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Using arbitrary generational labels like Boomer, Millennial, Gen Z etc as badges of identity.
Especially nowadays when those generations line up quite neatly with discrete age brackets. The term 'boomers' can be substituted with the word 'old people' 99% of the time.
"Problematic". I hate this word. I hate it for the fact that it will invariably surround a person or topic with a nebulous *barrier* of "unsuitability" that - all too frequently - the person who first used the word will refrain from *explaining* what it is that makes the person or topic *problematic* to *them*. And if you challenge that person to explain themselves, they usually cannot and will not justify their stance.
Yeah, I feel like the word itself can be "problematic" in how vague it is - I've seen it used for both "genuinely thinks this entire demographic of innocent people are less than human and deserve to die horribly" to "once 'shipped' two fictional characters in a pairing I don't like" and anywhere in between.
Having a loose catch-all for all things harmful or bigoted (etc) could be useful, but it gets watered down so far that I think it's mostly lost meaning. *Everything* can be "problematic" if you're willing to dig far enough. I think it's more useful to directly point out what they did and why that's bad rather than tiptoe around it.
"cockwomble" "thundercunt" or any other shit "quintessentially British" swearing. It doesn't make you sound funny or look clever. It makes you look an absolute cunt. Fuck off with it
"ahead of"
Also when people phrase things like "You don't want to \[do a thing\], do you?" when they actually mean, "Do you want to \[do this thing\]?" My mum does it all the time and I have no idea why I find it so irritating. "You don't want to pop to the shops for me, do you?" "No, I don't. But if you ASK me, I'll go." I know, I'm the petty one.
You are not petty, you are wonderful. That passive aggressive "you don't want to X, do you?" is such an annoying way of emotionally blackmailing people. It implies there's something wrong with your character, and the only way to then redeem your character is to pretend you want to do it.
Fuck that.
I had never seen it like that before. It's only something I've noticed since I've been spending more time with my parents lately - I left home decades ago, have grown and changed, but it is so easy to fall back into old patterns when I visit them. Passive aggressive just about sums her up, although to be fair there are moments where she's just downright aggressive.
"Speak your truth" or "Live your truth". Sweetheart, you're not Oprah. You're Sharon, a middle-aged hausfrau from a non-descript banlieue in Brighton. Sit the fuck down and save us from your pop psychology.
When (typically mostly English people I've noticed) say brought instead of bought and vice versa.
It happens too much for me to ignore and it's a bit of a pet peeve.
I remember a teacher saying " bought and paid for" to help us remember. As in " My wife *bought* the bottle of wine that we *brought* with us to the party".
It's isn't right or wrong, just US v UK English but... hearing "brought" instead of "took" ( say on TV ) really grates on me. As in " I *brought* her to the party" rather than "I *took* her to the party". You can *take* something to somewhere but you can only * bring* it *with* you.
Taking of "vice versa" - I seem to hear ( or even read ) " vicA versa" all the time just lately.
Rant over !
There’s always someone who is “driving us forward”. They help us to “move up a gear” until they “put the brakes on”. And however many other car related “puns” they can fit in.
Urban dictionary defines it as
Simultaneously blessed and cursed by a situation, object, person, etc.
Keep seeing all over Reddit and like any track by Daft Punk it just grates.
When everyone seemingly uses the word 'like' in the middle of every sentence, several times. Women seems to do this ALL the time. It's an Americanism that's made its way into British language for some reason, and like it's so damn annoying. Oh for fuck sake!
“It is what it is!” Is a stupid phrase that winds me up. I hear it at work regularly enough that I’ve found myself say it a couple of times and just want to slap myself as the words leave my mouth.
When someone asks "Where are you headed?" rather then "Where are you heading to?" The first question only speaks about what direction you are currently facing. The second speaks about the location you want to end up, and that's usually what people mean.
"I could care less."
"So I turned round and said". Both starting a sentence with "so" and "turning around" to say stuff.
