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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?

OP posts:
WhichEllie · 13/12/2023 01:14

I don’t like when people repeatedly add an unnecessary “the” in front of a day. As in, “Well on the Saturday we did x so on the Sunday we did y, but we would have done y on the Wednesday if we hadn’t…” On Saturday. On Sunday. You don’t need to add “the” in there every time. It’s completely unnecessary.

EvilElsa · 13/12/2023 01:06

Mama Bear makes me cringe on behalf of the person saying it. Also Baby Daddy.

Diggerdriverless · 13/12/2023 01:04

"Off of"
"Chest of draws"
"Very unique"

marshmallowfinder · 13/12/2023 01:01

crackofdoom · 12/12/2023 23:58

"I was sat..."
No. You were sitting 😬

Also, "electric" rather than "electricity ".

On the radio, if I hear anyone say I was sat/I'm sat/I was stood/I'm stood, my hand shoots out and switches it off immediately. It's a completely automatic reaction and bloody satisfying! I wish people would stop speaking such crap.

FictionalCharacter · 13/12/2023 01:00

NalafromtheLionKing · 12/12/2023 21:36

Will top this with the most annoying and cringy line I can think of:

At the end of the day, I’m totes on holibobs with my hubby and famfam, what a Chrimbo combo #feeling blessed #livingmybestlife #holibobsinspo #YOLO

😂😂😂You forgot to add the xx at the end though!

Longleggedgiraffe · 13/12/2023 00:45

I don't find Mucky Pup unreasonable. My Mum used to call me that and I now consider it endearing. It was a phrase that indicated she was exasperated at me getting filthy (again) but not really ticking me off.
But to answer your question about phrases I do find annoying. It's Oh My God, expressed as OMG, when used in Facebook posts, selling or promoting something. . As in: 'I made this Chocolate Cabbage Cake with Cat Litter and. Bat Droppings last night last night and OMG! my family can't get enough of it' type of post.
Or 'I wore this yesterday and OMG! my boyfriend took me straight up to the bedroom when I stepped through the door.'

Redglitter · 13/12/2023 00:34

My bad
End of
People ending a sentence (usually aggressively) with - Fact
Describing everything as 'a cheeky wee'

pastypirate · 13/12/2023 00:32

However I use the word lush liberally which I e pe t will trigger many.

pastypirate · 13/12/2023 00:31

crackofdoom · 12/12/2023 23:58

"I was sat..."
No. You were sitting 😬

Also, "electric" rather than "electricity ".

Sat!!! Sat!!! This can trigger me into a rage.

Along with 'go and have a lay down' - and come back with an egg????? It's lie down!!!!

Greenshake · 13/12/2023 00:30

When people say ‘baby’ instead of ‘THE baby’. It’s so irritating.

Anyotherdude · 13/12/2023 00:22

“You Mucky pup” is so much less offensive than the “You Filthy Arab” that was used for the same purpose in my childhood, though… at least there are no racist undertones in “Mucky pup”…

Lilacanemone · 13/12/2023 00:15

Something I keep seeing on the local FB page: “I see something the other day”. Instead of “saw”.
Never heard anyone actually say it, so why do they keep writing it?

“It is what it is”.

I actually quite like this American saying I only came across recently in a Tom and Jerry: “Is you is or is you ain’t?”.

ChateauDuMont · 13/12/2023 00:12

'This too shall pass.'

What a dumb thing to say. Completely unhelpful and trite.

crackofdoom · 12/12/2023 23:58

"I was sat..."
No. You were sitting 😬

Also, "electric" rather than "electricity ".

Bumply · 12/12/2023 23:58

Flashback to reading the Mucky Pup books to my sons.

whynotwhatknot · 12/12/2023 23:57

the word bae-if it even is a word

what are you saying babe-then bloody say it then

NoMoreWrapping · 12/12/2023 23:55

'Folk' makes me cringe. "If Folk want to..." It's 2023. Just say people!

I hate it too. I have found it is usually used by a certain sort of patronising and pompous person.

Mistressofnone · 12/12/2023 23:54

This isn't a spoken phrase but this emoji added to the end of a message bothers me:

🤷‍♀️

Always with an 'I disagree' sort of reply.

Whydoiwearsomuchleopardprint · 12/12/2023 23:51

This one ( on Facebook referring to a friend) and picky bits for tea, give me the absolute rage just typing it!!!

LoreleiG · 12/12/2023 23:43

TheYearOfSmallThings · 12/12/2023 22:57

"I text him yesterday"

As far as I'm concerned, you texted him yesterday.

My worst one yet. And I agree with all of them.

Maggiethecat · 12/12/2023 23:41

Describing food as gorgeous in reference to its taste! Just wrong!

Poorlymumma · 12/12/2023 23:39

Bonk/Bonking to mean sex. My grandmother says this🤣

TheSkyWasMadeOfAmethyst · 12/12/2023 23:39

That gets right on my tits 🤢🤢🤢

I also hate the word busting, as in I'm busting for the loo.

Strawberryjams · 12/12/2023 23:38

My mil used to say ‘oh my wee bum chum’ just so bloody weird

QueenBean22 · 12/12/2023 23:35

im not gonna lie but
all the feels
living my best life
if you know you know
not me