What phrases are so annoying you want to scream argh!

[Butterfly98]

A woman I know from evening class has two really annoying phrases. So much so I really want to say Argh very loudly 😠! All of her conversations are full of 'you know what I mean' and 'gobsmacked' and I sometimes wonder if she has any idea how many times she says these words during a 15 minute chat! I'm sure she would be gobsmacked if she counted! Joking aside though, we all look forward to hearing her entertaining stories about everyday stuff told with such dramatic fashion every week! So tell me about someone you know who has some really annoying phrases!

I have to ask, what's a crotch goblin? It sounds like an std

Crotch goblin or crotch fruit is a rather degrading term for one's progeny. 'I was marrying him, not his crotch goblin'.

"I'm sorry but...". You're not sorry. Just say what you want to without a pointless preface.

I also dislike when "invite" is used as a noun. It is a verb. The noun is "invitation".

A number of my younger colleagues scatter the word 'legit' around like there's no tomorrow. It's 'legit' thundering, 'is that true?.. yeah it's legit' - why oh why this needs to be added to every other sentence I'll never know!

The other phrase that irks me is 'not gonna lie...'. I didn't think you were going to lie

"Sick to my stomach"

Where else would it be? Your left ankle?

smoky eye
trouser

‘As if’. Used by foetuses youngsters as an expression of surprise. It makes no fucking sense! ‘He ditched you to go to the football?! As IF!’ What are you trying to say here?!

Items or film 'dropping' and starting sentences with 'So....'

‘’I was gifted....’’

What is preferable to ‘on my period’ ?

bebeboeuf
Where I live we say "I have my period."
I'm in Ireland.

"babes"

Lol op my mum often tags on 'so you know what I mean' at the end of a sentence. Boils my blood. Although she doesn't do it as much now that I've pulled her up in it

Dp and his 'its all physics' quote

My mums way of saying ' he's only an innocent child ' when I tell off ds for bad behaviour

Another ones of my mums 'it is my business. Anything to do with you is my business ' im not exactly 12 anymore mother!

Dds school s their ' she needed help to make good decisions today' just use the word 'naughty'.its true and easy for dd to understand

'But sure like.....'

It's only banter......

' goodness he's a well fed boy' my mum to my sisters son ( he is a bit chubby)

' he's terribly skinny and delicate' my mum to ds ( he is slim)

'You look like a sack of potatoes. Are you pregnant again?' My mum to my sister ( she is quite heavy though)

My mum ' you should give the children a cup of tea............I didn't give you tea as a baby and now you don't like it'

My mum'ah you will have a cup of tea..... ah go on you will.... I've made it especially for you morallybankruptme.....'

Mum I don't like tea. Grrrrrr

' she was absolutely flutered (pissed , off her face etc)

My mum-'come here and ill tell you... do you who died recently? Mrs Brennan up the road.you went to school with a son of hers . Do you remember Michael. Michael Brennan. His mam died recently. His father fixed our chimney a few years ago'

Turned around and said
Not gonna lie
I was like.... And he was like.... And she was like
It is what it is

Any sentence with the word like in it
Innit
Totes amazeballs
I don’t mean to be rude but

Recently I have found the use of these words are driving me crazy. It's a constant battle not to correct them or point out the errors.

I brought something : instead of I bought something

Pacifically when they mean or I hope they mean specificity

I'm sure I will think of more to add to the list. However these two have been popping up a lot lately.

*“Educate yourself”

So. Fucking. Obnoxious.*

Oh my god, this absolutely!!
Also "problematic" and "called out" irritate the shit out of me...and this emoji 🤷‍♀️

Oh yes and the smug "meh" as PP says

Any sort of 'god only gives twins/special needs children to special parents' type crap. No idea what is said to parentts of twins with special needs!

On a similar topic, describing premature babies or those who had problematic births as ‘very special’ annoys me. I’d hope that any wanted child is special, even if it was mundane enough to be born at 40 weeks with no complications.

‘The problem is, is that...’. Why two verbs?

I can agree with all of these, and would also like to add ‘snowflake’. So fed up of that one!