Words that other adults use that irritate you?

[Mangosmoothiesprinkles]

Some examples that seem to irritate me (yes I know it’s totally irrational!).

First is someone calling the tumble dryer ‘the tumblee’ (written phonetically to explain how they pronounce it). Second is ‘homee’ rather than home. I know there is no reason for these to give me the rage but they do.

AIBU to feel irrationally annoyed? What words that other adults use give you the rage?

this one
This.
Did a thing
Can we talk about
Just gonna leave this here
Well played sir
Simples
Boom
Cockwomble
You thought you did something there, didn’t you?
Squad goals

On route
Winner winner chicken dinner

'My Mrs'
Vino time
Gin O'clock

Toilet…absolutely awful 🤢A loo is a loo in my world!

@waitingforsun

How everything is 'gorgeous' now. Gorgeous cardigan, gorgeous nails, gorgeous crocheted item, gorgeous colour, gorgeous hair. Urgh!

I can't bear it either. Gorgeous name, gorgeous song, gorgeous people, gorgeous fucking balayage.

Teddy when it isn't. As in 'DD has a gorgeous teddy of a monkey'.
Plenty. As in 'He's plenty old enough to know better'.
Switched/swapped out. A new one on me but why is the 'out' needed?

Hubby
Bubs
Happy days
Holibobs
Init

Supper
Fish and chip supper - if it’s fish and chips for dinner it has to be called a fish and chip supper. Why?

Belly

Middle class
Working class
Upper class
Upper middle class
Posh
Poshos
Haz (for Harry)
Hazza (for Harry)
Celeb

Just done with all of it.

Tummy for stomach
Choccy for chocolate

Pacific instead of specific.

"I was sat" on the bus/in the bar etc. Drives me mad. Such bad grammar.

Carefully curated

Mains (for main course)

Guac (for guacamole)

I hate the use of ‘not a problem’ when being served.

Are you ready to order?
Yes please.
Not a problem.
I’d like the soup as a starter please
Not a problem
Then the gammon and fries
Not a problem
etc
DID I SAY IT WAS A FUCKING PROBLEM???

Also I loathe the American use of ‘anxious’. Do they know what anxiety is? My US friend said she has ordered a new paperback and was ‘anxious to receive it’. NO!! She was EXCITED to receive it! She might be anxious if it was a tax bill that came through the door though. I try to tell her that she means she is excited if she is looking forward to something. If she’s worried or nervous about it she is anxious.
But then she was anxious to try the new milkshake she had just bought. I give up.

@rosyvalentine

"I was sat" on the bus/in the bar etc. Drives me mad. Such bad grammar.

Carefully curated

Mains (for main course)

Guac (for guacamole)

It’s not bad grammar; it’s colloquial.

Problematic is problematic for me.

Mom

or anyone referring to another person (who is not their mother) as mum, mom or mummy

Eg, at the doctors - how’s mum doing?

I’m not even a parent but it is definitely on my list of reasons I’d reconsider becoming one

Agree with a lot of what’s been said already. I would also add:
Deets as in ‘I’ll send you the deets of where we’re meeting.’
‘eat ALL the cake’
Anything to do with gin (think it’s been mentioned already).
Using the word hats to describe different roles e.g. ‘I have my work hat & my mum hat.’

@MilesOfSand

Problematic is problematic for me.

Yeah it’s a way of people distancing themselves from the subjectivity of their opinions. It means ‘I’ve got a problem with this’

@Bluekangaroo123

Agree with a lot of what’s been said already. I would also add: Deets as in ‘I’ll send you the deets of where we’re meeting.’ ‘eat ALL the cake’ Anything to do with gin (think it’s been mentioned already). Using the word hats to describe different roles e.g. ‘I have my work hat & my mum hat.’

Yes

Putting a random 's' at the end of words eg freedoms and harms. What?

Veggies. God I can't bear it.

Two times as much instead of twice. Mainly on TV adverts. Has the word twice been banned?

Oh and tricky. Everything's bloody tricky.

Kiddo
Dude
Banter
Epic
Slay
Anyhoo

@Lifeisforalimitedperiodonly

I hate the use of ‘not a problem’ when being served.

Are you ready to order?
Yes please.
Not a problem.
I’d like the soup as a starter please
Not a problem
Then the gammon and fries
Not a problem
etc
DID I SAY IT WAS A FUCKING PROBLEM???

Also I loathe the American use of ‘anxious’. Do they know what anxiety is? My US friend said she has ordered a new paperback and was ‘anxious to receive it’. NO!! She was EXCITED to receive it! She might be anxious if it was a tax bill that came through the door though. I try to tell her that she means she is excited if she is looking forward to something. If she’s worried or nervous about it she is anxious.
But then she was anxious to try the new milkshake she had just bought. I give up.

That is a perfectly correct use of anxious though as I understand it.

adjective
adjective: anxious
1.
feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
"she was extremely anxious about her exams"
2.
very eager or concerned to do something or for something to happen.
"the company was anxious to avoid any trouble"

@optimistic40

So many hate Nana or Nan, but I think that Granny sounds dreadful!

Totally agree !! Gran and grandma remind me of an ancient pensioner with white hair sitting in a rocking chair by the fire knitting . Nan much more glamorous .

Paninis - panini is already plural.
Serviette
Pardon
Thing instead of Think when used in 'you've got another think coming'
Wallah

Agree with invite

Boomer - for people born in the 1940s

Class - pronounced "clarse" as though there were an R in it.

Talk to me - when we are already talking