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......

On mn: hope that helps. I don’t think you can get more patronising!!

‘Don’t judge’ 🙄 if someone’s being a dick I’ll judge alright!

I can't stand 'unsavoury' as a description. Genuinely it can make me feel a little bit sick depending on context.

This is said to avoid censorship on YouTube & TikTok. If they said ‘killed’ or ‘dead’ their video gets taken down

People who use 'myself' instead of 'I' or 'me'. Or 'yourself' instead of 'you'. Why???? Do you think you sound posh?

Think I could fill the whole thread but for now -
Manifested / manifesting
I was x years old when I
So … I did a thing
Curated
Elevate
Gifted
Literally
Chillax
I/me/myself
Hubby/wife
Hollibobs
Crimbo
My bad
Give your head a wobble
You do you
All corporate talk - reaching out, take this offline, circle back, blue sky thinking, touch base to name a few.

People using mortified when they mean horrified. I also hate "Yorkies" and "roasties", although I realise that might be just me.

Not sure what picky bits are but I don't want to pick anything. It makes me think of someone picking their nose.

Fur baby.
shudders.

Chuckle

Super (instead of very)

Onboarding

I guess (instead of I suppose)

Belly

Inclusive (it’s become such a buzzword that it’s now often either meaningless or inappropriate)

The gender-neutralising of everyone for no apparent reason - “I called my parent/sibling/child” when the sex is known and the context suggests the person in question doesn’t identify as non-binary. Why not just say “I called my father/sister/son”?

I hate when people say “brekkie”, also “sweet treat”.

I used to hate it during the daily Government briefings during the pandemic when Matt Hancock would assure us he would "strain every sinew" to ensure blah blah blah would happen. Turned my stomach every time as it conjured up an image of him in sporty gear gurning with the effort of straining said sinews. 🙈

Yes! People who do baby talk to adults. Brekkie.Nighty Night. My dh once used the word snuggle to me and I told him if he ever said that again, my vagina would clamp shut.

It's quite a common usage in Ireland. Myself, yourself, himself, herself instead of me, you, him and her.

Mainly just a more polite and respectful way of speaking.

'Ick' should never be used by any adult or Brits in general.

Yip, i wont order anything that comes with " slaw"

'I am obsessed ' instead of I love .Drives me bonkers

and 'cool' used for everything positive .There are so many adjectives one can use .Cool just falls flat.

I love my DN, but fuck me when she just answers with the word 'Obsessed!' e.g 'Have you read/seen such and such?"

"Obsessed!'

I know she's only 23, but she's doing a medical degree, is she going to be "obsessed' on the wards? I think not.

I’m Irish, living in Ireland. The incorrect use of ‘myself’ and ‘yourself’ has crept in here over the last decade or so, but it’s neither polite nor respectful and it conjures up images of sales guys and recruiters and others engaging in what they think is correct use of grammar to sound more formal or sincere. Whenever I hear it, I internally write the person off a little.

Also ‘a bite to eat’, along with ‘cuppa’ and ‘brekkie’.

It's not, it's just incorrect grammar, mainly used by people who have been taught that "me and John went to the shops" is incorrect but who don't understand why. There is nothing impolite or disrespectful about the words "I", "you" or "he/she".

Or incorrect use of it: "I was literally left hanging." Um, no you weren't.

Similarly, "that begs the question" when used to mean "that makes me wonder/raises the question" as opposed to the correct usage, which is "that assumes or anticipates the answer to the question."

Anyone who flatly declares (particularly in their opening sentence) that their friend/ relative/ex "is a narc" usually has me suspecting they are in fact the problem.

"Boils my piss" is beyond crude and I can't stand it, though, unlike others, "I am large of nork" is not something that annoys me or that I hear much (in the South) and it always makes me smile.

I find "FFS!!!" comes across as bad tempered and inarticulate.

Listening to Radio 4 the other day, they were discussing 'fire trucks.' I was shouting bloody 'fire engines!' We're British fgs.

Early doors
You do you
Peeps
Bestie (unless you’re about 7)
Give your head a wobble
No is a complete sentence.
That doesn’t work for me (only ever seen on MN, just say ‘I can’t’ FFS!

Judgy pants (another MN 🤮)
Judgy anyway - it’s ‘judgemental’ FFS
Baby steps

It absolutely is bad grammar. It should only be used reflexively.

I was contemplating this on Traitors. Several of them kept saying "I have voted for yourself." ARGGGHHH!!!!!

My hard-of-hearing Dad was here one night and said "I didn't think you COULD vote for yourself." Quite.

It often seems to be used when people are trying to soften things/be overly polite and I guess maybe that has stemmed from "Help yourself" (which is correct, as used reflexively). Maybe that has been confused with adding the self in that phrase to be polite?