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Sayings that get on your tit

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okiedokie1 · 28/07/2023 10:27

'Been there, done that, got the t-shirt'. For some reason this old overused one just annoys the heck out of me. I think because I always imagine the person saying it thinks they are all kinds of cool and up to date.
For the same reason 'not' at the end of a sentence. 'It's really nice..not'. This feels like it should have died when the last episode of Friends ended

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aftersunandlays · 29/07/2023 10:28

'Not my circus, not my monkeys'. It's such a snide, lofty way of someone making out they are above drama, usually while relishing every little detail.

'Curl up' as in 'curl up on the sofa and watch tv' makes me shudder inside.

Thatswhatitis · 29/07/2023 10:32

Up at the crack of Dawn.

SunnieShine · 29/07/2023 10:35

SerafinasGoose · 28/07/2023 22:53

Staunch defender of the most oft-quoted unpopular phrase quoted on the thread thus far: 'boils my piss'. Bloody great phrase, really gets some impetus behind it.

Rough as a badger's arse, me. 🤪

Me, too, and love "rough as a badger/bears arse too. Ditto "dog rough".

Hate "we are pregnant" for male/female couple. As if...

SerafinasGoose · 29/07/2023 10:47

SunnieShine · 29/07/2023 10:35

Me, too, and love "rough as a badger/bears arse too. Ditto "dog rough".

Hate "we are pregnant" for male/female couple. As if...

Ah, yes! And 'thus far ...'

Mumtoabeast · 29/07/2023 10:54

Hell to the no.

Helendegenerate · 29/07/2023 11:03

Not a problem

Often said by cashiers when I answer their question would I like a bag and I say no thanks I have my own.

Coastalcreeksider · 29/07/2023 11:14

HarrietJet · 29/07/2023 10:18

I can't even imagine what that sounds like.

No me neither, wish I'd heard it though then I'd know what howling with laughter sounds like 😆

Whyishewearingasombero · 29/07/2023 11:16

CuttedUpAvocadoPear · 29/07/2023 00:47

"You're a braver man than I am, Gunga Din!"

(once was ok, Julian Fellowes, but three times??? 😀😁)

My nan used to say this- she'd be 120 if she were still alive!

mewkins · 29/07/2023 11:58

The misuse of the word 'mortified'.

And the way generally and genuinely are used interchangeably.

Catsmere · 29/07/2023 22:42

CuttedUpAvocadoPear · 29/07/2023 00:47

"You're a braver man than I am, Gunga Din!"

(once was ok, Julian Fellowes, but three times??? 😀😁)

Did Fellowes use "braver"? Because it's "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"

DomingoinLittleOakley · 29/07/2023 23:06

When an institution or profession is described as "on its knees".

jools85 · 29/07/2023 23:48

"Bare with me " - I don't want to take my clothes off with you, I barely know you, but I'm likely to "bear with you" if I feel like it 😀

Zepherine · 29/07/2023 23:50

“Please yourself” so passive aggressive

”Horses for courses”

”Gets on my tits” is the version I hear the most. It’s an awful expression.

Zepherine · 29/07/2023 23:53

“Don’t take this the wrong way…’ when someone is about to insult you.

”I tell it like it is” is another one which often means someone is just rude.

Shoesonthefloor · 30/07/2023 00:37

Yes all the tits and piss ones are just awful, so so crude and unnecessary. I don't mind a good f word though

HarrietJet · 30/07/2023 00:40

jools85 · 29/07/2023 23:48

"Bare with me " - I don't want to take my clothes off with you, I barely know you, but I'm likely to "bear with you" if I feel like it 😀

😂

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 30/07/2023 01:04

Not being funny but ………………

Geppili · 30/07/2023 02:37

It is what it is.

Not being funny or nothing.

Annaishere · 30/07/2023 02:38

Sober as a judge

Geppili · 30/07/2023 02:41

My mother always used to say when she was annoyed "Geppili, I have a bone to pick with you."

Hated it.

daisychain01 · 30/07/2023 04:46

I find it really irritating when someone says

"..... if that makes sense?" especially when said repeatedly. Normally by a bloke.

look, what you've just described isn't rocket science, I'm not completely thick and you're not some incredibly intelligent being that you need to check my understanding after every sentence. Cheers.

TulipCat · 30/07/2023 06:03

A "cheeky" anything. You're just having a beer or whatever. Nothing cheeky about it.

The use of "dropped" to mean available in the shops.

TulipCat · 30/07/2023 06:11

Hot choc as an abbreviation for hot chocolate. Almost always said by people being smugly "cosy" who "snuggle under a blankie with a hot choc and a good book".

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 30/07/2023 06:14

Don’t get me wrong but ……..

Annaishere · 30/07/2023 06:15

That’s ignorant

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