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Phrases you hate

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Lemon1111 · 05/08/2024 21:24

Mine is ‘buttery soft’…If you haven’t come across this phrase, it is mainly used when describing leggings or other clothes, but now I’ve even seen it being used to describe gold jewellery! Also butter isn't that soft…Margariney soft doesn’t have the same ring to it I suppose.. Anyone else?

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Blinky21 · 08/08/2024 18:20

Holibobs

Abitofalark · 08/08/2024 18:18

SinnerBoy · 08/08/2024 18:04

Abitofalark · Today 17:11

Boil up the kettle.

Yes, that needs to die in a stagnant ditch, preferably one which has had a dead goat marinating in it for a month.

Yes, marinating, not "mainaDing," you telly tossers! You know who you are...

He would 'marinate it up' for a month!

Oldtigernidster · 08/08/2024 18:18

‘Sat’ here, ‘stood’ here - it’s ‘sitting’ and ‘standing’!

Mumtokidsandcats · 08/08/2024 18:15

Trumpetjelly · 05/08/2024 21:26

My D’s IS ASD -
no my dear - your DS HAS asd .
No one IS ASD…

My son who IS autistic prefers to say IS and not HAS... as he says the autism is part of him not something he caught or developed he was born that way..

So I think this is very person specific

Oldtigernidster · 08/08/2024 18:14

UltramarineViolet · 05/08/2024 21:28

Reach out

This!

Angryapricot · 08/08/2024 18:14

"What happened to be kind" 🤢

PennySc · 08/08/2024 18:13

Itsjustmyusername · 05/08/2024 21:25

Pop of colour.

"my partner in crime" FFS love you are drinking prosecco, not robbing a bank

SinnerBoy · 08/08/2024 18:04

Abitofalark · Today 17:11

Boil up the kettle.

Yes, that needs to die in a stagnant ditch, preferably one which has had a dead goat marinating in it for a month.

Yes, marinating, not "mainaDing," you telly tossers! You know who you are...

unhappywskid · 08/08/2024 17:58

As s non-native speaker of English, I'm flabbergasted by the phrases I've seen here. It's interesting how we see the language differently, and I'm glad to have this opportunity. "Reach out", for example, is one that I find rather nice, boy was I shocked to see how many vetoes it got hehe. If I could contribute to the list, I'd like to say I don't really like the sound of "obsessed", which is very frequent among influencers. It is just me?

Middleagedspreadisreal · 08/08/2024 17:50

Love you to the Moon and back

Making memories
🤮

Abitofalark · 08/08/2024 17:11

SinnerBoy · 06/08/2024 18:07

Lots of cookery programme phrases irk me.

Unctuous? Do you really mean that it's smarmy and annoyingly ingratiating?

Oven baked? Yes, I usually bake food in a fucking kettle.

Boil up the kettle.

There's one chef who puts 'up' with everything. Slice up, steam up, fry up, dice up, mix up...I can't remember who it is.

SinnerBoy · 08/08/2024 16:45

CostcoHotDog · Today 16:36

I raise you pump or pop instead of fart.

Pump is Northeast lingo, my nan used to say it and I'm 54. It's actually of German origin.

CostcoHotDog · 08/08/2024 16:36

Doingtheboxerbeat · 05/08/2024 21:35

So sorry to Americans but poop and panties sound so horrendously childish to me and obvious twatty corporate speak .

I raise you pump or pop instead of fart. 🤭

Duckduckgoose24 · 08/08/2024 16:36

Side hustle.

Sorry, just saw it as a subject header and my bum clenched!

Despair1 · 08/08/2024 16:33

'Wiggle room'; a common phrase used my managers in my workplace. An irritating part of management speak

Marseillaise · 08/08/2024 16:32

"Step foot", as in "I never stepped foot in her house". It's "set foot", FGS.

Inspireme2 · 08/08/2024 16:26

Jifmicroliquid · 05/08/2024 21:56

There’s a radio ad where a bloke sings about ‘picky bits’ and I want to smash his face in.

🤣

LeilaDarling · 08/08/2024 16:07

“Pop of colour” - fills me with irrational rage!

Charlize43 · 08/08/2024 16:05

'Boils ma piss'

There's a woman at work who says this although I don't know why whenever she says it, she says it in a broad Scottish accent.

Is that where it originated from or something? TV character?

YouG0GlenCoco · 08/08/2024 15:54

Nuance. Holding space.

Floatlikeafeather2 · 08/08/2024 14:42

Areolaborealis · 05/08/2024 22:00

"give your head a wobble"

Have only ever heard it on MN.

I came across a bloke posting this in an orthinological group
on Facebook the other day so wondered if it was actually a widely used phrase outside of Mumsnet.

redkiteonatree · 08/08/2024 14:27

everything happens for a reason.

some people clearly haven't experienced devastating and traumatic events.

BodenCardiganNot · 08/08/2024 14:26

Boundaries.
Set the boundary.
Hold the boundary.

Who actually ever says this in real life.

TigerRag · 08/08/2024 12:42

Less abled / differently abled and other euphemisms for disabled

Marine30 · 08/08/2024 12:27

Peeps (as in people) - I can barely even write it down I hate it that much.

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