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......

Round 2:

'Clapped back' instead of 'objected to'
'Welcomed' when a baby is born

Going forward - I don't know why it irritates me so much but I really hate this phrase.
Reaching out
Hosting
Little one
Hun

Ive been hearing/reading 'Unalived' a lot recently, it's awful. However, I'm sorry, but I quite like 'holibobs'.............hangs head in shame 😓

I wondered this. But I hear 'knocked me sick' SO much now, can't remember the last time I heard someone say 'knocked me for six'.

I really dislike 'hun' ........yuck !

I've never heard anyone say it, but a PP has said it's common in Liverpool as an expression in its own right so that might explain it.

I had assumed that “knocked me sick” and “knocked me for six” were two different, but similar-sounding phrases. I thought the former meant that something had made the person nauseous, but the latter had impacted them in a way that knocked them over either physically or emotionally.

I am probably completely wrong, but it made sense to me.

I have to agree with a lot of what’s already been said. I thought nom nom when I saw the title but see it was mentioned in the op.

Others that really grate is the use of “cheeky” to describe a meal.
or saying something has “dropped”

Still better than poop

I didn't want to read and run

Prostrate cancer instead of prostate cancer. You're not on the ground face down ffs.

People who announce themselves on post with 'man/mortician/grasshopper here'. As if this adds more validity to what they're going to say.

A PP has said that "knocked me sick" is a common expression in Liverpool. I'm not from anywhere near there so happy to stand corrected!

“Calling out”. When did “calling people out” about something or other start

The now ubiquitous “uptick” instead of “increase”

”delta” when meaning “the difference between 2 numbers”

"Ducks in a row" I agree but " My ducks are definitely not in a row and one is a permanently exhausted pigeon" has it's uses! I hate 'off of' instead of from, Pacific instead of specific and picky bits/tea!

Reaching out - for contacting
Journey - for things that happen to you
Speaking to something - this speaks to truth - for this is true
Exponential for a lot

Fur baby/babies

I had cats, never did I refer to them as fur baby(ies). Collectively I called them the hairbags.

They were cats not substitute children

When people say pigs and troughs instead of peaks and troughs.

'Bubbly' for sparkling wine is intolerable but strangely, 'bubbles' is fine. 'Filly' to refer to a young woman.

‘Little man.’

’The boy’

About male babies.

Even the NHS uses "poo" and "pee" on its webpages.

Have others noticed that phrases used in medical and police dramas have crept into general use? No-one seems to get rushed into hospital any more - they were "blue lighted" and people don't have heavy bleeding - they are "bleeding out".

Can't stand "date night" or "sexy time" or "did the deed".

Overuse of "actively". I "actively" hate it. 🤢

I'm pretty sick to death of hearing Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves parroting 'it's the right thing to do' as the answer to every single bloody question they are asked, in their tedious, monotonous flat voices.

It’s the new ‘strong and stable’ lol

Last week I saw a vehicle which had "Little People on board" on the rear window.

That's definitely a new one on me.