I actually love this one. I’m a little embarrassed because it’s due to a scene from The Parent Trap with Lindsey Lohan. When she gives her grandfather a long hug and breathes in deeply…after not seeing him for awhile because she had switched places with her twin…he’s perplexed. (boy, that’s a mouthful! Lol) Anyway, she replies that she’s making a memory to savor many years from now. I remember watching that scene with my kids and it really resonated with me.
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After reading so many of the above phrases it is also dawning on me that sometimes a once and done phrase doesn’t bother me but when a particular person (who I may already have an erk with) uses it OR people who use certain phrases OVER AND OVER again!
So for me often it’s person specific that I can’t stand a phrase. Because often it comes with a dose of attitude behind it.
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Hopefully, my age won’t show too much, but I HATE it when “LMAO” or “LOL” is inappropriately and inexplicably used. I actually see if from time to time on Chance Me threads on CC, but it’s everywhere.
Examples would include:
- My dog just died LMAO.
- I was just caught cheating LMAO and expelled from school two weeks before graduation LOL.
Both LOL and LMAO are fine with me generally speaking to show humor, but I’ve seen some real howlers where it was almost used like a punctuation mark rather than adding anything substantive.
See, I am old! 
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On these forums…
“Middle class” when referring to the range of parental income and wealth that does not get college financial aid anywhere for their kids.
“GPA: 4.xx weighted” without specifying the weighting system.
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My favorite movie ever!!
And I think it was actually Hallie (pretending to be Annie) who said that, so it was even more poignant because she’d never seen him before and of course was afraid that she never would again.
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We didn’t qualify for financial aid but just got California Middle Class Refund based on our tax return so I guess in CA we are middle class
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To chime in on a statement above:
When speaking of my mother (my dad is dead) to others, I always say my mother not mom As in ‘I’m going to visit my mother’ For some reason, I rarely say ‘I am going to visit my mom’. Anyway, I do think it’s odd if another person (not a sibling) refers to my parent or theirs as ‘mom’ rather than your/my mom
As for my kids, when referring to their father, I say “ask dad’ not 'ask your dad”
Ahh…you would be correct. Thanks!
The word “like” used as a random filler word.
As in: Then I was like getting ready to like walk out the door.
Grrrrr!
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Just got a marketing email from Neiman…ugh… reminded of the word I strongly dislike: “vacay.” It just feels like sand on my teeth. 
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IT seems like there are several types of annoyance.
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The corporate-speak du jour, which starts out as a novel way to describe something but then becomes overused. I remember feeling so out of the loop(no pun intended) when I quit my corporate job and DH was telling me a story and said, “there was a real disconnect there.” I had no idea what he was saying, but pretty soon I started hearing that phrase everywhere.
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People who over use a phrase and that gets on your nerves. I have a friend who constantly uses the phrase “the fact of the matter is . . .” I am used to it now. It’s a verbal tic with him.
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Incorrect grammar or words: “expresso,” “irregardless,” and “literally” used incorrectly. These are the ones that drive me crazy. Not literally crazy, of course. That would be impossible.
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“Take it off-line.”
I retired a few years ago so don’t know if people still say it. Maybe in this age where co-workers only meet on-line, nobody says it anymore.
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Conflate seems to be the “in” word. During the Great Recession, bifurcate was used quite a bit. I remember cognitive dissonance being used (or misused) about 20 years ago.
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One that I seem to hear a lot recently is, “chef’s kiss.” Apparently it means something is perfect??
I saw a fashion person on an Insta live describing an outfit as being, “chef’s kiss.” Just didn’t seem like a great descriptor for clothing to me.
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I think “chef’s kiss” (perfection) applies to whatever you want it to. I prefer “el perfecto” myself.
Let’s coin a new one:
Canine twerp
(unless the dog isn’t a twerp, in which case… canine monster)
Is middle class in CA based on income and financial aid more geared towards assets?
Any qualifier with unique - it either is or is not
Uptick instead of increase
OMG
Using a long winded way of saying ‘before’
Likely - is it possible or probable?
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We still need our OMG emoji back on CC…
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I just said “bloom where you’re planted” then thought to myself “that is an annoying phrase.” Very aware of what I’m saying now thanks to this thread! 
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