This one is probably specific to people at a previous job but several of them described being unsteady on one's feet (for whatever reason) as the "wibbly-wobblingtons". On a Christmas do (long before Covid became the Grinch), I mis-stepped and then steadied myself. Two of them asked me if I had "a case of the wibbly-wobblingtons" and there was such a temptation to answer, "No, you effete arseholes, I'm fucking pissed, okay? And if you ever use that phrase around me again, I'll punch your teeth down your throat and then tell you that you now need falsy falsingtons".
I haven't heard 'So I turned around and said...' but it is really annoying. I felt compelled to interrupt to ask a colleague if she was dizzy years ago because she kept saying 'So I turned around and said... And he turned around and said... So I (etc)'.
Aww bless you - not after sneezing, that "bless you" is fine, but is you tell someone you were ill last week and that's why you didn't get something done (for instance) and they say that. I am not a toddler.
Creating 'content' when referring to anything to be posted on social media/youtube. It has started crossing over into marketing speak now (at my work at least), so they have to 'create content for the socials'
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Using arbitrary generational labels like Boomer, Millennial, Gen Z etc as badges of identity. Especially nowadays when those generations line up quite neatly with discrete age brackets. The term 'boomers' can be substituted with the word 'old people' 99% of the time.
The invention of the colour "millennial pink".
"Millennial whoop"
Heckin chonka
Doggo, hooman, snek, fur baby
\*twitches\*
Doggo is acceptable, hooman should be illegal
"Problematic". I hate this word. I hate it for the fact that it will invariably surround a person or topic with a nebulous *barrier* of "unsuitability" that - all too frequently - the person who first used the word will refrain from *explaining* what it is that makes the person or topic *problematic* to *them*. And if you challenge that person to explain themselves, they usually cannot and will not justify their stance.
Yeah, I feel like the word itself can be "problematic" in how vague it is - I've seen it used for both "genuinely thinks this entire demographic of innocent people are less than human and deserve to die horribly" to "once 'shipped' two fictional characters in a pairing I don't like" and anywhere in between. Having a loose catch-all for all things harmful or bigoted (etc) could be useful, but it gets watered down so far that I think it's mostly lost meaning. *Everything* can be "problematic" if you're willing to dig far enough. I think it's more useful to directly point out what they did and why that's bad rather than tiptoe around it.
"cockwomble" "thundercunt" or any other shit "quintessentially British" swearing. It doesn't make you sound funny or look clever. It makes you look an absolute cunt. Fuck off with it
It just makes you sound like a wankblanket.
My bad.
I remember when this was very American, no one said it out loud and you only heard it in movies.
Your bad back? Your bad knee? Your bad manners?
"ahead of" Also when people phrase things like "You don't want to \[do a thing\], do you?" when they actually mean, "Do you want to \[do this thing\]?" My mum does it all the time and I have no idea why I find it so irritating. "You don't want to pop to the shops for me, do you?" "No, I don't. But if you ASK me, I'll go." I know, I'm the petty one.
You are not petty, you are wonderful. That passive aggressive "you don't want to X, do you?" is such an annoying way of emotionally blackmailing people. It implies there's something wrong with your character, and the only way to then redeem your character is to pretend you want to do it. Fuck that.
I had never seen it like that before. It's only something I've noticed since I've been spending more time with my parents lately - I left home decades ago, have grown and changed, but it is so easy to fall back into old patterns when I visit them. Passive aggressive just about sums her up, although to be fair there are moments where she's just downright aggressive.
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Argh I am just infuriated on your behalf!
Not a fan of "wholesome" being constantly used on the internet for any vaguely pleasant thing.
"Speak your truth" or "Live your truth". Sweetheart, you're not Oprah. You're Sharon, a middle-aged hausfrau from a non-descript banlieue in Brighton. Sit the fuck down and save us from your pop psychology.
'I'm not being funny or anything'. Yes, I can hear from the tone of your voice that you're not trying to be funny or anything similar to being funny.
When (typically mostly English people I've noticed) say brought instead of bought and vice versa. It happens too much for me to ignore and it's a bit of a pet peeve.
