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?

@dottiedaisee

I cringe at the word toilet...loo for me every time!! Also cannot bare the words ...end of if having a disagreement!!

You sound like my mum. She always used to say ‘it’s loo, not toilet!’

‘Chrimbo for Christmas!

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

Ugh. And they always said ‘lippy’ for lipstick.

Ugh, yes. Pop of colour is so overused. Along with 'spiked with' in a culinary context. It was fine at first, now it's a cliché.

All the food and drink ones

Cuppa. Or worse, cuppy
Brew
Om nom fucking nom
Yum
Yummy
Tasty

And all the descriptions of food and food prep

Toms
Pots
Jkt pots
Hot choc (that one really winds me up)

Food is chucked, bunged or thrown in the oven

Salads are always HUGE
Pots of chilli are alway MASSIVE

I knows it's irrational to get so annoyed

@Lookingoutside

‘Chrimbo for Christmas!

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

Ugh. And they always said ‘lippy’ for lipstick.

They always used "boyf" as well. Add that to my list although it seems to have fallen out of favour

And just like that

🙄

I've just seen 'cuppa' on another thread and nearly threw up.

I'm good instead of I'm well when you ask someone how they are...
Should /could / would of
Can I get... when ordering coffee etc

I've just seen someone on a Facebook page asking if someone can 'gift' a shoebox for a school project.

Shit show - endemic on here for some reason. I absolutely hate it!

Any sentence beginning with 'So'..

The term 'cash waiting' gets to me much more than it should

Gobsmacked

“It got darked on.”

Smug posters pile on believing they are the last word in hilarity for leaving their washing out all night . Falling over themselves to belittle people who...happen to bring their washing in at night.

May have been mildly amusing the 1st time. But there are regular posts devoted to this banale topic .

Outwith

Call out (someone on something).

Social distancing - it’s physical distancing.

Gaslighting is ridiculously overused on MN.

Reach out.

Thrown under the bus - it seems to used wrongly in the UK or it has a different meaning there than here.

Movies/awesome/fries/gotten/vacation said by anyone who is not from or on this continent

“My grandma/mum used to say ‘if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. No thanks. I believe in free speech. You don’t have to agree with me. But don’t stop me from saying it.

Potty for toilet. My (American) husband says “I have to go potty”. I scream inside.

Juggling. “Juggling work and kids”.

“Go Bears/Eagles/Hawks” or any other team name. I have yet to see a contestant on a game show here who doesn’t do this when asked where they are from. The host says “and where are you from?” Contestant says “Anytown, Indiana. Go Eagles!” And I’m thinking “where are the eagles supposed to go?”.

Making memories.

Living my best life.

“Keeping us all safe and well from the virus” when people are talking about medical staff. By the time I’m in the presence of a medic I’m certainly not well.

Key worker. Especially when it’s said to garner some form of praise or gratitude from others.

“It’s the ROOOOOOLZ”.

Hubby
Famalam
Holibobs
Lip, instead of lips. As in "I wore a red lip".

'wow' as a noun. 'a wow.'

'I often make these for dinner guests and they always go down a wow!'

What.

Also I used to read Sugar and Shout magazines in the 90s and they always called parents 'the Olds' - I'd never heard it before and it made me rage for some reason!

Chow down. Makes me think of dog food.
Get stuck in.
Get-together. Chin-wag.
Pardon?
Reach out.
LO.
Nibbly bits.

'eat healthy' instead of healthily
'needs done' or variations of... 'this wall needs repainted' REPAINTING IT NEEDS REPAINTING

Hands face space
Stay at home - protect the NHS
Rule of 6
And any other daft slogans the Government come up with.

When people say they "did" a country.

No Sharon. You didn't "Do Mexico" last year. You stayed in an overpriced all inclusive for a fortnight which you left once in a nice air conditioned coach for a guided tour. This does not equate to having experienced very much at all, you cannot consider an entire country to be "done".

You visited Mexico, sure.

@minipilling

'eat healthy' instead of healthily 'needs done' or variations of... 'this wall needs repainted' REPAINTING IT NEEDS REPAINTING

That Martell from 'Homes Under The Hammer' says 'This needs repainted/renovated/updated' all the effing time and it drives me loopy. I'm sure people will say it's a Scottish thing but my friend is from just outside Dundee and she assured me she's never said it in her life. And it sounds bloody stupid at any rate.

When I was small. No its when I was young or a child. Why would someone refer to their size.

Poke bowl. ????
I've 3 children. No its i have 3 children!!!
I'm abit poorly. This one makes me want to boil over with rage!