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......

A colleague uses “I shared…” and “I named that…” and it makes me feel murderous.

And everything being a 'rollercoaster of emotions'.

Tsunami and poonami can do one too.

“OP, I say this gently”. But we all hear the patronising tone.

People who say they have 'done" a country.
e.g Me : "I'm going to Italy this summer"
Annoying person " Ah, well we DID Italy the year before.
What? ! What are you "doing"?

Also not understanding that 'me' comes after 'from', not 'I', as in this is 'from Tim and me.' You wouldn't say 'from I.'

Also brought and bought are surely not that difficult 🤷‍♀️

'Absolutely' when yes will suffice.

I don't know why this bothers me so much, but loads of history podcasts I listen to like to use the word 'spaces'. As in:
"They inhabited these spaces"
"They moved through these spaces"
"They had a shared experience of those spaces"
Instead of bedroom, house, town, room etc. I now can't stop noticing it and it winds me up! I'm willing to be wrong, but it seems they think it makes it all sound more academic.

I got emotional. I was so emotional. I didn’t expect to get emotional.

There are other words to use to describe feelings.

"I was today years old"
his instead of he's

lIt was t used by millions of line parents before. I just used to say “her father”, or just use his name. I guess we just didn’t give it a name before but perhaps it needed one.

• Making Memories (where is the vomit emoji?)
• It is what it is (the most pointless description of anything, ever)
• You do you (also pointless)
• People calling themselves "naughty" for having a biscuit
• "What's the chat" (??)
• My rock
• BFF

Hubbie, hon, fur baby, chippy tea, I’m going for a “cheeky” Nando’s or a “cheeky” drink.
People describing other people’s kids as “feral” when most of the time , it’s just kids being kids.
“Use your words”

Quite a few corporate ones…
“I wanted to touch base with you”
“I just want to sense check the list”
“Let’s regroup and come back with some blue sky ideas”
I’d keep a straight face when management said shit like this but I’d be secretly thinking, oh, shut up, stop with this nonsensical office jargon.

I reached out to you. I am reaching out to you.
Please, just say I am contacting you.

My bad 😤
draw instead of drawer
yummy
nom nom
axe or aks instead of ask
mix up of me/I

Bunch as I "just add a bunch of water to it"

Chop chop
Moreish
My bad
Chillax
Guesstimate

And on the subject of “unalived”, I got a 24 hour FB ban for saying the word “kill”, and my appeal was rejected. My comment was on a post about mushrooms and I said, “I was taught how to forage for mushrooms as a child. I wouldn’t do it now though, as I wouldn’t want to accidentally kill someone”. And apparently that was a ban, so while it’s a shite word I totally understand online use of “unalived” now.

It was outside of my comfort zone.

Think of something new to say…. Please !

How come no-one has said the MN perennial favourite "put your big girl pants on"????

Oh and posts with some sort of sale (usually not THAT good) and it says “don’t walk, RUN!”

Educate yourself. So condescending.

People starting accounts with "So...", and entering a conversation with "I mean..." as if they'd already contributed something that they're now expanding on.

Draws instead of drawers
"Eatery" 🙄

Something I've only read on MN: Tell me you're X without telling me you are X. I feel it's a silly phrase.

Simples. The minute I hear/read that I instantly dismiss whatever else is said or written. Moronic.

And 'tummy' from an adult. 😬

Meaningless, as well. Frequently it is not 'your rules'. I always wonder if that means they can murder someone at home and it's ok because 'their rules'?
Loathe Chrimbo (horrid abbreviation for the Mass of Christ), and 'you do you', which is indeed condescending.