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Sayings that get on your tit

348 replies

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

OP posts:
RoyalImpatience · 01/08/2023 11:06

Get over yourself

Crack on

Well... Should have xxx then

Shoesonthefloor · 01/08/2023 11:40

I think I hate every single saying on here, i must be a miserable old bag

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/08/2023 11:56

‘You guys’ - when addressing a mixed-sex group of older people that includes me. 🤬

Annaishere · 01/08/2023 12:04

”We” without indicating who the other/s are

catrescuelady · 04/08/2023 23:14

He / she is loved
Loved all the world.

Jamtartforme · 04/08/2023 23:32

’I didn’t want to say anything, but..’

But what? You stood back and watched me fuck up, all the while knowing it was going to happen but said nothing, and now you want me to know how clever and prescient you are? Jog on, either tell me at the time or hold your silence

rant over…

QueenJaineApproximately · 04/08/2023 23:46

‘There’s nothing worse than……’. There probably is really.

ThelmaBorden · 05/08/2023 09:40

QueenJaineApproximately · 04/08/2023 23:46

‘There’s nothing worse than……’. There probably is really.

I recently read - ‘there is nothing worse than a square tablecloth on a round table’

Voyager54 · 05/08/2023 10:53

Amazing

Amazing

Amazing

If you watch Tv just about every programme people screech this word, find another adjective please.

OMG OMG OMG then people do sort of silly dance holding their mouths, grow up!

trustingfrogs · 05/08/2023 11:22

I get irrationally irritated when someone says, 'in no way, shape or form'. For example, 'I don't support what he said, in no way, shape or form'.

I've even heard people make it even longer by say saying, 'in no way, shape, fashion or form'.

Just seems like an unnecessary use of extra words. Grin

SidekickSylvia · 05/08/2023 11:33

I know someone who uses 'literally' to finish a sentence. E.g. "Yeah, I know, I was like literally..." and I'm left thinking "What? You were literally what? Pleased? Angry? Confused? What?" She's married to a relative so I don't say anything, but it's infuriating.

I've noticed "Does that make sense?/ If that makes sense" is replacing "Do you know what I mean?" So that will annoy me by Christmas.

trustingfrogs · 05/08/2023 11:34

Dontcallmescarface · 28/07/2023 13:20

"Fur" followed by either "baby" or "mummy/daddy".

This drives me nuts too. You can absolutely love your pets without calling yourself their 'mummy'. 🙄

determinedtomakethiswork · 05/08/2023 11:38

"Enjoy."

This always makes me want to shout, "Enjoy what?"

trustingfrogs · 05/08/2023 11:42

I've noticed that some newspapers/news sites announce celebrity births by saying, 'they welcomed a daughter in 2020...' Why 'welcomed'? Can't they just say 'they had a daughter' or 'she gave birth to a daughter'?

Vitriolinsanity · 05/08/2023 12:02

Iconic

As used by Zoe Ball to describe just about anything.

Toast for breakfast? Iconic!!!!

Gadolinite · 05/08/2023 12:08

I can’t bear when publications report on someone’s death like this:

John Celebrity: Dead at 62

I feel like it began to be adopted after big shocking deaths like Diana, and it’s favoured because it sounds dramatic and sensational. But it’s just horrible and disrespectful.

floraflo · 05/08/2023 12:13

The use of the word cheeky when the activity absolutely isn't cheeky...'off for a cheeky run' 'going for a cheeky pint'

Hearing people say they're 'going gym' or 'going Dubai' what happened to completing a whole sentence?

Cheezecake · 05/08/2023 12:44

Grow some balls- to or about a woman. A) biologically impossible B) women can be tough too. You don't have to magically become male to stand up for yourself. Plus balls - eeuw!

amicissimma · 05/08/2023 13:29

"It shouldn't be a race to the bottom."

Which always turns out to mean "I don't care how much suffering/inconvenience that causes other people; the group I support should get whatever it is they want."

Kingsleadhat · 05/08/2023 14:09

trustingfrogs · 05/08/2023 11:42

I've noticed that some newspapers/news sites announce celebrity births by saying, 'they welcomed a daughter in 2020...' Why 'welcomed'? Can't they just say 'they had a daughter' or 'she gave birth to a daughter'?

Yes I m irritated by this as well. What did they do when the baby arrived? Shake its hand? Lay on a buffet?

SunnieShine · 05/08/2023 16:47

trustingfrogs · 05/08/2023 11:34

This drives me nuts too. You can absolutely love your pets without calling yourself their 'mummy'. 🙄

Nope. Tried, didn't work.

Signed, Tigger's mummy. 😜

Gadolinite · 05/08/2023 18:06

Strong woman

🤮🤮🤮🤮

Completely outdated and such a risible, patronising phrase – as if there’s something unexpected about being both (and obviously this is where the phrase originates from – back in the days when being a woman who was ‘strong’ (🙄) was perceived as going against the grain).

Really wish people would stop using it, it’s so embarrassing.

Noizettely · 05/08/2023 18:11

"Crimbo"
"Holibobs"
"Champers"

Emotionally retrograded twats.

Gadolinite · 05/08/2023 18:17

Noizettely · 05/08/2023 18:11

"Crimbo"
"Holibobs"
"Champers"

Emotionally retrograded twats.

Bubbles
Fizz
😉

SinnerBoy · 05/08/2023 21:58

Ossome.

It's actually pronounced "awesome" and it's not actually applicable ever, unless you've stumbled upon Mount Kilimanjaro, or Angel Falls.

The phrase you were looking for was, "Yes, nice top, Bev/ Kev."

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