Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

never heard that phrase here in the states but it sure sounds like it is adjacent to this thread

What’s a man flu?

the idea that men suffer more than women from colds and flu, the angle being "they're more whiny than women who just tough it out" but also sometimes "men feel viruses more intensely than women because [insert science here] so we should bring them lumberjack soup and various man sprays"

A cold. men supposedly exagerrate their maladies so what we/they say is flu is actually just a cold, hence the mocking term 'man flu'.

xp

wait I want lumberjack soup, I think I'm coming down with something

Never thought this was a thing- but whenever I would get a head cold or sinus infection, I would make the spiciest broth/soup I could, with hot sauce, Tabasco, you name it, the hotter the better. And that would help. Maybe that was lumberjack soup?

What’s a man flu?

Somewhat amazed this is not also a thing in the US!

Is the annoyance that it under or overstates the condition

It's annoyingly overused imo but what's buggin' Tracer Hand about it will have to wait I suppose.

"various man sprays"

"various man sprays"

"various man sprays"

"various man sprays"

originally funny now just overused, it’s 2021 people

man spray u

Man Spray U

My old roommate would get sick for a day or two every time she had a new sexual partner and called it penis flu but I imagine man flu is something different.

The only usage of "man flu" I'm familiar has been from exasperated partners, and is usually accompanied by an eye-roll and/or sigh of resignation.

When grown men call their trucks/speedboats/ATVs/etc. "toys"

what, this bad boy?

big bad boy toys

oh yeah and fuck 'man cave' while we're at it, though I'm certain it's already been listed

"These bad boys"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-N44WIyPjI

oh yeah and fuck 'man cave' while we're at it, though I'm certain it's already been listed

― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, November 1, 2021 1:16 PM (three days ago)

I think mancave (one word) is useful as a pejorative.

taking sides: man cave vs she shed

She shed is so much worse.

See sheds by the sea shore

xp that's what she shed

she shed!!!! so bad it's good

Mancave only good as a pejorative, agree

she-basement or gtfo

man toilet

Her Hut

"her hut" sounds like someone clearing phlegm in their throat

man toilet

Two bowls for the split stream mornings.

Skin in the game

and a she-basement after the war

Skin in the game

otm

“Build back better”

xps there's a barber's in the shopping area of town which advertises itself as a "men's creche" and every time i walk past it i have to check i'm not in fact dreaming

That's saying the quiet part of the infantilisation of men a bit loud.

"Saying the quiet part loud"

it’s okay but yes

perhaps english specific gripes: i get unnerved over 'dock/docked' when referring to wages, and 'taking on' when enquiring if medical surgeries are accepting new patients in their registry...

'are you taking on any new NHS patients?' why not use 'accepting'? nobody seems to the phrase 'taking on' any other time...?!

these little usages are so strange to me and seem to stick out - i dunno why... is there a term for words that are only used in conjunction with specific activities like that...?

"Take On Me" is about trying to book a physical iirc

lmao, fuck's sake.

A slogan rather than a commonly-used phrase, but
See it
Say it
Sorted
is beginning to fill me with uncontrollable rage.

oh yikes

deems are you responsible for this

'taking on' sort of implies 'taking passengers on board' kind of thing imo. I don't mind it. "Taking on new staff" is another usage.

pretty common in the US - "taking on a new project"

Yeah, I think it’s common in other contexts in the UK too. “I’m not taking on any more work at the moment” a freelancer might say.