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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?

OP posts:
Conniebygaslight · 05/08/2024 22:07

sammylady37 · 05/08/2024 21:58

“I was today years old when I realised…” - this really irritates me. It makes no sense whatsoever.

Ones I’ve thankfully only seen on MN are:
boils my piss
Lost my shit

Boils my piss is vile…I can’t believe intelligent women use it.

saidthebellsofstclements · 05/08/2024 22:07

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:02

Pack lunch instead of packed
Mash potato instead of mashed
Today I saw “ corn beef”

Oh dear, I've spent my entire life calling it corn beef, learn something new every day.

Pussywilloww · 05/08/2024 22:07

I did a thing!

Hate it.

Raquelos · 05/08/2024 22:07

"Methinks" is an immediate fuck right off from me. It just conjures up the smuggest of self-satisfied wankistry, probably from a man all dressed up to go Morris dancing complete with bells on a stick. A worryingly specific reaction I know 😂

Conniebygaslight · 05/08/2024 22:05

A cheeky week away or anything cheeky that really isn’t…

StSwithinsDay · 05/08/2024 22:05

Be kind. Fucking sick of it.

KingscoteStaff · 05/08/2024 22:05

Sweet Treat. No.

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:03

Making memories - even worse if it’s making memories with the famalam! Aaagh!

TheBeardedClown · 05/08/2024 22:03

'Love on' and 'hate on'
Where did the unnecessary 'on' come from?

saidthebellsofstclements · 05/08/2024 22:02

Weekends with "This one" 🤮

thesnailandthewhale · 05/08/2024 22:02

Make this too hot to handle .. usually posted on Facebook over someone's missing bike

NamedAfterABeatlesSong · 05/08/2024 22:02

Little Man/Lady to describe a toddler/small child.

🙄

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:02

Pack lunch instead of packed
Mash potato instead of mashed
Today I saw “ corn beef”

ThursdayTomorrow · 05/08/2024 22:01

“I have reached out to them”
No. You ASKED them.

Daisy38 · 05/08/2024 22:01

‘Embarrassed of’ when it should be ‘embarrassed by’.

MaltipooMama · 05/08/2024 22:01

Actually I would also like to add "picky bits" and "at the minute" onto my list too!

Teentrauma · 05/08/2024 22:00

Reach out is my all time pet hate. Unfortunately, barely a week goes by at work where I don't get at least one "reaching out" email

Also hate:
My bad
A cheeky anything
Journey

I recently met someone who described everything she'd done (for example Uni) as "a gig". Really annoying!

Areolaborealis · 05/08/2024 22:00

"give your head a wobble"

Have only ever heard it on MN.

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:00

“ He turned around to me & he said”

StSwithinsDay · 05/08/2024 21:59

Hollibobs.
Bubba.
Boobing to sleep. Boob monster. Norks. Large of nork.

TheGreenKnight · 05/08/2024 21:59

"From the get go!"

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 21:58

“ Suffering with mental health” - everyone has mental health, you struggle with MH problems.

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!

StSwithinsDay · 05/08/2024 21:58

Ick.

sammylady37 · 05/08/2024 21:58

“I was today years old when I realised…” - this really irritates me. It makes no sense whatsoever.

Ones I’ve thankfully only seen on MN are:
boils my piss
Lost my shit