Phrases you hate

[Lemon1111]

Mine is ‘buttery soft’…If you haven’t come across this phrase, it is mainly used when describing leggings or other clothes, but now I’ve even seen it being used to describe gold jewellery! Also butter isn't that soft…Margariney soft doesn’t have the same ring to it I suppose.. Anyone else?

I don't like vets and other people who work with pets refer the pet as Tiddles Holmes - pets don't have surnames. Leave that for admin purposes.

Though probably use that just in case in the waiting area/room there are two cats called Tiddles.

Tarkan · Yesterday 23:13

I heard someone on TV today refer to 100% as "one hunny pee" and even my teenager had a WTF face at that one.

They should have been chased off with cattle prods!

Yer man, or yer wan for a woman, is used all the time in Ireland in exactly the same way your DH uses ye man. It just means a particular man under discussion, often mightn't even know or remember his name. Doesn't literally mean 'your man'.

Yer man is generally neutral, but when yer wan is used it's a little more derogatory ime.

It just means "anyway" or at least the way my (non northern) mother uses it.

E.g. "I was heading down town and oh! I ran into Mrs Williams your old maths teacher who was telling me all about her hip replacement, and that her son in law had walked out on her daughter. Any road up, I carried on to the dry cleaners...."

And on. And on. And on.

See also 'showcasing her bump' So that would just be a pregnant woman going about her business then.

Picky bits / picky tea
Everyone is a bit autistic

I hate this too. One of my neighbours called Anna Harris, has a son who is 3, (Ben,) and a 6 y.o. dog called Rebel. When the dog is jumping about - and jumps up at Ben, Anna shouts 'Rebel Harris, get off your brother!'

Really jars me. 😆

She calls the dog by his first name and her bloody surname, and calls him her son's BROTHER.

FFS! 😂

nb, obviously fake names.

‘Reach out’

’give your head a wobble’

We’re both English though and nobody else says it round her. It sounds so weird because his accent isn’t right for it so it sounds like ‘your man’. I wish he’d give up trying out the odd Scottish terms thrown in here and there. I’d say it gives me the ick but most people hate that too! 😂

If his parents are Scottish then you've got to expect a few Scottish sayings 🤔
It does sound quite close to your man here too, but we're all just used to it I suppose...

Another one.

Sunday lunch.

If you’re inviting people round on Sunday for lunch, just say lunch? Why the Sunday? They know what the day will be? If you are inviting guests round on a Sunday, presumably it be more than just a sandwich so why the elaborate ‘Sunday lunch’.

You can clearly see this is a big issue for me.

Sunday lunch means dinner at lunchtime and not just soup and sandwiches like other days.
Sunday lunch and lunch are not the same thing. Presumably the guests do know what day it is but I suppose saying Sunday lunch just gives crystal clear clarity on what type of meal to expect?

Chippy tea

Dippy eggs

Why do some posters feel the need to come onto threads like these just to explain why people are "wrong" about things that wind them up

Not a phrase but THAT annoys me

Because often posters complain about something being "wrong" or an extra word being unnecessary. Explaining that there's nothing wrong with the phrase and why, or why the extra word adds meaning and so isn't superfluous (swap out, change up, Sunday lunch etc) is useful.

By all means dislike a word or phrase, we all do that. But unfairly criticise it and you're going to get responses explaining why.

Reaching out. Makes me feel like retching...

I'm not being funny, but....always followed by exactly that.

Loaned instead of borrowed

Making memories

Or 'I'm not (almost anything) but...'

'I'm not racist but...': usually means you are racist.

'I don't want to be rude but...' usually means you do want to be rude.

Etc.

Probably because it's an indicator of the menu, ie a Sunday roast, rather than the day.

I hope this email finds you well. I hate that.

Because people don't just say such and such a thing annoys them, they literally ask why others do the thing/say the phrase they dislike!
Just as you have.

So they get told why!

I can't seem to stop, can I 😁

People on social media who do not correctly use the word 'aesthetic' and just say it without a qualifier. It's an adjective, as in 'the colours are aesthetically pleasing', but some seem to think it describes a particular trend if that makes sense?!

Saying doing/done instead of visit/ed see (we done empire state today and doing the statue of liberty tomorrow)

Lush
Hubby
AKS instead of ASK
Tasty

People on social media who do not correctly use the word 'aesthetic' and just say it without a qualifier

So much this. Everything is aesthetic! What matters is whether you like that aesthetic or not.

Stupid nicknames like RiRi and TayTay make those using it sound thick.

"I did a thing"
"Where's your head at?"
Any abbreviation of the word "chocolate"
The word "dollop" gives me the absolute rage
"So moreish"