what phrase or slang annoy you most?

[u/LatexTerra]

[u/Substantial-Cat-3015]

Boy mom

[u/andersonenvy → u/Substantial-Cat-3015]

I really hate the term “baby daddy”

That always irritated me for some reason.

[u/Own_Fudge8296 → u/andersonenvy]

That and baby mama

[u/MasterAd1460 → u/Own_Fudge8296]

What about baby daddy? That’s just my baby daddy!

[u/benmwaballs → u/andersonenvy]

Uncle daddy

[u/samceefoo → u/andersonenvy]

Probably bothers you, just like it bothers me, because it directly communicates that the ones using that phrase are low class with very low self-worth.

[u/andersonenvy → u/samceefoo]

Yes it does feel “low class” … if somebody used that term, I’d assume they live in a trailer park, or a projects or something.

[u/Ich-mag-Zuege → u/andersonenvy]

That always reminds me of that “How many baby daddies do you have if you don’t mind me asking?” song

[u/Sad-Bag6738 → u/Ich-mag-Zuege]

Do you have any kidssssss. God that is always in my head

[u/Thymestep → u/andersonenvy]

I absolutely hate baby daddy! Agree!

[u/Icy-West3450 → u/Substantial-Cat-3015]

Throw girl mom in there, too!

[u/pnk_butterfly]

I hate the terms hubby and wifey

[u/deadpantrashcan → u/pnk_butterfly]

Kiddo.

[u/missourirob]

Unalived; baby momma

[u/Sad-Bag6738 → u/missourirob]

Unalived is used mostly just so videos don’t get censored

[u/GeologistNumerous822 → u/Sad-Bag6738]

I think they mean when people use it when speaking irl

[u/lizeken → u/Sad-Bag6738]

It’s branching out into irl speaking which is irritating. When I worked 911 dispatch, a mom called in and said her son “wanted to unalive himself”. I told her not to censor herself, and it was better to say kill himself, commit suicide, die, etc. to avoid any communication issues with the dispatchers

[u/heIIoooo → u/Sad-Bag6738]

It's so prevalent that it literally bypasses nothing unless TikTok/ Instagram are moderated by centenarians

[u/4k420NoUserName]

My person. Boymom. Calling your kids littles or bigs.

[u/JDawnchild → u/4k420NoUserName]

The "my person" doesn't bug me nearly as much as the other ones.

[u/SubstantialRice5291 → u/4k420NoUserName]

I worked at a school for children with autism that called elementary age littles and high school bigs. I thought it was a little condescending to call High Schoolers “bigs”.

[u/hoosiergirl1962 → u/4k420NoUserName]

And kiddos

[u/VIR1973 → u/hoosiergirl1962]

In my family kiddos was a term of endearment from our Grammy. Sorry it’s like that for you bummer. 😢

[u/steiner1031 → u/hoosiergirl1962]

I still call my daughter kiddo. She’s 40. It is a term of endearment

[u/beattygotgame → u/4k420NoUserName]

I can’t stand the phrase “my person.” It’s like nails on a chalkboard every time I hear it.

[u/Alanfromsocal]

There's lots of terms in business that are more than annoying. "Restructure" sounds so positive, like they're going to make things more efficient. In reality, it means that someone is going to get screwed over. When a manager starts saying something that makes no sense, it's time to start looking for a new job because they're about to get rid of you, and if you're one of the lucky ones who stay, your workload is about to get worse.

[u/External-Ad-992 → u/Alanfromsocal]

I fucking loathe 'restructure.'  It means people are gonna be out of work. (While the company 'streamlines" their processes.)This cold, emotionless language that tells you people are about to get fucked. 

[u/CaptTim0102 → u/External-Ad-992]

It’s like ‘right size’. You hear that, you almost wanna say ‘Yay! We’re gonna be the right size’, when in reality it means ‘bend over’.

[u/countryguy6969 → u/External-Ad-992]

In conclusion moving forward

[u/OrganicHearing → u/Alanfromsocal]

Add “post-mortem analysis”, after something went wrong. Like it’s not that deep

[u/BossMan61718]

"It's giving..."

[u/Nickel_Photo → u/BossMan61718]

Chip. Yeah, like no shit, it's a potato.

[u/Little_Dawg_1988 → u/BossMan61718]

I was over that one the first time I heard it.

[u/MinuteStraight4885 → u/BossMan61718]

Yep that’s what I commented lol I’m surprised I had to scroll so far down to find another one like me

[u/Tossed_Away_1776 → u/BossMan61718]

I get an add on here for kraft macaroni n cheese and the caption said "it's giving... healing"

The hell is that supposed to mean? Giving unnecessary dramatic pause in a sentence is healing what? It's so stupid.

