Words and phrases that drive you insane...

[Ducksbehindthesofa]

Certain words (usually nonsense or pseudowords) and phrases really grate on me, sometimes to the extent I don't bother reading the rest of a narrative if I stumble across a word or phrase on my hit list, halfway through something.

There are plenty, but a few to kick off:

Holibobs. It's not even an abbreviation for goodness sake.

Chillax. Just why?

"You do you" - this seems to be the in phrase at the moment, especially with the younger generation. It always sounds vaguely condescending to me

Chrimbo. Please, no

Nom nom nom. This one is right up there with holibobs!

Your turn......

Obligated. The word is obliged. I think in US they use obligated for the same meaning, which is fair enough if you are from there or live there. But otherwise no, you sound stupid

Oh yes - x 'needs done'
' here's the thing' usually followed by some patronising shite
'My bad' - looking at DH for this one

I'm on roll now (unless that's on anyone's list) 😊

Yup, double superlatives are the work of the devil.

Also, 'he went gym' instead of 'he went to the gym'.

'I spoke with the doctor' instead of 'I spoke to the doctor'. Is the first phrase meant to sound more inclusive?

I also hate the word 'meal' for no good reason, especially when used in the phrase 'to prepare a meal'.

You could say 'I went to McDonald's'

Holibobs -something a 1-year-old would say!
Wanna and gonna instead of want to and going to - utterly common!
Chow/chowing down instead of food/eating -UGH!
Pretty - often pronounced as priddy.
Crimbo/Xmas - I'm an Athiest but even if I loved Christmas, it would still be Christmas! Santa instead of Father Christmas!
Tummy - When used by teens/adults.

Oh, the phone changed "somethink and nothink🤬

Adults speaking to other adults in that way are arseholes. No matter what the context.

My former boss (after I made some realistic comments about our new appraisal system) took me aside and told me to be more positive as our younger staff members were 'on a journey'.
I think I snorted.

I was sat/stood/laid/laying
He's [e.g.] trousers
Eachother
Ect
Inbetween
Infront
Non of your business
Use your words
First post nails it
Reached out
Myself and my husband
Between my husband and I

Apparently! 😬🤢

I wish folk would stop using 'iconic' all the bleeding time. Stop calling everything iconic!

Tribe (to describe family)
Hubby/hubster
Wifey
To wife up
Boy mum
King/Queen (to describe partner)

I do do that- you don't , you do that. I was oblivious to this until my DP pointed it out. Now it grates.
Making memories.

Crimbo/Xmas - I'm an Athiest but even if I loved Christmas, it would still be Christmas!
Chrimbo is a vaguely Antipodean sounding cutesy abbreviation of Christmas. Xmas is an old and traditionally religious way of abbreviating it by replacing the whole word Christ with the first letter in Greek. X was chosen randomly. Chrimbo and Xmas aren't on the same level.

Oh, and his for he's!

Why?!

Superpower. Both in the what skill do you have and in the I have x condition but it gives me a superpower. Both are annoying hyperbole.

Laser focused. Again hyperbolic. Just say focussed. We don't need the laser for emphasis, any more than we need the literallys (literallies?) that litter our language.

I agree. "Gotten" is an older form that has survived in certain parts of the UK and in the US as standard English.

Also, there is nothing wrong, grammatically or otherwise, with "can I get" unless you want to quibble with the can/may distinction, which will probably be gone in a few years anyway. "Get" means "come to have or hold (something); receive." It does not have some sort of built in reflexive. To ask someone "can I get" means "can I receive".

It's probably fine most of the time, but you've got to imagine it being said with a sickly-sweet tone and an index finger being shaken sharply in the air.

I once met a designer who said how he liked to take a typical Victorian house ‘on a journey’. How dare he! The house is going nowhere, and how arrogant anyway.

Little man or little princess - no, it's a boy/girl
Can I get - so rude
Defiantly instead of definitely
Hubby
Wifey
Shortened words such as ''invite' for invitation, 'uni' for university, 'convo' for conversation - just why?
Not knowing the difference between lie, lay, laid, lying and laying
Picky bits/picky tea - ugh - even M&S are advertising this now!
Agree about the word 'meal' - horrible

Just remembered another one "They lit up a room" with what? a match, a blazing firework, a flame thrower?

And "passed" instead of died. it can be meant well to try and protect people's feelings but to me it just reinforces our denial of death. A young member of my family died in terrible circumstances last year, they did not pass, they died a horrible, shocking painful death. "passed" makes it sound as if they have taken a driving test. Oh and they did not "light up a room", they were a complex, funny, sometimes challenging person with good and less good qualities, a much loved and much missed human being

Loads.

Some of these are just what some would call bad grammar rather than words or phrases which are irritating. My favourite is granddog-your kids’ dog. Jesus.