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?

If we have pea and ham soup, it's got to be followed up with "from a chicken?!"

DH once accidentally referred to baking parchment as barking pavement, & it's been that ever since.

Tuna often elicits a 'Portnoy's Complaint' quote:

"I'm not talking dreck, Alex, I'm talking Chicken of the Sea."

Likewise:

"You eat that, you end up doing your business in a plastic bag."

Always when we are on holiday or hotel on leaving the room I ask DH “Have you got the key?”
DH always replies in singsong voice “I’ve got the secret”
Every single time 😆.
Also in hotel bathrooms one of us will say look & say “oooh a teeny tiny toilet” a la Despicable Me.
If anyone goes to pick something up from the ground outside in garden “don’t touch that a caterpillar could’ve pooed on it”.

@TinySongstress

Oh and no one's EVER 'incandescent with rage' anymore at work, we're only ever 'iridescent with rage' following rather an amusing email from a chap in pricing who claimed to be so.

It's now my life's ambition to be iridescent with rage, in the manner of an emotionally colour-changing squid.

Any mention of milk is immediately followed by 'It's what Ian Rush drinks'

Accrington Stanley!

And a filet of fish for my wife.

He's brought 'em, and he's dropped 'em.

Can you 'ear me now? I'm on't bus?

Haircut! Haircuuuut!

Mostly they come out at night. Mostly.

We've got loads and loads of in-jokes as well. The best one is a game we used to play as kids. My sister and I used to hide under the duvet and chant "the ghost dog is not coming", then my dad would come in and shout woof and frighten the shit out of us. Years later, my sister has a MIL she can't stand. The MIL's dog died. She bought a book about communication with animals beyond the rainbow bridge. My sister took a sneaky photo of her reading it and sent it to me with the caption, "The ghost dog is not coming".

It's now my life's ambition to be iridescent with rage, in the manner of an emotionally colour-changing squid.

Or a mood ring, which I believe are back in fashion.

@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.

Very nice.

We chant "red man, red man" like Robin from Ghosts at the postie

'Ker-nackered' when tired and also that evolved into 'Ker-starving'

'Come the fuck on' like Bridget

'Alright Chewey' whenever dh yawns like chewbacca

@BrightYellowDaffodil

It's now my life's ambition to be iridescent with rage, in the manner of an emotionally colour-changing squid.

Or a mood ring, which I believe are back in fashion.

I've always wanted to be a cephalopod, but you do you & have a mood ring.

We do..... That's devotion fur ye... When serving soup... A la the old baxters advert....

Pea n ham soup, fae a chicken?

When asked for a glass of milk the standard reply is.... Drink all your milk and you can play for Accrington Stanley..... Who are they? Exxxxxxaccccly

When asked for diluting juice the standard reply is... There's juice loose aboooot this hoose...

If being asked to do more than perceived fair share... I'll write the feeme choon, sing the feeeem chooon

We also do the bad taggart response

We always pronounce ridiculous as Riddikulus from Harry Potter.

hors d'oeuvres Are Horses Duvers.

"Thank you very much" in the style of Bryn, whenever the sat nav gives you directions.

Loads tbh, all gavin and Stacey, inbetweeners, Friday night dinner or partridge based usually!

‘Drink!’ (Father Ted)

‘Sausage Time’ (Blackadder the Third) 😂😂😂

When cooking in the air fryer hub will shout... Oh look. A machine that goes. BINGGGGGG.

In our house we call Turkey dinosaurs teeko doyaaaas... Due to son naming them that as a toddler... It must be yelled loadly....

And a frequent outburst of what have the Romans ever done for us when asking for water.

"Oh, hard cheese, Portia" from the Elmlea advert is still in use. (Google it & it's on YouTube.)

Thanks Ants. THANTS. from Look around you.
Also , look around you, what can you see? That's right... Maths

One of my proudest parenting moments was when DD2, aged 3, announced “I’m BOILING Jackie”. I still say it several times a day, whatever the temperature.

We also say, “do you want your big plate Alan?” and “course you can Malcolm!” which I think must be from the 70s, showing our age…

My mother always said " ze list "( a la the German officer in Dads Army) I do and now so do my kids though they don't really know why! Also from that episode, when the officer is ordering chips he says they must be " crisp and light brown" so we always say that too, along with of course, Don't Panic!
When ordering an Indian we always refer to Gavin and Stacy ordering their Indian .. Neasa wanting Jam Dhani Hash (?) and everyone talking about Bhunas!
If someone takes a chip off your plate .. Joey doesn't share food!! And of course Pivot when moving furniture !

We get shoes at Clanks, after ds thought that's what it said up till he was about 12, he's 20 now and we still say it.

Oh yes and “where’s the salad? Where’s the salad?” (patting imaginary pockets) “THERE’S the salad” triumphantly giving the prongs x 2. Always funny.

@Ozberry

Also, I work somewhere where local football teams are often mentioned. If anyone mentions Accrington Stanley, the correct response is “who are they?”

Exacktly

We have the following;
A pipe of Pringles
A crescent of crisps
A hot egg
Any mention of milk is immediately followed by 'It's what Ian Rush drinks'

PLEASE reassure me that you didn't forget the side-clump of cress?!?!

Feed me! Feed me now! (said in a deep voice)

Comes from an advert that was around over 20 years ago when DS was little and which he found exquisitely humorous.