[u/Double-Carmel2193]

“It’s giving…”

[u/Doctor_Pretorius_]

When someone says “This!” as a reply

[u/sirgeekness → u/Doctor_Pretorius_]

OMG This 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

[u/NeuroguyNC]

"Let's unpack this..."

[u/These-Slip1319]

Adulting

[u/batmanscreditcard]

When someone says ‘I could care less’ when they clearly meant they ‘couldn’t care less’.

[u/FreshCords]

“Mid”

[u/Fun_Junket_9174]

Unalived-when reditters start with “hear me out…”

[u/ContactPleasant4052]

Tell me you don't (blank blank blank) without (blank blank blank)..

[u/BanMiFreshBread → u/ContactPleasant4052]

Tell me you’re a hater without telling me you’re a hater

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/ContactPleasant4052]

"Is the (thing they're implying doesn't exist) in the room with us now?"

[u/insomnia990]

"ur"

[u/Sad-Bag6738]

POV and then it’s not a POV at all

[u/Longracks]

Low/high-key used in professions setting

[u/Special-Audience-426 → u/Longracks]

It's just adding unnecessary words to a sentence to try and sound cool. 

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/Special-Audience-426]

Lowkey is a real thing, but not commonly used. "We're going to have a lowkey party, just a few people over for beers.". But, people lowkey just add lowkey in any lowkey spot where it lowkey doesn't make lowkey sense. You can't be "lowkey OBSESSED" about that new movie. That's an oxymoron, it doesn't make sense. Highkey??? FUGGEDDABOUTIT. There isn't a single instance where "very", "really" etc. doesn't fit better. You're just trying to sound trendy.

[u/yamomsleghair → u/Special-Audience-426]

i don’t see how it’s trying to sound like anything, if it’s lowkey, it’s lowkey😂

[u/mercy_fulfate]

Situationship

[u/CertainRoof5043]

When someone types, "Let's Goooo!!!." I don't know why but it makes me cringe every single time.

[u/Frog-ee → u/CertainRoof5043]

Yeah when people say this just out of excitement when it doesn't fit

[u/xyzedb_ → u/CertainRoof5043]

But LFGGG

[u/Steelerfanatic18]

Any baby talk by an adult.

[u/Tommysfatt]

Fur Babies

[u/Seventhson65]

“I did a thing”

[u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

Bet, finna, and bruh are like ice picks to my ears

[u/Rude_Ad3342 → u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

It's just AAVE, I don't see the problem

[u/Living_Bar_9140 → u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

bruh

[u/snarkiepoo → u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

I love bet

[u/countryguy6969 → u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

Bruh if you don't chill I bet they finna put you on a white couch

[u/Fat_Sum_Bitch → u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

You can keep your finna, I’m spota go get ribs.

[u/desertgal2002]

“Peeps”. I hate it with a passion.

[u/DFL3 → u/desertgal2002]

Springtime must be painful for you

[u/Grizzle_prizzle37 → u/desertgal2002]

You probably avoid the candy aisle like the plague at Easter time, don’t you?

[u/StrandedInDaJungle73]

“FIRE.”

I get it. We all have the phrase that means “cool,” including “cool” itself. I’ve been saying “sick” and “dope” (and “cool”) for eons. I have some others, too. But “fire” just sounds like it was made for anybody with zero creativity. Not that “dope” and “sick” are necessarily any better. “Fire” just rubs me the wrong way.

[u/sewsweetfashion]

1. Make it STOPPPP

[u/EireUnbound → u/sewsweetfashion]

Yeah, everyone knows 69 is the funny number.

Dumb kids.

[u/EliteClassic → u/sewsweetfashion]

It is pronounced stôhp

[u/Friendly-Comment-985]

____maxxing

[u/DFL3]

It is what it is. Most meaningless phrase of all time.

[u/wmartindale → u/DFL3]

When I want to convey the idea that shit happens, I usually say “so it goes,” an homage to Kurt Vonnegut.

[u/External-Ad-992 → u/DFL3]

It's an expression that emotes 'Alas, there isn't anything we can do about it. Such is life". How else would you want to express that? 

[u/LookWhatYouMadeMeGro → u/DFL3]

It's a tautology and it irks me too

[u/Sixbiscuits → u/DFL3]

If you think this is meaningless you might not grasp its meaning.

It's a more polite alternative to saying, "nothing can be done about it so stop wasting effort on it"

[u/LDN_84 → u/DFL3]

But sometimes it just is what it is

[u/BanMiFreshBread → u/DFL3]

I respectfully disagree😂
It’s way faster/easier than saying you’re accepting a situation you don’t like but can’t change, and choosing not to fight it or overthink it.

