what 'trends' really (maybe unreasonably) make your teeth itch?

[littlerayofsunshite]

Some things really piss me off. Those wall stickers 'live, laugh, love' and other shitty phrases for example. Another is those glittery wine glasses/bottles being sold on every Facebook page. Then there are those books that have been turned into words and classed as art.

There are more. Wow there are more but before I go on, are these common pet hates or AIBU a miserable bitch

'Bake' as in GBBO " that is a great bake" and 'sew' as in GBSB "that is a perfect sew".

And banting. Oh dear god if i have to hear another things about the frikking banting diet....

And there are no cauliflowers available to buy in shops anymore coz they've all been made into frikking pizza bases by now...

Dare I ask what a banting diet is??

I do very much enjoy people pronouncing "artisanal" as artesian though.

What pleasure this thread has given me! Makes me feel that I'm not just a grumpy old granny as most of you lot are probably years younger than me

Read in the paper yesterday that Mothers Day cards seem to becoming predominantly pink. Is there no bloody end to this infantile pinkification of women?

Sorry to whoever mentioned them earlier but why the fuck 'barista'? It's just someone serving you a drink, isn't it?

Agree with just about everything that's been said over 13 pages !

just sounds like every other low carb diet to me. Using cauliflower in place of white carbs is not a new thing.

I am sick of people reinventing the wheel and then trying to sell it to us as their own idea.

Elephanst artisanal is one of those words I never say because I know I will sound like a proper tosser. But can you tell me how it should be pronounced?

There is a reason Samphire isn't a family staple. It's shit.

It's all like The Emperor's New Clothes isn't it?

I stayed recently in a boutique motel
Anything curated

I don't use it either because I would probably get it wrong too :) Also, it's usually meaningless, isn't it?

But I think it's supposed to sound something like "art IS n all" or maybe "art EEZ n all".

Definitely not like artesian (art easy un) though, unless it's a well or other aquifer.

Use of the word 'scenario' for really ordinary situations. Eg 'I've got the Sainsburys scenario later'....meaning I'm going shopping. Aargh.

Cariad. Its that Tim Noakes diet, high fat, low carb. Since its became popular here the price of nuts and cauliflower has rocketed..

Do you smack them in the face Mildred? Not sure I'd be able to stop myself.

I've had a thing about the word 'function' as in 'function room' for years - sounds like you're talking about a toilet. 'Good job' falls into this category too...

The new trend for making, and consuming, vast quantities of the health-giving elixir known as... Bone Broth.

IT'S STOCK FFS!

Love this thread.

I'm adding 'lad' culture and the word 'banter'

Also statuses on facebook demanding that you 'share if you're against cancer [or similar]'. And stupid videos involving animals or babies doing something 'funny'.

Sainsbury scenario

Oh MrsGuyGarvey I also hate "bake" – "I've been really proud of all my bakes today " nnnnnnggggggghhh – but I had no idea the same grimness had also been extended to "sew"! Noooooo!

When did a "tip" become a "hack"? I hate that

Those twee FB things that say "most people won't dare to post this..." and it's about something like cancer in kids, not anything remotely controversial

Elks, you beat me to it! I was just coming back to the thread to post that one!

Also the whole concept of fashionable food. Who cares? Surely the only relevant criteria are does it taste nice and is it healthy? Apparently, along with 'bone broth', 'spiralised' vegetables (the article actually said 'spiralized') are the new thing for 2015. Now, I actually like spiralised vegetables, I just object to being told what to eat on the basis of what food is 'on trend' (another irritating phrase).

Using 'around' as an all-purpose preposition, as in 'She has issues around prepositions' and 'Around that topic, I was just thinking' etc.

Grazia magazine. In its entirety, the most annoying uncool unthinking nonsense ever foisted on women.

'Museum quality', used of pretentious artefacts. Clearly never true. If it were museum quality a museum would have bought it at a price I could not afford. But here it is, in your up-itself gallery/shop, on sale for £199.

Celebrity fashion/product ranges or endorsements (especially where there is a pretence the celebrity has actually 'designed' the product). They are cynical deals by slebs and companies to make money. They say nothing about the 'spirit' or 'tao' or 'values' or 'style' of either party. You know we know this, why do you bother?

'Authentic' when applied to people. Extra bad marks for saying 'grittly authentic'.

Using the phrase 'standing shoulder to shoulder with' instead of just saying you support whoever/whatever it is. Always said when in fact, someone else is in harm's way and the speaker is expressing support from a safe distance.

Luxe anything
Pulled anything
Street food, especially when not sold from a stall in a street
Grey. I tried it for about a month and then spent 2 weeks on my sofa with flu in my grey living room. Some 3.30 every grey December afternoon I wanted to die of gloom. I now have a cosy shade of warm cream and some nice red cushions. Never again.
The whole Bohemian Victorian Explorer's Study or whatever the fuck it is decorating trend. Fake magnifying glasses and binoculars and shit to have lying around your house. Fuck off.
Bare light bulbs as an actual thing.
Beards everywhere. I like beards. My dh often has a beard. But I draw the line at stupid poserish hipster beards. I like a good old unpretentious manly beard.

YY to 'banter'!
It's just an excuse to be rude/flirt/be drunk and get away with it.

A man in our office has gone full Edwardian Explorer with his beard. Everytime I see him I want to say 'I'm going out now. I may be some time.'

hellkitty it's a family member, so in the interests of family harmony, no. She uses 'scenario' for everything..."we had the whats-for-pudding scenario" the other day, meaning 'we looked at the dessert menu'.