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?

Off of.

What’s your beef with secondment op? You’d hate working at my work it’s used all the time.
In fact I had a conversation with my boss yesterday and we probably said it about 10 times between us! (I have just returned to role from secondment)
Although the word “placement” has been known to be used instead I think that’s worse.

@Toilenstripes

I am sat.

Are you now? You’re not “sitting?”

I hate this, too. Didn’t bother me when it was a legitimate regional variation, but it’s everywhere now. I even heard my 83 year old RP-speaking mother say it. We were both shocked.

See also: I am/was stood.

I hate all of the above and many more. In particular, I detest the current obsession with prefacing every single sentence with 'So'.

'Comprises of' - I even saw this in the Graun the other day and almost cancelled my annual £50 support fee.

Would of / should of / could of. This is lazy and ungrammatical.

'Plate up', always heard on cooking programmes - "time to plate up now". Why can't they just say put it on a plate? why does every NOUN have to be bastardised into a VERB??????

I think so may be the new like. When I was younger people put like into every sentence.

What drives me mad is when my brother says “lols” instead of laughing. He clearly doesn’t find it funny and lols should only be used in texts.

When people say “can you borrow me £1”. One of DD’s friends says it. and she says “I brung” rather than “I brought”

I second the hatred of the word lush. And, brew! I'm a Lancastrian and I've always hated it! I NEVER say it. Or, do you want a cuppa? Can't stand that either! I don't mind oven baked until Gary Fucking Lineker gets involved! And, people who say Di Toyt for the surname Du Toit! And, fanny, cannot stand the word, full stop, end of, lol (!) And, reaching out. Also hate it when people say "I'm lathered", revolting. Pacific instead of specific drives me insane. I could go on all night

Stunning.
Yoite teally not tunning. People are lying to be kind. Yes you have scrubbed up well for the selfie with your fake veyebrows fake lashes fake tan fake teeth fake lips etc.
You look nice . Stunning no.
If it were true then that means everyone is stunning.

I agree with the trend for verbing (see what I did there?) It's quite infuriating and I think the speaker wants to possibly sound trendy and edgy but they just sound a bit childish.

I don't see the issue. Sometimes food is beautiful, gorgeous and stunning. Some people put a lot of effort into food and its presentation and taste and that is a lovely thing!

I think you need a hobby ;)

My 16 year old describes certain food as, ‘Quite sexy, TBH.’ It makes me laugh, as she’s a sweet, charming and young. She also says it in a tongue in cheek manner. If someone older said it, I’d cringe.

Cute irritates me. People telling each other they look cute - middle-aged women in this case. Puppies, kittens and small children are cute. Some soft toys are cute. Proper adults are not cute and if they are, there's something wrong.

Food looks better and is more appetizing when it's been presented well but there's such a thing as going overboard.
It's just food on a plate.
Shit waiting to happen.

I fucking hate it when people on here drone on about 'hosting'.

‘Stunning’ All those ordinary looking, hand on hip, crossed at the knees selfies, often take in front of a door or a public toilet 🤦‍♀️

‘Super’ for very or so. I always hear it in the voice of that actress (can’t remember her name) ‘so, there was this one time at band camp’

‘Devastated’ over something so minor, its barely worth a ‘tut’

@CheetasOnFajitas

My husband is a Scot and, of course, sometimes uses the term “piece” to mean a sandwich. However, I have also heard him use it to mean a dickhead. To pluck a random (but plausible) example from the air: “Jacob Rees-Mogg: he’s a real piece”.

Pan fry , I always think go on then let's see how you fry something without a pan
In a deep fat fryer

‘Strategic’ is way overused in work-speak to the point of being meaningless.

I also hate hubby or any of the variants, and ‘how many sleeps’.

@ElGuardiandenoche in your example, food is not the hero. It is the noun that is the object of the verb “to hero”.

Hero is not a verb. It is a noun (a proper noun in “Much Ado About Nothing) - but it isn’t a noun.

Either way, said cooking show sounds objectionable. You’d never catch Nigella with her hand in the adjective tin when when she needs a verb; recommend you stay firmly within the W/SW postcodes when seeking cooking shows. N1 at a push (Nigel Slater).

Gifting

I'm more annoyed by OP's refusal to come back and explain what she prefers in place of secondment. I can't think of an alternative.

People who say random.

I once booked an appointment for someone set/advertised appointment schedule. I suggested an afternoon slot at 2.30. the reply was 'That's random'.
'In what way?' I asked.

'Its random.'

So I went back with 'Its a mid week appointment during business hours. If it's not convenient we arrange a different time'.
'It's just random, that's all'.
'Okay but what's random about it though?'
Then I got a 'Why are you bullying me, I'm just trying to make an appointment'

I generally wanted to know why they considered it random.

Disseminate
Co-production
Reach out - why can't you say connect or contact?

I was on a zoom training session & a guy kept asking for documents so that he could disseminate it with his team. I was itching to shout share, you want to fucking share it with your team.

I agree with the poster that says the word’super’ is overused. Super-smart, super-fit, super-tasty, super-cool.

@Enough4me

Tuna fish, it's just tuna. Literally, "I literally exploded"...you didn't and cannot. Fa-jeet-asss, no fajitas (fahitas)

I'm afraid the metaphorical / figurative use of "literally" has been long recognised as acceptable by dictionaries...

www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/misuse-of-literally