what are NT phrases that annoy you or dont like?

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Do noises like hacking up saliva and then swallowing it count?

Only 9 thought the Dr.

Oddly enough, I don't run into this because I, or the person I am talking to, always says "This coming Monday, the 4th." or something like that. But, apparently it's enough confusion for everybody that a date is always used. Of course, most of my contact is professional and not personal. Even so, I always clarify date and time (EST, CST, etc).

This is something I have never left to chance. Too loose for me to be comfortable.

People swearing like a sailor really gets on my nerves. And my baby sister does it all the time. I will swear, honest, but in most company I only use the ones that don't get bleeped out on most TV shows at prime time. The other, harder words, like the f-word and s-word I only use when I absolutely mean it. Or when they just slip out.

Things like idioms and colloquialisms I get for the most part and don't bother me because I'm used to them and use them myself. The whole "next Monday isn't this upcoming Monday but the Monday after" thing either, if only because I ask for a date when I can. And my family tends to be precise in language when not using sarcasm anyways. At least when they talk to me. Mostly.

A ton: "chill," "there you go," "filthy," "lit," "dope," "I'm doing good," etc...

That's got nothing to do with it.
It's like you can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
Why don't you just calm down.
It's okay, forget about it.
You need to live in the present.
Maybe you do need to talk to someone and get help.

Pretty much any stupid phrase that was created in a stupid commercial. For example lately it's "you're a mouth-breather", meaning you have to breathe with your mouth open because your nose is too stuffy. They say it several times in the cold/allergy medicine ad and I'm like, "YES! I GET IT! Breathing through my open mouth is SO terrible!" It's like they're insulting you for something you can't help because you're sick. "Hey look at that cancer patient, he's a no-hair, ha!"

"Swapportunity" is another bad one. The ad idiots think they're so clever by combining words to make a "new" word, but it just sounds more stupid.

Terms of endearment, e.g. honey, sweetheart, darling.
Abbreviations like "hubby", "preggo".
"Are you okay?"

One phrase I hear occasionally is the casual greeting, "What do you say?"

It may be a Southern US thing, but since I'm inclined to answer questions literally, it's nearly impossible to reply in passing in any fashion that makes logical sense. About the best I can do is a generic "Hey," or I could jokingly reply, "Lots of things. Which ones do you want to hear about?"

Obviously I realize it's an expression and not a genuine inquiry into my thoughts on anything, but it still results in some awkward moments as I stumble to organize my thoughts.

Here in NYC, it's "What's up?", "How's it going?"

If somebody thinks you're thinking too much, he/she would ask "Penny for your thoughts?"

This is going to make some people a little uncomfortable, but I've heard the phrase "PMS-ing". That just sounds wrong.

You're right

"What's on your mind?" does indicate that the person actually wants to know what you are thinking about.

It is usually an expression of some sort of concern.

Depending on the context, it could be sympathetic--or the asker could believe that you said something really crazy, especially if it's phrased: "What COULD be on your mind?"

Most of these I find hilarious for the simple reason that I have been confused by many of them at one time or another, but, having grown up with a lot of them, I just accept it's basic meaning the same way I would learning a foreign language.

Mandarin hello: Ni Hao. But, it sounds like knee how?

Knee good, thank you. Got a bandage last week.

So, at some point, you just gotta accept and move on.

"Whatcha know?" has been mentioned. Try when it's added onto this way: "Whatcha know, no good?"

WTF?!??! But, I know it's just some sorta strange way of saying "how's it going?"

And, make no mistake, NT or ND, people's speech confuses me greatly.

For example if someone is looking for a product in a shop, instead of asking 'do you have product?' They say 'you don't have product do you?' It annoys me that they make the assumption we don't have it. I don't get why they don't just ask normally. So many people do this.