Phrases you hate

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AIBU to hate most phrases regarding trying to turn the word ‘children’ into some disgustingly sickly sounding alternative?

So far my list of words I refuse to use to refer to my children:

• tiny ones
• little ones
• kiddies
• kiddos
• little poppets

They all make me

I’m not a very maternal person. I love my own children, but in general I’m not a massive fun of other people’s children. Perhaps this is why I hate these words.

What phrases do you guys hate and AIBU?

And just for the record, other phrases I hate:

“Making memories,” to me everything is a memory, I don’t understand this. A lot of my memories are not good ones, so but this phrase all memories are positive.

• “pyjammies/jammies” instead of pyjamas. It literally makes me cringe.

Rug rats and ankle-biters for small children. Ugh.

Love you way too much. It's not possible!
Love you to the moon & back.

Love you lots like jelly tots.

Seen a lot on here. Kicking off. Just can’t stand it.

little / big man (along with the absence of its female equivalent)
little princess

bless

making memories

nom nom

just saying it like it is

I don't mean to cause offence/be politically incorrect but..

so many others ...

Oh and ‘clean eating’. Like the rest of us literally eat dog shit off the street.

Off of... Just awful English

Love you more

"Kiddies or kiddos",
"Hun"- unless you're a actually part of an invading mongol hoarde, you're NOT A HUN!
"Picky bits/picky tea"
"Eats" and "spends "
"Hubby/the hubster, mama/mumma bear, baba/bubba/bubs"
"Boobing" and "bum changing" babies
"Vacay" or "holibobs"
"Cray cray"
"Swear down"

Stillblundering I prefer the sound of dots in a row 😂

"plant based diet". Ugh.

"Cheeky" as in a cheeky glass of wine. Can't stand it.

Fur babies
Spuds
Slap on
Bae
Nom Nom Nom

The worst it's LOL I absolutely fucking hate it !!!

Do you know what I mean
It’s unreal
End of
Traybake

Describing chocolate cake etc as "sinful".
Murder and molesting children is sinful. Eating cake bloody well isn't!

Referring to people as being part of the '............. brigade.' As in 'PC brigade,' 'Anti-sugar brigade,' 'liberal brigade,' etc etc.

Like 'end of,' upthread, it just makes the person saying it sound ignorant and arrogant.

literally
Should of
You're joking
On a phone call - now listen

On trend...or bang on trend
Keep your eyes peeled - no, ffs, do not peel your eyes!

And people who post photos of food with the caption "nom nom nom"
especially when they're on their "holibobs"

You read my mind, both of these make me want to throw things! lol

I also absolutely hate twee little diminutives of all kinds... 'tummy', 'pressie', 'cozzie', botty' etc... (ugh, I'm getting gooseflesh now...) On a similar note, midwives etc talking about 'Baby' instead of 'the baby'... just why?!?! Makes them sound like they're talking to a three-year-old.

People referring to their family as the 'fam-a-lam'.

Oh, and it makes my teeth squeak when people mispronounce 'lackadaisical' as 'laxadaisical' and 'mischievous' as 'mischiev-ee-ous'.

Not that I've ever given it much thought.

Ok fleek
Woke
Noob
Like

Really hate the way the press use
Blasted as in "celebrity BLASTED for this opinion, usually followed by "one Twitter user said..."

@bringbackcrazy YES! Can’t bear ‘baby’ (usually pronounced baaaaaaby).... it’s MY baby, YOUR baby, THE baby... just why...

Not so much little man as 'lil man, fucking awful!

Not that I've ever given it much thought

I've posted three times on this thread. I obviously don't give it much thought either.

"Little people" instead of children. It annoys me so much for no reason lol

"Going forwards". Anyone who uses this as a way of saying 'in future' should have their tongue cut out as a punishment. Ditto "reaching out".

"You OK hun?" or any other form of twee faux-concern that actually means "I want to know all the juicy details AND have everyone know I'm a better friend with this person than you are".

And mothers and babies being referred to just as "Mum" and "Baby", as in "And how is Mum today?" when asking someone who is a mother how they are. She's a human being and has an actual name, you just can't be bothered to use it. I don't even have children and that makes me so VERY VERY ANGRY.