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......

The constant incorrect use of 'yourself'. It drives me INSANE

Myself agrees with yourself.

"You guys"...I have never been a guy.
"Deconstructed " on menus (ie to lazy to put the meal components together.
"Super" eg super shiny. Why not say very shiny?
"Filmed in front of a live studio audience " (what? Not a dead audience?)

"It's quite unique"
"It's very unique"

No. Something is either unique, or it's not.

Hate "reaching out" and "can I get" (a coffee) when they mean "please may I have" or "I'd like".

"Upmost" instead of "Utmost"
Picky tea
Chicken Dinner
Naice..... just awful
I have a friend, "lets call her" Sue/Rita/Jane etc
Does that make sense (as said at the end of every bloody sentence by my boss)
Mental load. I know it's a thing but makes me cringe.

Im laughing at pits & bits. Here in Glasgow we have a phrase a Glesga wash (pronounced wah -as in wah like a baby would cry) which is the 3 Fs - face, feet & f... I'm sure you can fill in the blank!🤣

I did a thing
Back in the day
Adulting

A red lip
A black boot
A skinny jean

The worst I ever heard in this vein was ‘a blue dungaree’

When young people start a sentence with ‘lowkey’

Bait used for a packed lunch. Horrible

Drives Me insane

As a size 18/20, I do this every day!

A family member……Rather than a member of the family.

Female instead of woman. ‘ A female was arrested….’

Yummy
Scrummy
Lush
Delicious when used to describe things that are inedible
Ace
Picky bits
Hive mind
Have went
Will you borrow me?
Can I lend?
Dose for does
Surley for surely
Conversate. I don't care if it's a real word

Similarly, the use of a double superlative: most skinniest/ more longer etc. Fun fact, DS1 almost got his face punched the 2nd week of secondary school when he told a classmate that he shouldn't use a double superlative 🤣🤣🤣. He soon learned to keep his head down. Ha!

Also, mainly on this website, I see the phrases "I'm terrified" or "I'm panicking". The words in themselves are fine, but they are used so inappropriately and what the person really means is "I'm a bit concerned".

Horrendous! Trinny is to blame!!

‘Protect this man/woman/whatever at all costs’

It makes me wish the exact opposite on whoever writes it.

My sister says this, I love her dearly but I wince inside every time !

Men who say they’re babysitting their child. No their your child it’s called parenting.

Lessons will be learned it wouldn’t be so annoying if they actually were but most of the time they aren’t.

At the end of the day.

Is it a real word? I have never heard it & would presume it was completely made up!

Thanks for " touching base"

Used by manager of care home.

Can't stand the phrase,it's so phony

Just say thanks for getting in contact

And when did colleagues become ‘co-workers’?

“Makes my teeth itch!”

I had never heard until I joined MN 🤢

People saying they 'got a McDonald's' etc. You don't get a restaurant chain, you get items from that restaurant.

It's still awful and annoying. It sounds so rude.