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Things people say/words that irrationally annoy you

MrsB, 14 December, 2008 at 09:59

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Go on, we haven't had one of these for a while have we? my pet hates atm "pound" instead of 'pounds'. 'It cost me thirty pound!' Grrrr. my husband does this. I think it sounds so awful. 'hubby'. Just wrong, wrongity wrong on every level. Especially when used without a sense of irony. there are some...

Go on, we haven't had one of these for a while have we?

my pet hates atm

"pound" instead of 'pounds'. 'It cost me thirty pound!' Grrrr. my husband does this. I think it sounds so awful.

'hubby'. Just wrong, wrongity wrong on every level. Especially when used without a sense of irony.

there are some awful americanisms around at the moment. 'incentivize'. that kind of thing, ugh!

'uncomfy' is still up there but thank goodness I don't see it used so much nowadays. just toe curlingly twee.

"Never mind". Yes, I DO mind, don't try and make it seem like my problems are minimal. Why not just be honest and say 'I don't care?' ?

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  • Chicken
    Beginner October 2003
    Chicken ·
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    Fairly common on another message board I use is 'are' instead of 'our'. Now, that's bad.

    I put MB before message board but wasn't sure if that was ok or not! ?

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    poochanna ·
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    Waahhhh, I totally forgot about you. I'll call you now. ?

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    poochanna ·
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    Waahhhh, I totally forgot about you ?

    I'll call you in about an hour if you are around?

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  • NickJ
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    Make it about 3:30 if you can. am having lunch then going to see a client. will be in the car.

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    poochanna ·
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    That suits me. I changed my mind after seeing the time as my soup is ready so 3.30 is perfect.

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    katie-lou ·
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    Did we have Invite yet? As in 'did you get your invite?'

    Nick J pointed it out on here ages ago, and ever since then it has driven me mad. It's invitation..... Grrr....

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    Beginner September 2008
    nutfluff ·
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    People who say dinner when they mean lunch (I know, it's a Northern thing, but it causes no end of confusion). Dinner to me is the main meal of the day regardless of what time it is eaten, so a sandwich and a cup of tea is not dinner.

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  • whirlwind666
    Beginner November 2009
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    'at this moment in time' what's wrong with saying 'now' or 'right now'? Also my boss saying words wierdly, but we covered that on another post lol

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  • crystal-k
    Beginner July 2008
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    Using "me" instead of "my".

    "me kids"

    "me house"

    And I flinch when anyone uses "LOL" (especially in a Facebook status).

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  • kierenthecommunity
    Beginner May 2005
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    not 'people' just me. no need to be so defensive...

    i just don't like the words 'tits.' i don't like it refering to breasts generally, and i don't think the word improves just because it relates to BFing. ?

    rache, along the line of 'kids' when (usually red top tabloids) refer to little children as 'tots.' or 'mites.' <shudder>

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  • NickJ
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    Another one - an americanism which is slowly creeping into use here.

    "I'm going to need you to do x"

    no you twat, what you mean is "please could you do x"

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    What do you call them then kieren? boobs? jugs? lumps? jubblies? charlies? you cant tell me that in the hear of passion with your H, you say "come on my breasts" or "let me give you a breast job" ?

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    I think if I said "Let me give you a boob job" to loml in the heat of passion he would runa dn hide in the bathroom ?

    Have we had "tots", "kiddies", "little (or especially 'wee') man", "hubby" (or especially "hubbie"), "LO", "wee one"....... I could go on and on and on.

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  • kierenthecommunity
    Beginner May 2005
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    you're damn right there. sex isn't time to have a chat...

    i don't mind boobs, but tits is so dirty mac brigade ?

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    Yes we ve had tots, and mites. mite or mites is bloody awful, and tot/tots tends only to be used by tabloid newspapers. "poor little mite". i hate that phrase

    and "kiddies" makes me think of paedophiles.

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    I had been wondering what on earth 'trust your tits' meant. Trust them to do what? Keep my knees warm?

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    xx

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    This thread has definitely cheered up my Monday afternoon! ?

    I agree with 'hunni' and the lend/borrow swap arounds, as well as 'pacific'. ?

    I also hate when people say 'calm and collective.' It's calm and collectED! I know it's a weird one, but I've heard it a few times.

    Also hate it when people say about going AWOL without knowing what it means. EG "I was so angry I just went completely AWOL at him" ....What, you went absent without leave on him??? Makes no sense!!

    There are some others too, mainly in the same vein, when people say things without realising what they actually mean. Can't think of them at the moment, but they are definitely there!

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  • LizBjk
    Beginner May 2007
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    I say Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. Don't use the word lunch. Infact I don't know anyone that does say lunch.

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  • AnnaBanana
    Beginner July 2007
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    This may not apply here. But why oh why do people put an x at the end of theur facebook status?

    "XXXX is going to have lunch now...x"

    whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

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    I hate all of those terms! And sort of agree with you on the "Kiddies" one. Children are Children its what they should be called.

    Also when people say "You had to be there" when telling a joke/funny story, it makes me feel like saying "if i had to be there i would of been there" Also LOL or any LMAO or anything like that.

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    I call it lunch (I am from the south), and my H (who is a northener) calls it Dinner.

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    Beginner September 2008
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    My H (northerner) used to call it dinner I have always called it lunch. To avoid confusion we now say breakfast lunch and tea.

    What do you say if you're going out for a posh meal in the evening though? You can't call it tea, it's much more formal than that.

    When we arranged a nice, evening meal for my parents and his parents to meet, I said we needed to get ready to go out for dinner. His Mum goes 'dinner? dinner? What are you on about, we've had our dinner?'.

    No, you haven't. You had a sandwich. The 3 course meal we are taking you out for tonight is dinner.

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    Beginner March 2007
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    'waala' really winds me up, happening more and more in texts round my way, as in 'I was looking for mincepies in Sainsburys, went down a different aisle and waala there they were' - the word (and forgive me as my french isn't up to much) is voila, I think it's even 'et voila' not fecking waala!!!!!!

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    My current pet hate is "are you coming or no?" and variations there of - such as "will you get that finished today or no?" Americans use it constantly.

    It's or NOT!!!!!!

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    Beginner March 2004
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    So that's what it means. I've been mystified all this time...

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    People who use 'yourself' for you and 'myself' for me. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

    It's really spreading around here (oop North) and it makes me want to bludgeon them with a rusty gatepost. It just makes them sound really thick.

    I have a colleague who uses 'mortified' to mean 'livid' or any other emotion apart from embarassment. I haven't corrected her yet because I like her but.....

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  • kierenthecommunity
    Beginner May 2005
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    ugh yes. 'myself and my husband went out for a meal' or similar

    nearly as irritating as people who say 'me and my husband did xyz' when they mean 'my husband and i did xyz.' very TAB. ?

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    Get off it, Keef, you're not that posh!?

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  • SophieM
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    Oooooh, that doesn't bother me nearly as much as people who think they're clever and say "between you and I" - makes me want to anally penetrate them with Fowler's English Usage.

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  • kierenthecommunity
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    waaahhhh yes, thats very TAB too ?

    holly i am very posh indeed. i'm from north leeds doncha know? i just read TAB to boost my superiority complex ?

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    you should say that, it may get them back by being one of their pet hates?

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    xx

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    Beginner September 2007
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    Sorry, don't have time to read all the pages to see if it has been sad already, but......

    MY BAD.

    Makes me cringe, particularly when said by someone who should know better (lawyers, doctors, bankers etc!)

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