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?

Massive posho from fresh meat. Its brilliant, altho perhaps it does sound offensive to those who have not seen fresh meat I fear.

'Well this isn't getting the baby washed' - when we're being lazy and know we need to get a move on.

'That's the potato'. When something hits the spot. Came from a friend of my mum many years ago. Not sure where she got it from.

I also call my mother bitch a lot because of Jesse in breaking bad (her fave character.)

ah thanks whowearsshorts! i thought it must be to do with gazpacho but couldnt place the super! Il have to rewatch it!!

We say ‘Hodor’ instead of holdall

Kath and Kim, "I just want to be effluent" when anyone talks about money and/or effluent 😁

Kath and Kim (Pru and Prue) "Graham's away at a confeeeeerence" when we encounter fancy-shop-wanker types

If I ever get a bug in a drink its a ' Still going to drink it' from Alan Partridge. Ah lots of Alan, hes fab for quotes! Jurassic Park!

'To me, to you' if shifting furniture along with an added 'pivot' if going round a corner!

A heli-co-peter and dandel-ions the way my gran said them 💕

Also "scorchio!" when the weather forecast is looking favourable

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"Nuts" must always be followed by "whole hazelnuts ("huh" with hips thrust) Cadburys take 'em and they cover them in chocolate"

Brilliant 😂 I had forgot that one!!!

Stickier than a stick insect on a sticky bun - Blackadder x

“Oooh!, he’s put an egg on it!” Pat, From BBC Ghosts
“Louise’s pleasing cheese” also from Ghosts.
“Don’t call me Shirley” from Airplane
“Just wanted to say good luck, we’re all counting on you” Also from airplane.
“A hospital, what is it?” again from Airplane. In fact we use so many from airplane!

My husband has a whole heap from Monty Python but I never know them!

If somethings in another room we say "what? You gotta go there?" after a really old herbal essences advert

Yep, we do this one too.

Mmm noodle soup

And this one. And of course “PIVAAAAAAAAAAT”

When grating cheese occasionally you have to sing 'I want to grate cheese' to the tune of 'I want to break free'

I have a feeling I’ll be doing this one now!

We announce our bathroom visits in song (to the wonderpets tune). Much to the disgust of our children.

It's a duet.

Person needing the loo "I need a weeee-weeee" (even though we never actually say wee, we say pee, but in song it's wee-wee )

Response - "this is SERious!" (Sometimes "is it SERious?")

Pee'er "I need no he-elp"

There are many other ones but that's probably the worst. It started when the kids were little and we knew all those shows and songs by heart. Our children are in their 20s now. We're never going to be able to stop.

Omg so many Alan Partridge ones here too. "They're Sex people, Lynn" and "Smell my cheese"

@Bimblybomeyelash omg I can't believe someone else still requests a cup of tea in the style of the dad in The Family! 'Want cuppy tea' 😂

Now this is an obscure one; sometimes I say cup of tea in the style of a cockney character who appeared in one scene of Matt Lucas's series Pompadou: ca'tea?

Love these!

When we stayed with our friends for three days (as opposed to eg a pub lunch) we realised by how many times we had to explain ourselves that we have an enormous collection of “in” jokes and sayings. Lots of them are when something echoes familiar song lyrics (so we break out singing) and I realise we are rather like that couple in the Catherine Tate sketch, who constantly crease with laughter at unfunny stuff. I mean, I even get on my own nerves 🤷🏻‍♀️

When on holiday, "Have you got the key?" is always answered with "No, but I've got the secret." Or, obviously, "Yes- do you have the secret?"

Between me and ds2- if the word Tuesday is required, it's always over-pronounced a la Miranda. Other days are then proffered, but in a rough, deep-voiced accent.

In a game of I Spy, if anyone 'spies' anything 'beginning with s', 'sausages' is always the first answer.

@PL15namechange DH says 'as was the style at the time' too! Also 'feels like I'm wearing nothing at all...nothing at alllll' is another Simpsons one in our house

Stickier than a stick insect on a sticky bun - Blackadder x

Also “I have a cunning plan”

@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.

Hahah my husband does this in full tune

Yes! the key and the secret always!

Crud ites (like lights)
after a colleague called them this in the 1990's
Clitoris fruit (physallis) also courtesy of the same colleague
Nice bit of squirrel...
Gaarlic bread
Semi skilled milk (was always referred to this way by a family member)

'Too slow chicken merango' for anything you were a bit slow to get /do. (have got the kids all caught up on their Red Dwarf education.

Oh Lord this thread is superb! We also do the key/the secret!

Another one is 'but I was very....very drunk' when explaining a stupid thing you've done.

"Read it" in the style of Snape if anyone ever asks me what something says when they're perfectly capable of looking themselves.
"Leesten very carefully, ah weel say zees only wonce" a la 'Allo 'Allo whenever I am about to impart any kind of remotely significant information and " Play it again Sam" in my best Bogart when anyone's music practice is suboptimal. (Yes, I know it's a misquote, but never mind!)