Things you hate people saying

Their..instead of him or her as a determiner. Their is a plural word. An individual cannot be a plural.

People who use 'so-called' in the wrong way.

I just read a post where someone was complaining about the 'so-called' EU. There is no such thing; it is actually called the EU.

I know the poster was trying to question the EU's legitimacy or sow doubts about it but it is still called the EU.

ITYM 'them', and such usage dates back centuries.

There's a long-standing usage in English of using "they/them" as a singular pronoun for an individual whose gender is unknown, unstated or undetermined. Jane Austen and Shakespeare are just two of the many canonical figures in English literature who do this. The Oxford English Dictionary has cites going back to 1450.

Tl;dr: Their is a plural word, except when it's singular. (Much like you, come to think of it.)

But sometimes the sex of a person is determined but they're (!) still referred to by the singular they/them, which is annoying.

For example, "The man jumped out of the car and started shouting at me. They said they were going to call the guards".

'So-called' can be used to question the appropriateness of a name. If a person felt the EU isn't properly European or isn't properly unified for whatever reason, then "'so-called' EU" would be correct.

Why would that annoy anyone!!!

"De Hopital"

It makes me wince a bit when I hear politicians being referred to by their first names—Leo, Micheál, Helen, Roderic, Mary Lou etc.

It sounds too cosy and familiar, like they're our pals when in reality most of them don't care about the country and are actively destroying it!

Language purists would still use Nice in its earlier senses. Much of the hatred on display here is against modern and new meanings.

nice (adj.)

late 13c., "foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (from PIE root *ne- "not") + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] — from "timid, faint-hearted" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c. 1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).

So far on my trip home, I will add "isn't it well for ya", "aren't ya so lucky" and "notions" because I have a nice watch. Please, piss off.

I could care less. 🙃

Yes, can be annoying in a face-to-face convo.