preference as "eclectic".

Lobster - I would describe my musical collection as 'eclectic' as it is! It includes screamo death metal, classical, rock, punk, folk, mediaeval, synthpop and several other genres.

Must say I cringe when someone with whom I'm acquainted (they're quite elderly) says, "What?" really loudly when they haven't heard what I've said. I know that in the old school of U vs non-U, this was the accepted (RP) norm, but it sounds rude to me.

Am I allowed to say I hate DH, DC, DSIS etc?!

Also 'makes my teeth itch'

Any sentence starting in 'So........'

I second the whole "DH, DS, DC" etc don't know why but it irks me and I never use it.