In our house it is the LAW to say

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"Basil!" in a screech à la Sybil

"Brown sugar!" In the style of Mick Jagger.

"Mangetout, Rodney, mangetout!" à la Only Fools.

OR

"What the hell is Mang-e-tout?!" À la the (American) boyfriend of a pal of mine who had never heard of it.

"Aubergine!" In a horrified tone in memory of DD2 when offered some.

What foodie (or otherwise) catchphrases do you have?

I'm stiff I'm stiff said Henry- Thomas the tank engine. Various occasions, but mostly after a long journey

Garlic bread? GARLIC BREAD? Garlic and bread? (Peter Kay)

It's that fine rain wot soaks ya through. SAVE YOURSELVES (Peter Kay)

Chippity chop don't you stop.

Where's the keys? 'In the sand Daddy, in the sand'.

Have I got any spots?
Bottomly pots

“Corn on the bob” my son’s mispronunciation when little and it’s stuck.
Also “mustrooms” mushrooms,again another mispronunciation when son was little.

When my son was 2 at halloween he proudly announced he was dressing up as a teloskin(skeleton).
We still embarrass him at this time of year using teloskin!

At work - you've got red on you.

I'll tell you what I'm gonna do....make love to a water rat or two etc outs self to anyone who works either me

I once had a sofa delivered to my first floor flat, I’m afraid I did say “pivot!” to the delivery guys, they did not find it funny.

Me and my husband sometimes bring up a snippet of conversation we overheard in the chip shop years ago. Young woman standing with her boyfriend, complaining. “Fishes, Bradley? You know I don’t like fishes!”

"Run forest" and" garlic bread!" "It's spitting"
Brucie bonus

Potato must be said in an Irish accent ( a la Father Ted).

Chicken must be said in a Liverpudlian accent (as must purple, shark, shirt and duvet- comes from a Scouse family friend).

Basil pronounced in the American way (bay-zil) because when I met DH he thought that's how you said it (we've since made up all sorts of ones he didn't say but we've said he did eg Caribbean/ tuna. We find it hysterical.)

Raspberries- ridiculously over the top Devon accent (DF from there). Also lots of our local words that he always got wrong.

To you-to me
Lots from Chewing the Fat - Good guy/ wank; OK Percy; Mina!

Billy Connolly- You Sagittarius?/ doesn't give a jot/ Saddle up and ride your pony/ Save £££££s/ We come from Jebrovia and we don't give a shit.

Think it's obvious we're Scottish!

Glad everyone else's house is also mental at times!

Also see many people doing the key/secret which I’ve done in the past. Until my husband said “I’ve got the key.” I replied “I’ve got the secret.” and he gave me a long, blank look. He’s 11 years younger than me and had no idea what I was going on about.

Just let me staple the vicar - Peter Kay.

Where's the salad, Doris ?

@FlatterNow

'When I was a young warthog' when telling a story about the past. If done correctly, the person you are talking to should then sing it back to you, operatically.

Are you my sister @FlatterNow? Because I thought it was just us that did that!!

DH and I say “it was a joke!” In Bryn’s accent from Gavin and Stacey whenever a joke falls flat. DH also asks me if I like my boots whenever I’m putting on my DMs and I have to answer- a la Nessa- “I loves me boots!”

'What am I like! I know what are you like!! CAthrin Tate I think

' I'm a bit of an expert' Daddy pig - said by DH or about him as he can fix everything!

Love these, so many are said in our house too. I love families who have fun like this.

Friday Night Dinner has made its way into our house sayings more than most recently. We are having chrimble crumble tomorrow

@Fashionesta

Oh and lots of 'thats you that is' from History Today (Mary Whitehouse Experience)

😂😂😂 we do this too. Our favourite. Me and my husband can go on for ages.

Also “You have no choice in the matter!” from an old Andrew Lawrence sketch (yes I know now he’s a knob)

When talking about potatoes we say “Poh-taaaay-toe” like an old sketch on Weebl’s World.

"G'wan have a cup" courtesy of Mrs Doyle

Mangy-toots (pronounced with a hard g)
Crude-ites

If an Alsatian dog barks I will absolutely say "sieg heil" Larry David style ...

@geekchicz

“scorchio “when they open the plane door and the warm air hits you when you land on holiday . Every time ( from the fast show and the lovely late Caroline Aherne )

We say “scorchio” a lot in our house too. The other day I was trying to get DS, just turned 5, to remember the word “boiling”. I said “ what’s another word for really really hot?” and he said “Scorchio?”.

I did realise then that I had better tell him it was a joke word before he said it at school!

“Cornett” a la Shaun of the Dead

Definitely use crimble crumble a lot, plus nice bit of squirrel. We say Costy Coffee not Costa following an economics lecture where the cost of Costa was used in an example (of how much were willing to pay for just a coffee!). I always now say “off of” - eg it’s Bob off of Spongebob. We say nooks and crannies in a Belgian accent from In Bruges, and also “I think you’ll find it’s pronounced tay-pas (tapas) from The IT Crowd.

Ffs - Cornetto!

I've read this whole thread, surely I can't be the only one.
Any of the spoken lines from Parklife.
I get up when I want............except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen.
Put my trousers on........ Have a cup of tea

I have loads too but they are mostly lost on my 14 and 9 yo.

I actually did escapeas tonight, at my mum's house, she wasn't amused.

Ours is everything nighty night

Instead of “Hiyer” it’s “HIYER CATHHH!”

And if you’re moaning on a bit and suddenly realise it’s “I don’t want to be a burden”

Plus anyone talking about themselves gets “oh it’s all about YEW”