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......

I hate the phrase "tucking in" with regard to eating.

"Please everyone! Tuck in!"

"I sat and tucked in to my dinner."

"We were all tucking in to our lunch when..."

I can't even pin what it is I hate about it. I just hate it.

People who write drivel like "with a smokey eye and a red lip" should have a black eye and a fat lip.

I agree. It just sounds very unattractive.

😂😂

We often say "dive in." 🤣

Yuck, that's even worse!

I know, but we are very uncouth in our house. 🤣

" It's giving...".

Yuk!

Snack. I think we'd have a lot fewer people with weight problems if 'snack options' were labelled 'stuff to eat between your normal meals.'

I posted a similar thing about tummies. But the fact is, a depressing number of patients wouldn't understand the word faeces or euphemisms like "bowel movements." Reaching those people is more important than using correct terms, even if it is irritating.

Still “the ick” for me - who the hell, over the age of 5, ever says this? 🤬🤬🤬🙄

Imma.

It's I'M GOING TO. Just grow up.

Grown ups when food is placed in front of them say yummy. It gives me the absolute rage.
Also drinky poos!. OH, s step mum always says let's have drinky poos.

The 'don't hesitate' is so infuriating too. Just say 'please get in touch if....' It's up to me if I bloody hesitate!!

Aarrgghh! That's another one. It is 'not that big a deal.' NO need for the 'of'.

"Hubby"

"Hubster"

"Craft me a note"

As a family . As sounds like pretending to be a family . We go on holiday as a family !

Gifting. Ffs. ‘Is anyone gifting a (insert whatever you want). Why not just say ‘has anyone got a xyz I can have?’

God yes with the 'end of' and 'simple as'. My friend from the SE was saying these 25 years ago when we met travelling. I used to pause, thinking she was still finishing her sentence, until I realised there was no end to anything, and there was no upcoming simile . She still says it, but now I'm used to it.

I'll add young men who refer to their girlfriend as 'The Mrs'. DS2's friend said this the other day- he's 19. FFS.

the Ick
reach out
gifted/gifting
hosted/hosting
guested/guesting
passed instead of passed away
using lend and borrow, teach and learn, take and bring incorrectly (the opposite way round)

Recently, I have seen/heard a lot people using wary for weary and vice-versa despite completely different meanings, seems to be a new phenomenon and it is unbearable..

Really don't like gotten but accept it is normal in some regions

Childish language in adverts/NHS etc. Especially pee which I think is a horrible and quite crude word. To me, the polite/children's term is wee.

I also detest the "red lip", "blue trouser" thing, absolutely awful.

"I'm going to Tesco's/Asda's" etc instead of Tesco, Asda

Sorry that some of these have already been mentioned, if so many people hate them, why are we hearing them so often?

I'm laughing so hard at 'filly'. Do you live in a Jilly Cooper novel?🤣

God me too. I absolutely loathe "lush." It may be because I once worked with a total arsehole who used it all the time.

I used to walk past a building each day as part of my regular route to work that had "3 tommy" written alongside a building in spray paint.

I could not for the life of me figure out what the message was. Three Tommys? 3 Tommy Street but they got caught before they could write "street"? I just couldn't get it.

Eventually I realised it meant "Free Tommy" as in Tommy Robinson. Free Tommy Robinson from prison.

To this day it baffles me how anyone can think "3" in any way sounds like or symbolises "free".

From another thread...

Princess treatment 🙈

It's okay if Tom Kerridge says it.