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What phrases irritate you?

232 replies

Hesma · 30/04/2022 07:41

Almost 5 year old…. they’re FOUR!!!!!

We’re pregnant… no, one of you is…

What other phrases really irritate you? 🤣

OP posts:
Montana80 · 30/04/2022 07:47

I say my son is almost 2, as he is next month. To say he is one seems a bit daft as there is a big difference between a 1 year old and a 2 year old.

AnImaginaryCat · 30/04/2022 07:51

"As it were" tagged on the end of a sentence

"Pop" used as a verb. (I know that's word not a phrase, sorry!)

MakeItRain · 30/04/2022 09:43

I hate the vulgar ones like "I'll rip him a new one" or it "boils my piss". I find them revolting (especially the first one 🤮)

Squirrelblanket · 30/04/2022 09:44

When people go for a walk 'to blow away the cobwebs'.

OneTC · 30/04/2022 09:46

The word shenanigans

Fubla72 · 30/04/2022 09:46

It is what it is

EufyProsser · 30/04/2022 09:47

Wow. Just wow.
To be honest/fair (when you're not usually being either)

RampantIvy · 30/04/2022 09:51

Should of
We was
We are pregnant. I didn't know that men could have babies.
haitch instead of aitch

Yes, I know I sound like the grammar police, probably as a result of years of copywriting and proofreading.

YellowAndGreenToBeSeen · 30/04/2022 09:56

People using ‘bring’ when they should use ‘take’

People putting ‘for’ on the end of questions. ‘How long are you away for?’ My name is not ‘for’ and the sentence works perfectly without it.

RampantIvy · 30/04/2022 10:04

People confusing bought and brought
People confusing lend and borrow

I don't have a problem with grammatically incorrect local dialect, but things like bought/brought/lend/borrow just show lack of education.

SirChenjins · 30/04/2022 10:06

Reach out/reaching out

Non-binary

choosername1234 · 30/04/2022 10:06

Needs gone or needs done
It's so clearly missing whole WORDS

Chestnut29 · 30/04/2022 10:08

If you will
get a grip
it is what it is
IYSWIM - in abbreviation form like this!

Cats1234567 · 30/04/2022 10:08

At the end of the day

Izzy24 · 30/04/2022 10:10

MakeItRain · 30/04/2022 09:43

I hate the vulgar ones like "I'll rip him a new one" or it "boils my piss". I find them revolting (especially the first one 🤮)

Hate the second but really don’t understand what the first one means..🤷‍♀️

(but am happy in my ignorance so no need to tell me!)

WestendVBroadway · 30/04/2022 10:10

MakeItRain · 30/04/2022 09:43

I hate the vulgar ones like "I'll rip him a new one" or it "boils my piss". I find them revolting (especially the first one 🤮)

What does ' Rip him a new one' actually mean ? I don't understand that one.
I hate "Can I get a drink?" or similar at a bar or cafe. No, the server will get it for you!

NippyWoowoo · 30/04/2022 10:10

'Now, more than ever'

Gives me the absolute rage

mizzo · 30/04/2022 10:11

Tone deaf
Meds
Anything twee about crying, “I appear to have something in my eye”
You do realise…
When talking about visiting places and people say they are ‘doing’ somewhere or have ‘done’ somewhere, I hate the way it sounds.

FlibbertyGibbitt · 30/04/2022 10:11

Anything with super before it. 🙄

Bogofballs · 30/04/2022 10:14

It is what it is

Always said by ultra resilient ‘type As’

RaininginDarling · 30/04/2022 10:14

Another here for at the end of the day and non binary (yeah, you and everybody else on the planet, treacle).
Folks - and all it's bizarre variations

Thankyoupeter · 30/04/2022 10:17

"I couldn't get worked up about this"
I didn't know why but it really irritates me

LadyWhistldown · 30/04/2022 10:19

RampantIvy · 30/04/2022 10:04

People confusing bought and brought
People confusing lend and borrow

I don't have a problem with grammatically incorrect local dialect, but things like bought/brought/lend/borrow just show lack of education.

This
Him: can you borrow me the iPad

Me: yeah who from?
Him: your iPad

Me: but you asked me to borrow you an iPad

Him: yeah from you

Me: it's fucking lend then😡

Giraffesandbottom · 30/04/2022 10:21

Almost 5 year old…. they’re FOUR!!!!!

it’s a developmental thing though isn’t it? When children are little a year is a huge difference and it feels a little disingenuous peddling a 23 month old who is able to speak properly as “1” when a a 12 month old is barely able to walk 😃

SirChenjins · 30/04/2022 10:22

Bogofballs · 30/04/2022 10:14

It is what it is

Always said by ultra resilient ‘type As’

I often say this as a way of centring myself and controlling my anxiety - I’m definitely not an ultra resilient type A