Things people say/words that irrationally annoy you

"it is what it is" really annoys me.....

I remember another one - attitude pronounced "attitood." My old headteacher used to do this and it drove me barmy.

The "..., no?" thing annoys me because I can imagine the person thinking "I may be writing as an Englishwoman, but my soul is French..." It's an affectation, sometimes.

Other things:

chest of draws

he he (it should be "hee hee" according to every comic I've ever read)

"Permission to...." and "Can I have a rant?" threads especiallybecause they invariably don't wait for permission before they go ahead and do it/rant anyway.

advice/advise

and many many more? I seem to spend my whole life in a maelstrom of righteous indignation

Wandsworth Council did a 'don't forget to vote' campaign a while ago with a poster that told you not throw away your card "or stuff it in a draw" I wrote and told them. Never got a reply...

Oh, you've just reminded me of this training course we went on recently about different organisations sharing information where child abuse/neglect may be a possibility. The woman kept going on about how the different areas would "have dialogue" about the child. Our deputy head said, "So we'll ring them up and have a chat?" She replied, "You'll have dialogue, yes." He kept trying to get her to say something else and she kept saying "have dialogue"!! The whole room was laughing at her by the end and it's now a running joke in our staff room.

I did say this the other day but my two rants for now are:

"I personally think that..." or "I personally believe..." and so on. The word I makes it your opinion, the end.

And

"according to" - horrid, passive phrase.

'Natch' instead of naturally. Eugh. I know it gets used a lot on here, but it makes my skin crawl. It seems like such an affectation.

when it gets used here its a a joke, alluding to the affectation you mention. i ve never seen it said with any degree of seriousness.

People who say sek-e-tree instead of secretary. There's at least one reporter who refers to the Home Seketree and it makes my teeth itch.

And a very, very specific one, 'I could eat', used by my husband when asked if he's hungry. Means everything from, 'yes please, bring a side of cow and all the trimmings' to 'mmm, yes, a sandwich might be ok'. No idea if it's a general kiwi thing.

Current work pet hates:

• So can you pop that all in a 'high level' report?
• It's not set in tablets of stone (when this is uttered you just know that it is)
• 'Heart of gold' i.e. so and so is utterly crap at their job, should really be sacked but has a 'heart of gold'

Hitchedisms

• hun (not just Hitched I know)
• Vibes (not the concept of, just the phrase)

General

• pound instead of pounds
• 'that's just 4-9-9' instead of four hundred and ninety nine pounds

Party snacks being referred to as nibbles.

grown men and women saying poorly, tummy, boobs, poo etc.

From my (arse of a) boss - "It's cridical we take this forward by Jan One."

Ugh.

And the faint/feint thing. Drives me mad.

One that my H says - he says torlit instead of toilet.

My ex used to say juvet instead of duvet which irritated me. Not as much as he did which is why we broke up! ?

When waitresses in restaurants say "enjoy your meals" instead of "enjoy your meal". We're all eating the same meal albeit different dishes! It's not like I'm having breakfast while everyone is eating lunch! That does rile me.

The itch/scratch thing annoys me too.

I check statements for a girl at work when she says to me "Read this and see if it makes proper England". I want to throw the paperwork back at her!

I hate her and I've never met her!

I used to work with a really stuck up superior little cow who, if something offended her in any way, would describe herself as "horrended." WTF??? It's not even a word! Ugh!

Always wondered what that means. I have only ever seen it on here and not IRL.

I must be pretty laid back as most of these don't bother me. We are all driving each other mas with 'innit' round here though. Everyone says it but we correct it to isn't it for the baby's sake.

My dad uses 'learned' instead of taught but again that is a Fen thing.

'trust your tits' was never intended to reclaim the word or anything [i am not that clever ? more as a snappy phrase to be a bit more helpful and encouraging to new mums than the medics mantra of 'breast is best'

sorry if people don't like it.....

btw i hate hun. i have made a new friend recently who is fab - but she calls everyone hun. i have to remind myself of her good qualities every time she says it.....

Pretty much anything that comes out of Sarah Kennedy's mouth.

It's proNUNciation, not proNOUNciation

LCD display (I see that in adverts for electrical items all the time) and anything else in the same vein as PIN number. I hate MOT test, even though that is perfectly correct.

The garage that sells Vauxhall's, Ford's, Peugot's... you get the drift

OH refers to the freezer as the fridge. Drives me nuts. And calls all stones/pebbles/rocks etc bricks. They are not bricks. Bricks are man-made; stones, pebbles and rocks are not.

I also hate up to half price off. It seems like it should be a double negative to me, even though it isn't. Oh yes, and the phrase 'cheap at half the price'. What? Well of course it is. Surely it would make more sense to say cheap at twice the price? Gah. I could go on for ages...

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<runs away from PLs itchy fists>

"I did it off my own back"

BAT, it's BAT.

Nodding along to most of these. Obv is another which grinds my gears much the same as natch. Chrimbo, Chrimble, Xmas and all other derivatives thereof make me cringe.

"kids". I hate it. "Children", or in my case, I can say "the boys". But "the kids" "my kids" etc. Yuk.

I shan't even mention "da kids".

Can you borrow me that? NO I could lend you it though!

pacific instead of specific

ERGH

My husband drives me crazy when he says "i'm telling you...." Partly because I know he's telling me and partly because it's bordering on aggressive.

I hate "hun" and "lush", my skin is itching just writing them down.

I had a project manager who used to say "We are where we are" - which basically seemed to mean "I know the situation is sh!t and there's no way we're going to meet the target dates or come in on budget - but just deal with it, OK?"

It used to really annoy me...

I have a colleague who when she buys herself something says "Oh I tret myself to a new top" I have said on several occasions that I don't understand because 'Tret' is not a proper word and surely is 'I treated myself to a new top' however she adamant that her way is correct.

There was a time on here when people used to say if something annoyed them it 'made their shit itch'....Oh dear lord ?

On Fetcheveryone there is a girl who keeps a blog and she insists on writing 'tierd' instead of tired.

The other day I sent a text (with no text speak in I hasten to add) to a friend if it would be ok to leave my car at her house when we went into town, she sent me back 'K' .....What? What the *** does that mean? I thought she had sent the text too soon and she would resend it. Eventually I called her as I was so confused. Supposedly 'K' means 'OK' How ridiculous!!

Whilst walking home with Lydia I thought of another one I hate. Dunt it instead of doesn't it. I hate it, it sounds awful and what's worse is I say it ?

I say that ? and I think I say int it instead of isn't it.....usually when I'm pissed though and I get all 'NOrthern'

Delish and gorge. Have you really saved that much effort by removing the -us ?

Also pretty fed up with so many things suddenly being unctuous.

Oh, and Chrimobo and Chrimble for a bit of seasonal disgruntlement.

Actually I think I just hate any kind of shortening. "Debs" is used a lot on here for "Debenhams" and that makes me itch as well. I'm with you P&P on the delish and gorg as well.

I hate it when you ring people and they dont ring you back ?

oh and i hate it when people say "dotty p's" and "maccy d's" etc, it's laziness of the worst kind.