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......

Hey
gotten
give your head a wobble
cockwomble
love you all the stars in the sky

a few that are annoying

Game changer
Bricking it
Curating

"Deep Dive into" on YouTube when they suggest something of interest to investigate .

Tell me you're .....(whatever) without telling me you're.....(whatever)

One I've only seen on MN : "I cannot get worked up about this"

"Up For Grabs" usually an offer or free gift in a magazine

Pregnant People

I don’t know, I find cockwomble to be a very useful description of some of the people I meet in daily life.

The use of Of instead of have
Forever home.
Nom Nom
Picky bits - used by family to steal any left overs from my house.
Ah Bless.
FFS
Bubble of any kind
Use of cutesy, twee misspellings such as Loverly or Muchly
Snowperson.

I dont understand what curated is. Is it just a bunch of objects.

Fur babies 🤢

I forgot to say nom nom. What the hell is that abomination? And what's wrong with yum yum?

Not my circus not my monkeys

I agree with "Love you to the moon and back"!
I have a keen interest in astronomy and that to me is like saying not much at all really compared to how close it is to the earth compared to Neptune or Pluto, now that would carry more weight.
"Love you to Uranus and back..." LOL! Couldn't resist!

Feeling blessed
Out for a cheeky little drink
It would be rude not to
Try telling your face that

‘Myself’ and ‘yourself’ instead of ‘me’ and ‘you’

'Bits and bobs'

I can't stand that phrase.

Girl math

The most annoying thing about "Forever home" is when they're referring to a council house.

I got an email from M&S once that used the phrase "Chippy Tea"!
What next? "These bangers just dropped at Waitrose?"

You have said using myself, yourself, herself incorrectly instead of I/me, you, her, is more polite, respectful and formal than using language properly.

How can that be true?

Even if a few people in rural Ireland habitually use these words incorrectly, it surely doesn't make this misuse of our language more polite, respectful and formal.

Anyone using the word 'nefarious' or 'cathartic' annoys me immediately.
Also, 'let's touch base' - no thanks, let's not.

'Charge it', 'I'm not gonna lie...' 'it is what it is' , 'it's giving blah...'. any Love Island sayings.

'Hubby' & 'Wifey'. No.

'Hun', 'hunny', 'lovely'. 🙄

'You go girl!' 🤮 I hate that one the most.

Can we retire ‘my partner in crime’ please? Luv, the only thing you’ve stolen is a 10p bag from Tesco because the self-checkout didn't trigger. Yes, you two drink warm Prosecco and you’re in bed by 9:45 but that’s hardly a crime

Don't blame therapists for "therapy language", it's not where it comes from. I've worked with tonnes of experienced shrinks of all kinds, and been to see one personally. None of them used "therapy language", and all of them disliked it.

The "Love Language" hypothesis was invented by a religious self-help author with no psychotherapy qualifications.

I really detest those composite insults like “wankpuffin” and “cockwomble”. They make me cringe.

I work in a school and we are encouraged to 'helicopter' around the room. How about just walk around? FFS

A colleague said to me that she had just 'crunched the numbers' and I died a little inside. I should be used to this shite after 22 years of teaching but the jargon continues to make me question my life choices.

"You do you" is very hostile IMO

I hate so many things I can't list. Love the Bill Nighy podcast

Yes I was thinking the same whilst watching The Traitors! Then a friend sent me a text saying I seen....... 🤯

Is she/he not? When someone phones for the Manager and I quite truthfully say "sorry she's not in work today". To be answered "Is she not?" I want to say " no I'm fucking lying, she is in but she doesn't want to speak to you now piss off".

Reach out.

A cheeky whatever.

We're pregnant. No, one of you is pregnant.
Beautiful inside and out. 🙄