Words or phrases that annoy you

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I hate it when people tell you 'everything's going to be all right', 'the only way from here is up' blah blah. Said purely so they don't join you in your fears that everything is NOT going to be alright. Its more to reassure them rather than because the phrase has any real meaning for you.

Now if the person saying that was a proven psychic.., no problem, but it seems everyone thinks they are lol.

hollydays

Slightly irritating when you hear someone use the phrase , he or she is " no angel, but" you know it means they are vile creatures.

NBLondon

I know I'm (re-)opening a can of worms here but is "your decade" the one you were a child in or the one you were a teenager in? Or put another way - when are your formative years (and does it vary between individuals)? I was born in the late 60s - so I was a child in the 70s and a teenager in the 80s. My cultural references are a mix of the two - but my attitudes are more from the latter. So in Quizzical Squirrel's terms - I'm a child of the 70s - but the adult me was formed in the 80s (and refined in the early 90s).

tea_lover

I would class myself as a child of the 80s, but I was born in the 70s. Although I was only alive for a few months of 1979 so not sure that counts anyway.

Petra_70

fierystormcloud wrote: »

But if you are born after 1965, you are not a 60s kid. You're a 70s kid. :cool:

It is all obviously opinion rather than fact of course. But in my strong opinion (and in the opinion of many younger folk- less than 45 y.o.,) you are in no way a 60s kid if you were born 1965-1969, or a 90s kid if you were born 1995 to 1999.

Like I said, it refers to when your childhood was; not when you were born.

Agreed.

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

True, it all depends on how people view it I guess. However, I and anyone I've spoke to regards the decade they did most of their growing up in (their formative years) as 'their' decade as it were. Like I'm an 80's kid, and my DH who was born in the late 60's classes himself as a 70's kid.

Agreed.

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

What's usually meant by the term 'child of the ...' is the decade that had the biggest influence on your childhood. If you were born in 65, the sixties would have made a lesser impact on you than the 70s. Therefore, you're a child of the 70s.

I was born in the mid-60s and the only pop culture reference that made any impression on me in the 60s was the apparently incredible importance of the moon! I'm therefore a child of the 70s. The culture, the toys, the tv programmes....

NBLondon wrote: »

I know I'm (re-)opening a can of worms here but is "your decade" the one you were a child in or the one you were a teenager in? Or put another way - when are your formative years (and does it vary between individuals)? I was born in the late 60s - so I was a child in the 70s and a teenager in the 80s. My cultural references are a mix of the two - but my attitudes are more from the latter. So in Quizzical Squirrel's terms - I'm a child of the 70s - but the adult me was formed in the 80s (and refined in the early 90s).

All of this ^^^

The decade in which you spent your formative years/childhood/young teens, is the decade in which you will be that decade's 'kid.' As a rule, if you were born in the 70s, you were an 80s kid, if you were born in the 50s, you were a 60s kid. As Quizzical Squirrel said, it's the decade that had the biggest influence on your childhood, and as fiery said, it's the decade in which you spent your childhood and young teens in, that denote what decade's 'child' you are.

I guess if you're born in the very early part of the decade (say 1961/62,) you could be classed as a child of the 60s, but my friend who was born in 1963, says she definitely classes herself as a child of the 70s, as that was the decade she spent most of her childhood and young teens in.

I guess to an extent it does vary from person to person, but as I said, as a rule, someone born in the 60s, would be a 70s kid, and someone born in the 80s, would be a 90s kid. Even so, I think 'kerfuffle' is totally missing the point of the 50s kid/60s kid/70s kid/80s kid/90s/kid.

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I'm so happy I was born in 1950 and don't need to get involved in such a silly argument.

Is there really any need for this? If you have 'no need to get involved in such a silly argument,' then don't post in the thread then! As Georgie said, it isn't an argument anyway, people are just debating and discussing FGS!

Izadora

I'm another one who was born in 1977 and think of myself as an 80's kid as that's the decade which all my childhood memories come from.

peachyprice

Pollycat wrote: »

That's 'afternoon tea'.
What about 'high tea'?

http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/information/what-is-high-tea/

High tea, that's an early meal for children, before the adults eat dinner around 7pm

jackieblack

As we're discussing words that annoy us..... I particularly dislike the term 'kid' when referring to a child.
To me, a kid is a baby goat.


I was born in the late 60s, was a child during the 70s and my teen years were in the 80s

Pollycat

peachyprice wrote: »

High tea, that's an early meal for children, before the adults eat dinner around 7pm

Not according to the link I gave:

A wearied factory worker wouldn't arrive home until six in the evening, and when he did, he was famished! Thus, in the industrial areas of the UK (northern England and southern Scotland), the working classes evening meal evolved: high tea.

Maybe it's a geographical difference.

Petra_70

jackieblack wrote: »

As we're discussing words that annoy us..... I particularly dislike the term 'kid' when referring to a child.
To me, a kid is a baby goat.


I was born in the late 60s, was a child during the 70s and my teen years were in the 80s

A kid is a baby goat, but is also a small child.

From the Oxford dictionary:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/kid

kid 1

Pronunciation: /kɪd/
NOUN

1. informal A child or young person:
she collected the kids from school
More example sentences Synonyms
1.1 Used as an informal form of address:
we’ll be seeing ya, kid!
More example sentences

2. A young goat.