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.

“Finger buffet” has been used for years and as far as I can see means the same thing.

I dislike 'finger food' as a term...it just has the wrong implications, to me. It makes me think of fingers (poking into things, being licked etc) rather than food.

There was a discussion on another thread recently about this point - it's really hard to find a synonym for the dreaded p*y b**s. Even nibbles isn't quite right - it implies very small salty things you'd eat with drinks rather than a very casual light buffet meal...and again, 'nibbles' isn't a very appetising term.

It's reminded me that I don't like to talk about a 'spread' either (in the sense of a layout of food). I don't mind it if it's referring to Dairylea or Marmite!

Not sure why but I really hate “Useful Idiots” and when women call their boyfriends/husbands “Daddy” 🤢

True. I think my dislike of parenting as a verb is that it turns being a parent into something that people think they are doing to a script, whereas most of us bring our kids up as best we can any old how.

Also in the work context - people don't talk "about" a topic anymore, they talk "to" it. Does anyone know where this came from?

What did "about" do to people. See also "excited for" when people mean excited about or looking forward to.

Yes, I like it, especially in regards to cake.

Yes - those are also very irritating.

I just hate the way everyone parrots these expressions mindlessly. Honestly, I've asked a few clever people who write or lecture for a living and they just do a Mona Lisa smile but give no answer whatsoever as to why this daft 'speaks to' stuff has become so universal.

And with history documentaries, or anyone now talking about history, commentators have clearly been instructed brainwashed to use the present tense all the time. God, it grates.

"So in September 1939 Hitler marches into Poland..."
"Richard III shuts the princes in the Tower..." etc.

I hate the name Karen being used as a term of abuse, usually online, usually by men. It's so spiteful somehow