Do some words/phrases make you cringe?

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Upon coming home from college this weekend, I figured it out: what's REALLY annoying is getting out of bed, trying to mind your own business, and hearing, "WELL LOOK WHO'S UP!" and "How are you this morning?"

Gaahhhh.

Overuse of the word "like" drives me nuts. Also, over-generalization in an attempt to be dramatic.

There is a girl who sits near me at work. Every time she opens her mouth to tell a story, I cringe. Every other phrase is followed by "like" and each major point ends with "I just couldn't handle it!"

"He, like, put the trash in, like, the trash can, but then he, like, didn't take the trash can to, like, the road. I just couldn't handle it! I can't handle it!"

Oh! And my sister likes to say "and all that".

"I don't get why people don't like shopping online. For half-price, I can get my books, kitchenware, and all that." What's "all that"? Is she reiterating that she indeed means all of what she just generally stated or are we supposed to guess what the third thing was?

I could care less, definitely annoys me...but mostly because its supposed to be " I couldnt care less".

Yes, annoying.

Me too. Especially since I only hear this when I'm at my parents' and emerge from my bedroom after having been UP for 12 hours or so.

....Awesome! And amazing too.
Awesome doesn't bother me but yet the overuse of 'amazing' to describe something like a salad is really annoying, especially when it's pronounced in that long, drawn out way like 'amaaaaaaazzzziiiing.'

I have quite a long list of phrases that make me cringe but the moct prominent among these are words and phrases associated with Christmas and general words of wishing well. I hate to see or hear them so whenever I receive a postcard or a birthday card I never open it to read it because it simply kills me. Also, any love declarations.
How do people actually like such things I can't even guess. I only feel a strong desire to get lost.

I dislike when my little sister says "awkward silence".....even if the situation wasn't awkward before, it is then...

But Chrissy, doesn't that phrase fill the silence?

This seems to aggravate me too. I'm just trying to get some breakfast, I'm not really in the mood of talking. So I usually say, 'Sleepy', and that ends any chance of small talk.

There are certain words that I associate with when I was bullied (hearing the words while being bullied) that I don't like hearing as of late. I don't really act out in a meltdown (act least physically), I just gaze off into somewhere else and that specific moment and start to get angry, and I may leave the room suddenly....

Vulgar or words describing something I find foul. I think its because every word puts a picture of whats said in my head and soemtimes I can't get the picture out.

"Thats nothing to worry about"
"Dont think about that"
"Thats just the way it is"

"Dont be so...[insert adjective]"
"You dont know who [insert famous person] is?"
"It was sooo coooool" (yawn)

Here's another one: "You'll get over it/ we'll fix you". Said in a perky voice to describe my reaction to being grabbed from behind and having my arms waved around against my will in 'celebration'.

i dislike "gobsmacked". it is mainly a british thing i think. i hear it said on TV a lot when people are being interviewed on the streets.

i always know that they are going to say "gobsmacked" before they say it, because i can tell that their minds flow in ruts of communicative shortcuts as they prepare to deliver their answer.
example.
Q: what did you think when you heard the explosion and saw the wall falling onto the bystanders?
A: i was absolutely gobsmacked.


i do not like the word "gutted" for very similar reasons.
most times i hear that said, the sayer does not pronounce the "t" and when they say "gutted", it is like they say "guh" and then they choke their throat off for a tic and then they say "Ed" in a sharp way. i do not know how to explain it but i do not like it.

i do not subscribe to the word "bonding".
i do not like the phrase "touch base". if someone says that to me, my left eyebrow automatically rises.

Sometimes silence is ok, it's when people remind you,"hey, this silence isn't normal, your being awkward, ya need to talk" that you are pressured to say something. Since they already said awkward silence, what are you to say: awkwarder silence?

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but the "you need to get a life" comment has always triggered a facepalm reaction from me.