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?

@burritofan

Why? What do you prefer to call it instead? Loo? Lavatory? Loo. Never, ever lavatory; I’m not Carole Middleton.

Are you the ghost of Nancy Mitford?

Hubby
Hublet
Hun
Yummy. I don't mind the word yum, but yummy sounds gross.
Curated
Vintage
Anti-vaxxer - gets overused and thrown around too much. Just because someone has questions about a vaccine doesn't mean they are against vaccines altogether! It just makes you sound silly.

@SinisterBumFacedCat

You do you

I am hearing this everywhere at the moment and it’s so annoying.

Educate yourself

I just want to respond with Fuck yourself

The worst thing is, EY is often said in response to someone who is asking a question. Therefore already trying to educate themselves.

@Lavender24

I've repeated ice cream to myself so many times now...I'm not even sure how I say it??

Yes, I don't think I emphasize either word. 🤷‍♀️

@VanillaAndOrange

Linguists like Deborah Cameron claim this sort of language is far more often used by women.

Deborah Tannen

No, Deborah Cameron.

Hubby

Are you the ghost of Nancy Mitford?
I’m accepting this question as a glorious compliment whether you meant it that way or not – thank you!

Here to add “synergy” to the growing list of hateful work speak.

“Littlies”. Tbh I hate lot of parenting words that sound like I’m the child being spoken to.

Yes to “poorly”! And having a “cheeky drink” - just have a d@mn drink no need to be so coy! Also “yes and no” when you just mean “no”...

Oh and I hate how everything is a “journey” now too!

@Likesicecream

Oh and I hate how everything is a “journey” now too!

Yes!

Holibobs

@Likesicecream

Yes to “poorly”! And having a “cheeky drink” - just have a d@mn drink no need to be so coy! Also “yes and no” when you just mean “no”...

Yes to 'cheeky drink' foulness. Also 'not on a school night' which manages to sound finger waggy and makes me feel like a raging addict for suggesting a small glass of white wine with dinner on a Thursday....

Another vite for “nom, nom”
Lil instead of little
Baby mum or baby dad.

"my bad", drives me up the wall, it makes no sense, you mean "my mistake"

@soontobeamama Ohana just means family…I’ve never heard it used except in a Hawaiian / Polynesian context? Like Whanau.

I hate it when people say thank you "hun" This is particularly prevalent on facebook.

[quote RandomCatGenerator]@soontobeamama Ohana just means family…I’ve never heard it used except in a Hawaiian / Polynesian context? Like Whanau.[/quote]
Yea, I know what it means - think it was used in a Disney cartoon (maybe Lilo and Stitch?) but I've seen lots of people quote it alongside pictures of their family on social media x

@Cheermonger

A trouser or a red lip. Fuck. Off.

Cheermonger - these two annoy me too. I also hate it when people begin a sentence with "So" and when people say "Yeah" in the middle of a sentence when no question has been asked

VanillaAndOrange

Ice cream with the emphasis on 'ice' - no, it's ice CREAM

In The Archers, Pat used to say that constantly - I stopped listening for a while

‘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!!!!!’

I’m with you on this one @DilemmaDelilah

My rock 🤢

Cheermonger - also 'Jean' (Trinny and Susannah used to say it all the time) for jeans. No!!!

Forever home.

The one (there is no the one - there’s probably thousands of people you’d be compatible with in the world, you just don’t meet them first).

Are you the ghost of Nancy Mitford? as per @flippityflip

I’m accepting this question as a glorious compliment whether you meant it that way or not – thank you! as per @burritofan

Dear lord, this sort of simplistic binary position of being "Us" (as in a middle class Labour voter) with its concomitant, fallout out free, moral high ground assertion, or "not Us", is tearing the Labour Party apart.