This guy actually said“My mom is picking me up” when his car wouldn’t start and he needed a ride. My H said he thinks his actual mom is going to drive up, but it’s his wife. And then he’s like “hi mom!”
Here are 2 phrases that drive me nuts in my workplace:
“Its above my pay grade”
“I don’t have the bandwidth for…”
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Let me explain why I so dislike people saying things to me things like “I’m taking Dad to the doctor”. It’s because it’s inappropriate for me to call their dad that. It’s the reason First Ladies when talking about their husbands usually say “My husband” instead of the Presidents first name. It’s inappropriate for others to call him anything other than “Mr President”. Or “President Last Name .”
Another example. Let’s say my family calls my daughter “bug”. Let’s say she’s perfectly happy with us doing that. And had no issue with us doing that in front of her friends. At all. But she’s doesn’t want her friends to call her “bug”. That’s for family only. So I’d never outside of her presence refer to her as “bug” to her friends because that implies that’s the name they should call her. And it’s not.
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Another one –
Moving the L before the T in “chipotle”. It isn’t Chipolte.
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That’s just correcting the British spelling. 
Well, I disagree, but everyone is different. If someone else refers to their dad as “Dad,” I don’t assume I can call him that.
If a friend says “Dad,” do you correct them?
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No only my husband. Lol But I do sort of make my feelings known “Oh you took YOUR Dad to the doctor? I had to take MY mom last week.”
It just sounds so wrong to me. Just as when people who refer to their kids by their family nickname when talking about them (as opposed to taking TO them.) “oh bumpkins is such a good baby.” It just sets my teeth on edge.
That is soooo bizarre!
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Ok, I just don’t equate “Dad” with “bumpkins.”
I found a statement put out by Prince William about the death of his grandmother. In part, it read, “I knew this day would come, but it will be some time before the reality of life without Grannie will truly feel real…” I don’t think anyone would call the Queen “Grannie” after reading that.
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My rule. Never refer to anyone by any name other than what your listener would call them. You can refer to your relationship, but not to the relationship as if its the name. Again its why first ladies say “my husband” and almost never the President’s first name when speaking about them.
I have an acquaintance who was friendly with Michele Obama prior to Barack becoming President. When she would speak to her after he was my acquaintance was put off because she stopped referring to him as 'Barack" and only as “my husband”. She thought she was feeling the need to tout the relationship. Someone else had to explain it to my acquaintance.
And if you are asking if I correct people. Only my husband explicitly.
See my edited post above. 
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A magazine interview with Jill Biden: <<<In an effort to avoid fighting in front of the Secret Service, the couple coined the term “fexting” or fighting over text – something they came up with during Barack Obama’s time in the White House.
“Joe said, ‘You realize that’s going to go down in history. There will be a record of that.’” Dr. Biden said with a grin, recalling a time when she typed out a message to him in a moment of anger. “I won’t tell you what I called him that time.”
Despite the occasional marital squabble, Dr. Biden is a staunch supporter of her husband, telling Harper’s Bazaar, “I try to be a support for Joe, because I don’t know how many people are saying to him, ‘That was great. That was brilliant.’ I try to be that person for him.”>>>
OK, I’m done.
Has anyone mentioned those who use “disinterested” for uninterested?
It makes me homicidal. I would like to say that is an exaggeration.
I point out to my students: You want a referee/umpire who is disinterested in your game but preferably not one who is uninterested!
Addition: I realize dictionaries will say the second meaning is “correct” because if enough people use something, we are supposed to give up. I will not give up on this one because there is NO good alternative for the correct meaning of disinterested!
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When people deliberately misname someone. “Kartrashians” is the first one that comes to mind but I’m sure there are lots of other examples across the celebrity and political spectrum. If you don’t approve of them by all means express your opinion, but the misnaming seems uncalled for.
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Doesn’t bother me at all, but you do you 
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I will say that it implies a familiarity and intimacy with the person you are speaking with. For example, if I was talking to my bother or sister and said something about Mama and Daddy, well my parents were their Mama and Daddy, too, y’know, so no problem there. But also when I was talking to my husband just tonight I reminisced about my mom teaching me to cook by saying, “I remember Mama teaching me how to make scrambled eggs.” That brings up a more intimate, close memory. If I have to say “I remember my mom teaching me,” then that puts a distance there. When I talk to a really good friend and she often says Daddy or Mama, too, about her parents and I can say that to her about mine as well.
However if I’m talking to someone I’m not really that close to like a neighbor or a cashier at the grocery store or someone on CC I would say “my mother” or “my mom,” but I never ever called my mom “Mother” or “Mom”, she was always Mama to me. (My weirdo brother called her “Mother” some, though.)
If I can’t refer to my mom as “Mama” when talking about her in my close relationships I would never be able to say it again at all because she’s not around anymore.
However the guy that refers to his wife as mom, just kinda odd to me, but whatever floats their boats.
I wouldn’t correct them, but the devil in me wouldn’t be able to resist a little “who’s on first?”
Him: I’m taking Dad to the doctor on Thursday.
Me: Oh, Dad’s appointment is on Friday.
Him: What?
Me: Dad’s doctor appointment is on Friday.
Him: Oh your Dad.
Me: That’s what I said.
Fur baby - ugh ( and I love dogs)
“Making memories “
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Agree about fur baby.
Kiddo, hubby, baby daddy.
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I cringe when I hear parents of young kids, who when speaking to them, refer to a female child as “Sissy”. As in, “Come give Sissy a kiss!” “Don’t hurt Sissy’s feelings!” “Give Sissy a bite of your cookie.”, etc. Even worse is when they elevate their voices a few octaves when they do it.
Unless, of course, their God-given name is “Sissy”. In that case, “Bless their hearts”.
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The “mother/mom” thing bothers me too. I only say “mom” if talking to my siblings. Anyone else, it is always “my mom…”
I have a friend that always uses “mother”. She will say, " I took mother to the doctor today" - in my head I always think “you mean, your mother”!
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