Any words or phrases that you can't stand?

‘Give your head a wobble.’ Ugh.

"Its a bit unique" No - it's either unique or it isn't. There are not degrees of uniqueness.

And why does everyone start a sentence with ‘so’ now!! ?

People, including TV presenters, who say haitch instead of aitch. The worst one for me is "as a family". We ate as a family, we watched TV as a family...... It drives me bonkers.

It is what it is.
Ending a sentence with “at all”
He is tied up in a meeting!!
Bear with me

'Setting boundaries' ...

I can't stand the term, when referring to grandparents. I don't mind its use when referring to children/teenagers, but it all seems rather derogatory when referring to grandparents. It's not a term I ever really came across until I came on GN, so I don't think it's a particularly British thing, is it? Thankfully, my 'boundaries' have not needed setting!

The abbreviations on gransnet.
My bad.
Gobsmacked.
No shit Sherlock.
Kids.
Discusting.
Hun.
Bless ya.

I really don't like Rainbow Bridge, Furbabies, and Hun, but the rest I can ignore, even if they grate a bit.

I dislike “Don’t get me wrong”.

'Literally' when it's not literally. 'Fantastic' when it's pleasant.

Why do some people say 'floor' when they mean 'ground'?

I cannot understand people saying "one time" - surely they mean "once"?

Glad you agree Doodledog. Text is a noun, to text is a verb,
texted is its past tense.

Yes, my teeth itch when I hear 'text' in the past tense. 'He text me'. It makes no sense.

Another is 'tret' instead of 'treated'.

Why does texted make you grind your teeth Meno? Genuinely puzzled.

Baby daddy
Texted ( makes me grind my teeth)
Bruh
Me instead of my
Discusting (don’t they have spell check

Loathe "my bad". No you mean my mistake. I know language evolves but could it at least make sense?

I loved the tree surgeon who could 'swing by' - conjures up delightful visions of a Tarzan-type fella - could do with one of those

Hubby, overly, majorly, guys, basically, bubba, bubs, anything prefaced by "Gob" (foul word!), a brew, If that makes sense, babe, Hun, for free (It is "free"), like, sick to my stomach - you would not be sick to your elbow would you?

crazy H
I'm old enough to remember that 'lurgy' should be 'The Dreaded Lurgy' an expression used in The Goon Show.
Spike Milligan frequently had The Dreaded Lurgy.

Yes, when did that start? I don't remember it happening when I was a child, and on the whole they were probably more polite times, but now it would seem rude to get off the bus without a 'thank you'.

The generic "Thank You Driver" shouted at the end of a bus journey. Dont get me wrong of course we should thank people but this just sounds so insincere.

Masses of the above.
I don’t get the objection to ‘bairns’ though - surely a good old Scots word? The Swedish word for ‘child’ is very similar to ‘bairn’ so presumably it came with the Vikings.

REEsearch instead of reSEARCH makes me cringe.

Ditto ‘I’m good’ in reply to ‘ How are you?’ or ‘Would you like...?’

Just thought of another phrase that really winds me up when something really bad happens on the news and the “ body” involved says lessons will be learnt .

Thank you pollyperkins....
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