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What really grinds your gears?

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JK chameleon Jul 2021 11:48am, 28 Jul 2021 14,744 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon [Stupid comment sent before I could close my speech marks... grumbles]
um Jul 2021 11:52am, 28 Jul 2021 4,968 posts	Quote Pin um The missin g in any word endin in -ing grates more ...
LazyDaisy Jul 2021 11:54am, 28 Jul 2021 33,875 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy [Priti Patel, we're looking at you]
GordonG Jul 2021 11:54am, 28 Jul 2021 8,677 posts	Quote Pin GordonG The fact I've just missed my stop on the train, and to compound matters the train is now delayed before it gets to the next stop
um Jul 2021 11:58am, 28 Jul 2021 4,969 posts	Quote Pin um [I wasn't even thinking of her - I was thinking of proper 'BBC' commentators]
Wednesday Mouse Jul 2021 12:14pm, 28 Jul 2021 1,547 posts	Quote Pin Wednesday Mouse The use of the word "staycation" to mean holidaying in the UK, implying that a "proper" holiday is one abroad. I always thought a staycation was a "holiday" at home spending time doing touristy holiday things in your local area. A trip to Skeggy for a week was just a holiday, not a staycation.
cackleberry Jul 2021 12:15pm, 28 Jul 2021 2,134 posts	Quote Pin cackleberry +1 to staycation.
Eynsham Red Jul 2021 2:16pm, 28 Jul 2021 7,781 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red To me it’s a all holidays. You either stay at home and don’t go anywhere, or maybe you do day trips. Or maybe you go away somewhere in the UK for a while, or maybe you go abroad. I find it degrading to refer to not going abroad as a staycation. It’s almost like it’s an us and them scenario, where people who don’t holiday abroad are somehow second class citizens. We holiday in the UK through choice, and having had a few holidays abroad, it’s nice not to have to waste two days of the holiday just travelling. (I do conceded that if someone living in the south chooses to holiday in Scotland for example, or vice-versa, there will be a considerable number of hours travelling).
Lip Gloss Jul 2021 2:20pm, 28 Jul 2021 53,421 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss Another one who dislikes the word staycation. If I’m off my work I’m on holiday wether I’m here doing day trips, further afield in Britain or abroad.
JK chameleon Jul 2021 2:23pm, 28 Jul 2021 14,747 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon Let's chuck "holibobs" in with that...