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’ve just realised my horrible grammar in the above post 🙈

@FenellaVelour

I was entirely confused when I first heard my Scots mother in law order a bottle of Coke, when she asked for a bottle of juice.

Juice? From which fruit or veg does Coke come from?

My Mum hated that use of “juice” and practically beat it out of us as kids. It’s equivalent to “pop” in other parts of the U.K.

Was she in Scotland at the time? If not, she’d have got a weird look from the guy behind the bar!

In Scotland, actual orange juice is always referred to as “fresh orange”. We don’t say “squash” either, we say “diluting juice”.

Staycation... No you’re just going the caravan for the weekend

I hate the whole “taste explosion” bollocks. It usually means you’ve been ripped off for a small amount of food and you’re desperately trying to justify the cost.

But then to me food is fuel. So just my opinion😁.

"End of."

Delivered triumphantly, as if this shuts down any intelligent debate, and the speaker can sit back in smug satisfaction.

Usually preceded by some loaded comment about Brexit.

I feel that words making you want to vomit isn't particularly normal. I'd go and see your GP.

I mean - I'm pretty sure the product description on a can of Coke is something along the lines of 'carbonated drink with vegetable extracts'. Not, like, sprout water, though, I shouldn't have thought.
I quite like it. I hadn't encountered it before a Cancer Research ad where a rather endearing lad, I think, referenced a donation costing less than 'your can of juice' which I realised didn't mean V8, and was probably a colloquialism for fizzy drink. I thought it was rather sweet.

The worst is glorious. Anything glorious.

I'm not a huge fan of 'intimacy' meaning 'sex'. Someone was becoming the fact that she'd clearly been ghosted having given it away at a Travelodge on the first date - fine; no judgement - and a poster told her to look on the bright side because she'd had 'some lovely intimacy' 🤢

bemoaning. Christ.

PoorMans Someone on MN referred to it as "intercourse" the other day!

Intercourse!

"We were having intercourse"

Peruse. What’s wrong with read?

Same for covet

I used to think the same about “peruse” @KeeefBurtain until I learned that it actually has a specific meaning of reading something very carefully and paying close attention to detail, so you might peruse a witness statement or a contract. We put it in lawyers’ timesheets to explain why we have spent a long time doing something, whereas “read” would convey a quicker, more cursory review. Until I learned that I just thought that colleagues were being pretentious! I do also think it is often used wrongly in other contexts though.

I loathe the new grammar trend I've noticed recently:

"The baby needs fed"
"The washing needs done"

Urghhh, it makes me shudder.

I also hate the trend of using "literally" in literally every sentence (see what I did there?), and the word "gotten".

'Period!' To show end of discussion
'Folks'. So patronising and arrogant
'Stay safe!'
'Oftentimes' where has this suddenly come from? What's wrong with just 'often?'

thepeopleversuswork I meant specifically the use of the word "huddle" to mean a short stand up meeting. It's one of those management-speak words.

I certainly cringe when people use the word ‘Cringe’

@notreallybotheredaboutausernam but that isn't a new grammar trend, it's a poor grammar trend.

In a similar vein aks drives me nuts. The word is ask and I simply cannot comprehend how the k is pronounced before the s.

@Oooohbehave

I hate 'moreish'

Like crystal meth...

@CherryRipe1

A university lecturer of mine used to interrupt people whenever they said 'obviously'.

He'd ask 'obvious to whom?'

We all dropped the habit sharpish!

"The baby needs fed"
"The washing needs done"

That's a regional variation. I was confused by it when I first saw it some years back (because it's not my region,) but it doesn't bother me now I know.

@EBearhug

"The baby needs fed" "The washing needs done"

That's a regional variation. I was confused by it when I first saw it some years back (because it's not my region,) but it doesn't bother me now I know.

Yes, @RosesAndHellebores it is standard in Scotland. It’s an elision of “the washing needs [to be] done”, the baby needs [to be] fed.

To my ears, “the baby needs feeding” “the washing needs doing” sounds wrong and bad grammar. ( I know it’s not).

When people say ‘rant over.’

[quote Ameanstreakamilewide]@CherryRipe1

A university lecturer of mine used to interrupt people whenever they said 'obviously'.

He'd ask 'obvious to whom?'

We all dropped the habit sharpish! [/quote]
Exactly! Judge Rinder is also acerbic regarding 'obviously'. I also dislike the use of 'basically' liberally used in sentences, oh and 'to be honest'.
I say 'arks' instead of 'ask'.

@EBearhug

"The baby needs fed" "The washing needs done"

That's a regional variation. I was confused by it when I first saw it some years back (because it's not my region,) but it doesn't bother me now I know.

It's creeping to other places then as I hear / see it all the time now. It probably wouldn't bother me if I heard a Scot say it. The same with "gotten" - I barely notice if an American says it, but coming from an (e.g.) English person, it sounds weird to my ears.