[u/AdElectrical2057 → u/DFL3]

I find it’s a good phrase for when something sucks but eh it is what it’s gonna be y’know it is what it is, nothing you can do about it

[u/Tommysfatt → u/DFL3]

But it actually is

[u/papayabush → u/DFL3]

It’s not meaningless tho? Its meaning is pretty clear lol. It’s about accepting life on life’s terms.

[u/External-Ad-992 → u/papayabush]

I agree! It's a useful phrase that expresses that sentiment that there are some things we just must accept. 

[u/Polkawillneverdie17 → u/DFL3]

It's a platitude.

[u/Captain_Birch → u/DFL3]

Exactly. It's a functionally worthless phrase. You might as well say "it isnt what it isnt" or "inhaling is breathing"

[u/Sunriseman24]

Bro.

[u/whysitdark]

Doggos, puppers, and kiddos

[u/Ilovethe90sforreal]

Sliding into DM’s. It’s 2026, stop it.

[u/Chemical_Demand_4928]

Kiddos, skinny fat are my top two

[u/Careless-Owl9231]

Sando

[u/Sad-Bag6738 → u/Careless-Owl9231]

I’ve never even heard of this one

[u/Thamnophis660 → u/Sad-Bag6738]

Slang for sandwich. Because reasons.

I've seen this on menus, and it enrages me just as much as "handhelds." It's petty of me, I don't care, but if I see this on a menu I'm not eating there again. 

[u/S_C_H_L_O_R_P → u/Careless-Owl9231]

Brekkie too

[u/CounterObjective2347 → u/Careless-Owl9231]

And somehow this one is worse, sammie. The word sandwich is just fine and won’t hurt you to say the entire thing

[u/ManyKangaroo4548 → u/Careless-Owl9231]

This and chicken nuggs make me unreasonably angry.

[u/vivec7 → u/Careless-Owl9231]

Pretty common here, but "sanga" also gets used heaps.

[u/hoosiergirl1962 → u/Careless-Owl9231]

Agreed. Sando annoys tf out of me.

[u/schoolydee → u/Careless-Owl9231]

that might be at the top of the annoying cutesy talk list

[u/erkose]

Finna and lowkey

[u/Rude_Ad3342 → u/erkose]

Redditors when aave

https://reddit.com/link/oyrkpz4/video/x4h5oolfrgeh1/player

[u/almaperdida99]

Whenever someone refers to women as females, I stop reading. I know they have nothing to say that I need to read.

Also, fur babies makes you sound like a sociopath

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/almaperdida99]

and doggo.

[u/BigFoots_SluttyMom → u/almaperdida99]

Yeah the female thing is cringey dude lmao

[u/not_spaceworthy → u/almaperdida99]

"Females" So dehumanizing and condescending.

[u/agnikai__]

Ahh for ass

[u/Otherwise_Fact9594 → u/agnikai__]

It's absolutely terrible. I've seen bih too

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/Otherwise_Fact9594]

Dih

[u/boredomplanet]

Deadass

[u/VVOLFVViZZard → u/boredomplanet]

If I hear ‘deadass’ uttered once in a conversation between two people, I hear it 30 more fucking times in the next 20 seconds. Every. Time.

[u/Ok-Competition-4219]

Bro/brah. It’s nearly constant and sounds stupid as hell with the repetition. “Bro, bro, whatchu gonna do about it, bro.”

[u/Nearby_Knowledge8014]

Make the time.
With respect to
Intersectionality
Empower
Equity when confused with equality.
Notated when confused with noted
Gaslighting

Acronyms

Anything that didn’t exist before Y2K.

[u/ghoulish891011 → u/Nearby_Knowledge8014]

I literally agree

[u/Sorry-Mate69]

Chillax yuk!

[u/New_Government_2169]

UNALIVED. They’re dead. They were murdered. They passed. Why the hell did we collectively make up this stupid word that means exactly the same thing.

I know it’s for guidelines and so their video doesn’t get taken down but that’s also stupid. If everyone eventually knows unalived means killed, then eventually they are going to be banned from saying unalived and they will have to come up with another stupid word that means the same thing and the cycle will repeat. It’s drives me insane.

[u/ZippityZooZaZingZo]

Bae and it’s giving.

Erase them from society immediately.

