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?

"Full fat Coke." As much as I love the visual of little globs of fat floating around in Coke 🤢, there is no fat in Coke. There's Coke, and there's Diet Coke. There's literally no reason to say anything other than Coke or Diet Coke.

Babe / bae
Yummy mummy
Furbaby (and I have a pup who I totally love!)

"She fell pregnant." This drives me crazy. You "fall ill." It happened, you had no control over it, and may not even know how it happened. The only time one might "fall pregnant" would be the result of rape. THAT, one has no control over. You get or "become* pregnant.

That, and:
"a little bit pregnant
"half dead"
"almost a virgin."
ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE ALL-OR-NOTHING propositions! Either "you is or you ain't." No inbetweens, no almosts.

People who cannot manage

Lose/loose. -and-
There/their/they’re

It makes me want to scream.

@Mamanyt

"She fell pregnant." This drives me crazy. You "fall ill." It happened, you had no control over it, and may not even know how it happened. The only time one might "fall pregnant" would be the result of rape. THAT, one has no control over. You get or "become* pregnant.

That, and:
"a little bit pregnant
"half dead"
"almost a virgin."
ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE ALL-OR-NOTHING propositions! Either "you is or you ain't." No inbetweens, no almosts.

Well, THAT was a bizarre glitch in the bold face!

Gig. Specifically, gig coming out of my own mouth. Doesn’t bother me if other people say it, but for reasons I can’t fathom I feel like saying it makes me some wannabe music insider or desperate fan. This poses a problem as I also feel a bit pompous and like I’ve beamed in from the 19th century if I use ‘concert’ for anything non-classical.

A friend was trying to get into a musical... thing ... on Saturday night and talking about it was quite painful.

Granular
Looking forward
Next steps

The online version: putting a clapping icon between every word. Typing in mixed upper / lower case. Typing ‘I don’t know who needs to hear this.’ but then continuing with your divine, probably woke signalling, wisdom. Typing ‘That’s it, that’s the tweet.’ Pronouns on emails.

"Whatever"
"You know" after every few words
Shut the up"

@ichundich

"Critique my" (such-and-such).

YES! This!

Bubba or bubz
Hubby
Hun
Darl
Beau (for boyfriend)
Baby mama/mom
Cuppa
Fur baby
Grandbaby
Boob - in relation to breast feeding
Disgusting, when they mean disgraceful
Sweet (for pudding)

Physicality

Moist

Amazeballs

For me it is when someone keeps saying 'for sure' drives me insane. Also 'unprecedented' seems to be everywhere now. Another one is 'Babes' this and babes that.

Treat. As in oh I'll treat you and next time you can treat me. Or similar.
Cannot bear it

I found myself briefly, but worryingly seriously, considering how to subtly electrocute a person sitting near me at a cafe, when he said the word 'rustic' over 15 times in 5 minutes.

Ta
Cheers (thank you)
yourself / myself
Repurchase
Invite (agreed!)

@TheAntiGardener

Gig. Specifically, gig coming out of my own mouth. Doesn’t bother me if other people say it, but for reasons I can’t fathom I feel like saying it makes me some wannabe music insider or desperate fan. This poses a problem as I also feel a bit pompous and like I’ve beamed in from the 19th century if I use ‘concert’ for anything non-classical.

A friend was trying to get into a musical... thing ... on Saturday night and talking about it was quite painful.

I have this. It’s so difficult.

Preloved, meal, crafting (to mean any loosely artistic hobby), living live to the fullest ITS JUST FULL.
I quite like ‘a curated ear’ though, for its insane self importance.
The word important is horrendous

Recently, 'delicious'.

Oh how I hate it!

Rellies. Is it really much more difficult to say / write relatives ?

Nan or nanny
Brufen instead of ibuprofen
Holibobs
Chrimbo
Saying obviously when the thing isn’t remotely obvious
Pacifically instead of specifically
Not being funny but … always the precursor to being funny about something
Making memories
Living his/her/my best life

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

No YANBU

Hubby is a pet hate

Also, mispronunciations by native speakers.

Also, people putting the wrong emphasis on syllables in words. My lovely Mum does this and it sets my teeth on edge (particularly with names of shops).
Don't get me started on annoying gestures (people who run their fingers round the tops of mugs or glasses, lick their fingers when turning pages and stir their drink loudly with teaspoons eleventy billion times).
God I'm grumpy

@Dontgetyerknicksinatwist, I'm in Scotland, all items served with chips (ie fish, sausage etc) are suppers. Without they are singles. Don't ask me why 🤷🏻‍♀️
I have no clue when or why people started referring to me as 'yourself ' as in 'Can I get anything else for yourself today ' but it can fuck right off! Ridiculous 😡
Thats another one, people who spell Ridiculous as rediculous...
Baby mama, my bad, saying nutt instead of no.
PRI mark instead of primark annoys me too for some reason.
I think I'm better off not being around people too often......

Posit - It just looks like 'post' or "pose' spelt wrong. It seems to have exploded on mumsnet recently and suddenly, everyone and their friends are 'positing'.

Het (No need to get het up...) - Also looks like an incomplete spelling. It bothers me.

Bathroom instead of toilet. So American

We don't have a bathroom at the office