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Phrases you hate

248 replies

Flyingfish2019 · 13/12/2019 23:31

Which are the phrases you hate in a conversation?

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WingingItSince1973 · 15/12/2019 00:39

Oh and also 'bang on trend' 😅

wellthatwasthat · 15/12/2019 00:51

"Can I get.......?"

As spoken by customers in coffee shops. It absolutely infuriates me.

SuzieSunshine · 15/12/2019 00:57

'These bad boys'. Jamie Oliver, especially, says it a lot when he's referring to a nice bunch of veg. I hate it!!

Riv12345 · 15/12/2019 01:18

Give me a bell

Readthisearlier · 15/12/2019 01:47

When people type "on point". It's "en pointe".

Thanking you makes me feel physically ill.

Doyouavocado · 15/12/2019 01:52

When people refer to their husband as hubby

BARF

Grandmi · 15/12/2019 02:13

End of and snowflake...both expressions/ words make me bloody cringe !!

Skyecat · 15/12/2019 02:19

'Hit the ground running' in job adverts.

oabiti · 15/12/2019 02:34

Go/aim for the jugular.

GruffaIoChrimbo · 15/12/2019 02:37

voting ''while holding my nose''. Nope, own it.

AgeOld · 15/12/2019 02:39

"Taste of their plate".
I get visions of people snacking on china... and also the word 'snacking', everyone needs to be snacking.

100% Agree about "these are my pronouns". Are they?

'You do you'.
'You got this'.
'It is what it is' well ok, what else would it be?

'Quiet instead of 'quite. Or am I missing something? E.g. it's quiet a bit annoying that you're saying something isn't very loud rather than using quite.

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stupidtabloidheadlines · 15/12/2019 03:30

'get Brexit done'

wanderings · 15/12/2019 06:45

@CatteStreet I like the word "catty" actually. Wink

EntropyRising · 15/12/2019 07:39

Unicorn.

Isitactuallyme · 15/12/2019 07:45

#Livingmybestlife
#blessed

Mycatisthebest · 15/12/2019 08:09

"Get Brexit done" and "oven ready"

Nottatory · 15/12/2019 08:51

Reach out
Om nom nom
Chaps - especially when referring to a mixed gender group "right, chaps....."
My bad
Splendid or marvellous or marvellous scenes

There's loads more but they're the ones that immediately spring to mind....

Babdoc · 15/12/2019 09:12

Wellthatwasthat, I agree! When the DC used to say “Can I have...”, I always replied “Yes, it’s physically possible” without providing it, until they realised and switched to “May I have..”

Paintedmaypole · 15/12/2019 09:25

Must have, silly advertising speak

Shop the dress/ shoe etc, you shop FOR something and usually buy a pair of shoeS.

Unusualusernames · 15/12/2019 09:46

Ping me an email 🤮

Hit the ground running.

You do you babe

Bin85 · 15/12/2019 09:49

At the end of the day

The position they found themselves in

Festive ( hate that word for some reason)

My little miss or madam etc

MuseumOfIdiots · 15/12/2019 10:04

"I'm not being funny but..." Frequently said at work by a colleague and always immediately followed by something not funny and usually insulting to me and his colleagues.

"With all due respect..." Frequently said at work by a different colleague and always immediately followed by something disrespectful and usually insulting to me and his colleagues.

CatteStreet · 15/12/2019 10:52

I can't get worked up about 'can' vs 'may', as long as the phrasing and manner of asking are polite.

wanderings Grin

Aderyn, I guess I think it's OK, as a contraction of a grammatically valid structure (yup, descriptivist and proud of it). Do you think 'needs doing' is OK? A case could be made (not that I would agree with it) for that being more ungrammatical than 'needs done'.

The 'shop the dress' thing reminds me - I do dislike the 'edit' nonsense on clothing shop websites, and the habit of talking about 'a trouser' or (worse) 'a jean'.

'Buy' without an object. As in house buying - 'we're looking to buy in London' - or wrt Christmas - 'I buy for my family, dh buys for his'. It's not ungrammatical and the context makes it comprehensible, but it irrationally annoys me.

On the subject of housing: 'rented accommodation', or 'living in rented'. Urgh. The very use of 'accommodation' implies something temporary and precarious and therefore stigmatising. I assume that sort of usage is going to have to change as the number of people renting grows.