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Words and phrases that make your teeth itch

174 replies

Sfuandtired · 20/10/2023 19:33

I’ll start

hollibobs
smashed it
The gift that keeps on giving
Don’t mind if I do

All of those give me irrational rage! 😆

OP posts:
DeadbeatYoda · 20/10/2023 21:09

Giving you 'the feels'
Using 'the smarts'
Everything is suddenly 'gifted ' never given anymore.

DeadbeatYoda · 20/10/2023 21:12

Winner, winner, chicken dinner

Wtf is that? I hate it when people say this.

Mumaway · 20/10/2023 21:13

Should of, could of

nancypowers1983 · 20/10/2023 21:15

Yass as in "Yass Queen".
Yass has always been, and always will be, the way Glasgow folk show their enjoyment- by shouting "yass!" Prime examples are football matches, down the pub or seeing something funny happen to someone else. See also- "yass, ya dancer".
I have no idea how anyone reads it in any other accent 😄

IDriveMySupernova · 20/10/2023 21:16

Mumaway · 20/10/2023 21:13

Should of, could of

would of means I’m out of time
should of, could of, would of can’t change your mind 🎵

Cantanna · 20/10/2023 21:18

Job of work !
Starting every sentence with 'So '
Baba instead of baby
Pronouncing the letter H as haitch ,not aitch

XiCi · 20/10/2023 21:22

It is what it is
Made from scratch
Naice
Picky bits
Supper

TeenMum87 · 20/10/2023 21:22

Awesome

abbey44 · 20/10/2023 21:23

Little man.
Has went. (And other similar mixed tenses.)
A women. How is the singular “woman” so hard to understand?

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 20/10/2023 21:24

In the context of Christmas presents:

big ticket item

It really annoys me for reasons I don’t know when I see it on the Xmas threads.

EerilyDecorated · 20/10/2023 21:25

"I say this very gently". I really hate this. Stop trying to pretend you are being kind when you are about to give a response the OP won't like.

Cringe used as an adjective instead of a verb as in "it was a bit cringe". Just say it made you cringe.

Invite used as a noun as in "I sent the invites"

Text used as a verb instead of texted as in "I text my mum last night".

50soonouch · 20/10/2023 21:26

sunnyseed · 20/10/2023 19:59

Supper. It’s so old fashioned and uptight. If my inlaws had fish and chips for dinner mil would always refer to it as a fish and chip supper. Why? And there was more than one chip so it just sounded stupid.

And a supper is typically light so wouldn't be fish and chips.

Reach out
Veggies 😤
could/would/should of
connect with (said person)
gender when they mean sex

I haven't heard of some of these!

orangegato · 20/10/2023 21:26

Referring to everything as amazing.
Hubby.
Fiance. It sounds juvenile. Even if I was engaged I would still use partner.

orangegato · 20/10/2023 21:28

And as a PP said ‘it’s not the dog it’s the owner’.

A chihuahua won’t kill a grown man though will it. It’s the unnecessary meathead dog PLUS the fuckwit owner.

Puppytrashedmysofa · 20/10/2023 21:28

My better half

Enjoy..resteraunts

50soonouch · 20/10/2023 21:29

Tea instead of dinner gah!!

50soonouch · 20/10/2023 21:31

orangegato · 20/10/2023 21:26

Referring to everything as amazing.
Hubby.
Fiance. It sounds juvenile. Even if I was engaged I would still use partner.

I cant stand partner 😅

CeliaCanth · 20/10/2023 21:32

When people go on safari (for example) and say that they saw “elephant, zebra, rhinoceros, cheetah” etc.. It may be correct to list the species in that way but I’m always very tempted to ask, “what, just the one?”

Sodie · 20/10/2023 21:34

Making memories
Living our best life
This one

LadyEloise1 · 20/10/2023 21:34

"Bored of" something

It's "bored with"

However it has become acceptable to use "bored of" apparently now.
Angry

Thejackrussellsrule · 20/10/2023 21:35

Fam
Fur babies

Inkypot · 20/10/2023 21:36

orangegato · 20/10/2023 21:26

Referring to everything as amazing.
Hubby.
Fiance. It sounds juvenile. Even if I was engaged I would still use partner.

Partner sounds way more juvenile than fiancé to me. Partner always sounds like someone who knows boyfriend or girlfriend sounds less serious so wants to sound like they're in a more grown up relationship without being husband or wife.

Thejackrussellsrule · 20/10/2023 21:37

Referring to a small child as The Babby. Think this is a black country thing, makes me cringe.

XiCi · 20/10/2023 21:37

The most annoying phrase ever

We have lost sight of what a normal weight is

Said smugly on any discussion about weight on here with great satisfaction by people that think they are the first ever to think of this even though its been trotted out about a million times

fetchacloth · 20/10/2023 21:37

Fur baby
You've got this
Holibobs
Smashed it
Poorly
Brekkie
Amazing
Legend

Eurgh all the above give me the ick 🙄