Words and phrases that annoy you or make you go Aghgh

[Aeroflotgirl]

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)

"Fricking" - if you want to swear just swear!

We're pregnant

This new thing where everyone starts every sentence with "So......"

Think...

As in "I was bringing a loads of stuff in from the car (think shopping, welly boots)."

It REALLY irritates me that someone is telling me what to do. Why can't they just say "e.g."

Holibobs. Makes my teeth itch, why not just say holidays? Are you 7?

When people say ‘myself’ when they mean me. What’s wrong with saying ‘well for me I reckon... but no for myself’... really irritates me for some reason!

Yogurt spelt yoghurt
That's the correct spelling of yoghurt.

Also sorry it's a grammar one....but "me and DH" or "me and DD" as in "me and DH we're watching tv..." NOOOOOOO...it's "DH and I were watching tv" you wouldn't say "me was watching tv"...

It's fine to say "we were home alone; it was just DH and me"..because you would say "I was home alone; it was just me".

Corporate lines:
Take offline
What does good look like
Keep you in the loop
Operationalise
Validate

Personal:
Amazeballs
...., my friend
Pants (for rubbish, per the Matilda thread)
Bulk out with lentils (who are they kidding)
Red flag

Bravo Daisy. That one bugs me

For those who dislike “this one”. Bravo also. Can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s like they feel “this one” has some god like status. Till they break up then all reference gets deleted

Caught pregnant
Ducks in a row
Hubby/hubster
Hun
Makes my teeth itch
Snacks
Making memories
Date night

You don't have an x problem, you have a y problem

Hmm I feel like Northerners and Yorkshire folk are getting a bad rep here... I say ta (I am polite like that), I will go shopping for bits for a picky tea (never even thought of that as a strange phrase until I read this thread). My husband sometimes makes me a pack up for my dinner (northern version of lunch.)

However, to make up for being many people's pet peeves personified by agreeing that 'We are pregnant' makes me grind my teeth as well as people using borrow/lend the wrong way around.

My niece (9) and nephew (5) use all sorts of americanisms that irritate- candy instead of sweets, movies instead of films, garbage/trash instead of rubbish, but they get that from the TV stuff they watch I guess.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Really? I’ve not seen any posts directed at Orcadian or Doric phrases.

Ha! Ok I will concede that Northern is a relative term

Though if we are after irksome Scottish phrases (I work often in the proper North);

Pal... almost exclusively said with a slight malice when people are unimpressed. I find it a bit passive aggressive.. "Look here pal.."

Hen - though this is just an extension of me disliking terms of endearment professionally, babe, sweetheart, love. I have no issue with it being used in general!

"Keep your chin up"

Egregious. It's a pretentious word used by pretentious people to describe something they don't happen to like very much.

I suppose they expect me to be impressed by the range and subtlety of their vocabulary. No, it just makes them sound like prats.

francis do you not understand why they're called the Home Counties?

It's not a suggestion that it's near everyone or anyone's home!

Agree with 'pins' for legs. I find that patronising magazine jargon. My legs are not pins, they're short bulky stumps.

Chrimbo
Chrimble
Xmas (is Christmas really too lengthy?)
Hubby
Hollibobs (are you 12???!)
Place marking (just leave a comment. Surely you have an opinion?)
Babe
Baby as used in the context of health visitors asking you questions eg: is Baby sleeping through? At the very least they should add the word “The” as a pre-fix.
But above all of these, I DETEST the word Banter. It appears to have become the get-out clause for all manner of vile, abusive behaviour.

Oooh & I forgot one more...
“Eponymous”. Much loved by muso-journalistic types. Using this word does not make you sound intelligent. No. It makes you sound like a wanker.

FrancisCrawford fully support your choice of the inappropriate use of the singular in beauty & fashion speak. I am a womenswear designer & have never, ever, designed a “trouser” or a “jean”. I have, however, designed many pairs of trousers & jeans.

Pud. Nope it’s pudding. Not pud.