Words or phrases that annoy you

BNT

retired_cardmaker wrote: »

I hate anyone calling people hun.

I was called 'mate' twice today and on each occasion neither of the meanings was applicable. I don't think it is an intent to annoy; quite the opposite as both times I was being served. I think it is just a combination of a turn of phrase and not knowing any better.

Gloomendoom

Newly_retired wrote: »

What they really mean, I suspect, is "Are you going to somewhere luxurious or exotic or expensive?"

I think they are just making conversation.

Starrystarrynight1

I really don't like the use of the word 'handicapped' in place of disabled. I don't hear it so much here in the UK, but when I'm on holiday in the US, I come across it all the time.

Concerned75

Adults who say things like" I writ it down" instead of "wrote".
Hubby and awesome. (American style)
That said I don't like plurals used in the singular; "us is going to the shops" or " I'll reply when I wakes up"

purpleweasel

Sam_Fallow wrote: »

Thinking outside the box. URGH!

I remember one meeting (when I was an engineer in a previous life) where we were asked to think 'outside the box.'

...

When asked for my input to the project I replied, 'Sorry, I wasn't thinking outside the box or even inside it. I was just thinking about the box.'

I come from a family of engineers. Where would we be without logical thinking. Enjoyed the mental picture of all that company-speak just grinding to a halt:beer:


I hate TV historians who speak in the present tense "at this time Henry VIII is facing a dilemma". I know they do it to try & make history more exciting and immediate but there is a clue in the name! History! Please accept your audience is bright enough to realise that interesting things happened long ago to dead people!


Still it amuses my husband when I shout at the telly

goodwithsaving

Hun
Hubby
Hubs
Baby (to refer to a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife)
'Love' from men, as in 'okay love calm down'
People not pronouncing their t's
We was
Blue sky thinking / Thought shower / Touch base
Guys (no, I'm female)
Mate (no, I am a friend not a mate)
Kids (no, they're children)
Tea (to describe supper, or even worse a formal dinner. Tea is a drink)
Get off (instead of 'alight')

I could go on and on. I'm not even 30 yet :-)

Bumblies

You cannot over-estimate how much I detest people using "under-estimate" when they mean the exact opposite.

BNT

One of the ones that annoys me is people using 'shop' for shopping'; as in 'I'm doing a shop' for 'I'm going shopping'.

When my mother-in-law said she was going to do a shop, I had visions of her down there with my father-in-law's air rifle trying to empty the till. In my day, 'doing a shop' or 'doing a bank' would involve wearing stockings over your head and result in the police being called.

girlsmum

BNT wrote: »

One of the ones that annoys me is people using 'shop' for shopping'; as in 'I'm doing a shop' for 'I'm going shopping'.

When my mother-in-law said she was going to do a shop, I had visions of her down there with my father-in-law's air rifle trying to empty the till. In my day, 'doing a shop' or 'doing a bank' would involve wearing stockings over your head and result in the police being called.

:rotfl::rotfl: When someone says that to me I respond, "What are you going to do to it?"
I loathe bad grammar, writing in abbreviations and bad spelling, one of my Facebook friends keeps updating her status with things like “haveing a great time”….it really annoys me.

BNT

girlsmum wrote: »

I loathe bad grammar, writing in abbreviations and bad spelling.

I'm less bothered about abbreviations, but I do get worried when people abbreviate 'et cetera' to 'ect'. I used to think it was just a typo, but I have seen it multiple times in the same post.