Phrases that make you cringe

[BitSilly]

'Creative juices' is awful.

I was going to say…with respect

It's our 'until divorce house'. Better? 🤣

Picky bits, fur babies and give me the ick!
Just writing them down has made me cringe.

Not a phrase, but ‘bestie’, unless you’re about 8.

‘Boils my piss’ is one II truly loathe.

Big chicken arm!

"Yaaas Queen!" 🤢

'I call a spade a spade.' So, you're just bloody rude then?
'Cooked to perfection.' What's the matter with 'perfectly'?
'Enjoy!' No, I'll decide whether I've enjoyed my meal - I'm not going to be commanded to.
'With the best will in the world ...' No, don't even get me started on that one!

Bandwidth. As in ‘I don’t have the bandwidth for this’. Sod off you twit.

‘Out out’ or ‘cheeky’ anything.

Kinda, gonna, sorta.

Buddy ! Arrrggh
Calling friends and I ‘ guys ‘ when it’s all women mostly in restaurants.
Do you want to buy this extra perfume or aftershave ? No I don’t , but I’m polite about it. They have to do the hard selling ( same as rounding up for charity at the tills )

No..no..this is worse...."I'll do an oat latte". If you say that you are without question, a wanker.

"for me personally".....

no need to add personally - you have already conveyed that by using the word "me"... it can't relate to anyone else.

Similar to "having a Menty B"

"curated" - unless you work in a museum. You did not curate your clothes, your photo album or your wedding. You just chose the options you liked best.

"it was so cringe"

"my truth"

"lil" (unless you're under five).

"hot take"

"thought leader"

"feels" / "gives me the feels"

"I lost my shit"

"food chain" - when referring to human beings. No, the CEO and CFO aren't a superior species, even if they act as if they are.

"OK, Karen" - now used by some men to shut down any woman who disagrees with them

"assigned at birth" - unless you're referring to the outdated practice of surgeons assigning a sex to babies with differences of sexual development based on the available surgical techniques at the time. No baby should have their sex "assigned" these days - we have chromosome testing and ultrasound scanners and now know the downsides of operating on babies solely to normalise their appearance.

"geriatric mother"

"failure to progress in labour" - can't we invent a less judgemental term?

"poor maternal effort" - sounds even worse.

'Unalived himself' for suicide. We already have ways of saying this, ways that make sense. It's a traumatic event, obviously, but I don't see how this word helps anyone. We haven't found a need to come up with another word for 'murder' after all.

I cook half heartedly, so the food is always so-so.

@the80sweregreatevery self-styled “power couple” I’ve ever come across have been grifters of low to middling [and very temporary] success in a pyramid scheme with their entire life bought on credit and exhibited on social media.

Nrtft. Has Touch Base been said? That was a favourite of my former estate agent. Total cringe.

A "Menty B"! That's ridiculous!

Can only think it's used when someone is exaggerating and/or being silly. I can't imagine anyone saying this about anyone - or themselves - if they are genuinely mentally unwell.

Picky bits
Stop the boats
Making memories
This one
Wine o'clock

Not sure whether this is universal, but most people in my area, young and old, say this (North East).

I find all the "have a great rest of your day" (wtaf?) and other Americanisms,
"So. the thing about ....."
or
"I have gotten ..."
far more annoying, however language evolves.

The Ick.

Deep dive

Merry Xmas. Merry Chrimbo
It’s Christmas not as above.
Get a life !
Get in
most football chants.

"You guys" makes me cringe.