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?

She suffers from mental health. Having mental health is a good thing. What you presumably mean is that she suffers from poor mental health, or even mental illness.

The patronising "No?", when ending a sentence.

Surprised no one has nominated "use your words" yet. My eyes roll to the back of my head when I see that phrase.

“Share children”. I remember when couples used to have children. Now they “share” them. Maybe they parent on alternate days, or one parent has the right side and the other one takes the left.

'give your head a wobble'

Posters who trot this one out think it's the last word in having the last word but it's a meaningless phrase only ever seen on here.

"At the end if the day" and "it's up to you"

"Reach out" when you mean you are contacting or talking to someone. It just sounds utterly wanky and ridiculous.

Yes!!! I absolutely hate this!

"To die for".

"Excited for" (as opposed to excited about).

I hate " watch this space"

I think it's because it's taking me to do something and assuming I'm interested

Can I get...........
No, I am here to serve you, YOU cant get it, I can, then give it to you

Whatever happened to be ''please can I have''

Gobsmacked! - Can't you just say 'shocked'?
My bad. - Pardon? What a stupid comment.

So many more....

Something about an An old fool. I hate that because it’s so naff and doesn’t rhyme.

Unless you are one of The Four Tops, then it's cool.

Midaxi. Wtf is a midaxi length? Is it 1cm longer than a midi and 1cm shorter than a maxi?

Someone mentioned 'a bite to eat'. My mother makes that even worse with 'a bite to eat and a glass of beer'.

This is possibly very specific to Ireland but...Santy (as in Santa Claus)

Boobing the baby, the baby wants boob etc
Saying something is “a bit off”
”Cherry toms” for tomatoes or “jack pots” for jacket potatoes

I must be a curmudgeonly sod as I can't stand most of these.

Another is she's beautiful inside and out I don't get it - how can you see inside someone

Going to potty -USA speak for going to the loo 🤢🤢🤢

Ick

Awesome

I'm not gonna lie

Couples who say "we" are pregnant. No, you bloody aren't. Only one person is pregnant, i.e. the person physically growing that baby. Ditto "We're breastfeeding".

Not an annoying phrase as such, but the contraction of "a lot" to "alot" - predictive text even corrects it, but I still see it online. A lot.

Get can mean to physically fetch something, it can also mean to receive something. "What did you get for Christmas?"

Also not an Americanism.

Mac and cheese. Why not just macaroni cheese, it's not difficult to say.

"You do you"

"Making memories"

A friend of mine has a habit of saying ‘basically’ before going on to explain something very simple and not in the slightest bit complicated… it is incredibly patronising and irritating.

‘My bad’
‘game changer’