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......

"Up and down the country"

Throughout the country? Why would you be going "up" and "down" the country anyway?

"Generation"... as in "finest player of his generation"... As no one suggests a generation is a period of set length, when used in this context the word is meaningless.

"The next generation..."

What is the current generation?

(Probably the worst of all)
"Future generations..."

You get my point

"Hunkering / hunkered down@

Horrible

"Incredibly" (as in "incredibly proud"; "incredibly pleased...")

Do you mean "very"? You surely don't mean that you were so (eg) proud that nobody would believe it. So why say "incredibly"?

I think that'll do for now...

Well, yes, but then professional cricketers are working too...

But it's not mis-chie-vous - it's miss-cher-vus

Calm down. You're putting yourself through unnecessary stress. Let it go. You'll end up with terrible frown lines and high blood pressure 🙄

Oh God Stacey Dooley is terrible for this.

"Make it make sense"...... just why?

Eh? There’s no ‘r’ in it where I come from.

Myself
Gifted, gifting
Like, like, like
To be pacific..... I do wonder if these people dream of holiday on a Specific island(

No r where I come from either. I think what we have here is a non-rhotic speaker using their basically silent r to indicate an elongated/broadened vowel sound. See also "larte" above.

My bad 😬

“No drama”

“Picky bits”
No , it’s buffet or nibbles .

was on a plane recently and the hostesses saying “ any empties ?!“ . Yes , your brain for pluralising an adjective instead of using a noun. Just say rubbish!

Should of, could of, would of, I seen that, I done that.....🙄

Yous instead of you or you all

Resonate
Issues. Issues used to be topics to be discussed, not necessarily problems.
I’m good.

Anybody prepared to do a spreadsheet? It's about slang speakers is it? I cannot stand clichés. In fact the very word cliché is misunderstood. I'm eating my own teeth right now 🙄

Grrrr, so stupid, along with Adulting and Parenting. 🫩

But did you die?
Living your best life
I haven’t the bandwidth
I have a window
Touch base
Go your own way
You do you … YUK
I know right!

Agree with a lot of these. Although, the more recent ones I hear mostly from my teen or on MN posts!! I’m guessing they’ll be replaced with equally annoying language in the not too distant future 🙄

i’m confused on the “gotten” reference, what’s the problem with this?

The word “copious”, my whole body reacts. I only ever hear it used by a certain type of person

Your dislike of ‘copious’ has just reminded me that I hate the word ‘several’. I immediately think the person is exaggerating and the truth is 2 or possibly 3, but certainly not the many multiples they are trying to imply.

I’m aware this may be a me problem!

@Cariadm , are you feeling all right? You come across as barking mad.

If I was speaking to somebody about a medical problem, I would use specific terms.

Why would it be "miss-cher-vus",? There's not an r in it.

It's MIS-chi-vus (ˈmɪstʃɪvəs), @RaraRachael , @AmateurDad .

Ugh, can people with rhotic accents please stop the faux-innocent "I don't understaaaaaand, there's no R in that word" nonsense. It's perfectly clear that the PP meant that mischievous (however one renders the phonetic pronunciation) has 3 syllables, not 4 🙄

I suspected that. I was probably being a bit disingenuous because I thought that poster’s tone came across as quite patronising in correcting the other person.