Words and phrases that give you the rage light hearted

[NimbleHiker]

What phrases do you hate? It gives me the rage when my mum says put up and shut up. I know that some things are not within my control and that i have to do things i don't like.

But we say pricey. Why is that less annoying I wonder. I am with you though!

Pricey just reminds me of the Katie variety and annoys the fuck out of me

. I'll add it to mine too.

With you on all of those!

Random. As in "I'm going to ask a random question" and it's really not random

I agree with @Wiseplumant re "We're pregnant"
No. Only the one with the womb is pregnant!
Why not just say "We're expecting a baby"

Oh no! That’s really minimising and insensitive, however well meaning 🙁

Hobby.
I hate the word - to me it sounds either so nerd-ish, or else conjures up one of the PITA things a lot of men like to do at weekends, which take up much of the day and leaves their wives with amusing the kids and general parenting.
E.g.golf and cycling! 🤬

Self care

And when people say "good luck everyone" might aswel save your breath and wish no one luck.

Putting 'lighthearted' in thread titles on AIBU.

Jesus, yes, don't tell us how to react

Do you want a bag with that today? No I'll have one next Wednesday!

Kiddies / kiddo

my bad

Fuckton. Just seen this on another thread and it always irritates the hell out of me.

Reach out
Stepping back (unless it is a railway platform)
Grabbing things
Our thoughts are with...

So many:
holibobs
picky tea (makes me think of knees with scabs on)
’delicious’ cup of coffee or ‘tasty’ cup of tea
flaunting
big girl pants- why would my pants help me to take control of a situation?
yum yum (grow up)
life’s little luxuries (usually when talking about something basic, like coffee)
itching (when they mean scratching)

holibobs - ffs really it’s holiday
Reach out - No , i’m not fucking reaching anywhere. Contact .
Passed - No , they died. they are dead . they haven’t passed…away
Thinspiration - oh you look wonderful how did you loose weight , you are my. … that cxxxing word i’ve just typed .

YES!

Not a phrase exactly, but the way that the present participle is being ousted by the past participle - it used to be an illiterate error, but now everyone, including quality print and BBC journalists are doing it.

Instead of saying 'I was standing there', I'm always hearing 'I was stood there', or 'I was sat there' rather than 'I was sitting there'. If you really were 'stood' there, you'd have to be propped up in some way, like a dummy. There used to be a comedian years ago called Hylda Baker and one of her catch-phrases was 'I was stood standing there!' and it always make me think of her.

Also 'I was laying on the sofa'. No - unless you're a chicken about to produce an egg, surely you were lying on the sofa.

Aaarrggg....sets my teeth on edge.

"oh my days" - what does it mean?
"love" when a certain type of man talks to a woman, seriously patronising and sexist
"are you ok?" said by shop staff, what happened to. "can I help you!"

I say "I've put some things out on the table so everyone can help themselves", or variations thereof. Picky bits make me think of people pulling chunks out of bread rolls or ripping off strips of chicken or ham and standing hovering over the table to eat them.

My local M & S foodstore has recently had a refurbishment and as with most refurbishments, it's now nowhere near as good as before.

There's horrible pop music playing instead of peace and calm and there's now actually a display unit which says 'Marks and Spencer: home of Picky Bits'

Ugh.

I agree it's not easy to come up with a good alternative: finger food isn't very enticing, and these small nibbly things don't always constitute a buffet, quite. Nibbles is also off-putting - I always think of rodent damage. It's not tapas - but we need a sort of English equivalent of tapas to describe a selection of small items which you eat without cutlery.

One of my relatives prefers to ‘graze’ all day and ‘pick at’ rather than eat. I think she may have been the one to coin the phrase ‘Picky bits’ because she was talking this way over a decade ago and shopped in M&S for ‘bits of food’. I don’t like ‘nibbles’ or ‘finger food’ either. Anyone who can invent a new word for this deserves a prize. There must be a French equivalent which is less grating?

Reach out
Saying an album or whatever “just dropped”
“Forgot such and such at home” instead of left it at home
”cheeky glass of wine”