Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

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words to do with fermentation eg

“scobie”
“poolish”

ugh so gross. stop

scoby don’t

Tracer how else do you want us to say "two weeks pass..."

a fortnight transpires?
fourteen suns set?

bimonth

every month is bimonth

what ever happened to straight smarck month thats what i wanna know

Hey now
You're a smarck mouth
Get your game on

read the room

bi- and semi- as a modifiers for frequency of occurrence always slow me down, my brain has to run an extra calculation

Also: usage of "20th century" to describe "the 1900s" and so on

Sixmonthly, twoyearly tho? Yuck. Even worse

"20th century" to describe "the 1900s"

According to the accepted cultural and legal definition, I am 69 years old. It is just as true that I am currently in my 70th year of life. Young kids get this distinction and insist on being e.g. five-and-a-half instead of just five.

Oh I know it's correct, I'm not disputing it, I just find it annoying.

Had no idea you were 69! Nice

I have been hearing “perfect” as an acknowledgment of any sort of response to a question.

“Date of birth?”

“12/21/73”

[types into computer] “Perfect”

Repeat for the next 6 questions

verbal tics that mask the void in one's soul

I kind of hate "mate", as in "How are you, mate". I'm pretty sure I've never said it in my life.

Just ran some errands and unconsciously said “perfect” to various clerks multiple times and felt shocked and appalled at myself afterward, sorry world

Today I learned that Tom D. is probably not Australian

also not Argentinian

I have been hearing “perfect” as an acknowledgment of any sort of response to a question.

hm. i see it as an analog of "very good," which i normally assume to mean "request in good order and understood."

i don't use it, as it does sound like "in excellent taste" or something.

I've caught myself saying "perfect" lately in exactly this way. It bugs me, and I have no idea where I picked it up. Taking this thread as a caution.

I couldn't imagine using "perfect" non-sarcastically. "Someone tore open a package of diapers and changed their baby in the store aisle." "Perfect."

I searched my WhatsApp chats for “yeah perfect” and had to stop scrolling after thirty instances.

I find myself overusing "very well" in the same way that some people use "perfect."

Another option is "good choice."

Whenever I am interacting with musicians doing covers (which may be a bit too often), I find myself saying "that's a good choice for you." Which may be bad instead of good.

My wife has admonished me about saying things like "I am glad you're having fun" or "I am glad you're interested in these things" to our daughter, when the topic is k-pop or v-tubers or whatever. I am working on figuring out the right response.

Lol puffin. Hope you figure that one out with your daughter

All "mate" haters please identify yourself so you can be appropriately killfiled.

The amount of joy I get returning from travelling and being able to put "mate", "cheers", "gday", "howzitgoan" etc. back into my vocabulary/being able to lean back into my accent, is immeasurable

xp to my kids i often use "i'm glad you're..." but sometimes i resort to "that sounds fun!" my worst dad style is probably *looking slightly grave or disappointed* "hey, doing x is erm, well, that's a bad model." lol.

my fave annoyance (which cracked me up) was in early 10's when i was doing verbal text messages, and thus saying the words "comma" or "period" into them, and my young teen kids would spontaneously walk around mocking me by interjecting "COMMA" or ending sentences with "PERIOD," while giving me a hard time.

my son calls me mate when i call him to find out where he is, absolutely infuriating

"alright mate?"

my young teen kids would spontaneously walk around mocking me by interjecting "COMMA" or ending sentences with "PERIOD," while giving me a hard time.

lol roasted

Feel like “mate” is like calling an adult “buddy” or “pal”, something you use deliberately to be irritating. “Oh mate” is a classic of this genre IMO

better 'mate' than 'bossman'

or is it tho

not imo

yes absolutely deliberate

I am working on figuring out the right response.

"Why do you watch that garbage"

Oh mate

I found myself walking a little way behind a youngish man who was on the phone to some friend of his and like 99% of what he said was like, “yes king, I hear you boss, don’t worry about it king” I thought it was incredible

"bruh! it's calm king. yes king. i'll firm it."

It wasn’t quite like that, it was more the laddish endearments. It was sweet!

i'm just riffing

it's amazing how much can be conveyed with like 8 words repeated in different configurations

I found myself walking a little way behind a youngish man who was on the phone to some friend of his and like 99% of what he said was like, “yes king, I hear you boss, don’t worry about it king” I thought it was incredible

lmao

A kid answering their mobile to a parent and saying ‘awright, mate!’ is only trying to style out the embarrassment of a checking-in call in front of their… mates.

Hunt3r’s kids FTW, LOL

I find it infuriating when my kids call me "bruh" - wrong family member! try again!

i used to work in a cafe that travelled around festivals every summer and one day we decided to call every customer or manager "chief" - nice balance of potential respect and disrespect there.

"Wee man" or "big yin", depending on height ftw.

Classic = saying a close friend/family members name too often in close succession. Good way to keep em on their toes, don't let em get too familiar ya know?

A friend of mine and I once tried to see how many of these we could string in a row.

"How's it going, buddy?"

"Not bad, chief. You?"

"Could be worse, boss."

etc.

It became ridiculous very quickly.