[Closed] Why do some words/phrases irrationally annoy me? Age?

Answered your own question.

It’s because you’re, like, super irrational

Totally.

Yes there's nothing quite like an expertly curated box set.

Box Set (just say series!)

But a box-set often contains more than simply a series. It has additional stuff.

"Very unique" for me. WTF? Unique means one of a kind - it can't be very unique! Muppets.

“Very unique”

Trump says stuff like that all the time. Drives me batty!

For me it's 'going forward' instead of something like 'in future'. I have a theory that this phrase came to prominence in the Blair era when politicians constantly used it to give an impression of improvement and momentum when laying out their latest idea.
My wife believes my dislike is however based solely on me being a grumpy old got.

Level-up..... 🤢

Ok boomer

I absolutely understand where you're coming from

“Very unique"

see also, "Almost impossible"

Amazeballs can absolutely get in the sea!

You are literally so irrational.

Oh, forgot one! "holibobs" 😡

Ok boomer

10-4, dinosaur.

So, can I get a coffee to go?

see also, “Almost impossible”

Not to mention, approximate ETA...

Dont loose your shit.

“Granularity”

Also, people using “of” instead of “have”. As in “Shouldn’t of said that”

Ya know those boxes that slide out of furniture?

If you call them draws I could actual murder you

thanks for reaching out and touching base with ourselves over this

almost impossible

seems OK to me <shrug>

Starting every ****ing sentence with "So.... "

**** off, and when you get there **** off a bit further.

It's not about being a grumpy old get, it's about wishing the ****s would stop sounding like ****s

So,

The word "optics" seems to have started popping up lots since a few months ago, grrr.

The word "Yee-opp" in MTB videos is quite irritating.

🙂

Edit: and "Ye-ahh boi" in MTB vids too.

People who reply to comments with 'This'. Variations include 'Absolutely this' and 'totally this'. Get outta town!

10-4, dinosaur

I like that. My sides are literally splitting.

People who reply to comments with ‘This’. Variations include ‘Absolutely this’ and ‘totally this’. Get outta town!

And take the ones who reply “Wow. Just wow” with you.

I believe a "Box Set" harkens back to the olden times when media consumption was enabled by physical objects often supplied in a physical object known as a "box".
One can consult the Wikipedia if one does not believe one: "A box set or boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and is offered for sale as a single unit. "

People who reply to comments with ‘This’. Variations include ‘Absolutely this’ and ‘totally this’. Get outta town!

It's better than +1, +1 is so noughty.

It’s better than +1,

This.

Similarly annoying is the trend for describing detailed events in history using the present tense. Does my head in!

“Granularity”

This gets used a lot at my workplace. It's what you get after you've done a deep-dive on a high-level item.

Levelling up seems to be the latest Government buzz-phrase and that now has the same effect on me as fingernails scraping down a blackboard.

seems OK to me <shrug>

something is either impossible or it's possible. same as unique, it is, or it isn't. Generally* the rule is: If you add "-er" at the end of a word and it makes sense, then you can use an intensifier, if you add the "-er"ending and it's not a word, then you can't.

* like most rules in English

This.

+1

+1

Wow. Just wow

“A box set or boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and is offered for sale as a single unit. “

I thought that was the meaning of boxed set! Is there another?

"season" when referring to a TV series annoys me.

"in this space" when referring to carrying out an idea or activity that doesn't actually exist in 3 dimensions seems to be getting annoyingly common.

Ohhhh I’m with stick_man on long historical descriptions in the present tense.

Also:
Showcase
Skill set
Having an Epiphany

Chillax.

You take one word, concatenate it with another to form a third neologism which means the same thing as the first two.

Get farked.

+1 this my bad anyhoo.

So the birch isn't it, hanging wasn't it. What they need is some national service, burn the witches like.

I believe a “Box Set” harkens back to the olden times when media consumption was enabled by physical objects often supplied in a physical object known as a “box”.

Hold on there. If these things were made of real stuff and actually in a physical box - how would Netflix be able to get it into your TV through your phone socket?

People who say "I'm not gonna lie" before everything 😬

Vigorous Pigeon, that's a keeper from Bob Mortimer 😁

EVERY child* in the country in year 6 says ‘wait...what?’ when you say anything to them.
It boils my piss.

*I meet a lot of them at work.

Starting every ****ing sentence with ‘so...’ is also a modern scourge and you should all die if you do it.

looking in the rear view mirror

‘Jealous’ when they mean ‘envious’, and ‘less’ when it should be ‘fewer’.

Although I think I may have lost this battle, even BBC presenters do it now.

Boils my piss....boils my piss...

Shipping.

Another pointless ****ing term foisted upon us by ****s who wish they were clever enough to live in a country governed by Trump.

If you like America that much, **** off to Dogshit, Idaho and don't come back.

Take your 'swapout' 'colorways' and 'shipping' and **** right off, ****er.

Nothing to do with age, I've hated the spread of Americanisms for years.