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......

People that can't speak without the constant unnecessary use of 'like in every single sentence. Makes you sound thick. I'm surprised schools/parents haven't clamped down on it. They'll have no chance at interviews, meetings etc in the real world.

Picky bits
Hen doo
Pack lunch
Wanna
Shoulda
Holibobs

Picky bits!! Acne scab anyone?

Veggies
Sick to my stomach ( where else would you be sick from???)
Fur babies
Hubby
Oldies
Nom nom
I think the best one has to be girlie's din dins though!

Picky bits / dinner

incorrect use of myself / yourself - drives me mad. Eg 'my son and myself went to...'

In this moment
Having a moment
Medalled / Medalling
Progression
Spoons - unless cutlery
Chops - unless pork or lamb . Or Karate.

I heard this the other day...I couldn't believe it....Unalived..instead of dead

Shout out to (just say thanks)
Little ones (just say child, daughter etc )
Making memories
Bravo (luvvie, just really hate it).

Lush.

It makes me cringe when people describe things as lush.

Oh..My bad....drives me nuts

Beautiful inside and out
My rock
Hubby
My other half
Love you to the moon and back
Merry Christmas from ours to yours
Let’s circle back….

I wish there was a laughing reaction option!

It's used on social media because dead and killed and murdered get flagged up and blocked

Would of, could of should of etc
In my eyes

A corporate wanky one - ‘we are aligned’ 🤢 Just say ‘I agree’ with you!

Girlie din dins is awful 😫

I have a colleague who adds cutesy endings to lots of words, like lunchypoos and coffeebobs. It's... quite hard to listen to. 😅

I haven't heard anyone say chillax since about 2012 though!

“If that makes sense”. Without exception, it’s said in a patronising tone, after the person has discussed something incredibly basic (and usually tedious) that requires little intelligence to understand, but yet they finish with that, as if they’re saying they’d be happy to dumb it down for you.

Another vote for picky bits..

bits and bobs
fess up
reach out

Another one just came to me - again, it's a millenial one. 'Aks' / 'Axe' instead of 'Ask'

Also ‘scum’. I don’t know why but there seems to be a close link between people who use the word scum and stupidity.

Often paired with 'thinking outside the box' 😂

I think people started using this because on FB and Instagram, comments or posts with the actual word can get flagged or banned hence “unalived.”
There’s actually a whole list of banned or heavily monitored words that bots pick up on and can get content blocked such as: blood, kill, suicide, rape, murder, even dead in some contexts. Still doesn’t make it sound any better though 😂

😂I swear to God if one of my mates said that I'd punch em straight in the mouth! 😂

Or unless they’re a member of The Four Tops