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? 🤣

On trend / bang on trend
Ducks in a row
Jog on
We're pregnant
Hubby / the missus
Can you not (teenage dd!)

If you think (something) you've not been paying attention.

Lend instead of borrow
How's you
Good vibes only
Yummy mummy
Hollibobs
No offense but (usually followed by something offensive that didn't need to be said)
Saying hashtag in real life
Winning
Fam

• other half
• beautiful inside and out
• making memories
• up for grabs
• lived experience

Thats it, thats the tweet

Checks notes

Just about every phrase annoys me.
People could talk about half as much as they do.

Gonna when writing - lots on MN.

Not a phrase but I have an irrational dislike of this emoji 🤣

'Cheers to .......' No, its Cheers.

I refer my my mother as "Mother" as I have no affectionate feelings towards her whatsoever.

Same. I refer to mine as 'mother' for the same reasons.

It needs gone
This too shall pass
Pinch with pride
I can help with that (regularly said unprompted by our family members who then NEVER do but keep insisting they will. They then insist that we mustn't start said project without them with us knowing they won't help) Phew, needed to get that one out.

There's loads more but those are the ones that immediately spring to mind.

I’m back to work today after some annual leave… which has reminded me that the entirety of terminology used to describe agile ways of working is hideous. Every single bit of it.

I’ve got scrum later today. Maybe I should get out a gum shield. 🤦🏻‍♀️

And another one to my list that I've just heard grrrrr
" I'm not gonna lie". ...who the hell has made up all these dumb phrases grrrrrrrrrr

'Agency'

This too shall pass
Making memories
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Hollibobs
Cuppa char
Pamper yourself
Treat yourself
Eat / All the flavour [whatever] without the guilt (usually aimed at women)
Daddy's little princess

'Forever home.' It sounds like something a three year old would say.

Game changer.

Someone saying “ No problem” when there was never the remotest possibility of there being a problem. “Can I have a large latte, please?” - “ no problem “. Why would there be a problem??? I’m a customer, you’re the server, how could there be a problem?
I’ve had to bite my tongue so many times!

Oh dear, I say "no problem" way too much! I know it doesn't make sense. I also say "take care" in emails as if the recipient is dangerous and liable to cause injury to themselves or others!

I hate it when people begin sentences or anecdotes with "So". It just sounds so self important to me.

I also hate "love to see it", and starting sentences with "I mean" when it's their first contribution to a conversation.

“Slide into DMS”

Just say ‘sent a message’ FFS

DS..DD…DH etc
holibobs
crimbo
terf (don’t even know what it means!)
boomer
woke
united…when actually meaning Manchester United, there’s many clubs with united in their name!

Also “unpack”

As in “Let’s unpack what you just said”

You unpack and suitcase. You talk about things that have been said.

Lol! 😄. Forgiven! I am guilty myself, I’m sure, of using annoying phrases. I also add ‘take care’ to the ends of texts. And I don’t like it. 🤣. Leftover from lockdown when I absolutely HATED all the ‘look after yourself’ and ‘take care’ texts. I felt that if I didn’t add it, people would think I didn’t care but I did.
Same with the bloody clapping the NHS ffs. I flatly refused to join in. I am always grateful to the NHS but I don’t have to clap like a chimp.
at the time I said ‘ they are all clapping - royalty, politicians- but wait until nurses ask for pay rise’.
Rant over.

^This