to get wound up by a completely harmless phrase?and what phrases/sayings get your goat

[mayorquimby]

i know on the spectrum of tragedies this falls solidly on the unimportant end, but still what is life without trivial annoyances?

the phrase? it'e when people say "i personally..."
i mean why put in the personally? obviously if you preface your statement or belief with "I" it is clear to me that you are about to express your views or personal beliefs.

so what things that people say wind you up?

cheap at half the price is another.
and also the americanisation of "i couldn't care less" to "i could care less" because to me it no longer makes sense.

i'm beginning to think i am doomed to spend a jack dee like existence getting pissed off about tribvial things people do and say which have no bearing on the state of the world and which i could easily ignore and live a happier life.

I also hate how any item of clothing more than a year old is 'vintage'

Gifted. All right for the Tudors. Not all right for anyone since.
Say what?

Moist is the most revolting word in the English language.

Well, pan-fried as opposed to deep fried ...

Even worse than 'vintage', how about the horror that is pre-loved?

I think you'll find that's second-hand

....and it's more likely to be pre-hated if someone's given it away to a charity-shop, anyway

'because I said so' in response to children asking why they can't do something. IMHO it is something lazy domineering parents say (my parents did this a lot).
'careful what you wish for you might just get it' I wouldn't wish for it if I didn't want it!
'how long is a piece of string' just say 'sorry I don't know how long it will be or take!
Lancashire accent ( even though I origionate from there!) when people say th' 'ospical, th' 'opticians th' 'otel. Sounds really dense.

poledra - OK, so not everyone who attends a meeting participates by speaking, but they nod, sniff, cough, roll their eyes, whatever. The point is that no one has DONE anything to them to render them an *ee, whereas an amputee or even invitee (another word I hate) has been the objet of someone else's action. It is an awful word. Use "attender" instead, at the very least.

24/7. I think it's because I first heard it on the Ricki Lake show

'Don't even go there'
'At the end of the day...'
'Can I get...?'
'He turned round and said...'

Aaargh.

People who call their unborn child 'bean' or 'peanut'.

"sourced" when it really just means you bought it somewhere.

I sourced my towels from Argos.

And then I sourced a hot cross bun from Greggs.

"in terms of" err really pisses me off but the one that makes me want to punch the person on the nose is
"smile it might never happen you know"

People saying something is 'a big ask' - which I have just this minute heard on R4 and am silently shrieking at as I type....

goodnightmoon,
I read this whole thread to see if anyone else hated 'sourced' too. Glad it's not just me.
Mumsnet may not be the place to admit to this but 'playdates' really gets me cross. Keep getting invitations for playdates and feel like turning them down on principle. Can't my son just come round to play?

When I am in an active conversation, (by active, I mean attention fully engaged) and the other person wants to introduce a new topic and says:

"Are you ready?" and most times rapidly adds: "Are you ready for this; are you ready?" (As if I were not ready for the first "are you ready?")

One-you have my attention, how could I not be ready?
Two-on the other hand-not knowing what you are about to say- how would I know if I am ready or not?...
Three-what would I need to be "ready" to satisfy other's estimation of what "ready" should be?? I think I am "ready"-but maybe you don't think I am "ready"-or you wouldn't have asked? Condesending?

Perhaps my perspective is simply wrong. I should appreciate the building up of suspense. Maybe she wants me to beg-'well, what is it?' with rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath. That would placate her narcissistic need to establish a posture of superiority over me-she knows something that I do not.

Oh, my.

This is a bit specific, but "my car's been robbed" when what is meant is "my car's been stolen". I doubt very much that your car was threatened with violence and then had its wallet taken.

"Pre-prepared vegetables". They're PREpared. The 'pre' has been built in for your convenience.

"They're a bit clicky" "they're in a click" NOOOOO. It's cliquey, and it's pronounced 'kleeky'.

Woke up remembering one of the worst ever - 'groundtruthing'

much used at my place of work to mean checking a plan is actually sensible.

Thank god I'm on maternity leave.

And one of my favourite phrases ever 'Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs' - to express great surprise at something. I that one. Sadly I don't have the right sort of accent to get away with it.

I don't like DS, DD, DH, DP any DDDDDD'sssss!!!

whats wrong with my son, my daughter, my partner, etc?

.... even if i am the only person who feels this!

I don't like 'touching base' or 'at the end of the day' but hate hate hate 'my bad' WTF does it mean??? Why not say 'sorry my mistake' and not come across as an Americanised twat

'I am loving' Yuk!

I 'heart' something. Yuk!

"All jokes aside" from someone who has never made me laugh! He says this at the beginning of a lengthy and dull tale!
An adoptive father once said to me "we have picked up some skill sets along the way" during a conversation about his child and how to manage her behaviour

sorry if this has been said but I hate
"lets get the show on the road"

'In any way, shape or form'

'Up close and personal'

And then there is 'allsorts', as in:

"What kind of music do you like?"

"Oh, allsorts!"

"The Smiths?"

"Nah, don't like them."

"Metallica?"

"No, can't stand metal."

"er... Girls Aloud?"

"Pop? Do me favour!"

"So what music do you like then?"

"Oh...you know... allsorts!"