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?

Hubby/hubster

Hun/Hunny

Pots/Toms/Tommy K etc when discussing food

Nom Nom

People saying 'take care' - this one makes be really irritable which is tricky as DH says it at the end of every single phone call.

Nom nom
Baby daddy
Fellow mummies or just calling themselves Mummy
Hubby/hubs/hubster

To add:

Cheeky Nandos
SomethinK
Stay safe
Prosecs (for Prosecco)
Banter
Innit
Veganuary
Santa (prefer Father Christmas)

Someone below said blessed... reminded me of 'bless her/bless him'... what's that about ?

Community... another word popping up left right and centre.

Naice. Drives me nuts for some reason.

@Robinred81

Calling a cup of tea a “brew”

Do you live up north? That's just normal round here.

Holibops.

Tescos. Aldis. Lidls.

"Two sleeps until..."

Pacifically.

I hate the phrase 'making memories' and 'blessed' and 'family time' on SM posts.
I've never felt the need for it. Especially when so many can't have children.
I don't really understand why people do it other than to show off.

@Tomeeornottomee

Chester draws 🙄

So many spell 'drawers' as 'draws'. Drives me up the wall.

A 'brew' is fine. People calling people 'hun' is not.

I hate the word poorly. I don't know why but I much prefer ill.

I hate 'gob-smacked'.
It"s making me cringe just typing it!!!

Brekkie
Bants, banter, banta
Hun
Babe(s)
Aks (it's ASK)
Luxe

All of the above makes my fucking teeth itch

Oh and

Touch Base
Ball park figure
Reach out

@RuthW

Gotten

And this!!

So many people speak in cliches these days that I wonder if vocabulary is shrinking, but the singular words I find really irritating are:

• 'literally' used totally out of context multiple times in the same conversation
• 'little man' used to describe a small, male person (not a 'singular word, I realise)
• 'holibobs' this one, particularly, annoys me
• 'yourn' instead of 'yours'

Sourced
Plated Up
School Run
Bits
Host/Hosting/Hosted

Using the C word

20 years ago it was taboo- now people use it all the time. Its become very popular

'Fab' - not so much as irritate me, but it's always written by a lady in her 50s

No other age group uses it

@LonglegsMumtheBlacksmith I'm often tempted to react like this when I hear it. 😂

I can't stand it when people say they "rocked up" to anything. It conjures up an image or attitude for me that doesn't ever fit. I know they're trying to be cool, but they aren't. There's one I know who says it all the time. She said it recently and I was itching to say something. Because they didn't "rock up", they just arrived. I was there. They didn't enter with an entourage and theme music. Didn't pull up in a muscle car with rock music blaring and tumble out dressed in a mixture of leather and denim, still half drunk and stoned from last night's escapades. They turned up to a parent's evening wearing Uggs and sunglasses, dragging their overinflated sense of self importance with them and marched right to the front of the queue, then got told there was a line and they needed to join the back of it

Just the phrase will you do me a favour. just tell me what you want and il tell you if I can do it.

Something being called "stunning " when it's just a jumper etc.

@burritofan spot on plus tea instead of supper

Tescos. Aldis. Lidls.

Ooh yes, my father in law calls John Lewis "Lewises". I worked there many moons ago and never heard a single customer or employee call it that.

I also hate: hun, fitfam, like (used repeatedly by my teenagers), boy, baby (without "the" before), guys, folks, dial up/down (work calls), take-away (in a work/non-food context). In fact, I think I have a tolerance issue more generally.