Phrases that make you cringe

[BitSilly]

'Creative juices' is awful.

A place I like to call home
Thick as mince
Sick in my mouth
Sick to my stomach

"I'm not being funny, but..."

"We are where we are."

"Job's a good'un."

".....babes"

"You need to......." No, you want me to. Watch this - I'll show that I don't need to.

And Kindly. Usually professing a fairly unkind opinion.

Give your head a wobble

Hubby, hubs, hubster 🤢

And hublet

Adding "to be honest" to any expression of opinion.

"I like the plain salted ones best, tbh", as if it's common to expect people to lie about such things.

I’m a (insert any noun) GIRLY 🤢🤢🤢

i’m a pilates and matcha latte kinda girly 😷😷😷

Gotten - I don’t know why 😂

I hate this one too - I heard it so many times in one conversation, I’m surprised the person didn’t fall over from giddiness…….!

“Likkle prince/princess”

When people add “much” to the end of a sentence/word, I see it all the time on here. “Jealous much?”

At this moment in time

"I'm like..." when they mean 'and then I said or I did'.

Instagrammers “jumping on” to make announcements. Faaaaaaaaack offfffffff!!!

"A hill to die on" it is used a lot on here and is just a horrible expression, I;m not a Christian but I'd find it ultra offensive if I was.

My bad.

I love gobshite journey 🤣🤣🤣

Completely agree with "lived experience". It's over used and a lazy way to counter empirical evidence.

When people say "myself" in the wrong context. Makes them sound simple.

And "X more sleeps until our holibobs!!"

Fuck off.

"You got this"

I loathe this. It's often said to people who have had awful things happen to them, e.g. woman whose husband has fucked off leaving her with no money and four kids. Like she's not allowed to fall apart at all because hey, she's a strong mama bear or something. I always think that people who say this don't actually want to engage with their friend's pain - it's said more for their own benefit.

Plus it's missing the word "have".

Why? It's nothing to do with Jesus, it's a military thing.

Or 'I'm now going in with ....' a bronze eyeshadow, the dark contour etc - I'm now going in with my fist......

Came on specifically to say this. My old manager used to say it frequently and I winced every time.

Oh and 'in future'. I don't know why but whenever I hear or read this, I get serious rage.

There was a time recently (thankfully now over) when everything commented on by politicians in Westminster was 'for the birds'

My ex says ‘utilise’ when it should be ‘use’. I am sure he thinks it makes him sound more intelligent.

Also being asked in an email to expedite something. Expedite my arse!!

And wifey.

And Mumsy.