what two words in one/sayings irritate you?

celyn90

Barneysmom wrote: »

Shabby chic, it winds me up.

I don't like that one either - to me, it's just a dressed up way of saying "old and non-matching" . "Upcycled" also annoys me.

I also dislike "domestic goddess" - mainly because it annoys me that people expect a gushing round of applause for being able to make a sponge cake. You are not a goddess unless you can fly and people leave offerings of flowers and their first born in your honour. I will not go to such lengths for you because you managed to hoover the lounge without breaking a sweat.

One of my friends just used "eye-scandi" to describe my kitchen. I'd not heard that before and I really don't want to hear it again.

Just_Plain_Jane

I knew there was one I missed off my earlier post.

I really hate it when people say 'thanks' when the word they are looking for is 'please'.

'Can I get two coffees, thanks?' Grrrrrr.

I bit my tongue until it bled one evening at work when an Australian gentleman looking for change shoved a 20p piece in my general direction and said 'I'll have two tens, thanks'. Do I look like a bl00dy vending machine? What happened to 'may I' and 'please'?

jaxx46

Having 2 daughters in their early 20's and a teenage son I'm pretty competent in text speak and have to admit it's usually easier to read than my mum's texts where she uses predictive text & forgets to check before sending however, the one that is driving me up the wall is my son's latest offering whenever he comes in "wha'gwan fam?" along with the trousers down round his @rse you would be forgiven for thinking he had been brought up in a chain gang aaargh.

VJsmum

Oh Teenage speak is another language altogether. My pet hates are

"sick" meaning good
"gay" meaning bad

Also words like "spaz" and "mong" which I thought had been outmoded years ago and are far more offensive than most swear words. I will even let "gay" go but DS got short shrift when he used the last 2, he didn't even know what they meant.

fashionlover10

VJsmum wrote: »

Also words like "spaz" and "mong" which I thought had been outmoded years ago and are far more offensive than most swear words. I will even let "gay" go but DS got short shrift when he used the last 2, he didn't even know what they meant.

I was appalled when I first heard a teenager utter the word 'mong' (and I'm not very much older than them!) It's a disgusting word.

balletshoes

jaqui59 wrote: »

No offence, but ... (an offence normally follows)

my mum does this, drives me completely batty - its always "I'm not being funny but ......" and then what follows is invariably an insult/none of her business.

delain

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Another couple of phrases:

Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other

Joined-up thinking

That last one particularly riles - it's politican-speak and makes me want to spew.

That one's even on kids TV! It's in the brain gain rhyme on numberjacks on cbeebies. Do they not know that the toddlers only like the dancing numbers?

Why do they need a weird creepy voice to sing to them about joined up thinking?

sparrer

The use of the word 'sexy' to describe a car, politics, etc. Why?!

marmiterulesok

sparrer wrote: »

The use of the word 'sexy' to describe a car, politics, etc. Why?!

'Sexy' prime numbers exist!I learnt this watching 'University Challenge' a few weeks ago.

I hate it when you ask someone how they are and they answer 'I'm good' and not 'I'm well'.I didn't ask if you were good...

barriejohn69

I used to work in a firm of accountants and everything was classed as "exciting", there was exciting news about exciting times ahead.

Turned out to be a new way of processing accounts. I nearly passed out with excitement