Phrases/sayings that drive me mad!

Oh yes, 'fur baby' - ugh!

People who start their answer to "how are you?" with "yes".
Totally nonsensical!

Just thought of another one...….fur baby...…. whats that supposed to mean.

Calling a lovely cake a Bad Boy
People on facebook looking for advice saying " hit me with " "throw me ideas " .

Lessons will be learned - when to anyone with half a brain, it would have been perfectly obvious from the - er - get go...

The likes of ………..
Singing from the same hymn sheet,
The word "snuck" still not sure what that means
Hun
and my old favourite "basically"

iconic, transparent, out of the box, at the end of the day, and oh God, the one that annoys me most is 'draws' instead of drawers

Can I get.

Myself used incorrectly

Simples - yes, you , Mrs May.

Thank you Wobbles, that makes me feel a lot better!

wheniwasyourage
I believe you

On the other hand, DP and I used to sleep together on occasion before we ever had sex (too scared of what our parents would say if I got pregnant) but I don't suppose anyone would have believed us.

Far North
I'm pleased to hear I'm not alone

'Slept together' really annoys me, too! 'Had sex' is a perfectly good, non-rude expression that could be used.

How can someone "turn up dead"? You can find or discover a body but the deceased doesn't walk into a room and announce "I've turned up"
Also "Slept together" for having sex. Sleeping is not what happened!!

"Absolutely" !!!!!!!!

I was listening to a female rugby referee being interviewed on Radio 4 this morning, and she started every reply with " Absolutely ", I think the interviewer (Rev. Richard Coles) noticed this, and started rephrasing his questions.

Thank goodness he did, because I was reaching the stage of shouting at the radio!

People on TV discussions .."who start every sentence with "So..."

I think the term "fell pregnant" may have come from the not too distant past when to be having a baby outside wedlock made one a fallen woman - hence fell pregnant. May be wrong though.

Or........I've all my life in this town/place. No you haven't unless you're dead!

"Ended up in a wheelchair"
Someone may become a wheelchair user.
They do not "end up" in the chair.

Yes, and people, particularly politicians, who try to be chummy with interviewers by addressing them by their first names. Obviously the interviewer cannot reciprocate without seeming rude.

People being interviewed on radio/tv who say to Interviewer ‘How are you’?

Obligated instead of obliged.

Park up instead of park.

Meet up with instead of meet.

Horseback riding instead of riding, which used to be assumed to be on a horse (real or roundabout) whereas riding a bike is cycling! Think it's another Americanism. Ice skating is a similar one. Skating used to be assumed to be on ice, whereas rollerskating was on rollerskates.

There's always our dear friend Laura Norder to annoy us too.

When did a drawer become a ‘draw’?
Or behaviour become ‘ behaviours’?

Parents who call their male children 'mate' or 'little man'.

I shout at the TV when presenters are gushing.

"We are loving that!" they'll exclaim.

No, you might "love" it, I don't.

"I am loving it" is wrong. It's not just phrases that annoy, it's lack of grammatical knowledge! Even teachers say it to impressionable children as they call them "guys".