What phrases irritate you?

[Hesma]

Almost 5 year old…. they’re FOUR!!!!!

We’re pregnant… no, one of you is…

What other phrases really irritate you? 🤣

• Sticking 'actually' at the end of every sentence
• 'My child is 36 months old.' (You mean 3 [years old]??)
• 'Aw bless'
• 'holibobs'

Boob to sleep.
Boob monster.
We are pregnant!!

Train station?

@Sortilege

My child is 152 months old. 😁

My husband is 512 months old. 🤣

I’d imagine the poster things people should say railway station or something.

it’s a station for trains though. As opposed to the bus station.

'I'll get a word in in a minute!' Usually said in the middle of someone else's conversation and accompanied by a tinkly laugh. Mostly said by women. Yes, looking at you SIL when DB is speaking.

She also asks him 'Do you ever draw breath?' whilst he's speaking, always said in a lighthearted fashion, but considering he barely contributes to the conversation, it infuriates me no end.

Other than that, PMSL 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡. Oh how I despise that acronym!!

😂makes them sound so old and wise

'Being comfortable in my own skin'
Yup/yep/nope
Reaching out
Going forward

Someone asked 'AIBU in reaching out?' and I laughed out loud when I read the reply 'Only if you're not one of The Four Tops'.

I must be the only person / this could only happen to me…
(and it’s something like leaving their purse at home. Yeah okay Lisa, you’re the only person in the world to have ever done that!)

LOL - actually said, rather than typed
(just laugh)

‘Shall we have a nice cup of tea?’ No, I want a bloody horrible one full of leaves with bits of scum floating on the top!

I’m generally angered by the misuse and mangling of popular phrases. ‘The proof is in the pudding.’ NO NO NO! It’s ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’! ’Off their own back’. BAT, BAT, BAT!! ’First come, first serve’. It’s serveD! First serve would mean the opposite - that you were doing the serving!

’Race to the bottom’ is one that drives me mad. It’s an irritating enough phrase when used correctly, but it’s almost always used incorrectly on MN!

At the moment I’m gritting teeth at my teenagers’ use of:

‘Oh my Godddaaaah!’

’Can you NOT?’
e.g. ‘Why are you in my bedroom, Mum? Oh my Goddddddaaaah, can you just NOT?

‘You’re doing the most’
Seems to be a replacement for ‘I can’t deal’ (another annoying phrase!).
e.g. ‘Oh my Goddddaaaah, Mum, why did you put my hoodie in the wash when I need it today?! You’re doing the most right now, oh my Goddaaahhh’

There are others but right now those are testing my patience.

It's effected me. No it's Affected you! 😡
From the get go.
They've borrowed me something.

I hate " reach out". Everyone reaches out now. I took my car to a Ford garage for an MOT and service and it needed a new part. They told me they were going to reach out to find out when the spare part would be delivered to the garage.

I'm Goals. What for Arsenal or Man U?
Smashed it. With a hammer or pickaxe?

People who confuse the words 'choice' and 'options'
You can only have one choice but you may have several options so when someone says "You've got two choices" I want to correct them. No, I have one choice and two options..

It's not a phrase but 'screens' annoys me, as in 'the children are on their screens.'

Meds also annoys me, as does bloods.

No you haven't had your bloods done, you have had blood tests.

"We're on the market."

No, you are not. Your house might be though. It's such an annoying phrase!

'So' at the beginning of a sentence.

Chillax

My bad (No, it should be 'my mistake).
I'm good thanks. (I'm not asking about your morals).
Chrimbo (Not a phrase but what's wrong with Christmas?)
Should of
Would of
Loose instead of lose.
Less instead of fewer
Confusion of 'their, there and they're
Confusion of its and it's
Confusion of aloud and allowed.

I could go on.... (which is a phrase that probably irritates some people).

@Izzy24 @WestendVBroadway it's a horrible phrase. To rip someone a new anus I believe 😬

I only clicked on this post to make sure someone said this one.

A phrase that makes me just want to vomit 🤮

’i’m not going to lie…’
you better not! That’s the bare minimum I expect! Are you usually lying then? All youngsters seem to start every sentence with this and it irritates me insanely