Everyday phrases that piss me off

[Thecatspantaloons]

As the title goes , a couple of examples:

It only costs xxx - What an incredibly ignorant thing to say in this day and age of mass inequality. On any given day there's a bullshit thread on here comparing pension plans and the amount of hundreds of thousands people have saved compared to the ones who have nothing saved.

Well I've never seen/heard that before - well Jackie, I've never seen anyone abuse a wheelchair user or a trans person or a Jewish person in my own life, but I believe that it happens, despite my not witnessing it.

Feel free to rant about other stuff that people are willfully oblivious to.

"literally"

It's starting to die out but not quickly enough.

"I'm totally obsessed with this moisturiser/car/dessert/town".

I very much doubt these are true.

The overuse of “devastated”. It’s used about the most trivial matters and it winds me up a treat!

You’ve got this.
🤮

Obsessed with

Curated

Not a phrase but a word. Grab. People are always grabbing something. I see it a lot on here and it irritates the life out of me.

Reaching out. It just makes me want to reach out with my fist.

Popping - just pop this on here, popping out etc

Sleeping like a baby - just no

‘Can I get a…’
’I want the…’

(Often said whilst ordering something)

I know this is normal and not considered impolite in the US, but it is so jarring to hear it in the UK. Even my young DC says ‘Please may I have a…?’ followed by a ‘Thank you’ every time. Bring back manners please.

On a side note you must live in a nice area! I’ve seen people abuse wheelchair users, trans people AND Jewish people in public unfortunately. Also with Muslims, those with SEN or mental health issues and those with facial differences. I do work in a rough area though.

working hard makes you rich

When people doing online makeup videos say “I’m going to go in with”

You are not going “in” anywhere you are not mining!!

And people who overuse the words “ I’m scared” for menial things!!

”I’d move”

As if moving house is something people can just do easily and quickly.

Snack i hate the word, irrationally I hate it.
It seems to mean anything from a twiglet to a mcdonalds meal deal

My actual pet hate, despite not being normally remotely pedantic about things is quite unique, very unique or a bit unique.
It’s either unique or it’s not. And it only annoys me when it’s someone who should know better saying it - like a tv presenter or my ex boss a school HT.

Not so much a phrase but improper use of reflexive pronouns (yourself, myself). It's so common and people seem to think tusing them makes them sound formal/intelligent, but misusing them just sounds so bloody dumb. '.e.g. I'm going to the party what about yourself?'
Erm, no, unless you've already used 'you' in the sentence, you do not use 'yourself'.

“Of an evening/morning”.

makes me rage. No idea why. Just hate it. Sounds grammatically wrong. Pompous. Twatish.
just hits the ear completely wrong!

It irritates me when people say "this" under posts they agree with. It's meaningless unless you make it a full sentence such as "I completely agree with this" or whatever. Not sure why it irritates me so much.

NI is (currently) part of the UK and ‘Can I get?’ is completely acceptable here. Or, more commonly, ‘Can I have?’ If you said ‘Please may I have?’ people would think you were taking the piss😅 Some of our phrasing of the English language evolves from how it was originally expressed in Gaelic, but I don’t know if that’s the case here. Perhaps we exported it to the US.

There's an advert for magnums that calls them an 'expertly curated experience' (or similarly wanky drivel) and it drives me nuts. It's not an expertly crafted anything. It's a fucking choc ice on a stick!

The phrase 'I mean' to open a remark. It is redundant unless you are clarifying something you have already said.

"It is what it is"

Please stop.

I hate it when people say they have ‘done’ locations.

‘I’ve done Disney/done Paris’

Stop it.

Transitional piece when referring to clothing from season to season grinds my gears !

People have started dropping the 'and' from things. 'I'll go get the shopping out of the car' no! You'll go AND get the shopping out of the car 🤦‍♀️