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OptimismvsRealism · 2024-10-15T22:06:50+00:00

Please stop Also mooching stop saying that

Boredforlife · 16/10/2024 08:18

HelenInHeels · 16/10/2024 07:46

Turnt? What on earth does that mean?

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People that say “turnt” instead of “turned”
Really pees me off 😂

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 16/10/2024 08:17

JesusOnAYamaha · 16/10/2024 01:31

The pointless aimless "so" came from David Brent. Twenty five years ago! I agree, it needs to stop.

Also, turning a statement into a question, either via upspeak or written as text. Eg "I'm 24?" Are you asking me or telling me?

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

phoenixrosehere · 16/10/2024 08:14

I don’t hear half of the words and phrases that posters mention unless I’m on social media.

Weird to me to get so annoyed about innocuous words and phrases.

Thebellofstclements · 16/10/2024 08:08

Isthiscorrect · 16/10/2024 07:20

I hate when someone writes a paragraph they seem to think is difficult or unusual and then adds discuss.
It makes me very cross.

Or after describing a very simple situation, adding IYSWIM or "if that makes sense", when all but an imbecile would understand what they meant.

Westfacing · 16/10/2024 08:07

Mooch has been around for yonks - I prefer mooch to pootle which sounds twee!

rightoguvnor · 16/10/2024 08:07

Also, I'm old school.
I never look like a 'hot mess'
I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards.

5128gap · 16/10/2024 08:06

Describing things as wild. You sound like you're 14. Also, "Its not that deep" for the same reason.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 16/10/2024 08:06

I've always said mooch. "Go for a mooch" usually means go for a wander in the NW.

Didn't realise it was youth speak til i read this thread.

It isn't! It's just people aren't very tolerant of regional dialect and phrases! MN can be weird like that

rightoguvnor · 16/10/2024 08:06

Now this may be controversial.

I enjoy a trundle.
I like to have a trundle around town.
I just trundle along minding my own business.
If you like, you could join me for a trundle around the local park.
Just ignore her, just keep trundling along doing your own thing.

A most useful word.

baytreelane23 · 16/10/2024 08:02

Buzz words of the year

Hot minute .. I cringe when I hear it

Wholesome - I really liked this until every pissing thing is now referred to it 😫

Vibe - it's a vibe, they're a vibe

100% or 110% repeatedly on agreeing with everything

Moonshiners · 16/10/2024 08:01

Mama2many73 · 16/10/2024 00:29

Instead of saying, to DH, 'do you fancy a mooch round the shopping centre' I asked if he would like a smooch around the shopping centre! He was up for it!😂😂

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Love this!

phoenixrosehere · 16/10/2024 08:00

GretchenWienersHair · 16/10/2024 03:41

These threads just remind me how intolerant people are to cultural differences. Yes, language is culture and different cultures will use the English language in different ways. Culture spreads, others pick up on it. Language is fluid. Deal with it.

It’s not like people are submitting their literature essays with: “Dickens was giving big big energy when Scrooge changed his ways; he was a vibe. It had been a minute since he’d felt joy,” I really don’t see the issue.

Agree.

Add in the assumptions on where certain phrases are from and people automatically dismissing and hating them and claiming invasion when often they’re phrases that have been used here in the UK for 30+ years

CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 07:58

Hotafternoon · 16/10/2024 07:54

I love having a mooch around town with a friend, it describes what we do perfectly.

I hate "ducks in a row" so stop using that please 😁

I like the idea of mooching around the shops but in reality I always feel like a shoplifter 😂

betterangels · 16/10/2024 07:58

HaveToSaySomethingHere · 16/10/2024 05:08

It's a lot. I have overwhelm.

😅

Foxlover46 · 16/10/2024 07:58

"Reach out to/ reaching out "
Just really irritates me

CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 07:55

HelenInHeels · 16/10/2024 07:46

Turnt? What on earth does that mean?

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Turned. Drives me mad too.

As does "cuppa tea".

Jaboodyv2 · 16/10/2024 07:54

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Hotafternoon · 16/10/2024 07:54

I love having a mooch around town with a friend, it describes what we do perfectly.

I hate "ducks in a row" so stop using that please 😁

Dweetfidilove · 16/10/2024 07:54

GretchenWienersHair · 16/10/2024 03:41

These threads just remind me how intolerant people are to cultural differences. Yes, language is culture and different cultures will use the English language in different ways. Culture spreads, others pick up on it. Language is fluid. Deal with it.

It’s not like people are submitting their literature essays with: “Dickens was giving big big energy when Scrooge changed his ways; he was a vibe. It had been a minute since he’d felt joy,” I really don’t see the issue.

😆😆😆

betterangels · 16/10/2024 07:53

LostOnTheWayToManderley · 16/10/2024 07:42

There’s a guy on Instagram doing Shakespeare in yoof speak, so give it time… I would post a link but that would be a cruel and unusual punishment 😆

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Ha! I saw that. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. I think it's hilarious.

Bonjovispjs · 16/10/2024 07:53

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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Nope, it's macaroni cheese and always will be 😜

Waitingfordoggo · 16/10/2024 07:51

My mum used ‘mooch’ a lot, way back to the 90s. This is not a new thing- what am I missing?

Foxlover46 · 16/10/2024 07:51

@Nellodee that made me chuckle And now it's in my head ...
HOTTOGO...

Huckinfell · 16/10/2024 07:50

The use of 'already' in instead of 'now'

'be quiet already!'
'enough already'

Another Americanism I think.

I've not heard of the minute one either

Summerflames · 16/10/2024 07:50

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 16/10/2024 07:48

Wasn't mooching originally a regional term? I'd never heard anyone say it until I moved to the NW 15 years ago and everyone said it!!

I've always said mooch. "Go for a mooch" usually means go for a wander in the NW.

Didn't realise it was youth speak til i read this thread.