Phrases you hate

[Flyingfish2019]

Which are the phrases you hate in a conversation?

"At the end of the day..."
"...and all that."
Any sentence using the verb grab. "I'll just grab X first. Let's grab a coffee. I need to grab a bite." Argh! Argh! Argh!
"Anyhoo"

The worst possible is when I'm speaking to a service and the first thing I'm asked is "And how are you today?" followed by a pause. They are not being friendly; they are just being a moron. They do not care about my emotional state; they just want to sell me something. Why not be straightforward and say "Good morning". This reminds me of living in the US when everyone would ask "How are you" as a greeting that did not invite a response. I'm not sure what's worse!! I think I'd prefer it without a pause as they keep on walking by.

Super being used instead of very

People referring to their family or friends as “their favourites”.

Fuck off

Catte, for some reason I don't mind needs doing. If someone said 'This needs doing as soon as possible', it wouldn't grate on my ears on quite the same way as 'needs done'. I do appreciate that this might be unreasonable of me .
I picture the people who say 'needs gone' as the same people who say 'ickle' and 'hubby'.

"Going out with the girls" said by anybody above about 25 years old.
Fuck off.

Can't say 'needs gone' has ever crossed my lips, tbh. I also kwym re 'needs doing' etc, as that's what I would naturally say myself. I just don't think it's fair to call it ungrammatical.

"And that ladies and gentlemen is"

"At the end of the day" especially when repeated over and over

"Let me just tell you" usually the start of a long rant full of bollocks

"This one" as in out with this one today above a selfie arrrgghhh just put their bloody name, though this phrase does seem to be dying off

And my biggest hate:

The titles of Friends shows "The one when" 😡

'Do better'. FUCK OFF.

I do do the pronouns thing but it's because I got fed up of other football fans thinking I was a man on an Everton forum I used to frequent.

"And that ladies and gentlemen is"

Horrible.

'Is this a thing?' 'It's a thing' describing current trends. I really hate this.

I have a new pet hate of phrases: the "informal conversational" error messages on my computer. Is this one of Bill Gates's bright ideas?

Hmmm... we can't find this page.

You're not connected... and the internet isn't the same without you. Let's help you get back online.

We've run into system problems. :( Bear with us while we sort it out.

Error messages are not the place for chatty conversation. Give me the traditional blue screen of death any day! Also, I remember being drilled at primary school never to write abbreviated words, such as "can't", except when people are actually speaking.

‘A red lip ‘ ... what about the other one ? Do you leave that one natural?

"Own it"
"Call her out"

On my journey (unless it actually involved travel)

I feel quite violent towards “give your head a wobble”. Also “snowflake”.
I really don’t like “let me be clear” or “let’s be clear” either.

This might be controversial but I hate that phrase about loving you 'to the moon and back'
Pass sick bucket

On the subject of 'calling out', I'm not a fan of the new fashion for 'confronting' people over every little thing. (It seems on here sometimes as if half the posters are busily 'confronting' people and the other half are going to enormous, contortive lengths to avoid addressing an issue directly because they 'don't like confrontation').

"My anxiety"
"Rocked"
"Rocked up"
Just "Rock..." in general, when not related to pieces of stone or the motion of grandma's chair.

Calling a little boy a "little man."

"As to" (as in "enquire as to whether X is available") - rarely adds anything meaningful to a sentence.

Saying passive aggressive to mean someone is not saying what they mean. That's not what passive aggressive is!

Calling a vacuum cleaner a Hoover if it's not a Hoover.

Poorly - ugh! Just say ill, or if it's not that serious, not very well. Actually I think the most infuriating use of this word is one someone who is very ill, or dying, is described as "very poorly."

Haven't got a clue. I have no idea why I hate this one so much but I much prefer just "I don't know."

Passed away for died.

Nudist camp (or colony) for naturist club.

Brexit. It's bad enough that we probably have to have it, without giving it a silly acronym.

“Our own little family”, as in “we are having Christmas with our own little family.”

Yuk. No. Twee and very 🙄

Just remembered another really annoying one. The expression 'be like'.
For example:
'cats be like ...'
'students be like ...'
Usually accompanied by a stupid meme.

Get Brexit Done

"Please Wash The Dishes and Put Them Away......It's The Cleaning Fairy's Day Off" usually a twee little A4 poster in the work staff room.
Oh ha ha how my sides ache

And "Super" over used "Super excited" "Super Easy" "Super Interesting"

Unpleasant but phrases like
Kiddy Porn
Kiddie Fiddler
Paedo

And the wrong use of the word Paedophile . It applies to pre-pubescent not just underaged .

Rest bite

Pacifically. er no its specifically you thick cunt.

Problematic makes my teeth itch.