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?

I think many of these are MN exclusives. I certainly don’t hear them or see them written elsewhere. Mostly they don’t bother me much but I do get irrationally offended by the use of less instead of fewer, and done instead of did. Also the word panties is repulsive.

"Free" when it is used to describe school meals, healthcare, bus passes and so on.

These things are not "free" just because the recipient doesn't pay for them directly. Someone still has to pay for them.

Elephant in the room
Eating the elephant in the room 🤢
Blue sky thinking

The ones I hate the most

#makingmemories and #blessed which with 2020 seems to have vanished

"I had A McDonald's/KFC" etc. You had a McDonald's....what...? It should be: "I had a meal/burger at McDonald's"!

Please remember a lot of these are colloquialisms and are all part of the rich tapestry that is our language!

So many..
‘At the end of the day’
‘That’ll learn them’
‘I texted him / her’
Anything or anyone going on a ‘journey’ or ‘part of a journey’

In fact, probably about 20% of language makes me see red.

You don't like "texted "? What do you say?

hubby
do one
touch base
hun
anyways
end of
bought - when it should be brought and vice versa
I see bla bla today - when it should be saw

Oh god so many that have already been said!! Particular skin crawlers are:

Boobing / booby milk 🤢 it is breastfeeding and breast milk

Should of / would of / could of IT IS HAVE NOT OF

"Welcomed" when you mean that you gave birth/had a baby
Yes, welcomed sounds so ridiculous as though the baby knocks at the door and is invited to stay.

I've got far too many but my current ones are
"What does .... look like?" As in "What does having four children look like?"

Facebook posts usually of a drink and a view saying "Well I've had worse Sundays"

To be fair, DD and her boyfriend seem to start or end every sentence with to be fair. It seems to have become the new like.

So many people on MN are screeched, screamed or shrieked at by strangers or they are terrified or literally shaking. I hardly ever hear these words used in RL.

Also "I'm going pub/McDonalds/toilet" where has 'to'gone?!

@twobrews

Also "I'm going pub/McDonalds/toilet" where has 'to'gone?!

Where I live, people say "Going a toilet" and it actually sets my teeth on edge!

Brigade - the anti mask brigade, the anti vax brigade as if they were an organised group, instead of individuals who happen to have a different view from yours.

Naice
Give your head a wobble
X more sleeps until..
Making memories
Cockwomble
Chillaxing

Oh.. and giggles/giggling

Passive aggressive put downs -
Jog on
You do you
Not changing for anyone
That’s just the way I am
Like it or lump it
Meh (loathe this word).
Others
Going forward
Curated (other than a museum curator type usage)
Literally - when not meant
Actually - rarely needed and often overused
So - used at start of sentence/reply/answer/post
But when ‘and’ would do and be less judgmental
‘Always’ - in an argument I hear myself using it when I don’t mean it at all - annoying and not at all helpful!

Err or Errrr at the start of posts on Mumsnet. I don't know anyone who does it in real.life.

Football managers always 'hit out' rather than get mildly angry
Everyone on here and in real life seems obsessed with a 'hot dinner'. Surely a meal with a certain amount of calories and nutrients is just as satisfying and filling whether hot or cold. I know I'm not alone as dh feels the same but most others seem to assume hot=meal, cold=snack.

Nearly all of this make me cringe a little, except famalam and cuppa. Like both of those. It's the stage that when someone says 'there's nothing worse than' I have to respond with 'yes there is, genocide' or similar. And if someone answers 'how are you?' with 'I'm good' I have to say 'at what?/quite big headed there'. But I work with teachers, they should be able to speak proper, init.

My least favourite phrase in the world is currently 'xyz broke me'. Often about something relatively trivial. No it didn't. Are you in peices? Have you had a breakdown?

Glad I got that off my chest. Off for a cuppa!

Everyone on here and in real life seems obsessed with a 'hot dinner'. Surely a meal with a certain amount of calories and nutrients is just as satisfying and filling whether hot or cold. I know I'm not alone as dh feels the same but most others seem to assume hot=meal, cold=snack.

I find it's the other way round, PIL think we're really extravagant for allowing the kids to have a 'hot dinner' at lunch time and then another hot meal in the evening. I haven't blown their minds by telling them they often have a hot breakfast too!

I've seen posts on here and FB asking what people give their children for tea/dinner if they have a school lunch.

At the moment ? "It's for your health and safety".

Reminds me too much of the Nazi phrase "it's for your safety".

Pickyplatter? oh that's exquisitely gruesome, mental images of a large plate laden with assorted scabs, old plasters, hairy moles, zits..... urgh!!!

When people say "furbaby" I imagine a sort of stuffed baby shaped teddy made out of fur. That's probably just me though.

I think the hot/cold thing comes from the idea of needing a hot meal each day. Growing up, weekends in particular were a hot roast dinner on a Sunday and a hot cooked meal on Saturday, with a lighter meal, usually sandwiches for the other main meal. Back then, hot dinners were seen as more substantial and more satisfying. I think it's tradition/old fashionedness more than anything!

Hun, hate it and i will ask you there and then to no t call me that