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?

Oh yes! Also in phrases such as 'not that big of a deal', when it's 'not that big a deal.' 😤

Unlike 'oh my days' which is apparently okay and does not at all make the speaker sound like a twit.

We already mentioned "unalive" but this also is the result of social media censorship. So is chicken boob.

It’s not a phrase, but ‘obligated’ - it’s suddenly everywhere.

Please bring back ‘obliged’ - it wasn’t doing any harm!

Folk and folks, a bit twee unless you live on a prairie somewhere.
Parenting
Adulting

Grumpy-old-bag hat on again, I really cringe at ‘bestie’ too.

(something) ready

Such as beach ready, party ready

Chicken boob is a new one for me and I daren't Google...

I hate it when people say ‘pressurised’, eg ‘they were pressurised to go to the party.’ I’m sure people used to say ‘pressured’, but then I wonder if I’ve imagined that! Either way I don’t like the word ‘pressurised’.

Sweet treats

People at work say that all the time, along with space. Makes me spit. "The whole EDI piece in the environment space." No. EDI in the environmental sector.

The other day I saw ‘Too big of an age gap…’
I do wonder why on earth…

"Had of" when they just mean "had", e.g "If he had of hurried". Even worse if it's followed by something like "he would have got there on time". "Of" seriously annoys me when it's used as a verb anyway, and that sentence would be fine {and easier to write/say} just as "If he had hurried".

A piece in Ne Scotland is something you have with a cup of tea . piece to one and all.😁

@Thevelvelletes Nothing better than a fancy piece wi yer cuppie o tae 🤣

"Hit the ground running"
Used often by a manager of a team that couldn't keep staff and was seriously overworked and disfunctional . We were told that the new staff member would be so good that all our problems would be solved.
Unfortunately the only running most of them did was out of the door after a few months.

The same manager was also fond of " it has come to my attention " and "just a gentle reminder" in emails .

Ah, @Thevelvelletes I’ve lived away from Scotland for over 30 years and I’d forgotten all about “pieces” 😊

Only the posh kids (precious few where I grew up) had a ‘sandwich’!

My granny referred to her brother's second wife as his 'fancy piece'. So tea and a fancy piece in Dublin would be quite a different experience @RaraRachael 😀

May I add 'pussybow blouse' to the list? Not the top itself, just the name.

A Dublin fancy piece would be a bit o fluff in Ne Scotland.
A funcy piece is a biscuit or cake Ne Scotland.
A piece in west coast Scotland is a sandwich.

"Picky tea" ... no, for fucks sake just shut up.

"I just say it how it is" - no, you're using that as an excuse to be fucking rude and how unbelievably arrogant that you dress your opinion as up as "how it is". No - it's just another opinion like everyone else's 🙄

Oh and I live in the north east where they say "yous" a lot to refer to the plural version of 'you'. I cannot abide it. My manager uses it in work emails to address multiple people, e.g. "let me know what yous think". I cringe, hard.

Urgh, agree. Everyone knows it's youse. Or ye.

Delicious AND nutritious ☠️

Yewww Hear me out. Nooooo
Why why why. Nonsense.
My bile rises up

Ah, didn’t realise it could be a biscuit or cake. It was a sandwich in Fife, too (East coast)!