Words or expressions you can’t stand

[Mamma2017]

I’ll start with a fairly recent one that for some reason just irritates the absolute crap out of me when I hear it:

“Platty Jubes”

Ref. to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Off with their head to whoever coined that monstrosity!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

When mums refer to themselves as ‘mumma’ or ‘mama’ even though their kids don’t call them that.
When a mum has a winge on SM about something parenting related and someone replies ‘You got this mama!’

@Rainbowqueeen not according to mumsnet ! Everyone has unfair things happen to them which I don't agree with, I know many people with charmed easy lifes.

I know perfectly well what people intend by the phrase.

By the skin of his teeth- makes me think of unbrushed or filmy teeth

By the skin of his teeth makes me wince.

“Need gone”

“The ick” (I really hate this)

“The NHS is on it’s knees”

“Teachers are leaving in droves”

I was making polite conversation with someone yesterday who said they'd been "spending time working on myself". Just no.

Talk about a hobby, holiday, tv program, anything but that horrible phrase.

Little man for baby boy urgh

I hate "not gonna lie" too.
Calling the shopkeeper Boss.
Cutting you up.

In fact, "gonna" generally.
Someone also called me "hun" yesterday which I loathe.

"I could care less"
Okay, so you have some level of caring, because you acknowledge that it's possible for you to care less than you currently do.
I think you mean "I couldn't care less". Please say that.

I could care less is just the American version of i couldn't care less. I know some people vehemently hate any American expression on a matter of principle, but it is a perfectly valid expression.

I don't mind some of these. I actually use "it is what it is" quite a lot. I have a child with SEN and people will often say ooh, I don't know how you cope etc, and I tend to reply "it is what it is". Because what's the alternative? Wishing things were different? Well they're not, it literally IS what it is! I guess it's my way of saying that we have to make the best of what we have, otherwise we'll be miserable 🤷

i have a hatred for the word ‘pudding’ and I don’t know why

Me too. Unless it is an actual pudding, like sticky toffee pudding or Christmas pudding. But not when it's pavlova or ice cream etc! That's dessert and definitely not afters.

I have heard 'same' quite a lot, which irritates me.
Me - 'it's lovely to see you'
Other person - 'same'
To be fair, it's mostly teenagers, but I am crossing paths with more of these alien beings now that my eldest is 14. They probably don't think it's lovely to see me anyway tbh!

I don't mind if people say 'can I get?' or use the word 'gotten'. In fact in NI, these phrases/expressions are used frequently. MIL doesn't like our children saying 'can I have ...?' She always replies with 'I don't know if you can, but you may'. The kids call her the human autocorrect.

I could care less is just the American version of i couldn't care less. I know some people vehemently hate any American expression on a matter of principle, but it is a perfectly valid expression.

It means the opposite of what was intended, whereas the alternative makes perfect sense.

“Keep your eyes peeled”

“Collateral damage” - what a cowardly euphemism. It sounds like damage to a building.

“I lost my shit”

“Lil” - when used by adults e.g. “I made a cute lil blog”.

“I believe that you make your own luck” - my ex-boss used to say this. There’s a lot to be said for an optimistic, can-do attitude, but sometimes random bad things happen that no one could have prevented.

Another vote for 'we're pregnant'
I know people use it to mean 'we are expecting' but it just cannot be applied to a couple unless both parties are pregnant. Men cannot be pregnant. It drives me crazy.

I don't mind if people say 'can I get?'

Same here in NE Scotland. It's what we say if we're asking for something in a shop. If anyone said, "May I have?" they would be thought of as terribly posh or pretentious.

Crimbo
single pringle
holibobs
hubby
fun used as an adjective rather than a noun
mad to mean angry
mean rather than stingy

huh?

I read recently that the full phrase is 'I could care less - but not much' which makes more sense . Think I read it on here somewhere .

I hate the terms ´wimmin' and ´menz' used almost exclusively on the feminist boards. So patronising

“pull your finger out!”
from where exactly?! Maybe don’t answer that one 😉

Fur baby.

What's wrong with people. Usually said in the comments after a story about abuse or criminal behaviour.

It's bloody obvious what's wrong isn't it , they're selfish , nasty pieces of scum with no moral compass or care for anyone

There are three biggies on my list.

Why do we suddenly say ‘sicth’ instead of sixth. I’ve checked this with the English grammar society and they said it should be pronounced how it always had been.

No 2. Why can’t people just say ‘twice’ instead of ‘two times’ 🤔

And finally and I don’t mean to be base but why do we now say ‘shat’. No one said it that way until the last few years when people started writing it on messages etc. Historically people had used the term ‘I shit myself’. That expression was used for hundreds of years, probably Olde English. Until some Grammar Nazi decided to change even our swear/slang words to make them grammatically correct.

That’s me got it off my chest😊.

No 2. Why can’t people just say ‘twice’ instead of ‘two times’ 🤔

I agree and I think we should revive “thrice”.

I agree and I think we should revive “thrice”.

My 10yo says 'thrice' quite a lot! Don't ask me where he heard it, but he regularly shoehorns it into conversations, probably because I laughed so much the first time he said it. He does love words and wordplay though, even though he's not much of a reader.