Words that other adults use that irritate you?

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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?

Deep dive
Staycation
And some people in my area say yous , but even worse write use as in " use mean the world to me "

@MissChanandlerBong81

I have a friend who I really like. The only negative thing about her is that she refers to going to the GP as ‘going to the doccy’. I have to take a deep breath and remind myself of all her good qualities when she does it.

That's made me LOL 🤣🤣

I think I'm with the consensus that adults making themselves sound infantile is at best wierd, but essentially fucking annoying.

I'd also like to add cute. A puppy or a kitten might be cute, but a new coat on a 30 year old woman is not.

And styling. "How I style my shelf" It's a shelf, you've put things on it, congratulations. Clearly not books. "How to style this seasons coat" One arm in, then the other, and do it up. Did you not learn this as a child?

"Spits and spots of rain." Argh!
Another vote for 'We are pregnant'.
Folks - especially when said by politicians.

"Just sayin'" and "ignorance is bliss" - usually said by someone who is being a dick

Adults referring to their parents as Mummy and Daddy.
Hun. Particularly the phrase, "bless you hun/honey!"
Saying "like," every few words when telling a story.
Pacific instead of specific
So many actually!

@CoughingInAisle15

I think even dogs and cats hate “fur babies”. It’s probably the reason cats hold us all in utter contempt.

🤣

I usually find it said by single old women, silly giggly younger women or Boeing, yawn inducing couples that you really don't want to chat to since it's all about the fur babies 🤢

Hubby
Poorly

Even worse than yummy... lummy.

Inspo and combo. Just stop it.

Making memories
Living my best life
Awesome
Raising awareness
Specialty- it’s speciality
Pacific meaning specific
Bantz
Calling me Mrs Devonsent-I immediately look round to see if they’re talking to my Mum 🤣

"curated" or "curating". Fine if you work in a museum and its your job to put together an exhibition. But all other uses (curated ear, curating a music selection, etc etc) can FOTTFSAFAWTGTTCFOSM

@icedcoffees

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

Cherry toms
Hot choc
New pots

ARGH!

MIL calls jacket potatoes “jack pots”

The phrase “thanks a pantload”

This is a thread of joy for me. I shall begin...

Hun
Hubby
Holibobs
To be fair
Gifted (as in, 'she gifted me a bracelet')
Brew (as in, cup of tea)
Cuppa
To be honest
Xmas
Other half
I must admit
#blessed
#makingmemories
Mum of girls/boys *delete as applicable
We (in response to a 'you' question - 'do you like Vigil?' 'Yes, we think Captain Birdseye did it'
Family money 😂
As you do
Nom nom

Interacting with people can be quite the ordeal. Live by these rules - use the real words and use at least 10% fewer than you originally intended. If a sentence starts with 'to be fair', it's a certainty I didn't listen to the rest, tbf 🤣

Photo instead of picture irritates me

Making memories too
And Should of
Would of
Could of

Just writing that pains me

‘High school’ when talking about ‘secondary’

HACK its not a HACK its a hint!

Oh I've seen some I've forgotten that I really hate too!
110% any amount over 100% makes me equally furious
Double jabbed/jabbed/jab
Gotten - quite possibly may actually cause me to explode one day
Staycation - unless you have actually stayed at home and not holidayed in your home country
Pots - when meaning pans or any kind of washing up

Mr Beautifulday suggests that anything remotely well done overcooked has been 'over nuked' even if it's been nowhere near the microwave and it enrages me beyond belief.

Supper

Little Man

Facebook updates that go '......when blah blah blah blah happened. Yeah,that'

Plus all the above mentioned

And another...

Jag instead of Jab. I believe it's regional but I always think people have misheard Jab and don't realise and say jag for their entire lives. Pure cringe to me!

Same with Mom (again,regional I think Midlands?)

Senstity
No, it’s not a word. One of the Loose Women keeps saying eg I’m bringing up my boys to behave with senstity.

@MisterMeaner Yes!!

Arks instead of Ask. Drives me fucking mad. It's SO much harder to say.

Panties.

"I'm dead" to mean something is very funny.
Man eg "come on, man!" when directed at a woman. Not so common in the UK thankfully, as it's dreadful.
Sparkling water- also dreadful- just call it fizzy water, like we used to for decades.
A special hatred of WEEK-end rather than Week-END but I accept that 90% of people these days have changed their pronunciation to the US version. All my 40-something friends have. I think it annoys me much more than words like garbage or prom because people seem to have no idea they have adopted an Americanism. (I'm fine with WEEK-end with a cockney accent as it was always that way).

Oh and "Mama" if you didn't grow up using it. Just let your children call you what you called your own mother. It's your culture and nothing to be ashamed of. I can't work out what's suddenly wrong with "Mummy" or "Mum". As for sweatshirts with Mama on them....