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?

We also exclaim “oooh cheese!,” when we bring the cheese out. This came from an episode of Big Brother in one of the early seasons where one of their treats was to have a buffet brought in and one of the contestants walked to the table and excitedly said “ooh! Cheese!!” for some reason that stuck with us.

’Home again, home again, jiggety jog' at the end of any long-ish night-time car journey. I have no idea why my parents would say this, but now I do too.

Same! But it’s jiggety jig. It’s a kids rhyme. To market to market to buy a fat pig, home again home again, jiggety jig. My grandma sang it whilst jiggling us on her knee.

Cinema is 'sitema' (because you sit there) and tomatoes are 'bamartoes' as DS couldn't say tomatoes

The time has come the Walrus said, to talk of many things...

Lots of bits from The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy e.g. reality slebs etc are the Golgafrinchans and will be sent on ahead to sanitise the telephones in the new world..

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K..

Many many more..

We purposely named our cat Roxanne just so we could sing it Sting style!

DH doesn't join in but DD (5) and I:

"Oh my carrots" instead of oh my god a la Tiniest Fluffiest Bunny from Love Monster
OR
"Oh me oh my" a la Tweak from the Octonauts

Always refer to meringue as "mer-in-goo" as that's what my mum calls it😂

I'm sure there's more!

Little dog at random moments

Baaarstards as in the two soups sketch

Northern boys love gravy whenever we're eating it

Scooorchio on any warm day (that's seems to be a popular one!)

When we can't hear someone it's always 'herro?' (hello) said in the same questioning tone one of our children used when small.

Bus is always a weird mix of 'buzz/boose' when DH says it, and then I have to say 'youre so Northern' in my best posh voice. No idea where that came from.

I'll risk it for a Swisskit when debating whether to do something.

Going past any football ground in the world, to DH 'have you played there'?

Going to get a Rhiannon is buying a cake.

When DH asks a stupid question about where an item of food is, knowing that I've either eaten it or just forgot to buy it, I do Doris from Gavin Stacey

'Where's the milk? Where's the milk? Here's the milk 🖕'

"Noot noot!" like Pingu whenever a car beeps.

If something a little bit magical happens (like we find something we lost) we exclaim 'sac magique!' in the style of Tilly from Tots TV in the early 90s.

We have lots of football ones that must be repeated every time the trigger word is uttered;
When the commentator says '(insert name of footballer)'s cross' - 'What's he cross about?'
Pulisic - 'well he shouldn't be playing if he's poorly sick'
Bukayo Saka - 'sack o'shit!' (we don't think he's shit)
Granit Xhaka - 'Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan'
Ackrington Stanley - 'Who are dey? etc'

When driving past this local mural someone in the car must say 'he's taking his time painting that wall'

‘Soup soup a tasty soup, carrot and coriander. Croutons, croutons, crunchy friends in a liquid broth.’

‘She’s a sophisticated lady, she doesn’t get trapped in cabinets’

We do ‘that’s just the sort of man you are Jason’ after overhearing a conversation years ago.

The Christmas Turkey is the ‘lurkey’ as he lurks.

There’s a large building near us, every time we walk past it someone will say ‘that’s a big house’, and the other will reply ‘it’s a dentist’

‘This looks disgusting, still, may as well eat it’

‘I’ve pierced me foot on a SPIIIIIIIIIKE’

‘Sister did it’

‘No logo on the foam’

‘Plumbing’s just Lego innit, water lego’

There must be thousands more!

This will out me as they are both very obscure. I can't help saying "hello Helen how are you?" when greeting anyone called Helen (must be said in one breath with over aspirated h sounds. It's from Don't Wait Up), and any mention of handbags leads to "A handbag? That's a funny thing to put a baby in!" (After Henry).

We also say "I'm still on this feckin' island" "a crescent of crisps" and "this is weird for ME" [Ross] when caught out in a hypocritical complaint. "I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it." "And don't run the bidet and the cold taps simultaneous. Or you'll scorch your Nancy."

Anyone in our household who says 'Take that!' is asked 'With or without Robbie Williams?'

Trousers:
Donald where's ya trooooousers

Boots:
Zippin up my boooots

These boots are made for walking

Whenever Matt Baker is on the tv DH and I have to say 'I'm Matt Baker!' in a Matt Baker style voice.

Lots of Victoria Wood: two soups, 'ave yer seen 'er?, Kimberleh, is it on tha trolleh?

Pivot!

A colleague and I always greet each other with: 'Hiya Kathhhh!'

I remembered another one - from when Fran in Black Books was tired of her piano lessons and asked to watch a video - “ooh, can we get chips?”. Chips and a video in our house is code for lazy-takeaway-and-wine night.

@Joystir59 I'm so sorry. That's just so sad. Thinking of you and your funny, lovely girl.

@Morgan12

This thread has made me realise that every household is the same 😂

We do loads of these. Only one we do I haven't seen is we say 'the beacons are lit' when we light a candle.

Which of course requires the other to say 'gondor calls for aid'

Love it!

@LiteralViolins

Whenever Matt Baker is on the tv DH and I have to say 'I'm Matt Baker!' in a Matt Baker style voice.

Lots of Victoria Wood: two soups, 'ave yer seen 'er?, Kimberleh, is it on tha trolleh?

Pivot!

A colleague and I always greet each other with: 'Hiya Kathhhh!'

I was once in the bar after a classical concert (Rutter's Requiem) when one of the musicians came in & asked someone in that Kimberleh accent, "Did you lahke the Rootter?" exactly in the rhythm of "Is it on tha trolleh?". That's now a household catchphrase whenever we hear any Rutter on the radio or a CD.

The Nighty Night one we do is, "I don't like 'em, Caff".

It’s the law that dh has to say “pudding” and wave his dick a la Dean from supernatural whenever he is naked

Oh, and, "... otherwise it just gets nasty".

just a tiny amount said a la fast show whenever anyone is dishing something out

Shepherds pee (after a typo on a menu)
and Sproits (similar)

We have so many ‘in’ sayings - we are nauseating. Of course I can think of barely any.

We say ‘pretty, pretty, pretty good’ and ‘do you respect wood?’ Both from Curb.

Also ‘no soup for you!’ From Seinfeld.

‘Haircuuuut!’ No idea the origin of that. And we sing ‘have a banana!’ In a music hall style.