To be annoyed when people say ....

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low key ? For example someone says " does this top not low key go with these jeans" it seems to be used all the time now. Maybe annoyed is not the right word but it's irritating 🤣 . Light-hearted post really. Are there any sayings that seem to be "trending" that annoys you ?

Argh what is it with clickbait tabloid headlines "three word warning" or "five word statement" etc this stupid thing they are doing lately of how many words something is!

Fgs it's metaphorical.

And there's nothing we can do about it anyway.

I think it means that they're not 100% committed or that they are trying to express something in a modest way? That's just me guessing from the way I've heard it used.
'I low-key love Earl Grey tea'
That's a bad example but I try to imagine the low key bit coming after,
'I love Earl Grey tea but in a low key way'.
Or that perhaps they're surprised at their own feelings about something:
'I low key enjoyed that cake my 2yo made'.
Not sure if that makes any sense haha.

I'm fascinated by the development and nuances of language and enjoy seeing how trends change over time. It would also be extremely boring if we all communicated without these turns of phrase/trends.
Having said that....
If I hear one more person say:
'Then we'll get that back to yourselves'
'That will be up to yourselves'
'I'll give yourself a call'
I'm going to blow.
I especially hear it in professional contexts, so I'm assuming people think it's more formal when it's just WRONG!

Even worse than no problem when phoning certain businesses/offices is "fantastic". Is it really, all I've done is given you my address?

Thats how I use it. As a minimising statement. I'm low key pissed off. As in, I don't really care, not enough to do anything about it, but I'm still going to to batch about it!

@PointsSouth i also use Not Gonna Lie too. Obviously never considered lying, it just means owning something shamelessly. Not gonna lie, I ate the whole buffet. Not Gonna Lie, I say these phrases all the time!

@billycat321 I start so many sentences with So that I have to edit my work emails to remove it and make it professional before I send 😆

I think its a millennial thing!

@Rosscameasdoody I can tolerate going forward, as long as it isn't added to the end of sentences, especially in emails. That's was a real trend at an ex-workplace. "Let's eat cake, going forward"

Just for fun, I sometimes intensely use cringeworthy phrases that I haven't heard in our office, just to see how long it takes to hear it back in a meeting from someone else. Stupid stuff like saying "whats the gold standard way to do this" in every meeting I have for a few weeks. I know its sad, but you have to have fun in the office.

I've not heard most of these....but in Australia my kids say -

You're so zesty.....apparently this is not good....it means you are a bit of a try hard or a loser

He's got Riz....if you have riz you are good looking or stylish

Some sort of what....I have no fucking idea why this gets put at the beginning and end of every sentence! Usually mumbled

Sigma....again no damn idea

I had to laugh the other day watching something on tv and I said to my son...that is making me cringe...he looked at me with horror and said how do you know what cringe is....

Picky bits/tea/dinner/lunch when referring to food. Makes me think of bogeys and scabs.🤮

Aesthetic used alone.
As in "this lamp is aesthetic".
You can say aesthetically pleasing. You can say it's in keeping with my aesthetic.
People seem to be using it when they mean pretty or stylish.
It's ridiculous. Whether any given thing is aesthetically pleasing is an individual opinion. Using the word alone seems to me to be a statement of fact. Seems arrogant but that might be just me. I've seen influencers claim a lot of Temu and Shein tacky cheap ugly plastic shite as aesthetic. It extra pisses me of if all they mean is it's beige.

Some other random annoyances
Delulu for delusional.
This math ain't mathing for this doesn't add up.
Spill the tea for tell me the gossip/rumour/secret.

Some PPs have mentioned "it is what it is". That's a funny one for me. I think it's okay if it's one saying it about their own situation but not if it's someone else's. When somebody tells you their situation, I think it's rather dismissive to say that to them, "well, it is what it is".

Sorry, this is pages ago but hit a nerve for me and reminded me of a couple of my icks (sic 🤣)

Your good self, or worse, my good self.

That's the sort of thing I'd imagine a modern-day Mr Collins from Pride and Prejudice to say😂