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Words and phrases that annoy you or make you go Aghgh

374 replies

Aeroflotgirl · 20/12/2017 13:26

Right here's a few of mine

Squee
Growing my boy or I have grown a fantastic boy
Famlam
Nom noms
Bestie
BFF
Boil my piss (just yuck)

OP posts:
Spangles1963 · 21/12/2017 18:16

Reaching out.
Shining a light on.....
Little man.
Chilling out.

LilyWasThere · 21/12/2017 18:53

Methinks 😡

Yes, yes....I know Shakespeare used it. You (SIL), however, are not Shakespeare. So don't.

YESitsanextender · 21/12/2017 19:27

An acquaintance of mine posted on Facebook about having a gender scan the following day, and how excited she was to find out if she was having a “little princess or man” which really wound me up. I get it @Spangles1963

LemonShark · 21/12/2017 20:15

Valentinacat argh to 'I could care less' it's plain wrong and implies you care at least somewhat! I've seen Americans try pass if off as accurate as it's apparently sarcasm but I don't buy it!

LemonShark · 21/12/2017 20:16

"Frothy coffee" it's a fucking cappuccino

MongerTruffle · 21/12/2017 20:17

"Recommend me x product" is also annoying. It should be "recommend x product to me" or variations thereof.

madcatwoman61 · 21/12/2017 21:02

Fall pregnant
Passed

whycantiloginonmyotheraccount · 21/12/2017 21:11

Cheeky, as in a cheeky cake, glass of wine or takeaway.
Hubster
Crimbo
Calling any female over 16 a girl.
'Yes, i know that - a personal one as my MIL is staying with us, and nobody has done or seen anything that she hasn't.

Liz38 · 21/12/2017 21:17

Of your choosing

Mc180768 · 21/12/2017 21:29

All of the above....

End of letters. 'Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require further information'

'Singing from the same hymn sheet'

'Empowered women'

'Thinking outside of the box'

'I will give 110%'

HeteronormativeHaybales · 21/12/2017 23:17

'Alone time'. It's 'time alone'. Or 'time on my/her/your own'.

Inability to use past tenses correctly. Started noticing this a lot recently. 'I've rang my mother'. 'She's went to the shops'.

'Go watch some TV' instead of 'go and watch some TV'. I'm usually very relaxed about language change, Americanisms in British English and vice versa, but for some reason this one annoys me intensely.

InsomniacAnonymous · 22/12/2017 12:15

CalmingBalm What do you say instead of 'people'? Human beings? It's an everyday word. Confused

ValentinaCat · 22/12/2017 12:40

@GodIsDead

"God's Truth" was contacted to sound like "Godstrewth" and then simply "Strewth" for some people. Annoys me too.

InfiniteCurve · 22/12/2017 21:41

From my own children...Confused
On Christmas/the weekend.
No.It is "at Christmas" or "on Christmas Day"
DS also says gotten,and writ - though because he is my lovely li'l guy even at 17 I can forgive him...(Grin)
Hate "side" as in food that comes with the main course.Hate "main" as well.And "pack lunch" - packed,packed,packed.
But I say lovely and sometimes tea for the meal we eat in the evening,so who am I to judge?

Aeroflotgirl · 22/12/2017 22:58

Oh yes I hate the term 'little man', a friend still uses the term little man to refer to her 10 year old son. I heard somebody describe Christmas as shitscram whaaaat.

OP posts:
cathf · 23/12/2017 00:01

In this house...followed by smugness such as 'we love books in this house' or 'no fussy eaters allowed in this house'

PavlovianLunge · 23/12/2017 00:24

Yummy.
Om nom nom.
Spoken sentences starting ‘Listen...’ or ‘Look...’
‘Discuss’ used like an order.
Unctuous.
Ickle or lickle.
A cheeky anything.
Describing something as a nightmare - what, you were asleep when it happened?

Prictoriafeckam · 23/12/2017 00:31

"Luxury" flat. It's a noun, not an adjective.

AddictedtoAIBU · 23/12/2017 00:40

Poop (pronounced 'puuup')
Toilet talk "just off for a poo"
Smug Facebook # that mums use to show they are doing that bit better at parenting than everyone else (#familytime #GBBO #myworld #soproud #theseones - you are baking cakes. Like all mums do with kids at some point. Except you are also on Facebook #beingsmug)

ethelfleda · 23/12/2017 00:46

Note to self

princesscasino · 23/12/2017 02:01

Moving forward... (inserted frequently into business speak these days and now creeping into everyday conversation - utterly moronic !)
Can I pick your brain/s (yuck yuck yuck)
Should/would of done something (it's should have - this is everywhere)

LineyRunner · 23/12/2017 02:14

I've only seen it on MN, but this 'I buy nephews and nieces' thing as Xmas.

It started out as 'I buy presents for my nephews and nieces'. Then, 'I buy for nephews and nieces'.

Now, we're apparently at a slave auction in the court of Caligula.

MrsFrTedCrilly · 23/12/2017 02:22

“Homemade” used as a descriptor in restaurants or anywhere that’s not a home.
I also hate “fresh” in menus, totally winds me up.
And “my bad” utterly stupid expression.

LlamaClock · 23/12/2017 02:32

-Daft
-Good grief
-Hun
-This one (making someone feel like they're your favourite e.g.- "Having a great time at the Christmas market with this one")
-To "make good" (my Dad always says it with DIY stuff, it's like he thinks it makes you sound like you know what you're doing)
-Little man
-Hollibobs
-Bosoms/Bussies

LlamaClock · 23/12/2017 02:34

Oh and "super". It's SUCH an American, teenage YouTuber word. "That coffee was SUPER strong." "He was SUPER drunk last night!" etc.

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