To ask you what your least favourite phrase is?

[Nutkin123]

I'll start, mine are:

"Boys will be boys"

"Think outside the box"

"Blue sky thinking" this makes my blood boil when someone says it at work.

Making memories
Reaching out

Bleurgh

Another one for “reaching out”.

“I’ll reach out to X and ask her about [whatever]”

“Well you could, but we’re in London and she’s in New York and I don’t think your arm’s long enough. Emailing or phoning will probably be more effective.”

Q. "Would you like a coffee?"
A. "Go on then" OR "If you like"

.......like the person being asked if doing you a big favour by accepting you offer! Is "Yes please" so hard?

*your offer

"it's very unique".
It's either unique (ie only one ever) or it's not - there's no grading within uniqueness.
(It's a popular phrase on the baby names board).

"Crack on"

“Literally” and “virtually” as in “my jaw was literally in the floor when I heard that”. No, it wasn’t.

When I hear “at the end of the day” I always add “it gets dark”. It always reminds me of people on Jeremy Kyle “at the end of the day that baby is mine”, usually said by someone in a cheap track suit with a gold chain around their neck and several missing teeth.

“Reach out” makes me cringe.

I’ve lived in the US for several years now and I still don’t get “hanging out”. Even the dentist said it recently “I’m just going to use this in case there are any bacteria hanging out there” after she took out a wisdom tooth.

There are many but at the moment it's "Give your head a wobble".

Also the misuse of "literally"

"I literally almost died of embarrassment"

No you didn't.

@BritWifeinUSA literally posted at the same time!

Not really a phrase that someone would use verbally, but I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND

"Stop the world, I want to get off"

It genuinely makes me want to scream and throw my phone out the nearest window. Irritating as crabs.

comfort zone

I have so many, that it would be easier to say phrases I do like. Anyone who says 'reached out' instead of 'contacted' deserves to have their stupid reaching, flapping arm trapped firmly in the door.

“Baby daddy”
“Reached out to...”
“Chow down on...”

The first and last of these are revolving phrases, and the second is just annoying-why can’t people say contacted?

@missmouse101 cross posted and totally agree!

"could care less"

THAT MEANS YOU DO CARE YOU IDIOT, ITS COULDNT CARE LESS

"You do you"- well, yeah, of course I am- who else can I "do".
Its a snarky rude put down which is thinly veiled as some kind of empowering mantra. You know whomever says that is saying it with a sneer whilst looking down on you for whatever you are doing.

I hate when people use faux put downs of themselves in an attempt to fish for compliments. Eg "OMG I look like Shamu dont I?"- whilst posting themselves a size 0 in a sprayed on dress- cue lots of people gushing
"no- you look amazing hun!" vom

More than just irritating but actually offensive to me is when people say 'kept the kids alive' or 'this, this and this went wrong but at least they didn't die'.

The implications is you've done the bare minimum or had a complete nightmare of a day but at least you arent such a terrible parent that your children died. Of course, people don't mean this to be offensive but it's so thoughtless and angers every bereaved parent I know.

I also saw a caption shared saying 'boys - less trouble than girls but easier to keep alive' - again, infuriating on multiple levels

Harder*

"Adult" as a verb, especially when it's a middle-aged colleague complaining that he "just can't even adult today" Really? Because you've had 30 years practice; WTF is wrong with you?

“This that and the rest of it” annoys me because I used to live with someone who said it at the end of almost every sentence.

My brother uses “and stuff” a lot which is also annoying - “I’m going to the shops and stuff”, “We went for dinner and stuff”

Drives me mad!

Lots of turning verbs into nouns, like gifting, medalling, etc.

Agree with lots of the above, but especially "making memories".

Piece of piss
Gobsmacked
Ducks in a row and not my circus. Phrases I've only seen on MN and not heard in rl.
Making memories
You melt our hearts and other twee shite.

Just lately one that I seem to be seeing a lot and is particularly annoying is: "You got this."

My partner says "eyes as red as the devil's d*ck" instead of just saying someone's very tired. I HATE it! Doesn't say around kids obviously

Holibobs.
Childebeasts.
Making memories.

Bad enough written down but I know people who use them in real life and I can't stand the phrases.