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?

Garlic bread in the style of Peter Kay

"I like the mango,I like the mango,whoa o o I like the mango" whenever anyone mentions mangoes (no idea where that came from)

Skins waterproof whenever anyone complains their wet

And a big Jewish bubbly bath when referring to hot tubs (FND)

A group of cyclists cycling two abreast or just taking over the road is always referred to as “tour de dickhead” one cyclist is referred to as a D.O.B (dick on bike)

@FatsoGatso

Mango is only ever pronounced 'Hey Mango. Mango Italiano' as Rosemary a looney would have wanted.

Snap!!!

The only thing I do is say “They’re digging up the road” in Mr Bull’s voice from Peppa Pig when I see roadworks as it embarrasses my DD which I find funny.

@CillianMurphyfanclub

If anyone says anything remotely stupid or overly complicated, we all screw up our faces and say “ What ya talkin about Willis?” Even the 6 year old does it! “Coolio Iglesias” “Oh My Christ” If anyone’s plane is delayed, I’ll always ask if it was because of the left phallange. “Moo point” My DP often asks if things “were acceptable in the 80’s” If offered a coat or reminded to take one, all my kids say “the cold never bothered me anyway”. “We were on a break!” Working on an IT project, the manager kept saying certain people were the “Gatekeepers” of particular tasks. It killed me not to ask who the Keymaster was!

I used to work at a company where I would answer the main phone, we used to get loads of sales calls and they would try anything to get to the MD. I once had a call from a fairly young sounding guy who was getting nowhere and said to me "Are you the gatekeeper?" I couldn't help myself, I've been waiting for this moment all my adult life. So I said "Are you the Keymaster?" In a really creepy voice! He got off the phone so quick!😂

We also say "Listen. Can you smell it?"

There's probably loads of others I can't think of right now.

Apple crumble is crimble crumble (Friday Night Dinner)
Pain au chocolat are just pan-ohs
Cornflakes are Granny flakes (a go-to evening snack for toddler DS)

My son. My ONLY son.

If anyone uses the word "niggle" they are immediately corrected with "it's pronounced Nigel actually". Due to a funny misunderstanding with one Nigel many years ago. Also any Nigel is renamed Niggle in our house.

When one of us expresses disappointment in something very minor, we will respond with "I'm not disappointed, I'm just angry" after an SNL sketch.

Love this thread. We also say so many of these which I had never even thought about before.

DH's grandad now long gone used to say "well that didnt touch the sides" if he ate something but was still hungry afterwards. That's a favourite here.

Potatooo Keith lemon

Dolphin nosed potatoes, whenever we have friends over someone's always asks who making the dolphin nose potatoes

That’ll do donkey. That’ll do. In a Scottish accent.

@titchy

Peter Kay: Cheese. Cake. Garlic. Bread. Leave big light on. T'Egypt. John Bishop: Out out. Red Dwarf: Dead Dave.

It's not John Bishop who did "out out" it's Mickey Flanagan!

Whenever DH gets in the car with us and I’m driving, ge says ‘punch it, chewier’

When he drops the boys at the bus station he says ‘have a greeeeaaat day’ A la the honey monster

I always have to look for my ‘haaaaandbaaaag?’ Said like Ernests grandmother

Lots of others

"Would you like some couscous? We have some couscous here, couscous there, here a cous, there a cous ..."

Obviously that should read HE says ‘punch it chewie’ bloody autocorrect

Language Timothy. My girls say it even though they've never seen Sorry.

Anytime pine is mentioned, BIG PINE BED, JUST FOR ONE NIGHT IS IT! It's a long story and it happened many moons ago but still gets a creepy awkward giggle. Just the thought makes me shudder. Oh and my partner says salmon sandwiches, a little whistle comes out, cracks me up everytime, small things eh

“That’s handy Harry, stick it in the oven”
“Cheese please Louise”
“I’ve gone on holiday by mistake” and other Withnail & I quotes.

If someone says potatoes the other has to say "po-tay-toes! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew!"

From lord of the rings. No idea why, it just stuck!

Just thought of another one - when I’m serving something up from a pan that involves tipping the pan slightly we say ‘help it’ like Ria in Butterflies 😂

Eating outside is having dinner "san Francisco" after my daughter said that when she meant al fresco years ago.
When something is nice it's "loveleh" a la miss hamster style.
When anyone says thank you, it's echoed with "thank you Mrs Patterson" a la Kevin and Perry.
Telling anyone to hurry up or do something is "g'wan g'wan g'wan g'wan" - father ted
and everyone gets called a little pissworm (Matilda) at least a few times a week.
Theres loads more, thinking about it, half of our household dialogue is film or tv quotes.

@Kljnmw3459

If anyone uses the word "niggle" they are immediately corrected with "it's pronounced Nigel actually". Due to a funny misunderstanding with one Nigel many years ago. Also any Nigel is renamed Niggle in our house.

When one of us expresses disappointment in something very minor, we will respond with "I'm not disappointed, I'm just angry" after an SNL sketch.

On being offered a choice of fried chicken piece: '2 faces '.
On hearing an unusual phrase ' Great band, should've won the Mercury prize'.
On receiving a gift ( before opening) 'Is it a pony?'.
'Dot com' if anyone says the word 'confused'.

Instead of saying 'rude' we have to say 'Amber Rudd'.

'Fool of a Took' when someone's an idiot.

We also do 'obviously' a la Snape.

'Sqwurrrrl' instead of squirrel