To hate - I was today years old

[clpsmum]

This phrase is everywhere and it's driving me insane.

You were not today years old when you found out 😡 you found out today

Does this annoy anyone else or am I just turning j to the grumpy old woman I was born to be? Are there any other words or phrases drive you insane??

#FamilyOfAliens , young women are often the demographic that make up new phrases and make them popular. It's also the demographic that gets dismissed for their ideas. Young people have always started new ways of speaking. I don't know that particular phrase, although I know the concept. My ds is 27 and is in his first year at uni as a mature student. He hasn't a clue what the 18, 19 year olds are on about a lot of the time.

I absolutely and totally and completely fucking HATE it. Aaaagh!

Thought if another...

Ending a sentence with though

This boy though
Those eyes though

Wtf?! End a fucking sentence you absolute fucking lemon!

*of

Damn no edit button!

I hate sneery threads like these.

@Kanaloa

Absolutely not the point of the thread, but I had no clue ‘stanning’ came from the song. I thought it was just one of those teenager words. So I guess I could say I was today years old before I found that out.

😂

I can't even though!

@CandyLeBonBon

I actually think they’re very useful, as they stop me saying or writing something to someone “in real life”, that I’d only regret.

I’m not sneering, either. I’m fuming! 😉

There were more than likely plenty of words or phrases that I used as a young person, that irritated my parents’ generation. Innit.

Like the use of “like” all the time. “I’m like, and he was like, and then I was like....”

I hate the saying ‘binge’ or ‘binge watch’! Don’t know why though😃

.com - I'm tired.com or fedup.com

And

O'clock - it's wineo'clock - NO ITS NOT!

Or

'A cheeky' - a cheeky dominos??? A cheeky vodka!

Most definitely merging words together

'Chillax!!'

It means 'I just found out (random fact or info) today'. Usually with an implied, 'blimey I can't believe I never knew this before now'. The sentence structure makes more sense of you replace the today with an age:
'I can't believe I was 25 years old before I realised Ireland is a different country to Britain'
'What? Oh my god I was today years old when I realised!'

@Pan2 @LApprentiSorcier

lived experience sounds a bit wanky but is a useful phrase in certain fields eg work in anti gang violence work. People in social services/police/council would have experience in that field. Ex gang members/family members/local community members would have lived experience.

@PinkArt that's a great example and highlights how nonsensical the phrase is. 'Today' is a date, it's not a measurement of time!

YABU, lighten up!

‘I am sexying all over the place’????

People say that? 😭🤮

Surely you can only be "today years old" on your actual birthday anyway? Any other day you are "x years and y months and z days old". No?

I hate "think".

E.g "it was really cold - think two degrees - when we went to the shops...."
Don't fucking tell me what to think you illiterate arsehole!

@Anothernameanothertime wouldn't that just be described as having first hand experience?

Genuine question btw, you're explanation makes sense but would this be used in formal situations?

*your

[quote merryhouse]@SwedishK "of an evening" is non-standard. I've heard "on a night" too.

If I heard you say "of an evening" I would make certain assumptions about your upbringing. Unless I knew you were Foreign, in which case I'd assume a lot of your English-learning had been immersive, possibly in low-paid jobs.

It's definitely not used to make the speaker appear posh.[/quote]
Definitely not posh. Years ago I was queuing in a post office in a very rough area and there was a sign on the wall stating "This post-office is closed of a lunchtime".

@DonLewis

As a TAAT this will go. I didn't read that thread because I didn't know what it even meant. I kept rereading the title to see if I was reading it wrong. What does it mean? Like I got to 35 and only found this out today....

Me too. The phrase seems to have some words missing. I still don't understand it.

@VanGoghsDog

Surely you can only be "today years old" on your actual birthday anyway? Any other day you are "x years and y months and z days old". No?

I hate "think".

E.g "it was really cold - think two degrees - when we went to the shops...."
Don't fucking tell me what to think you illiterate arsehole!

@VanGoghsDog me too!!! I utterly hate it! I don't want to be told what to think either. I fine it so infuriatingly rude! Why can't they just say "it was freezing, like -2C"

I hate it too. Especially when they’re are ridiculous! I saw one the other day about someone not knowing the key on a corned beef tin was to open the tin with 🙄

I also hate the “my world” posts with photos of their kids and/or partner.

Nothing beats “literally” for being unbearable.

@BritWifeinUSA

Nothing beats “literally” for being unbearable.

Yes! Especially when the "literally" thing they are talking about is almost always "figuratively".

"I was literally shitting my pants", I bet you weren't.