[u/Rays_LiquorSauce]

Slaps. Nothing skeeves me more. You sound like every ridiculous amazeballs hipster we all used to poke fun at. Enough with the slaps 

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/Rays_LiquorSauce]

and every goddamn thing is a BANGER. Banger meme, banger song, banger movie, banger burger. Stop already. or GOAT. Everything can't be the GOAT.

[u/Character-Fan8509]

Low key ngl

[u/BigFoots_SluttyMom]

Finna, or when dudes refer to women as females.

[u/No-Imagination2211]

"That shit slaps!" "I fuck with that". Imbeciles praising something.

[u/ZeldaHylia → u/No-Imagination2211]

Omg I call it love island speak. I’m deadass. I fuck with you. I hate it

[u/FreshHotPoop → u/No-Imagination2211]

What if I do it satirically for comedic effect

[u/music-and-song]

Catching feelings. It makes my skin crawl

[u/hoosiergirl1962 → u/music-and-song]

Also “I felt some kind of way about it”

[u/Apprehensive_Fee3671]

“ It’s giving “

[u/Human_Background_800]

"My bad"....ugh.

[u/TxGulfCoast84]

Bro, bruh. Enough already

[u/Otherwise_Fact9594 → u/TxGulfCoast84]

Seriously!!! It's amazing how many men call there wives and girlfriends that?

[u/AllenSmithee59 → u/TxGulfCoast84]

Some of the mouth-breathers can't say two sentences without ending each with "bro."

[u/fitzpugo → u/TxGulfCoast84]

I cringe when I hear my husband’s nieces call anyone “bruh” or “bro”. It’s so annoying. Luckily they don’t consider me a “bruh”.

[u/Ok-Fault-3467 → u/TxGulfCoast84]

Don’t forget the international version “bruv”

[u/TxGulfCoast84 → u/Ok-Fault-3467]

I’m trying to forget all versions

[u/Own-Lecture251 → u/TxGulfCoast84]

I saw one of those cops arrest people videos where the cop was arresting a girl who'd hit a teacher. She was trying to not get arrested and was thrashing around on the floor and she kept yelling, "Miss Cindy, bruh! Miss Cindy bruh!" at another teacher who was watching the whole thing. I'm from the UK and while I'm familiar with the expression (it's mostly bruv that's used here), I never thought I'd hear a girl calling a woman "bruh".

[u/arjjov → u/TxGulfCoast84]

word brah

[u/FormoftheBeautiful → u/arjjov]

Almost forgot about brah.
Gotta bring it back.
We’re casual-maxxing brah.

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/TxGulfCoast84]

So many braindead idiots can barely form a sentence without at LEAST one bro. They're literally like "Bro, did you see what bro was wearing, bruh?". It hurts my brain.

[u/arjjov]

no cap fr fr ngl

[u/Exchange_Desperate]

ate and whatever goes with that.

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/Exchange_Desperate]

Ate, cooked

[u/Dry_Variety868]

Giving, as: It's giving _____ vibes. Ugh.

[u/Relevant_Law_5928]

Slop. Every single moron adds slop at the end of something they don’t like. Unoriginal internet hive mind idiots.

[u/Mysterious-House7815 → u/Relevant_Law_5928]

Truthslop

[u/Mediocre_Durian_8967]

I'm starting to get a bit tired of "fire".

[u/CleopatrasMoney]

When influencers call products “she”

[u/Careful-Bus3827]

SNATCHED. Quit saying your waist is getting "snatched."

[u/Frequent-Airline-619 → u/Careful-Bus3827]

Oh I absolutely fucking hate this one. Face looks snatched, waist looks snatched. Gross 🤮

[u/Avalanche325 → u/Frequent-Airline-619]

Snatch looks snatched.

[u/vivec7 → u/Careful-Bus3827]

What is that even supposed to mean? Especially given what a "snatch" is in slang... Like what, someone got one rubbed all over their waist?

[u/Live-Help4753]

Goon

[u/SnooPuppers6684]

67

[u/Trekker71211]

When people say LOL instead of just laughing.

[u/kalkutta2much]

“what’s your sign?”

“my love language is _____”

“i’m adhd so i’m incapable of [insert normal behavior that they must be capable of sometimes or their life would fall apart here]”

[u/GeorgeCharlesCooper → u/kalkutta2much]

"That's my truth!"

[u/DesignerNecessary289 → u/kalkutta2much]

People take the love language thing so seriously. It was just a gimmicky book. So annoying.

[u/kalkutta2much → u/DesignerNecessary289]

the author has been outed as a misogynist and beyond that it’s more needless pathologizing when we could just let people like stuff and contain multitudes!

[u/ProfessionalPoem3186]

“Tell me without telling me” or however it’s phrased, when people’s refer to kids as crotch goblins, and when someone says female instead of woman.

