One of my pet peeves is “hint hint, nudge nudge.”
Why? Because you’re asking for something and trying to make it appear as if you’re not. Is it really that hard to ask for what you want? I should add that I have no problem with this as a joke, it’s when you actually expect to get results by hinting that it starts to bother me. Are you afraid people are going to be afraid to refuse you? If so, wouldn’t you be better served by — oh, I don’t know — allowing them to refuse without jumping down their necks? Do you think you could stop trying to manipulate people around you?
It would be really great if people had backbones and asked for what they actually wanted. Hint hint, nudge nudge.