Words and phrases that you can't stand...

[DilemmaADay]

What words and phrases irrationally (or rationally!) annoy you.

Mine are:
'Doggo' - DP uses this all the time, why make the word 'dog' longer
'No is a complete sentence' - just sounds so dismissive and I doubt anyone IRL would talk like this
'That doesnt work for us' - just sounds rude
'Little man' to describe a boy
'Hubby' - this is irrational as loads of people say this
'Boils my piss' - conjours horrible images in my head
'Move on' when talking about a bad situation - yeah, because the person with the problem really hasn't thought about that ...
'It is what it is' - one if those phrases that seemed to spawn from Love Island, I dont know why I hate it.

Any more?

Lil family/man
Holibobs
Need gone - Facebook!
Making memories

Another one - small one/smalls when referring to children. A friends husband does this is reference to their children even though they're now teenagers!

"You got this"

'Famalam' for family

'Lush' - makes my skin crawl. I see it a lot on here.
'Veggies' - stop trying to make vegetables/your diet choice sound cute.
'Yessum/yeppers' - grow up and say yes, you cretin.
'Babe' - when used to describe a baby. Grim.
'Team work makes the dream work' - abhorrent phrase which reminds me of something a PE teacher would say to try and inspire people.
'Self-Isolating' - I feel a lot of people get a sense of feeling special when they announce they are having to do this.
Doggo, pupper and kiddo have already been mentioned, but they are equally as cringe to read/hear.

@Woodlandanimals

The term “Need gone” all over Facebook marketplace

Absolutely this.

Yummy mummy. I saw a woman with this emblazoned on her changing bag. Bleurgh

I have to add lush and babe to my list. I could never leave those words pass my lips.

@Beaverdam100

I have to add lush and babe to my list. I could never leave those words pass my lips.

I felt repulsed by myself having to type it out, thinking of someone describing food as 'lush'. I once heard someone say that their 'sweet, beautiful babe' was sleeping. I felt like I'd stepped back in time.

@flaviaritt
I cant stand "you do you" either! It's a really lazy, dismissive term that makes it sound like "its up to you" but in a more snappy way

Excessive management-speak! It negatively impacts my ability to think outside the box and engage in blue-skies thinking about strategic modalities for incentivizing the delivery of quality outcomes!

'Do one'

'So I told her to do one....'

Crass.

So many I agree with on here! Especially Rainbow baby and tinkly little laugh
I’ll add ducks in a row- it really bothers me!

functionality. I went on a computer course and it was definitely over-used.

@nearlynermal Okay in that case 'little man's sounds really cute when used by the vet for your cat it's when it's used for babies that it irks me

'Living my best life' ... Fuck off

Also:

'Pre-loved' for second-hand.

'Well, at least it must get you lots of sympathy!' (When said about a minor-ish ailment, most commonly a hoarse voice. Haven't heard it since the pandemic started. At least saying that to me must get you lots of risk of being murdered!)

'Happy birthday!' when said to me. I am completely birthday-phobic.

'Virtue signalling' when said to imply that no one could ever have different views from the speaker, and must be pretending to do so to appear virtuous.

'Snowflake' used as an insult.

'Boomer', 'Millennial' and other age-group terms, especially when used as insults.

'And just like that'

'Boyo'

Myself used incorrectly.
Eg

“Myself and my husband” instead of “my husband and I”

literally (said 100 times)
fink
mommy
im not being funny, but
do you know what i mean (said 100 times in same paragraph)
believe you me
hubby/hubster
front bottom (!!!!!!????)
OMG
making memories

'Blue sky thinking'
'This isn't my first rodeo'
'At the end of the day'
All phrases used by my idiot twatting boss.

I also detest when I hear (or read) Americans say 'happy new yearS' uuurrrggghh it makes my eye twitch.
There is only one New Year, not multiple new years. 'Happy New Year.' That's it.

No drama.

Aarrgghhh.

@VioletCharlotte - I know what you mean about cute but I think your friend has been watching too much American TV as their definition means pretty when describing an outfit not cute in the sense we would use it.

Here's some of mine:

Baby Daddy
Pop of Colour
Ducks in a row
Out with the Boys - do not use if the 'Boys' are over 25 years old
The Wife

Play date
Date night
Hubby
Fur Baby

Choccy
In this space (corporate speak, “we think there’s a real opportunity to play in this space”, I hear it all the time now)
Holibobs with my famalam