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......

Although I can see where you're coming from when you say that but the general consensus is that they actually do mean the same thing and most dictionaries etc list that as being so eg:

CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY
Meaning of 'tummy' in English
noun [ C ] informal or child's word for
the stomach, or the lower front part of the body..

Whatever you may think it still most definitely sounds ridiculously immature and silly hearing adults discussing their 'tummies' except maybe in such instances of 'tummy tuck' with reference to cosmetic surgery in that area! 🙄

Whatever you may think, @Cariadm , I don't think it sounds ridiculous.

I'd use stomach to mean the organ and tummy to mean the abdomen.

Apart from tummy tuck which is obviously not official language, I have never heard an adult reference to stomach as 'tummy' (Ireland), belly maybe lol (not me!)

I just want to add making memories again as it really grinds my gears. I saw a post on fB last night that said Rachel from the Traitors lost her mum which of course was very sad, she had planned to spend her money on a family trip knowing her mum who had Parkinsons and dementia would not be able to go on many trips more. Under the post almost every comment was 'No chance to make memories.' ' Aw no making memories.' When did this phrase become a thing? I'm sure she has lots of memories despite no holiday and there's really something odd to me about doing something to remember it rather than just enjoying it!

It's American. Linguists have a term for it which I first heard from an American academic using the example of city and ciddy. I've forgotten what he called it but from a quick search online, it's an alveolar flap or tap.

When someone is upset about something and then says “but… we move”. Birthday wishes that state “and just like that, she’s a teenager….”

I know this. I meant I get annoyed when people use “fiance” for both male and female.

I think there is a difference between how people speak naturally with some accents, and other people speaking with certain dishonest, faux elements thrown into what used to be RP.

Not words / phrases , but the use of spaces between punctuation and words . The slash gap is very annoying and my manager does it in every email / Teams chat that he sends.

The people I've heard saying "twenny" don't have regional accents. It's almost the norm among newsreaders and commentators on TV.

Or The Five Oh! Doing that siren thingy with their fingers over their heads.

They don’t have regional accents. Exactly.

The newsreaders on the television, and plenty of others doing the same, who say, for example, ‘par’ of’ (when they remember), seem to think that to be inclusive they should adopt an intentionally semi-casual, sloppy way of speaking.

When people say they are an open book

People who open a conversation with, "No offence but ......" prior to saying something offensive.

Pivot ..just pivot to something else.

" Twenny" is definitely part of my regional accent: Southern US. Although occasionally I do enunciate the t if the need arises for me to sound less Southern.

I was reading an NHS leaflet a few years ago about the symptoms of prostrate cancer. It mention "pain in the tummy", ridiculous, considering the leaflet was generally aimed at middle-aged men!

I use "guts" when talking about abdominal pain.

Whatever you feel you want to do of course but I do so hope this doesn't result in you having some sort of mix up or confusion when relaying a problem to a medical professional who might not share your views on the use of the word 'tummy' and might therefore miss something crucial that would have been picked up immediately with the use of the correct accepted adult word?! 🙄😱

"Hey Lovely!" normally used by someone young along with doll, hun,hunni,babe,chick,love etc...ugh it's patronising, normally on vinted...etc...
it's just so twee I want to punch them, I'm in my mid 40s and old enough to be your mother ffs....!

A level playing field. Blue sky thinking. Politicians using 'robust' every five minutes.
#Screams..

Strange one as it’s a sound rather than a real word 😂 dur dur dedur dedur - instead of ‘and so on’
hubby
furbaby
hollibobs
welligogs - I know!!
baby mama/daddy
next slide - we’ll all hate that one forever!
ick
tummy
yummy /yum /nom nom
babby instead of baby
ta
babychinno/puppachino
panties
Gosh
mac
maccies
mac y dees
gum instead of chewing gum
head honcho
backpack 😂
bobble - for hairband 😂

there is a potential that my long list could be me being of a certain age 😂😂😂

"Passed away" is my long-term pet hate, but today I was reminded of another one I hadn't heard for a while.

"His name's called Anthony." No, his name's Anthony or he's called Anthony. His name hasn't got a name.

draw instead of drawer

The pronunciation haRASSment instead of HArassment. Jealous instead of envious.

Mis-cheev-ee-us instead of mis-chie-vous

Hubby
putting a long A into Italian words ‘larte’