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Just for fun - words or phrases that should be banned

175 replies

ItsABrandNewDay · 05/09/2022 22:28

Just that really, does anyone have any they'd like to ban? 😂

"Living their best life"
"Burgeoning baby bump"
Selfie - mainly when it's not a self photograph!
Quaint
"We're pregnant"
Any form of estate agent speak that makes a property sound nicer than it is
Furbaby
Baby mama/daddy

OP posts:
YesitsBess · 05/09/2022 22:29

‘Stunning’ when describing a house unless it has dodgy electrics.

ofwarren · 05/09/2022 22:30

Hubby
Ickle Bubba

Moonshine5 · 05/09/2022 22:30

Artisan
Artisnal

Asparagusluvva · 05/09/2022 22:30

“All good”.

tenbob · 05/09/2022 22:31

Eatery

FusionChefGeoff · 05/09/2022 22:32

Everything is a fucking 'journey'

Asparagusluvva · 05/09/2022 22:32

Holibobs
“sleeps” as in only 4 more sleeps to Christmas…

ChipsRoastOrBoiled · 05/09/2022 22:32

'My truth.' So, not the truth?

Americanisms, like 'my bad' or season instead of series.

allthebikes · 05/09/2022 22:35

When people call mildly bad behaviour 'disgusting'.

Twatling · 05/09/2022 22:35

'Literally'

It never literally is

SunshineClouds1 · 05/09/2022 22:36

Full time mummy

Ameanstreakamilewide · 05/09/2022 22:36

'Noone'.

What's wrong with the space bar all of a sudden?? 🤷🏻‍♀️

CourtneeLuv · 05/09/2022 22:37

Super

DistressedDamson · 05/09/2022 22:37

Someone on here the other day was talking about scotch eggs and referred to the outsides as “meaty shells”….that word: meaty. Just gross 🤢

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/09/2022 22:37

He got brexit done

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/09/2022 22:38

Little man drives me nuts

CeltictigerMum · 05/09/2022 22:38

"Obviously" when it's not obvious at all.

myeyemyeye · 05/09/2022 22:39

Matchy matchy

DistressedDamson · 05/09/2022 22:39

And I hate the recent trend for “doubling down” and “calling out” as in “I called him out on his tendency to leave the meaty shells and only eat the egg” 🤣🤪

CeltictigerMum · 05/09/2022 22:39

Oh, and "moist".

LadyGAgain · 05/09/2022 22:39

Making memories
Living our best life
A "cheeky" little <enter what here>
Furbaby
Calling your child "mate"

GoldenPineapple88 · 05/09/2022 22:39

'You got this'

This is such a horrible, cringeworthy phrase!

LadyGAgain · 05/09/2022 22:40

Oh and referring to son as "Little man" as the poster above has also commented.

DistressedDamson · 05/09/2022 22:41

“Boobing the baby”. Someone fucking shoot me now.
although to be fair I’ve only ever heard that used on MN.

Yirk · 05/09/2022 22:41

Two times instead of twice