Phrases that make you cringe

[BitSilly]

'Creative juices' is awful.

Pop round.
Can I get?
Middle for diddle makes me want to rip my ears off and sets my teeth on edge

Bits and Pits,

We always called it the 'tart's wash'.

I had this yesterday.
I suggested compassion (a thought) not be kind (an action).

However it didn't stop numerous posters asking why I said 'be kind', I didn't.

At the minute.

Oh yes, that’s horrific 😱

Not RTFT so apologies if this has been said but ‘low hanging fruit’ … makes me picture a big dangly pair of hairy old testicles… not what I want in a work (any) context

Ghastly!

Absolutely this - why? What's wrong with "contacting" FFS?!
And "staying across" something (to mean keeping up-to-date).
These bloody Americanisms are even used on the BBC now - Carole Kirkwood invited viewers to "stay across" the weather via the BBC website or app' last week - Aaaarrrggghhhhhhhhhhhh! 😡
(With apologies to our US cousins. 🤗 )

Like. Which seems to appear between every single word a person between 12 and 20 utters.

It both irritates the life out of me and makes me cringe with shame at how many times I used to utter it at the same age 😳.

‘But that’s just me…’ so full of self importance
and
‘I don’t know why but she just doesn’t like me’, invariably said about someone they’ve never properly spoken to. Again, doubt said person could give a toss.

“That is all”
”just saying”

and I know it’s probably very polite, but people who ask “ please may I be considered?” on facebook marketplace giveaway posts

Anyone who talks about motherhood as 'being in the trenches'. Seriously, what are they thinking? It's incredibly disrespectful to young men who died in awful awful circumstances.

I'm no flag waving patriot, but really?

Oh, and money for 'spends' or 'eats'

No idea why these things rankle, but here we are

Ooh, no, I live on the south coast and "they turned around and said ..." is something I often heard growing up from less well-educated people (including members of my own extended family!). I always had this image of people spinning on the spot whilst talking! 😂

Give your head a wobble

That dreadful pair - "Methinks..." and "Ye Gods!"

I cringe a little whenever I read/hear them.

The worst one, by a country mile, is raw dogging.
I hate it. Not because it’s sexual, it’s when people use it about ridiculous things but they want to sound edgy.

Like going on an aeroplane without a book is raw dogging. 🙄

The current uses of “authentic” and “aesthetic”

When I was young my dad used to say "Ye Gods and little fishes!" when he was expressing shock or alarm - I think he was just trying not to swear in front of us! 😂

'Tinkly laugh'

And just like that.
No you aren't Carrie Bradshaw, you're just some slag from Portsmouth.

Hubby
Wifey

FML. It’s enough for me to not be friends with people who call each other that.

Ha. Less well educated you say? 🤫

This really made me laugh 😃