Phrases that make you cringe

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'Creative juices' is awful.

Has anyone said 'fur baby' yet?
I bet they have.

I love picky bits 🤣

As I’m 81 I’m not likely to be anyone’s ex-pupil.

Yes, that infuriates the shit out of me.
Also “ See you in a bit”

NO YOU WONT!

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Thank you. I also hate 'fur babies' (and I love animals). Also 'rainbow bridge' - you can't make death sound any prettier, just say your pet has died. No bridges, rainbow coloured or otherwise, have been crossed 🙄

When people say FYI out loud

Actually as a bereavement counsellor for decades I’ve found that for many people it can help enormously

Press the flesh
Little man
Cuppa
Reaching out
Hollibobs
Hanging
Sentences beginning with "So"

A bite to eat. Just say you’re having your breakfast/lunch/dinner!!!!

Incoming little person

Me too, but already really annoying

My bad. What's wrong with 'sorry' or 'my mistake'? Along with 99% of the phrases already mentioned.

Starting sentences with “I feel like…” when just stating a fact, or something you think. What’s f#ing wrong with “I think….”

My DH, who has now dropped the habit due to my continual pulling him up, used to say "I seriously suggest... " at the beginning of every sentence! Drove me bloody insane, as half of the time it was used out of context!

Mine are -
"The girls" or "the boys" for twins of the same sex. They have names! I can understand in the context of them having been put down for a nap, but in general conversation, no!
Little man for boys.
Pacific for specific.
Use your words, insulting and patronising, which I guess on MN is why it's used!
Baby daddy/mama.
"They was" - no, they were!
Living my/your/their/best life - aren't we all?!
"Do you know what I mean?" after every single sentence. It becomes wearing, the assumption that I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about!
Edited to add - skin in the game! I hate that with a passion! And it's being used more and more these days!

Anyone who refers to themselves as "Mumma Bear/Mama Bear" is just ghastly.

Brace yourself. Especially when used as foreplay.

Where I used to live lots of people used that phrase but it was 'turnt' round like 'burnt'. Just awful.

"leaving space for"
"She gifted me a...." or "I was gifted..."
"For all intensive purposes" (its for all intents and purposes)

Veggies. You're an adult - it's veg or vegetables. You don't refer to fruities do you? Am fully aware I'm in massive minority on this one.

It is what it is - roughly translates as 'I've fu**ed up but I'm not going to admit that so I'm glossing over it'

Rainbow baby. A person should not be defined by dead siblings. I think it’s often used to justify unreasonable parental expectations regarding said baby and a view that said baby is more precious than any other baby because of what happened prior which is just nonsense.

Hun!

Babes.

‘A rollercoaster of emotions’ Often used for something insignificant (I can’t even explain how much this grates on me!)

‘That sounds like a you problem’

‘A rollercoaster of emotions’ Often used for something insignificant (I can’t even explain how much this grates on me!)
Same here. It's often accompanied by the word journey.