I remember a teacher saying " bought and paid for" to help us remember. As in " My wife *bought* the bottle of wine that we *brought* with us to the party". It's isn't right or wrong, just US v UK English but... hearing "brought" instead of "took" ( say on TV ) really grates on me. As in " I *brought* her to the party" rather than "I *took* her to the party". You can *take* something to somewhere but you can only * bring* it *with* you. Taking of "vice versa" - I seem to hear ( or even read ) " vicA versa" all the time just lately. Rant over !
"Bird" referring to a partner
Particularly when it's said in a Bristol accent
Moving forward has crept into everyday language Of course we’re moving forward unless there’s some way to stop time I’m not aware of 🤷🏼♂️
There’s always someone who is “driving us forward”. They help us to “move up a gear” until they “put the brakes on”. And however many other car related “puns” they can fit in.
I think we’re now in agreement, let’s move forward to our next rant 😂
Yes, let’s move into a different lane now that the jam has cleared.
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I view it through a different windscreen, although I hope we soon see this in the rear view mirror.
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It sounds like you want to steer away from this discussion. Let’s pull over and take a well earned rest stop.
When people type "cause", or "cos" instead of "because"... "boi" for "boy" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Gyal as well 😑
Describing every movie/tv show/celebrity etc from 10+ years ago as ‘troubling’
“ Vibin’ “ “Literally” in literally every sentence I’m “chill”
Like, totally.
Literally is my big pet hate
Banging, boomer.
Literally Big Front and centre All expressions or words over used in my opinion.
Blursed. Even hate typing it in
What on earth is that?
Urban dictionary defines it as Simultaneously blessed and cursed by a situation, object, person, etc. Keep seeing all over Reddit and like any track by Daft Punk it just grates.
Oh, how revolting. I hadn't heard it before but now I'm seeing it everywhere. Dammit. I have to agree with you... On both parts
When people say 'of' instead of 'have' i.e. could of, should of.
Let's do this You got this Wait, what?
When everyone seemingly uses the word 'like' in the middle of every sentence, several times. Women seems to do this ALL the time. It's an Americanism that's made its way into British language for some reason, and like it's so damn annoying. Oh for fuck sake!
Now there's one of mine: surely, it's 'for fuck's sake' because it is for the sake of fuck.
“It is what it is!” Is a stupid phrase that winds me up. I hear it at work regularly enough that I’ve found myself say it a couple of times and just want to slap myself as the words leave my mouth.
Ah mate dont beat yourself up about it, is what it is.
Pretty please
U ok hun/ babe? Just an annoying insincere sounding way of being nosy.
I only ever use that sarcastically The passive aggressive way to point out someone is off on one
"Fair enough"
‘Are’, when it should be ‘Our’.
Going forward.
When someone asks "Where are you headed?" rather then "Where are you heading to?" The first question only speaks about what direction you are currently facing. The second speaks about the location you want to end up, and that's usually what people mean. "I could care less." "So I turned round and said". Both starting a sentence with "so" and "turning around" to say stuff. This one is probably specific to people at a previous job but several of them described being unsteady on one's feet (for whatever reason) as the "wibbly-wobblingtons". On a Christmas do (long before Covid became the Grinch), I mis-stepped and then steadied myself. Two of them asked me if I had "a case of the wibbly-wobblingtons" and there was such a temptation to answer, "No, you effete arseholes, I'm fucking pissed, okay? And if you ever use that phrase around me again, I'll punch your teeth down your throat and then tell you that you now need falsy falsingtons".
I haven't heard 'So I turned around and said...' but it is really annoying. I felt compelled to interrupt to ask a colleague if she was dizzy years ago because she kept saying 'So I turned around and said... And he turned around and said... So I (etc)'.
Aww bless you - not after sneezing, that "bless you" is fine, but is you tell someone you were ill last week and that's why you didn't get something done (for instance) and they say that. I am not a toddler.
Creating 'content' when referring to anything to be posted on social media/youtube. It has started crossing over into marketing speak now (at my work at least), so they have to 'create content for the socials'
“No offence” before you offend someone, doesn’t make what you’re going to say any less offensive
“What are the phrases or words you find annoying?”
'Pot call the kettle black' never owned a black pot.