Picky bits?

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I hate this! I saw it on a M&S advert and it gave me the willies. I don't know why it sounds gross but it puts me off food as does 'dirty' fries. Yeuch!

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It’s a horrible saying it grates my teeth like the word hubbie

In fairness , you said 'gave me the willies' . Which is worse.

I loathe both "picky bits" and "picky tea", I first heard it from a girl at work around 10 years ago and though urgh what the fuck is she going to be eating 😂 I only joined mumsnet a year or so ago and was surprisingly relieved to discover it wasn't just me!

Zero issue with picky bits, but I hate ‘gives me the willies’

It's the worst.

What's wrong with a wonderful spread?

It makes me twitch and grates a bit because it seems like picking your nose or something.
another one that gives me the rage on menus for some reason is ‘pulled pork’,
A menu once said ‘Cambodian pulled pork’ which annoyed me immensely.

It’s the word picky that I hate. Associated with scabs, pimples or noses. Agree it’s regional-I now live in the north and hear it all the time. We would call it a snack or light supper/lunch.

I don't like it. I also hate it when a friend says "bits", as in "I picked up some bits in Sainsbury's". Ditto "nibbles".

Oh I know! And people on social media even referring to make-up they bought as "picking up some bits". Yuk.

I don't have a problem with bits and bobs though. As long as it's not "bits n bobs"

Has anyone else read the book 'Freaky Friday'? I think it was published in the 70s or early 80s and then made into the film. In the book, they call it a 'pick-up supper', because you pick up what you want and leave the rest.

It's up there with people being 'peckish'

While I really dislike 'picky' who on earth says they're having a wonderful spread for tea?

I'm not sure what people mean when they say this but I have got the impression before it's frowned upon on mumsnet 🤣
We have olives, meats, cheeses, crackers that sort of thing and just call it an anti pasti board. Is that what it means?

Its all a bit council. Nobody with an ounce of class says pick bits or picky tea.

I've always said cheese board or buffet but DH says bits and pieces.
Now we say charcuterie fromagerie boulangerie patisserie like Pam from Gavin and Stacey because she's an icon.

And the winner for the sneeriest post is...

My mother in law. Although TBF she wouldn't use the word tea either. So perhaps she's not relevant to the picky bits chat.

This made me laugh ‘it’s a wonderful spread tonight family’ pointing at some leftover crackers, pork pies, sliced chicken and whatever else I’ve thrown together out the fridge.

Yes! Bits and bobs here as well, although DD once called it "pickeh bittttsssss" mimicking a tiktoker.

I repeated "ugh, I don't like the phrase 'picky bits'; sounds a bit grim" and DS2 misheard it as "pigsy bits". Despite being told that's not it, he thinks it completely appropriate because "you are a bit of a pig when you eat it, and there are bits of pig in it" (sausage rolls are a big component chez nous).

It's all in the marketing!

I love that! Pigsy bits! Brilliant..will now use henceforth.

I say it and I've never lived in a council property in my life.
When I was young we used to have a running buffet no idea how that differs from a normal buffet. I would still say buffet for something more substantial than picky bits which in turn is more substantial than nibbles.

I had never heard of it until mumsnet!