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

633 replies

DilemmaADay · 18/10/2020 14:57

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 Grin
'Move on' when talking about a bad situation - yeah, because the person with the problem really hasn't thought about that Hmm...
'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?

OP posts:
keeprocking · 19/10/2020 12:44

@Bouncealot

‘Going forward’. Ever tried going backwards in time?
You never saw Quantum Leap, still one of all time favourites!
RincewindsHat · 19/10/2020 12:55

'pop of colour' when talking about interiors

'haven't got a pot to piss in' urrrgghhhhh

Bbq1 · 19/10/2020 13:02

Obsessed for example, "I am obsessed with this make up".
NO, you LIKE the make up...

LaMarschallin · 19/10/2020 13:06

NO, you LIKE the make up...

Quite.

And I'd like to buy it if I can afford it.
I don't "need this in my life".

Bbq1 · 19/10/2020 13:06

Also:
LTB
Get out. Now
Do people really think an woman with kids, a home, job etc can just walk out of their front door at that actual moment?
Hate "Get your ducks in a row". Yuk. Just stupid. Why not say, "Get your paperwork in order"?

janaus50s · 19/10/2020 13:07

Plating up ..

janaus50s · 19/10/2020 13:18

Literally ..

Brefugee · 19/10/2020 13:22

when i was pregnant first time and we were just about doing ok financially, i used to come home from the OB/GYN with my pot to take my sample in next time (not UK - lots of scans and check ups here) i always used to say "at least we have a pot to piss in"

because it annoyed DH so much Grin. Not. Sorry.

CharityRoyall · 19/10/2020 13:32

I cannot stand ‘full of cold’. Irrational but it just sounds so self indulgent, I know it’s silly to think that but I can’t help it. You HAVE a cold, just say you have a cold, please.

janaus50s · 19/10/2020 13:41

Matchy matchy (as in matching clothes)

whatsyournamenow · 19/10/2020 15:40

Brew!

VeganVeal · 19/10/2020 15:43

I'd smash her fart hole in
She'd get it in both holes

McT123 · 19/10/2020 15:49

I'd smash her fart hole in
She'd get it in both holes

You know some charmers...

Screenburn · 19/10/2020 15:51

‘Toms’ instead of tomatoes. Goes right through me for some reason!

Lookingoutside · 19/10/2020 16:13

Stick the kettle on.

Put my feet up.

Andante57 · 19/10/2020 16:20

I've also realised that "don't you know" and, worse, "doncha know" (usually without question marks) at the end of a post irritate me.

Oh I’d forgotten about ‘doncha know’. It’s bloody awful.

alianangel · 19/10/2020 16:29

Lean in

Used at work by people who also reach out.

diggadoo · 19/10/2020 16:35

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therarebear · 19/10/2020 16:51

Please may you...
It's all good
It was ever thus
Hun
Mischievous pronounced mis-cheev-i-us
Yourself/myself (instead of you/me)
Fag hag

Houserabbit · 19/10/2020 16:54

I urge you
Nom nom nom
Lens... as in ‘view it through their lens’

BobbinThreadbare123 · 19/10/2020 17:14

I don't like 'no' asked as a question ie
"You knew that when you bought it, no?"
Arrrrgh!
Also I thread I spotted today asking if someone should purposefully do something when they meant purposely.

Winniewonka · 19/10/2020 17:17

Agree with all the dislike of 'go'.
I once saw Olly Murs being interviewed and he said "I needed to go toilet" - I just thought why haven't you moved on? I'd expect that phrase from a toddler😬

Yorkshirelass04 · 19/10/2020 17:18

Chrimbo for Christmas!

It always reminds me of just seventeen magazine as they used to say it a lot

Jenniferturkington · 19/10/2020 17:24

Pre-order- er, no I’ve still ‘ordered’ it’s just the delivery will be later.
Forewarned- again, ‘warned’ would suffice.

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