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To really hate this phrase

212 replies

Endsofthetowel · 12/12/2023 20:39

And I am being unreasonable

Mucky pup.

It makes me cringe whenever it is used to 3 year old DS. I have no idea why, I am sure its unreasonable, but does anyone else have a strong reaction to a harmless phrase?

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hotchestnut · 13/12/2023 09:21

A relative of mine would call revising for exams 'boning up'. I remember a conversation one weekend when he asked if I needed to 'bone up' on my maths and I felt physically ill.

Also hate 'curl up' and as 'curl up on the sofa with the tv'. I always imagine someone wound up like an arctic roll.

Also can't stand being asked if I slept well. I have no idea why.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 13/12/2023 09:21

Also ‘bad boy’ when not used to describe naughty male kids. ‘Look at this bad boy’ when talking about a barbell or an armchair or a car - just WHY?

QueenBean22 · 13/12/2023 09:20

When someone says ‘boom’ at the end of a sentence oh do bog off

redalex261 · 13/12/2023 09:13

Estate agents’ property blurb using “nestled in” for every single fucking house location. Even the mid-terrace ex-council next to the gigantic gasometer is “ nestled” Arggh! Also the Americanism “good job!” said loudly to children for doing well - cannot help thinking they are being congratulated for successfully pooping. Just no. Description of death as passing, particularly when the death has been sudden or violent. Also, I must be a right git, nearly all of the previous suggestions annoy me!

InefficientProcess · 13/12/2023 08:39

I loathe belly @CoffeeCantata.

I get my small child to say tummy. It’s twee. But he’s 3. So twee is fine.

Belly just sounds a bit disgusting.

CoffeeCantata · 13/12/2023 08:34

I agree with nearly everything already mentioned - except I can't stand 'belly'! Tummy is really twee (when used by adults), but belly is horrible - putting me in mind of beer bellies and Sir John Falstaff etc. Bum I also hate - backside, arse, butt are all fine for me, but bum is somehow both twee and vulgar. Sorry - there's no rationalising these things!

Someone has mentioned 'have your back'. Yes, I really hate that, and I couldn't tell you why. I understand the shooting/battle metaphor, but I still hate it.

On MN people seem to think that you do things 'off your own back' when it's a cricketing metaphor and it should be 'bat'. Also, you don't 'step foot' in somewhere, you 'set foot'.

I think, for me, the common denominator for all these annoying phrases is a lack of originality - just following and parroting the latest things which usually derive from American psycho-therapy terms (like 'your truth' etc).

SoundTheSirens · 13/12/2023 08:15

Could of / would of etc
“Myself” when it should be “me”.
“Shop this season’s bargains”. What happened to buying things? Why do we all have to shop them instead?
To “reign in”. It’s rein. The metaphor comes from restraining a horse by using the reins.

WeveAllBeenThere · 13/12/2023 08:15

The boy did good! - When someone is showing off expensive things her bf/dh has brought her. Like he is her obedient dog! Makes me cringe.

And just like that! - This is so overused for everything on social media!

LolaSmiles · 13/12/2023 08:00

InefficientProcess
I also find "my truth" annoying.

My feelings, my perspective, my experience, my point of view, my side of the situation = all acceptable and far more accurate

Finlesswonder · 13/12/2023 07:57

I've seen it a lot on here and FB: "caught feelings". What's wrong with "falling for him"?

Trigger warning before every FB post

I have anxiety

Narc

Toxic

"Creative" swearers who think they sound wacky, aka "cunting cockwomble". Just say fucking twat.

InefficientProcess · 13/12/2023 07:50

I agree with ‘my truth’. It’s irritating.

This isn’t some epistemological academic discussion. Out in the real world everyone can’t just have their own personal version of truth.

What they mean is far closer to ‘my feelings’. Which is ok and would actually be a more useful framing of the discussion.

ErmWhatever · 13/12/2023 07:46

My truth/ Your truth/ Their truth needs to die. If someone says or types this I instantly switch off and can't listen to, or read another word.

Boils my piss is just nasty.

Ballache. Mostly said by women. It's just...wrong, isn't it?

InefficientProcess · 13/12/2023 07:38

Mummymummy89 · 13/12/2023 02:32

I don't like tummy but I'm even more unreasonable about the misuse of "stomach", by people thinking it is the correct word for tummy.

Eg a "stomach ache" is 99% of the time, not your stomach aching but your intestines cramping. Your stomach is right up where your ribs start. I actually prefer tummy ache because tummy is a non scientific word for your whole abdominal area.
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Don't get me started on people saying, of pregnant women "she has a baby in her stomach" wtf I haven't eaten it.

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I dislike the word belly. It’s awful. I’d much prefer people say tummy.

Onand · 13/12/2023 07:37

‘ going out for a Meal’ when referring to going for dinner, it’s used heavily in the towns of Greater Manchester and it really irks me.

LilyLemonade · 13/12/2023 07:32

You(‘ve) got this.

  • got your back as in, e.g. ‘good to know that he’s got your back’
marshmallowfinder · 13/12/2023 07:31

marshmallowfinder · 13/12/2023 07:28

Oh yes, re all the tatty myself. But a stomach is an organ within the abdomen. It's not right to call the belly a stomach.

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Twatty not tatty.🙄

marshmallowfinder · 13/12/2023 07:28

lollo8 · 13/12/2023 06:51

The pompous, estate agent-esque thing of referring to 'myself and X'.

The word 'tummy'. Fuck off, it is a belly or a stomach.

Oh yes, re all the tatty myself. But a stomach is an organ within the abdomen. It's not right to call the belly a stomach.

ChristmasFluff · 13/12/2023 07:25

I lived in Scotland for many years and mostly really enjoyed the difference in language.

But 'outwith' did my head in. Totally irrational inner fury every time.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 13/12/2023 07:23

Just my two cents, just my opinion etc. Especially if followed by an exclamation mark.

Pickledprawn · 13/12/2023 07:18

The word "waitlist" really gets on my nerves. I know it's irrational, I think it's an Americanism instead of "waiting list". I get so angry when my manager says it but I have to contain myself.

MRSMTO · 13/12/2023 07:12

'Mental load' and 'life admin'.

Oh do shut up.

thefirstmrsrochester · 13/12/2023 07:04

‘Get your finger out’.

to which the only response can be ‘out of where?’.

Disgusting expression.

MeanMedian · 13/12/2023 06:57

Needs gone
you do realise
surely
wow, just wow
I don’t know who needs to hear this
let that sink in
’many’ won’t / don’t

NalafromtheLionKing · 13/12/2023 06:57

Front bottom 🤢🤮🤮

VeronicasCloset · 13/12/2023 06:54

“Nom noms”

“Methinks”

I’ve deleted people from Facebook. No hesitation.