But yeah the one that makes me want to smash my screen is "Uncle Barty".

b) Buzz phrases for a particular year being over- or misused. e.g. Mountain Torque, Shannon Entropy

c) Weather presenters decamping to some park or other and chatting to Groundskeeper Willie when they should be showing us the fluffing forecast (not just a winter gripe)

d) Modern/Postmodern/Dadaist Winter.

Nippy....

...when it's not a -ve NAO at all (using the definition of comparing pressure at Iceland vs Azores. Today's 6z is a good example.

'PV' is very irritating since people on here use it as an abbreviation of 'polar vortex' when its already the accepted abbreviation for 'potential vorticity'. 

“This is exactly in line with my LRF. I’m not sure why anyone is surprised”

(Hi Moomin) 😂

Get on my nerves seeing warnings with that sort of text on. Story of our winter last year up here. Fingers crossed we can times that amount by 10 at some point this winter!

"AH"

Atlantic High, Arctic High, Azores High?

Shortwave.
Vortex.
Posters who seem to delight in spoiling the enjoyment of others. Seeing things or commenting on charts which are showing a different story.
Squabbling.
Putting posters down.
Repetitive Troll posters.

Posters who believe they have found a method which accurately predicts long range guesses, but won't say what this is.

On the whole can pretty much put up with anything else.

Winter is on hold

Sarah Wilmshurst was THE worst for that.

Faux cold, blowtorch....

"Expect an epic 240hr xxxxxx" and when it comes out, it ain't. Not going to name names but there is one member notorious for jumping the gun with this instead waiting for the ruddy model to have run its course!

I don't think I ever scraped a windscreen and don't intend to.

Not really terminology, but another thing I hate is completely OTT ramping. I have no problem with people getting excited by model output, but those who just post ridiculous, incoherent hyperbole and then bugger off until everyone has forgotten about it, when it inevitable goes to pot are the worst posters in model threads. 

Again, like others have mentioned, I'm not going to name any names.

In terms of expressions that grate, I'm another who hates 'Uncle Barty' and 'blowtorch'. Then there's the 'modern winter' trolling.

If we're talking about what I hate to hear then "the snow will be concentrated in the east" or "the west will be milder" sum it up for me.

It’s actually a medical term for ‘per vagina’ but even mentioning it here is probably a sackable offence 😉

"Background signals'. Makes no sense. 

The inevitable GFS vs ECM battles when things don't go according to hopes.

Don't mind the 'blow torch' term so much as it is an apt description of a tropical SW'ly. The controversial 'modern winter' phrase is another I don't have any issue with. 

Apt? 

Ridiculous even if it's your opinion because what would be apt for the term "blowtorch" is a very hot southerly flow in summer. 

A tropical SWly wouldn't melt butter. 

I think its more a reflection of the graphics on a GFS slide.  with all those oranges and yellows. rather than actual heat

"Big Freeze"..... when temperatures dip to -1c at night and rise to +7c by day.

"BRRRitain colder than Siberia"

"Beefy Showers" John Kettley

"Icy Blast To Batter Britain".... bringing beefy rain and sleet showers to Scotland and then spreading south and petering out to leave a bitter night with temperatures plummeting to freezing point. Rain will then follow tomorrow from the SW.

"Beefy showers" is another one in its own right. Is it going to be raining Bovril?

Describing easterlies as ‘the Beast From the East’ when 90%+ of the time these vile winds bring leaden skies, drizzle and low diurnal ranges and always have done. The only type of beast I’d liken them to is a cockroach

'Modern winter' - we've had every kind of winter in the last 15 years so the phrase tells us nothing of what to expect.

But that is always true as nothing is ever nailed on. Oh no, there's another one :)