To cringe when people say...

[Dalmore30]

Food being described as ‘beautiful’, ‘gorgeous’ or ‘stunning’ makes me wants to vomit.

I have to bite my tongue when people say ‘fry off’ rather than just fry.

And the word ‘secondment’ makes my skin crawl!

Is anyone with me on these?

I agree @cheetasOnFajitas but if I'm honest someone using a phrase because it's regional and in a down to earth way annoys me far less than the me myself, yourself and less rather than fewer folk who think they are a cut above because they have a Masters degree from a post 92.

@lottiegarbanzo

Most of the 'cheffy' nonsense (and especially 'plate of food') could be eradicated in one fell swoop by removing Gurning Greg from Masterchef. He's not cute and he's not clever.

And a he's former fruit and veg man, too! So I don't know why his opinion is so earth shattering.

The ‘cheeky’ Nando's makes my minge cringe.

@QuizzlyBear

'End of'.

No love, saying that doesn't mean you've just had the last word / won the argument. It just makes you sound like a close-minded tosspot. 🤯

And everyone knows how you get the last word in any argument...

'I expect you're right' - is always a winner!

Prep as in food preparation. It sounds so cheffy.
The verb thing. Bubbling. We are bubbling with my mum.
A smoky eye. A red lip. What, just the one ?
Many years ago someone offered me a cup of drink. It still makes me shudder to this day.

Burgeoning, as in baby bump.
Eye-popping curves, not necessarily meant in a good way.

Oh and one more. Stunning when used to describe a mediocre housing development. A stunning collection of 2, 3 and 4 bed houses.

A cup could of course be stunning, if applied with adequate force to a head. I don't think that's what they mean though!

Anyone who begins or includes within written text 'Dear Reader'

Fuck off.

Own it.
Have no idea what behaviours constitute "owning" something. All sounds very gang-speak, well 'ard, when in fact you're just posting words on the internet and no-one's scared of you.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

that was in reply to @NHSEA "off of"

and "gifting" from @Bluesheep8

My reply function seems awry

I don't think most of the "criticism" on this thread is class-based - it strikes me as pretension-based: people suddenly adopting largely meaningless buzz words to try to sound more fashionable (influencers' gush) or more professionally assertive (all the business jargon) or more ethically elevated (the prim new dialect of self-education and privilege-checking). My brain does a ?! at curate/triggered/excited FOR not BY, etc, because it's not what those words mean in my head. But to younger people, it's what they've always meant, more or less - it's how language evolves.

@Ameanstreakamilewide

'Rock up' i will loathe until my dying day and I'll have no truck with it.

'Turns up', 'arrives', 'got there' - what's wrong with any of these perfectly fine phrases.
I'm sure they'll be acceptable again when the other abomination inevitably falls out of favour.

There is also 'Rolls up' as in 'They rolled up late for the funeral. It's only Rock 'n Roll but I hate it! I also dislike statements that frequently contain 'obviously' e.g. 'I went to work obviously, then realised my boyfriend had nicked my phone obviously'. What is obvious about that?

CheeseOnFajitas

"Mumsnet has guidelines in place about personal attacks and hate speech, leave them to do the policing and just step away from a thread if it upsets you."

It's not "personal attacks" or "hate speech" by any stretch: it doesn't upset me at all and I don't want it policed or censored. I just think its mean-minded, ungenerous and unimaginative. And neurotic as fuck.

And don't tell me to step away from a thread, I'm entitled to my opinion. And not alone by the looks of it.

Same goes for the smug 'Polite Notice'.

You just took me right back to the several hundred "gentle reminders" (texts) I used to get from dd's primary school.

Eyes peeled makes me bawk.

Hearing Carol present BBC weather every morning using a variety of well-worn metaphors, similes and clichés (the South will get the lion's share of the sun/Wall to wall sunshine/temperatures will reach the dizzy heights of...)

I know this is meant to be "light-hearted" (my personal bugbear) but it leaves me feeling depressed when people pick apart the way others speak like this...
There have been no names given here, no workplaces shared, if you are feeling depressed about words on a forum, I suggest that you stop reading said (I hate this) forum.
I also really dislike the use of the word sadly when someone has died. Another one I dislike is the use of the word passed, when someone has died.

‘Gentle reminder.....’

Still going to ignore.

Cringe, lush and instagrammable

It gives me indescribable rage when people use the term 'works up' in knitting, for example talking about how a particular yarn 'works up lovely' (looks nice) when knitted. I don't know why but it makes me want to stab the person with their knitting needles. And I love knitting!

Also the word 'youngster', especially when spoken by a patronising down-with-the-kids middle aged man in a TV interview. Sets my teeth on edge.

Argh, I have a Zoom later where, according to the agenda, there will be a "deep dive". Clearly right into a pile of pretentious wank.
Agree. Shallow swim too.

"Journey" when people are talking about the course of their lives, rather than when travelling from one place to another.

'End of'.

Plus it's a dangling modifier! Just kill the fucker and have done with it ...

Also the person I know who likes to say 'ruck up' instead of arrive. Not rock up - slightly embarrassing but implies a level of cool lateness and a rock and roll lifestyle. Ruck up. ("We'll ruck up about 11 which will give us time to get settled.")
Just, no.

Just kill the fucker and have done with it

Disclaimer: not literal. (Redeploying po-face).