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......

That been really common for ages. I'm surprised you've only just heard it.

People say it online to avoid getting flagged and/or banned from certain places online, particularly tiktok.

Words like "suicide" "kill" "murder" etc can trigger social media bots and get your posts removed, so people started coming up with words to get around it.

No excuse for using them out loud in RL though. It's on par with saying "Oh Em Gee"

Agree with all of the above, especially din dins - who would’ve thought you could make that any worse?!

• been instead of being
• text instead of texted
• you do you - actually causes a micro moment of rage!
• rude ‘much’? - Or similar
• fast forward
• the complete muddle over me, myself and I. Drives me mad. People like to use myself and I because they think it makes them sound educated, and avoid me because there’s this idea it’s wrong/common/uneducated.

Bill Nighy you say.?

“It’s giving”

"Holding space." Always said by a certain type of knob.

‘Girl dinner’ and ‘girl maths’ please fuck off and die

As has been said on numerous times, "Can I get" is the normal way of asking for things in Scotland and, I believe, Ireland.

"you do you" is often made worse by people saying "you do you, boo!" My sister says it and it's irritating as hell. Especially sine it's blatantly obvious that what she means is "what you're doing is stupid".

I heard a woman i follow on SM say "parasocial relationship" recently and it made me want to poke her in the eye !

"I expressed that..." instead of "I said" or "I told him" or some other normal phrase. I see this a lot on MN and I hate it.

I hate the phrase, ‘It is what it is’

My friend calls her slippers ‘slip slips’

I've got a friend who I genuinely really love, and appreciate all aspects of her personality, apart from the fact she calls breakfast "brekkie" and sandwiches "sarnies".

Oh and ‘adjacent’ in the context of looking for something similar. I first heard it in a wooden toy but/sell group when someone posted “wooden toy adjacent” items - I left the group.

‘Reaching out’

Invite as a noun (the word is invitation).
"Sat" instead of sitting.
Myself, yourself, himself instead of me, you, him.
There are many...

Snog. I hate that word so much

This! And electric as a noun, as in I need to buy electric.

Myself, yourself
“Plenty” of water
No fool like an old fool
Picky bits/tea
Cuppa
Fucks me off
Boils my piss
Skint

Sat, stood instead of sitting and standing.

Everything being "a journey" makes my eyes roll.

Yep. Grab your mates, grab a ticket, grab a coffee. Please make it stop.

I second that and add using literally when the thing/event etc they're referring to is most definitely not literal.

Ugh, I would not go either!

Gentle hugs or indeed gentle anything makes me want to scream
Picky bits is almost as bad

Oh no! What should we be saying instead?