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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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Ohmylovejune · 30/07/2023 21:04

When I see chippy tea on Facebook I examine the photos and let them get away with it if there's only chips.

Barbarolo · 30/07/2023 22:19

I can’t stand people calling each other ‘hun’. Horrible.
’moving forwards’
’at the end of the day…….’
🤢🤢🤮

Catsmere · 30/07/2023 22:31

TheWayoftheLeaf · 30/07/2023 13:23

Picnic items eaten at home. Bits of ham, crudités, pork pie, boiled eggs. A cross between a salad and a picnic. Often eaten in the garden when you don't want to cook.

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Eww!

autumnaurora · 31/07/2023 07:41

I hate the phrase 'no brainer'

Annaishere · 31/07/2023 08:22

“Polish off” food

JamSandle · 31/07/2023 08:39

"This is my truth"

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 31/07/2023 08:45

JamSandle · 31/07/2023 08:39

"This is my truth"

Oh God, yes. Have had students say this to me in school 😂

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 31/07/2023 10:09

JamSandle · 31/07/2023 08:39

"This is my truth"

Isn’t this one of La Markle’s phrase of choice (along with “lived experience”)? Basically saying “I can peddle any old nonsense I like as long as I believe it”?

evtheria · 31/07/2023 10:15

Ohmylovejune · 30/07/2023 21:04

When I see chippy tea on Facebook I examine the photos and let them get away with it if there's only chips.

🤣

SinnerBoy · 31/07/2023 11:26

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross· 28/07/2023 11:09

I hate the way ‘Watching on’ has crept into the language; even the BBC uses it now. What’s wrong with people simply watching something?

Oh, I loathe that one, too! Or "looking on"?

"Step foot," for set foot also seems to be endemic.

ToBeOrNotToBee · 31/07/2023 11:35

Getting on my tits...

TeaPotPetPig · 31/07/2023 11:43

I don't mind most of these. As long as they're not overused by an individual over and over again. Even the crude ones have their place as a way of venting the anger of the speaker.

Coastalcreeksider · 31/07/2023 12:00

ToBeOrNotToBee · 31/07/2023 11:35

Getting on my tits...

I often say "getting on my thr'upennies" which is rhyming slang.

Thr'upenny bits - tits.

Anyone around my age will probably recognise the saying.

hby9628 · 31/07/2023 13:46

Don't walk, run......
As I'm be quick to get to this shop because of all the bargains. It's everywhere. Drives me mad.

Gadolinite · 31/07/2023 16:46

Don’t know if people still do this, but ‘GO’ at the end of a SM post is annoying.

As in:

’Hive mind, i’m looking for a bar of soap that smells like coal tar for under 39p. GO!’

As if everyone is poised, just dying to respond to your banal query.

SouthCountryGirl · 31/07/2023 16:47

Hive mind

GameOverBoys · 31/07/2023 16:53

Over romanticising the past, For example ‘women have been having babies for millions of years’ - yes and lots of them died. Or ‘kids these days are so entitled, they used to be so much more respectful to adults’ - yes and lots of our teachers/parents/carers were abusive wankers and we shouldn’t have blindly done what they told us.
Americanisms like - ‘you’ve done so good’ 🤢

Amispringy · 31/07/2023 17:21

ILookAtTheFloor · 30/07/2023 18:33

I hate it when my DD says 'oh my DAYS' ...just so irritating. With an elongated 'daaaays' 🙄

Also dislike 'fuck sake'...it's 'for fuck's sake!' doesn't make sense otherwise.

I'm sure others have said the Insta style 'and just like that xyz' cringe.

Also hate picky bits for dinner.

"Pottering around the house" is also very annoying and seen often on MN. So twee-sounding.

And mooching

upinaballoon · 31/07/2023 17:34

What's a chippy tea?
A fish and chip tea? or something with chips tea?

A carpenter's afternoon meal?

Annaishere · 31/07/2023 17:38

dinner from the chippy

upinaballoon · 31/07/2023 17:45

Kingsleadhat · 28/07/2023 12:30

Pop your bottom on here
Bless you
How many years young are you?

All patronising ageist fuckwittery delivered in a medical setting to me because I am over 60. I've now taken to replying "Why are you speaking to me like that?"

Several years ago I was lying on my back in hospital, in December, waiting for a doctor to come and prod my bosom for lumps, and the attending nurse said, "Are we ready for Christmas?". I bit my tongue and simpered a reply.

Kingsleadhat · 31/07/2023 18:20

upinaballoon · 31/07/2023 17:45

Several years ago I was lying on my back in hospital, in December, waiting for a doctor to come and prod my bosom for lumps, and the attending nurse said, "Are we ready for Christmas?". I bit my tongue and simpered a reply.

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Unbelievable!

Gadolinite · 01/08/2023 08:42

‘First-world problems’ 🤮

Cringe. It’s so smug and middle class and condescending. With colonialist vibes.

And first world / third world isn’t a thing anymore.

Helendegenerate · 01/08/2023 10:18

The American exaggerated way of saying "Good Job" after any tiny achievement from their babies or toddlers.

arlequin · 01/08/2023 10:18

"Hollow legged teen"