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Triggered by Masterchef

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pineapplecrushed · 19/03/2026 20:55

to hate the way the chefs on Masterchef always say 'plate of food' instead of just 'food' or 'dish'?
I HATE IT.

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Drippingfeed · 19/03/2026 22:45

You were annoyed, not "triggered" fgs. Use the term properly or not at all.

BauhausOfEliott · 19/03/2026 22:35

ClafoutisSurprise · 19/03/2026 21:20

A few years ago there was some football tournament on (Euros, maybe) and none of the pundits could say 'the game' - it had to be 'the game of football'. They were saying it incessantly and it was oddly annoying. Haven't noticed it recently.

Alan Shearer, for years, was incapable of saying ‘the club’ and could only say ‘the football club’ which for some reason enraged me.

Dollymylove · 19/03/2026 22:31

What's wrong with saying a plate of food?
Unless they are serving it in a bowler hat 🤣🤣

Hapax · 19/03/2026 22:04

pineapplecrushed · 19/03/2026 21:30

I heard that today! She said it almost after every sentence. Why would her banal, normal sentences not make sense. She wasn't describing nuclear fission.

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So glad I wasn’t the only one

PyongyangKipperbang · 19/03/2026 22:00

Watch the Historical Masterchef on Horrible Histories (think they are on Youtube). Totally takes the piss out of the "plate of food" and also the way that Greg Nonce and John Torrode would eat the food.

SliceofTosst · 19/03/2026 21:41

NotAWurstToIt · 19/03/2026 21:37

I don’t watch Masterchef, but I feel your pain with sports commentators who feel the need to say ‘years of age’ all the time e.g “she’s 35 years of age”. It’s 35, she’s 35 ffs!

Yes!! Drives me mad. They also say 'at this moment in time'. It's now ffs. Using more words doesn't make you sound intelligent.

NotAWurstToIt · 19/03/2026 21:37

I don’t watch Masterchef, but I feel your pain with sports commentators who feel the need to say ‘years of age’ all the time e.g “she’s 35 years of age”. It’s 35, she’s 35 ffs!

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pineapplecrushed · 19/03/2026 21:30

Doggymummar · 19/03/2026 21:24

8 had to switch womans hour earlier because the guest kept saying ' if that makes sense?' after every sentence. So annoying

I heard that today! She said it almost after every sentence. Why would her banal, normal sentences not make sense. She wasn't describing nuclear fission.

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Doggymummar · 19/03/2026 21:24

8 had to switch womans hour earlier because the guest kept saying ' if that makes sense?' after every sentence. So annoying

nomas · 19/03/2026 21:22

pineapplecrushed · 19/03/2026 21:19

Too bad hey? sucks for you.

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That was a super fast deletion. Love it 🤣

nomas · 19/03/2026 21:21

YANBU. it’s filler language because they have to say the same old crap over and over again.

ClafoutisSurprise · 19/03/2026 21:20

A few years ago there was some football tournament on (Euros, maybe) and none of the pundits could say 'the game' - it had to be 'the game of football'. They were saying it incessantly and it was oddly annoying. Haven't noticed it recently.

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pineapplecrushed · 19/03/2026 21:19

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Too bad hey? sucks for you.

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