Phrases you hate

[Flyingfish2019]

Which are the phrases you hate in a conversation?

'Ticks all the boxes' I just hate and I don't know why. I especially hate it when I find myself saying it.

Oh, and also when thickos people use two different words consecutively that mean the same thing.

"I saw a big, massive dog earlier." " She was a really small, tiny little girl." Eurgh, shut up!

The term "Guys" sends me crackers
Hate it
My son heard it regular on ceebeebies

When he began saying it - ceebeebies got banned in this house

namechangetheworld "Reverted back" is one of those I really dislike.

"It's Christmas."

When used as a complete sentence, especially to tell people to be nice to each other.

SleepyReindeer I haven’t seen that film, and have used obtuse in conversation a fair few times. Usually describing the purposeful behaviour of one of my children, less frequently in a maths lesson.

'Sarnies', when referencing sandwiches.

"I was like, literally..." That's it, the end of the sentence. Sometimes accompanied by a type of mime like hand flapping, rolling eyes etc.

Another one is "He was making noises about" instead of "He said"

And lastly, 'Amazing'. Most things apparently are now amazing, yet I remain underwhelmed.

‘Hasn't there literally just been another thread on this?’ or one of its many variations.

MN has thousands of threads and little, if anything can be original. Yes, some subjects inspire repeat threads, but that’s the nature of the beast. Pulling people up for starting a thread is pretty poor, in my book; if you’re not interested in a thread, leave it and move on.

I'm with churchandstate re 'lifestyle choice'. Almost always in a benefit-bashing/poor-bashing context. See also 'You chose to...'.

'Sky fairy'/'imaginary friend' used to belittle people with a faith.

'The magic', in the Christmas context, especially when used by Santa-belief zealots.

'The property ladder'.

'Routine' (along with the implication that anyone without such a thing, especially in relation to babies and/or cleaning, is virtually degenerate).

'At the top of his game' (I say 'his' because it's usually applied to an MNer's dh or dp).

'He's/she's flying (academically)'.

Love you all the moon and stars. Makes no sense!

'Making noises about' doesn't mean just 'saying', though. It means (afaik) trying to hint about something/introduce it as an idea without being too direct about it.

I also find the reflexive-misuse hate a bit tiresome. Yes, it's incorrect, and yes, it's used in a mistaken belief that it's more formal or businesslike register, but the sneering about people who use it makes me feel quite uncomfortable on occasion.

Get a life makes me want to scream!

"My bad"
"Reaching out" when they mean writing a fucking email.
All of the stupid fam/holibobs/hubster/hun crew. You're an adult human so communicate like one.

I read a thread on here about illness and the poster stated that they had “been vomiting and bum ill all day”.

Bum ill?!?

Call it Diarrhoea. The runs. The shits. The squits. Upset stomach.

Anything other than bum ill.

When cashiers say ‘see you later’ at the end of the transaction.

Err, no, I won’t see them later, or are they are stalking me.

I also find the reflexive-misuse hate a bit tiresome. Yes, it's incorrect, and yes, it's used in a mistaken belief that it's more formal or businesslike register, but the sneering about people who use it makes me feel quite uncomfortable on occasion.

It has become a fashionable target for the pedants, but this doesn't make it OK.

It's gaining traction - I've seen it in my children's school correspondence.

When cashiers say ‘see you later’ at the end of the transaction.

Jeez! They're just being friendly.

Entropy, agree it's not OK and needs (gentle) countering, of course. It's just there's definitely a tone of 'looking down on' and 'who do they think they are, trying to sound educated' in a lot of the sneering.

When people say 'om nom nom' when they're about to eat something tasty.

Entropy, agree it's not OK and needs (gentle) countering, of course. It's just there's definitely a tone of 'looking down on' and 'who do they think they are, trying to sound educated' in a lot of the sneering.

This was probably true a few years ago but now younger, well-educated graduates use it too, they've seemingly absorbed it at university. I don't think it could be considered sneering anymore, just bafflement.

Chocs/choccies

Does that make sense?

Urgh

Big
Little
Like
Sorry (instead of excuse me)
Literally

Furbabies for cats or dogs really gets my goat.