Phrases that make you cringe

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'Creative juices' is awful.

Apologies if this has already been said, but "yous two" (no apostrophe) makes perfect sense because it's the plural form. (ie singular = "you"; more than one "you" then add an "s" on the end)

I believe it's quite common in various places including Liverpool, Ireland, parts of the USA and the Isle of Man.

"I' need to find myself"
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Can I get a salad and sparkling water please? No, you can order a salad and sparkling water though.

"On accident"

"We did Spain" the did annoys me for some reason.

The overuse of beyond as a preposition.

It's beyond annoying.

Most of the above. And:

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When politicians start with ‘Let me be clear…’
Can’t you invent a new phrase? Say something original? They all bloody use it, all the time.

‘Educate yourself!’ (Go Fuck Yourseif)

Also what's wrong with 'read the Riot Act'. It was a real thing - at Peterloo,for instance,or The Gordon Riots. A little fragment of British history to connect us with the past. Last chance to shape up before I send in the dragoons.

I hate most of the above but will add:
'Honouring Diana'.
'Chanelling Diana'
'In a nod to Diana.
Used every time any member of the Royal Family wears navy blue or a polka-dot dress, or anything really.

Most of them make me writhe in agony, but I like "you've got this." When people have said it to me, it has made me feel better.

You know what I mean.

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Adverbs are disappearing rapidly. It irks me constantly.

I blame Simon Cowell: he bandied it around over 10 years ago on X Factor ' You did amazing/ brilliant on that song". Argh!!!

I'll add 'kiddos'. I know it's a word, not a phrase, but it rips my knitting!

Have we had-

‘boils my piss’!

’Large of Nork’!

’Naice ham’!

’ODFOD’!

"Blue sky thinking."

Yes, I saw it the other day on a YouTube video. The bloke who said it looked like he was dying inside with cringe 😂He also threw in a dry lease as well.....

"Who is holding the pen on this project? It's a red button issue and there is a lot gaining traction in this space. "

Uttered by an earnest looking 12 year old in tortoiseshell glasses who looked like an extra from a spoof Whitehall comedy.

That was the day I decided to bring forward my retirement plans.

And the forerunner to blue sky thinking: "Thinking outside the box". 🙄

Oh dear god, what are they supposed to mean?

Also I've seen 'holding space' mentioned a couple of times on this thread but I've never heard it before. Is this going to be the new 'reaching out' verbal tic that makes me want to punch the person saying it? What does it mean?

Onboarding. Please, just stop it now.

Nope! South Yorkshire! I can guarantee I will hear it or say it myself at least 10 times a day even though I’m aware it’s ridiculous!

I despise ‘family fun day’ and ‘date night’.

There’s one near me called “Children4most”.
I think they were trying to sound like children come first, but it conjures up images of Disney film adoption centres where anyone can walk in and choose a child!

'Can I be honest?'
Yes! Always be honest!

I watch a lot of American true crime programmes.
Two expressions that really annoy me are
"He drug her" - no, he didn't He dragged her.
"He dove in" - no. He dived in.

Also, a much overused favourite of lazy reporters (if they're even worth using that word to describe them) when writing about every A, B, C, and Z list celeb seen half dressed in public - "a leggy display" or "a busty display." Dreadful.

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