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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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oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:45

Psiren · 16/10/2024 08:42

Cats are champion moochers. Nearly every cat we see, one of us will comment 'they look like they are having a good mooch' 😃

Cats are superb moochers.

If any animal was bred to mooch- it's a cat.

Edit..Parents had a Burmese called ''Smooch''.

Matildahoney · 16/10/2024 08:45

I'd like to add
It makes me feel a certain kind of way - what does that even mean?!?!
Sentences littered with like! Friends daughter says like every other word, and literally!!

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:45

Pre-order
You are just bloody ordering something - even if it is out of stock, or before it is released for sale - you are only ordering it!!
Pre-order means to order something before you order it

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 16/10/2024 08:45

I see your 'pop of colour' and raise you 'slick on some lippy' A phrase only ever used in tabloid journalism. As is saying someone 'flaunts their pins' to mean they wore shorts or a skirt and 'styled their locks' meaning they had hair.

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:43

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 08:25

The one that really has to go is "reaching out" when you mean "talked to" or "contacted".

Unless you are Gladys Knight or one of her pips...

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:43

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 16/10/2024 08:35

Weird to me to get so annoyed about innocuous words and phrases.
Especially when so many are regional!!

We should embrace the variety and richness of our language!

Definitely agree, but stuff like 'shop the range' aren't regional, they are just annoying.
Likewise 'n' and 'cos'

Cos intolerant.

Psiren · 16/10/2024 08:42

Cats are champion moochers. Nearly every cat we see, one of us will comment 'they look like they are having a good mooch' 😃

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 16/10/2024 08:40

VictoriaEra2 · 16/10/2024 08:37

Grab. Grab a coffee. Grab some noodles. Run in and grab some new shoes. Clearly meant to convey how busy we all are.
Similarly, bung! Just bung it in the microwave, oven, cupboard…

Even worse,do. I'll do a coffee please.

VictoriaEra2 · 16/10/2024 08:37

Grab. Grab a coffee. Grab some noodles. Run in and grab some new shoes. Clearly meant to convey how busy we all are.
Similarly, bung! Just bung it in the microwave, oven, cupboard…

DalRiata · 16/10/2024 08:36

I think any phrases that become trendy on social media instantly make people sound unbearably cringey and dim.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 16/10/2024 08:35

Weird to me to get so annoyed about innocuous words and phrases.
Especially when so many are regional!!

We should embrace the variety and richness of our language!

BunnyLake · 16/10/2024 08:31

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:29

Is your name 'Minnie'' by any chance?

Minnie the Moocher- are you going to ''Kick the gong around'' later on?
Have to agree the weather is shite here, too.

Edited for maddening predictive text.

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I think mooch/mooching is a great word. 😁 might even play that song today while I’m mooching around the house.

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:29

BunnyLake · 16/10/2024 08:26

Mooching, mooching, mooching. I am actually planning on just mooching around the house today as the weather is looking dodgy. I enjoy a good mooch.

Nothing wrong with this word, it’s a good one.

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Is your name 'Minnie'' by any chance?

Minnie the Moocher- are you going to ''Kick the gong around'' later on?
Have to agree the weather is shite here, too.

Edited for maddening predictive text.

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:28

Period for 'full-stop'
Just yuk
Also, slightly tangentially, 'on my period' How can you be on a period?

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:26

Summerflames · 16/10/2024 07:48

It's definitely macaroni and cheese. I'm making that tonight for tea. I hate "mac and cheese" with a passion

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It is macaroni cheese
No 'and' or 'n' at all, in any way, shape or form!

BunnyLake · 16/10/2024 08:26

Mooching, mooching, mooching. I am actually planning on just mooching around the house today as the weather is looking dodgy. I enjoy a good mooch.

Nothing wrong with this word, it’s a good one.

Newoldnameplease · 16/10/2024 08:25

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:17

Although the French say 'donc' in the same way as 'so', so (!) it seems ubiquitous

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Off on a tangent to the thread - what is the equivalent of 'bof' in English?

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 08:25

The one that really has to go is "reaching out" when you mean "talked to" or "contacted".

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 08:24

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.

Surely "cops" is British, from "coppers"?

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:23

Combattingthemoaners · 16/10/2024 06:34

It will always be tin foil to me!

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Yes, aluminium hat does not compare to the rich descriptor that is 'tin foil hat'

GoldenPheasant · 16/10/2024 08:22

Summerflames · 16/10/2024 07:48

It's definitely macaroni and cheese. I'm making that tonight for tea. I hate "mac and cheese" with a passion

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No, macaroni cheese.

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:21

HaveToSaySomethingHere · 16/10/2024 06:16

Popping. Popping to the shop. Popping a meeting in the calendar. Stop Your Popping.

even my pop of colour...?

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:19

MaggieBsBoat · 16/10/2024 05:26

I never mooch, I pootle.

Pootle vs mooch; the new MN class wars???!

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:19

My little family.

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