Phrases people say that irritate you (person)

[Sockeye66]

Mine are the terms "babymama" and "babydaddy"

Don't know why it raises my hackles but it sure does.

[Praline]

Originally Posted by pikabike

Anybody else ever hear “breakfastses”? I hate that, and the person who says it knows it is grammatically wrong and makes him sound like someone who never went to school.

I worked with someone who said things like "I didn't eat breafix this morning." It took me a while to understand what he was saying - so ignorant.

[Praline]

Originally Posted by Sockeye66

Mine are the terms "babymama" and "babydaddy"

Don't know why it raises my hackles but it sure does.

I agree. I think it was originally a ghetto term for those who didn't speak correct English and left the possessives off their words. Instead of them saying, "That's my baby's daddy," it was, "That's my baby daddy." I wish those terms would just fall out of use.

[Nefret]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Another one that drives me a little crazy, is the euphemism "passed" for "died".

That one drives me crazy also. Back in the 60's, when I was a young case worker, working in the ghetto, that's what our welfare clients said.

A new case worker would always be confused when one of our clients would say that someone "passed".

"Baby daddy" was also heard back in those days.

[Atlguy39]

Here's one that bothers me, and I'm not sure why...when people refer to kids as "kiddos". Where did that come from???

[Hyperthetic]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I am sorry about your mother.

I'm not advocating for unkind or crude phrases in such a situation. "Died" is just factual.

As a palliative, be palatable.

Factuality can incur severe insults, and bad gossip about you.

Hey, I bin there.

[Nefret]

Masectomy, meaning mastectomy.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by kayanne

Just saw a misused word on Facebook that happens to be one of my annoyances: I'm having my dog spade (instead of spayed). Or when people say the past tense as "spaded." I know that somehow they just don't know better, but that's one where I try to gently teach the correct word, by saying something like "Oh, I really hope the spay procedure goes well."

When people say this, you can't tell but when they write "I just payed the bill" - drives me nuts!!

[Katana49]

"Not to be rude, but..."



... And whatever they say, it is in fact always RUDE.

[ClaraC]

Originally Posted by Katana49

"Not to be rude, but..."



... And whatever they say, it is in fact always RUDE.

Yeah. "No offense, but . . . "

(What is this flattering comment they're about to make?)