To get irritated by these words / phrases

[Bouliegirl]

there are a few words/phrasesthat irritate the life out of me that I keep seeing online. “Elevated”. “Intentional” “old money aesthetic”. Either in a magazine or on social media.

anyone else?

In this moment. Rather than now. Jurgen Klopp was forever saying this and perhaps he was part of its spread? English isn't his first language but the rest of us have no excuse!

People who say 2 twins. No, it is just twins.

"We're pregnant" from a couple. Unless a same sex couple where both women are pregnant it's nonsense.

‘I’m obsessed with’ followed by something that truly does not generate obsession, such as a household gadget or item of clothing
Also ‘should have’ it’s ‘should have’. It really is.

"Elevated" irritates me because it essentially means higher end, more expensive, higher quality, better constructed. Using "elevated" usually implies a choice to be made and ignores the fact that economically, there may not actually be a choice. People aren't (typically) buying cheap or knock-off versions of things because they don't know any better or haven't thought of buying the more expensive version, but because it is what they can realistically afford.

That and calling it ‘seggs’. For God’s sake grow up. I saw "seggs" in the wild for the first time right here on MN, within the last few weeks! I THINK it's probably a carry-over from forums that disallow certain terms - for example, lipstickalley censors "sex", and so regular users have become used to typing "xes" instead - but it's depressing that we're automatically assuming we CAN'T be precise, rather than using the correct term by default and then adjusting if blocked.

I am no one’s hun, hunni or “a girl”. Agreed, and adding: girly/girlie/girlies and girlypop (used as nouns). Fuck off.

I loathe with a passion any variation on the phrase “cutting your cloth” though admittedly I’ve never heard anyone say it out loud. Thank god or I’d chuck a saucepan at them. It always sounds smugly self righteous.

The word classy. To me it implies Gucci knock-offs & fake perfumes.

"Reaching out" is an awful turn of phrase.

Surely you should just say:

"Contacting" or "getting in touch with".

Yes, totally agree on this one! I've seen it on here about hobbies, e.g. "I'll be getting him some books for Christmas as he loves his reading." It's weirdly infantilising.

Another one I've been noticing recently is "I'm [place]" for saying where you live. "I'm Yorkshire", "I'm Edinburgh". Why? It's just as jarring as "go uni" or "go gym".

I don’t understand “shifting” weight instead of losing it, but perhaps it’s a thing where the weight goes to another part of the body?

*Zov *
My ex husband used to refer to sex as 'a cuddle'.
"Are we having a cuddle tonight?"
That word still makes me cringe, twenty odd years after we divorced.

Also, “Let’s be clear” which is huge with politicians these days. It’s just filler language.

”If I’m honest” can jump straight into the bin.

One that really annoys me (and l've seen it repeated ad infinitum) by so called 'reporters' on articles about half dressed Z-list celebrities is 'a leggy display'.

YES!
Also ‘teased at a hint of cleavage’ and all the Dickensian nonsense they use to describe hair and makeup in these articles.
I also hate ‘a pop of colour’ and ‘makes your eyes pop’.