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?

Oh god yes, the constant “ I literally died” 😂

I cannot stand the word awesome.

Hubby/hubs
Wen ppl txt like this
Ahh bless

Thousands of things:

Current most hated is everyone saying things like “this impacted me” or “impacts my life” rather than “had an impact (up)on”

People (on MN) talking about “plating up” people’s meals like they are Gordon fucking Ramsay.

“Invite” as a noun when they mean “invitation.”

Dollop

Oh and possibly my most hated one, which is mainly on BBC News … “fresh” to mean new or more of something. It’s used in totally inappropriately, eg “a fresh breakout of fighting in Afghanistan.”

Fur babies

Expresso

Haitch

Brolly

Cozzy

Incorrect uses of lay and lie

Nanny to me was a goat until I met DH. Grandma and Granny all the way.

Over excessive use of "like" I am also guilt of this on occasion!

HUN

Fucking midwife kept calling me it whilst she wore me like a glove last week and I wanted to kick her in the face every time she gave me a VE and said ‘let me know when the contractions finished HUN’

Thank god she didn’t stick around and left.

Mama

My bosses boss says "blue sky thinking"

We all hate it

Ooh another one.
When people say my '24 month old' etc. 2. Your child is 2.

Nan.
Dessert.
Toilet.
Lounge.
Settee.
Sick instead of poorly.
People pronouncing the “l” in almond.
DP’s pronunciation of turmeric. (“Tyume-arick.” NO.)

Hubby, hun, it’s a big ask, my bad, meh, haitch.

Hun. Always makes me think of Attila the Hun.

Totes.. Followed by..
Amazeballs
Triggered.

@DilemmaDelilah

I HATE invite instead of invitation. It's NOT an invite. It has never been an invite. It will never be an invite. The word is INVITATION!!!!!

Cross posted with you on this - the headteacher of my children’s school used “invite” in this way in an email the other day. It made me want to change schools!

Oh and "hello my loverrrrr" gives me the rage (when spoken by someone whose usual accent wouldn't pronounce it like that)

@CoughingInAisle15

Cheeky, in the context of activities - cheeky pint, cheeky nandos.

This gives me the RAGE

There's another thread on the go about a young woman who lives with her mum and makes soups.
The word soups is now banned.
Also people who pronounce aitch as Haitch. It starts with the letter A, NOT H !

It bothers me when people shorten words for no reason, so things like:

Cherry toms
Hot choc
New pots

ARGH!

Chorizo pronounced “Choritzo”.

“Global pandemic”.

@burritofan

Nan. Dessert. Toilet. Lounge. Settee. Sick instead of poorly. People pronouncing the “l” in almond. DP’s pronunciation of turmeric. (“Tyume-arick.” NO.)

I agree with a lot of these but it should be “ill” not “poorly!”

"ultimately"

Tummy

All of the above plus when pregnant women/anyone uses the word preggo, I cannot stand it. Also my friend that breastfeeding also refers to it as ‘boobing’. Shell say ‘running five minutes late, just boobing Henry’