Words or phrases that you hate ...

[RWright]

vulnerable

 

[MontyVeda]

"What's for us's dinner mam"?

having a chunk of family in and around accy.... I find 'Babby' slightly annoying.

 

[MontyVeda]

...

On the mention of "chillax": I hate that too. Charlie Brooker made me laugh on "Have I Got News For You" when he said anyone who used a portmanteau word like "chillax" was a funt.

good shout!

Can I add 'power nap' !!! fer fecks sake... it's a 'snooze', a 'kip', a 'lie down', or just a 'nap'... sticking the word 'power' in front of it is neither big nor clever... i mean, what t feck do these people do? lay down, shut their eyes and think about running? w@nkers!

...and chillax

 

[Ratchet Cat]

Bab is annoying? What does it mean?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Lol at POWER NAP, sounds like something a nth Korean dictator does..

 

[Mrs M]

Power nap, robust, per say, sounds like someone I know.

 

[guitarpete247]

Around here I hear the term "Island" when referring to a roundabout. An "Road" island is something totally different where I come from.
I know it;s been said before but "My Bad". It had to be explained to me by a work colleague a couple of years ago after she used it. I still hate, it especially from someone of an age that should know better, she's mid 30's.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Do any of you watch Coronation Street? If so have you noticed Kevin Webster's use of "You was wasn't you" over the years? I wonder if the actor says that in real life?

 

[slowmotion]

Have we done "Holistic"?
Why do people feel the need to advertise the fact that they are spouting utter bollocks by using that word? Nobbers.

Edit: Errrh, sorry. I did in 2011! It's still horrible though.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Charlie Brooker made me laugh on "Have I Got News For You" when he said anyone who used a portmanteau word like "chillax" was a funt.

My reply will be most unhelpful.. Wandering past a second handique shop I popped in and found a perfect wide leather three seater with an oversided matching armchair.

 

[luckyfox]

Hey, just cos you aint cool enough to be down with the young peoples vernacular!

Oh and that actually is the name of the shop so ner ner...

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Gutted. As in, "I was gutted to miss the goal."

Tell you what, why don't we get my favourite knife, have a bit of a hack and stab and then you can compare and contrast the two can't you?

 

[raleighnut]

Hey, just cos you aint cool enough to be down with the young peoples vernacular!

Oh and that actually is the name of the shop so ner ner...

That name has got to mean a 10-15% price hike on the tat they sell.

 

[AndyRM]

'It's a custom made, bespoke design'. Kevin McCloud was guilty of this many times on Grand Designs but he seems to have stopped these days. I reckon that my several strongly worded e-mails threatening to put my foot through the television and send the script-writers the bill did the trick.

 

[Roadhump]

When people refer to men as "mate" or "pal", Liverpool people often use the word "lad" in the same way. An old workmate of mine who originated from Lancaster, but worked in Liverpool once said to me that if he called unknown people in the pub or wherever "mate" that would be fine, but if he called them "lad" the response would likely be, "Eh, who are you calling lad?" with the possibility the question being followed by a thump.

I know it is just a local phrase and if a stranger refers to me as lad I have no problem, but listening to some young scousers talking to their mates these days, every few words are punctuated by the word "lad", there is no way you would ever use a person's name with such frequency, it is cringeworthy.