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AIBU?

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Original poster

To detest 'enjoy'

123 replies

3Britnee · 22/05/2021 14:55

Aibu I"m not though to be sick in my mouth a little bit every time I read 'enjoy' on here? I keep seeing it more and more.

Enjoy your children op.
I bought snacks for us all to enjoy.
DH and I enjoy the occasional film.
We enjoy conversation at the dinner table.

It makes me cringe inside out, and sounds wanky as fuck.

It's almost as bad as 'super'.

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3Britnee · 22/05/2021 22:59

It's a saying, it doesn't have to be taken so literally. unless you're a muggy cunt 😂

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madesofeastwich · 22/05/2021 23:21

@Goodebe this is the one that drives me nuts as well, there's another thread going at the minute that must have the word "treats" on it about 11 billion times

Glitterblue · 22/05/2021 23:32

I don't mind it when it's used in cases like "did you enjoy your holiday?" etc but I can't stand it being used as "enjoy!" Like when someone says they're going to do something and someone else says "enjoy!"

duffmcstockings · 22/05/2021 23:44

I have just started working at wickes, so sometimes for my own amusement I say enjoy your big lump of wood/box of tiles etc. It doesn't mean anything, it's just a friendly good bye.

duffmcstockings · 22/05/2021 23:47

Although I would love to say enjoy your plaster board that can to the tilll with no SKU code you muggy cunt, I don't think I would be a keeper.

JustJoinedRightNow · 22/05/2021 23:48

@cakewench

"lashings of"

absolutely not.

How about “lashings of clotted cream”

Makes me want to scream Envy - not envy

DontDrinkDontSmokeWhatDoIDo · 22/05/2021 23:49

@dementedma

This is completely irrational but I hate "offer" as used on MN when giving children food. "I offer them broccoli and kale which they inhale"
I absolutely hate 'offer' in this way too, @dementedma .

Don't know why though.

Serin · 23/05/2021 00:00

Enjoy is a perfectly reasonable word IMO.
sick in my mouth, a little bit is vile.

CustardySergeant · 23/05/2021 00:05

Many years ago I was in a Florida department store and had just bought a couple of items. As I walked away from the till after paying, the sales assistant yelled across the department "Enjoy your blouses!"

AlwaysLatte · 23/05/2021 00:07

How funny!

namechangingforthis19586 · 23/05/2021 00:10

See, it's threads like this that make men think we're all vicious nutters.

I hate it when people 'sort out' dinner and their children. What does that even mean.

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 23/05/2021 00:10

In the contexts you've given I think YABU. It's a valid verb.

If you had come on and said you hate people saying it to you in imperative form, such as 'Enjoy!' (your food, or whatever), I'd have supported it.

DeedledeDee · 23/05/2021 00:31

Yeah I hate the word enjoy but I thought it was just cos I have aspbergers, I get like this with lits words, things,changes

stealingbeauty · 23/05/2021 00:44

I’m not bothered by enjoy. The only time it made me cringe a bit is when someone said something along the lines of “We went for a walk today and enjoyed a coffee together afterwards.” There was something a bit smug about that, but usually as a word it doesn’t bother me.

ViciousJackdaw · 23/05/2021 00:59

'Lashings of' is only acceptable if referring to copious amounts of Cookie's HM lemonade for a midnight feast at Malory Towers or St Clares.

I hate it when people 'prep' lunch/dinner. I detest 'lush' and 'gorgeous' too.

Musication · 23/05/2021 01:00

I absolutely cannot get offended by this word. Is it not just a standard verb which expresses like/appreciation?!

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3Britnee · 23/05/2021 01:05

@Musication

I absolutely cannot get offended by this word. Is it not just a standard verb which expresses like/appreciation?!
It's the certain way it's used. I.e. if someone came visiting at your house and presented you with a box of biscuits, and said, 'I've brought these for us both to enjoy'. Its just wrong.
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myhobbyisouting · 23/05/2021 01:17

"It's the certain way it's used. I.e. if someone came visiting at your house and presented you with a box of biscuits, and said, 'I've brought these for us both to enjoy'. Its just wrong."

What should they say? "Eat these you mug"?

Are you Danny Dyer?

AnotherSunrise · 23/05/2021 01:27

Enjoyed your post OP

Musication · 23/05/2021 01:30

You just dont like it or there is something grammatically wrong with it?

ViciousJackdaw · 23/05/2021 01:31

There is an instance where 'enjoy' does grate. When a struggling mum posts, saying she's at the end of her tether and is told to 'enjoy' her children. What a fat lot of use that is.

PiratePetespajamas · 23/05/2021 01:34

There’s nothing wrong with “enjoying” a film. It’s when it’s used as a command. Like when people bring sweet stuff into the office (brought, you know, back in the day...) and sign off their invitation to have some with “share and enjoy”. That really makes my teeth itch. What if I don’t enjoy it???

cupoftea2021 · 23/05/2021 01:37

To bitch about worlds makes me wonder if your menopausal and the following agreeing are angry people with a lack of stimulation?
Are you out of isolation?

ViciousJackdaw · 23/05/2021 01:39

When people don't know the difference between 'your' and 'you're'.

ARoseDowntown · 23/05/2021 01:45

It’s an astute distinction you’re drawing there, OP, between “we enjoy using our patio” [statement of fact, unequivocal, nothing implicit] and “we enjoy our patio” [smug overtones, as though patio-ing is a superior lifestyle choice because how can you enjoy concrete slabs?].

Definitely irritating is “I’ve brought a bottle of rioja for us to enjoy”. So presumptuous. What if your taste is shite and it’s vinegary piss?