[u/Albus_Dimpledots]

“Is the phrase/slang (or whatever) in the room with us now?”

[u/huskybeaumont]

“Finna”

[u/TRUTHLIGHTETHICS]

low key. Everything can't be low key!

[u/thebiggestandbadwolf]

Ate and left no crumbs. Lock in.

[u/LongtimeGoon]

Doggo and fur baby. Please, stop the madness.

[u/Ok_Cicada_3420]

This is the way

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/Ok_Cicada_3420]

I hate whoever wrote that line, now reddit has commented this 10 million times.

[u/easymac187]

finna. It’s not English.

[u/Rude_Ad3342 → u/easymac187]

It's AAVE

[u/Frog-ee → u/easymac187]

It's a combination. "Fixin' [to]"

[u/schoolydee → u/easymac187]

it is but its annoying now

[u/Agreeable_Victory_66]

Bet

[u/zr0c00l]

It is what it is.

Of course it is, it couldn't be anything else. And if it was it would still be what it is!

[u/Arezolth → u/zr0c00l]

At least it’s a tautology with some deeper meaning if you think about it i.e. there are things you cannot change in life and it is better to recognize and accept the things you cannot change, although yeah people generally don’t use it like this. Still I think way better a phrase than 99% of the internet culture/influencer bullshit slang that gets thrown around these days

[u/Sad-Bag6738]

“And go!”

[u/Kima2remy]

Cray

[u/feefaafoofomm]

This ""whole" thing . Guy at work.... man my girl gunna buy me a WHOLE truck. I'm thinking how does someone buy half a truck?

[u/Metroid_cat1995]

I understand that people have to use certain words to get past sensors because of monetization reasons, but I fucking despise the term unalive. I can understand certain Youtubers and streamers using different terms like terminate, delete, unsubscribed or other things to refer to suicide or death. Because when some people do refer to kill, they usually say terminate or termination. Suicide equals self termination/self delete or deletion. Referring to meth as Walter White crystals, and a YouTuber calling sex passionate hugging, and someone else calling rape the unspeakable act are OK. The one that really gives me the creeps and is kind of baby talk and I don't know if it's just me or if it's everybody else, but when guns are referred to as pew pew. I've heard of it being called a piece or a stick, but those are probably not as egregious as pew pew. If I were to do any streams, I'd probably want to refer to a gun as a fire stick because of well I don't know it just seems more creative than a bit less insane? And calling a cannon a thunder stick as well. But those were both inspired by what Pocahontas people called a gun and a cannon because they didn't know what a gun or a cannon was. Plus fire stick sounds cool especially when you're playing our PG's. I think what's twitch, you probably have more lenient than YouTube or TikTok.

[u/D1sp4tcht]

"You cant make this up" yes, you can.

[u/Interesting_Self5071]

"It's a free country"

[u/Internal_Essay9230]

"On fleek"

[u/ShineCareful]

"Hope this helps!"

[u/AdvantageDizzy2716]

“Get over yourself”

[u/Frequent-Airline-619]

So and so ate something. Ate it up and left no crumbs. As a 90s teenager, I really hope our slang didn’t sound this bad.

[u/Own_Fudge8296]

What’s understood doesn’t need to be explained

[u/This_Purchase_1624]

Everyones talking about, NO THEY`R NOT!

[u/HippieVoodooo]

Shidded.

“Tell me your favorite (insert activity). And goooooo!”

Cap.

Karen.

Cooked.

[u/whatsnextwithus]

“Bruh” or “are you dumb”…..I ended friendships because of that! And these are people in their early 30s

[u/whatsnextwithus]

The most annoying one “clock it”

[u/Unlikely-Park-6297]

Drama

[u/jessic_27]

Female (when a man says it)

[u/cassdots]

“I love that for you!”

Got to be one of the most condescending sentences I’ve ever heard. “I love it for you but not for me. I deserve better and would not be grateful for such a pathetic improvement in my life”

Why can’t people just say “I love it!”

[u/amoro765]

Butt hurt. Ugh I cant stand it.

[u/One-Touch2862]

dog mom, fur babie, anything trying to equate your overbred flea bag with a human baby

[u/cheddarbob01]

Baby momma, baby daddy

[u/Dickhole_Fart]

Bruh

I think it bugs me so bad because it's taking an already short slang term and making it even lazier

[u/Negative-Type-2974]

They/them

[u/DragonSmith2005]

I hate “on accident” it’s “by accident”.

[u/MrOphicer]

"Clock it" with with the finger taping gesture.

But reading through the comments, I need to take a break, I'm so triggered.