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?

My son is a Solicitor, calls himself that. I always thought Lawyer was an American word.

“ I have taken annual leave without actually going on holiday. So there is some difference.” it’s a holiday whether you go away or stay at home. It’s a break/holiday from work.

Some that make me cringe:
'My bad'
'Arks' instead of Ask
As someone up thread mentioned: 'I literally died - or anything similar - no, you didn't
And why are people nowadays 'unwell' when they used to me 'ill' ??

*be

honest food.... bleugh

One of the kids in school said "no fair" today and my eye involuntary, slightly closed, like it does when I suck lemon off the rind.

‘Pan-fried’ really pisses me off. What the fuck else would you fry something in? A hoover? A naval bastard warship? And ‘gift’ meaning ‘give’. Makes me want to gift anyone who says it a kick up the arse.

Just thought of another one. While watching Film Review on BBC the other week, the expression 'lensed' as in filmed. What's that about 😮

Fry off I have never heard of.. Secondment not sure why that makes your skin crawl!!

“Out of this world” for food can be a bit a annoying...

“Supper” and “Hubby” also can be a bit cringey 😄

@DonaPatrizia

‘Pan-fried’ really pisses me off. What the fuck else would you fry something in? A hoover? A naval bastard warship? And ‘gift’ meaning ‘give’. Makes me want to gift anyone who says it a kick up the arse.

@donapatrizia

A deep-fryer? A flat-top griddle? An air-fryer?

'Have fun' or just any use of the word 'fun' which my SIL uses all the time. She has told me to have fun when I've been going to visit extremely sick relations (one of which was my father), who have soon after died and I've wanted to punch her.

Also, any more than 100% 'I always give it 110%' is often bleated out eg on Strictly or whatever (Do you actually know what 100% means you idiot? )

Once heard a friends partner ask her if she wanted a -
DRINKIPOO - vomit! And once heard an adult say while at the station, "I'm waiting on the choo,choo!

I have a thing that pisses me off, and it is hard to explain. So you know those sayings that are originally quite long; like “jack of all trades, master of none”. But you can get by by saying someone is a “jack of all”. I know someone, who when they hear one of these sayings - they have to complete it. And it makes me so irrationally angry! 🤣 For example if someone said “Ahh, grass is always greener”, they wouldn’t be able to help themselves by the piping up “on the other side”.

It’s ridiculous but I hate it! Also - cannot stand when anyone calls eggs “creamy” makes me want to be sick! 🤣🤣

Absolutely cringe when I hear someone say that got something “off” someone. Bloody hell, it is FROM. If it were Off the person would have been wearing it

I double crying when I hear “brought” used instead of “bought”

Let’s not even get into the “of” issues.

Lately I have seen far too many “too” posts. Don’t they know the difference between to, too and two?

@Annieconn my DS's ex used to say, "drinkipoo" I'd almost forgotten! She also used to ask if anyone wanted "a little toppy upple"? (Boak)

Ending every statement with, "do you know what I mean?" no matter the the everyday banality of the original statement. "I thought I'd just quickly make a coffee before we got started, do you know what I mean?" Er, well, you're speaking English and my first language is English so...

@DaddyCool60 actually "pre-order is shorthand for "pre-emptive order. It means ordering before the product be ones available. I buy meat, "on the hoof". My supplier waits until he has pre-sold (via pre-emptive orders) a whole beast before slaughtering.

Sorry if it has already been said but there seems to be a new trend at work for abbreviating words. My pet hate at the moment is "comms" instead of communications, as in "lets get some comms out about this".

Am I getting old or is this just lazy and unnecessary?

@friedmushroom totally agree that, "hubby" always makes me cringe.

The over use of the expression “living my best life.” You can’t be living your best life, you’re just living your life (you don’t have multiple lives to choose from) and if it’s good then lucky you.

Hoovering, it's a vacuum cleaner! I know that the brand name has entered the English language now but it does irrationally annoy me. It's even worse when described as hovering.

The word 'lose' is dying out if MN is anything to go by.

I was amused a while ago to see a poster proclaim herself to be a pedant while using 'loose' instead of 'lose' in the same post.

@friedmushroom my DH employed a man who referred to me as "your little wifey". I can't even spell it as it isn't a word. My DH replied "never say that in front of my wife, never, ever".
I have a couple of friends who mix up prostate and prostrate.

@MagicSummer

'An' is used if the h is silent, as in 'an hour'. The h in hotel is pronounced, so the correct pronunciation is 'a hotel'.

'You guys'. New boss says it all the time. A) i'm not a 'guy', and B) it's dismissive. Says things like: 'if one of you guys can set up a meeting, we'll discuss this later'. Hopefully none of you guys would say this.

Nearly as bad is when people say 'can I get a coffee'. It's 'have' - unless you intend to go behind the counter and help yourself.