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Please stop saying "it's been a minute"

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OptimismvsRealism · 15/10/2024 23:06

Please stop

Also mooching stop saying that

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Tomatina · 16/10/2024 11:57

redleaves75 · 16/10/2024 06:29

I don't get hot mess either. It just rubs me up the wrong way when I see it

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I hate 'hot mess', it makes me feel sick. I get a mental image of something disgusting on the pavement.

cordelia16 · 16/10/2024 11:50

Combattingthemoaners · 16/10/2024 02:43

I’ve never heard anyone say it’s been a minute but it sounds annoying!! Whilst we are on this topic allow me a sleep deprived rant.

“It’s giving…” usually followed by something to do with “vibes”. Fuck off.

Hubby or Hubster 🤢

People missing out the I’m and to the. Eg. “going gym” 🤬

Instead of replying with a laughing emoji or haha saying “I can’t”. Can’t what?? Also fuck off.

Any Americanisms I.e. cops, trash, aluminium foil (it’s fucking tin foil), movies, elevator, candy. I could honestly commit GBH whenever someone uses one of those words.

I feel better now, thank you.

we Americans would say aluminum :)
I've been living in the UK since the late '90s and still cannot say aluminium.

Itiswhysofew · 16/10/2024 11:38

YABU. Mooching has been part of the vernacular forever. My aunt used to mooch in the charity shops in Shepherd's Bush, back in the 1970s 😁

"Back in the day", please be gone. In the past is good enough.

Isometimeswonder · 16/10/2024 11:31

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 09:03

This. ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

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🤣🤬

Sceptical123 · 16/10/2024 11:30

KimberleyClark · 16/10/2024 11:18

I hate that. You’re excited about something, not excited for it.

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Or “I’m THERE for it” Gah! 😩

KimberleyClark · 16/10/2024 11:18

TheBunyip · 16/10/2024 09:03

Also “excited for..” that can get in the bin. It’s giving 2022 vibes.

I hate that. You’re excited about something, not excited for it.

Eekomouse · 16/10/2024 11:05

Don’t do “me (F53) and my partner (M78)”

Firstly, you’re not on Reddit and secondly I don’t give a fuck about your gender or age, nor is it ever relevant to the post.

HaveToSaySomethingHere · 16/10/2024 10:58

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:21

even my pop of colour...?

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Only if it's used very sparingly.

RobinStrike · 16/10/2024 10:45

I hate newsreaders and politicians who say crate for create and nucular for nuclear. Drives me mad! Nick Clegg was forever saying crate and I notice Keir Starmer saying it now. Sophie Raworth and numerous other presenters do the same.

BunnyLake · 16/10/2024 10:37

Crushed23 · 16/10/2024 09:58

I love the evolution of language and discovering new ways of saying things.

We should embrace change, not silently rage about it. What a waste of energy.

My new favourite thing to say is "pass the vibe check" to mean "get along" (with someone new).

I agree. It’s good to get some new words in our vocabulary. Learnt from my kids, I approve of the words drip (for style) and rizz for charisma. They’re fun words to me.

BunnyLake · 16/10/2024 10:34

CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 09:46

Oh me too 😍

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Me three (that might be an irritating response in itself) 🤔 Mooch and Pootle are great words.

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 16/10/2024 10:30

It annoys me when young people in the UK refer to the police as the 'feds'. We are not a federal country. We don't have a federal police force.

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 16/10/2024 10:26

Richard Franks is the comedian /actor who does the modern language Shakespeare. He's brilliant and deserves a wider audience. His 'Mum' videos are great too.

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 16/10/2024 10:24

I got married in 1987. The tray of rings in the jewellers was labelled Wedding Bands and we didn't think anything of it so it was obviously fairly mainstream back then.

Haitchoraitchnobodygivesafuck · 16/10/2024 10:23

If you name your child William but refer to them as Billy/Bill/Will, that is NOT THEIR NICKNAME.

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 10:20

Crushed23 · 16/10/2024 09:58

I love the evolution of language and discovering new ways of saying things.

We should embrace change, not silently rage about it. What a waste of energy.

My new favourite thing to say is "pass the vibe check" to mean "get along" (with someone new).

I have no problem with change that brightens up the language. What irritates me is when the "evolution" results in convoluted wording that serves no purpose other than to make communication more complex, especially because it tends to happen unthinkingly when people are following a fashion in business-speak or something similar. For example, "contact" is a much more straightforward term than "reach out to", and using "reach out" always makes me picture someone putting their hands out beseechingly, and sounds ridiculous

fitzwilliamdarcy · 16/10/2024 10:20

For me it's "Paddington Bear stare". Never seen it except on MN and usually used in circumstances where Paddington would never do it (it was used in the context of shaming men for not wanting to "behave properly" and settle down and have babies before 25 on a thread yesterday).

I hate it so much!

Hotafternoon · 16/10/2024 10:17

"Super" in front of everything.

Super sad, excited, friendly, angry etc. 😡

What's wrong with just plain old really or very?

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 10:12

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 16/10/2024 09:27

Wedding ‘band’ irritates the shit out of me. Until not long ago it was always a ‘ring’. It is a ring!

Never heard the ‘minute’ one, but ‘mooching’ to me means an aimless (but maybe pleasant) sort of wandering. What else it may now mean I don’t know.

Wedding band has been around for a long time. When I read that, a lyric from My Fair Lady popped into my head - "Let them buy their wedding bands for those anxious little hands" - and that was written in the mid 1950s.

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 10:08

pictoosh · 16/10/2024 08:55

This.
I don't know where people on here get off, telling others what terms, expressions or phrases they can and can't say.
Fuck off...I'll say what I like and so will my hubby.

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But you then have to give people the freedom to dislike what you say. It goes both ways.

betterangels · 16/10/2024 10:07

Crushed23 · 16/10/2024 09:58

I love the evolution of language and discovering new ways of saying things.

We should embrace change, not silently rage about it. What a waste of energy.

My new favourite thing to say is "pass the vibe check" to mean "get along" (with someone new).

Does it also mean 'acceptable' or similar? I've seen it used on social media re: comments on posts. "These comments pass the vibe check."

betterangels · 16/10/2024 10:02

LostOnTheWayToManderley · 16/10/2024 09:22

I probably would if I had a clue what it all meant 😆 It’s like learning a new language. Is there a Duolingo for this?

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I'd pay for that! 😀

Crushed23 · 16/10/2024 09:58

I love the evolution of language and discovering new ways of saying things.

We should embrace change, not silently rage about it. What a waste of energy.

My new favourite thing to say is "pass the vibe check" to mean "get along" (with someone new).

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 16/10/2024 09:58

Well thankyou for this because I now have Minnie the Mooch stuck in my head

A hi di hi di hi di hi!

The13thFairy · 16/10/2024 09:58

I've never heard anyone say 'It's been a minute' and I don't know what it means, and I don't care if anyone says it within my hearing distance. But get this straight. 'Mooch' is a wonderful, useful word and I shall use it whenever and as often as I like, so ner.