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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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Wheredidileavemycarkeys · 07/08/2024 12:52

Gently as in “I gently explained”

Patronising

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 07/08/2024 12:49

Thought of a few more...

'It takes a village to raise a child.' Just an excuse for younger women with young children (who can't be arsed to look after them properly) to dump parenting duties on the older women in the village. Seeing it happen right now where I live. 3 of the mums in the village parenting 3 children between 4 and 8 whose mum CBA to bother with them. Shuts herself in the house and pushes them outside. Doesn't give a shiny shite who's looking after them, as long as it's not her.

'The more the merrier' when applied to someone meeting a friend for coffee - or lunch - and that friend brings someone else along. Completely changes the dynamic and makes the 'odd one out' feel uncomfortable, but it's not long before some muppet spouts' the more the merrier!'

'Team work makes the dream work!' Uttered by the most annoying of managers.

'Blue sky thinking!' Who thought of this shite?

When someone asks 'how are ya?' and you say 'fine' and they say 'ahh good good.' Why 2 'goods?' WHY?!

Thevelvelletes · 07/08/2024 12:42

FlamingWheelieBinofDespair · 07/08/2024 07:53

God, yeah. Does my head in. Bloody date night.

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Along with quality time.

SuperGinger · 07/08/2024 10:54

Little boys room. Dh knows I hate it and says it to wind me up.

Excuse my French, after swearing! Just swear away.

KettleOn919 · 07/08/2024 10:47

Go figure.
Hate on.
Push back (meaning disagree)

SailingRoundtheWorld · 07/08/2024 10:19

GrazingSheep · 05/08/2024 21:27

A red lip.
A smokey eye.

A long sleeve.
A high heel...

TigerRag · 07/08/2024 10:14

Out out

Ilovecleaning · 07/08/2024 10:04

KimberleyClark · 07/08/2024 09:57

This! I associate “date nights” with having had problems and trying to rekindle the romance.

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Yes. Sounds like they’re pretending they’re not married and playing at ‘courting’ 😃

WickieRoy · 07/08/2024 09:59

KimberleyClark · 07/08/2024 09:57

This! I associate “date nights” with having had problems and trying to rekindle the romance.

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I quite like date night although I don't use it myself - it was popularised by the Obamas when they were in the White House, wasn't it?

I'd associate it with busy parents making the effort to get time alone as a couple rather than just a night out.

KimberleyClark · 07/08/2024 09:57

Auburngal · 07/08/2024 06:25

I do not like date night. It’s just going out.

This! I associate “date nights” with having had problems and trying to rekindle the romance.

Ilovecleaning · 07/08/2024 09:57

RaraRachael · 07/08/2024 09:40

Play date - never existed when my kids were little. It was just inviting a friend round to play.

Any corporate wankspeak.
I was in teaching and we became facilitators - No, I trained to teach, not facilitate.
There was a phase of using "scaffolding" to build learning on - no just fuck off.

Ditto. I was in teaching many years. One day I asked what this new scaffolding was. It was explained. I found I’d been doing it for years.

Flumpie59 · 07/08/2024 09:54

My pet hates are ...

Holibobs instead of holiday. I find it stupid and childish!

Crimbo and Xmas instead of Christmas ... this is coming from me who is Atheist!

Wanna and gonna instead of want to and going to. Common and lazy!

RaraRachael · 07/08/2024 09:40

Play date - never existed when my kids were little. It was just inviting a friend round to play.

Any corporate wankspeak.
I was in teaching and we became facilitators - No, I trained to teach, not facilitate.
There was a phase of using "scaffolding" to build learning on - no just fuck off.

FlamingWheelieBinofDespair · 07/08/2024 07:53

Auburngal · 07/08/2024 06:25

I do not like date night. It’s just going out.

God, yeah. Does my head in. Bloody date night.

Ilovecleaning · 07/08/2024 06:39

Some people use lots of these phrases in their everyday speech.
40 year old salesman relative of DH talks like this: we had a date night/ we arranged a play date. Tells me ‘don’t panic’ or don’t worry’ when I am neither worrying nor panicking or ‘no problem’ when there wasn’t remotely a problem of any kind.
Uses I when it should be Me because he thinks he sounds educated and sophisticated but he just sounds like a nob. Describes almost everything he approves of as ‘priceless.’
I don’t actually dislike the man but I often feel like I’m not talking to a real person.

Auburngal · 07/08/2024 06:29

Amazeballs.

Auburngal · 07/08/2024 06:25

I do not like date night. It’s just going out.

Frazzledfraggle07 · 07/08/2024 06:25

Game changer - especially when referring to something small and everyday.

Life hack - usually just basic common sense.

Go - at the end of a post asking for advice or recommendations. No I won't race to impress you with information you can just Google!

Ilovecleaning · 07/08/2024 05:48

FlyingPandas · 05/08/2024 21:58

A bite to eat

'A spot' of anything (ie a spot of lunch, spot of shopping etc)

The word packed in certain contexts. 'Packed a suitcase' - fine. 'Packed on the PDA' - not fine. Describing food as being 'packed with goodness' or 'packed with nutrition - can't bear it!

We're pregnant.

Cuppa - just no.

Pud (as in short for pudding) - equally, no.

I have many more but those are probably the top ones!

I can’t bear “We’re pregnant “ either. I want to say to the father-to-be “Good luck pushing a 7 pound baby out of the end of your penis”

Ilovecleaning · 07/08/2024 05:44

pintsizeprincess · 05/08/2024 21:46

When someone says " do you understand where I'm coming from? Or "am I making sense? " when they've just described something so simple that a toddler would understand. A colleauge does it all the time, drives me nuts!

Agreed. A similar one is “If that makes sense” after they have said something extremely simple and clear.

Ilovecleaning · 07/08/2024 05:41

Lemon1111 · 05/08/2024 21:36

Yeah fair enough.. Once I posted I did see the long list of previous threads identical to this one…oh well

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Don’t be apologetic, OP. Start whatever threads you like. People who don’t like it should just move on.

GingersOwner26 · 07/08/2024 01:29

Any variations on the thingy/thingummies/thingybob theme.

PearlClutzsche · 07/08/2024 00:26

People (especially adult posters on here who’re trying to give serious adult advice to another adult in a difficult adult situation) who talk about “Spidey senses”, as if they’re fucking Spider-Man or a 9 year old boy playing at Spider-Man.

MrsSambora · 07/08/2024 00:26

I'm not being funny but....
When someone says 'so' at least twice for emphasis, as in 'it was so, so lovely".
By all accounts.

TrickorTreacle · 06/08/2024 23:55

Emails that start with "I hope this email finds you well."

What's wrong with "I hope you're well"?

It boils my piss.

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