Phrases that make you cringe

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'Creative juices' is awful.

Someone’s ex used to call them ‘ sweets ‘ or ‘ sweetie ‘ all the time. It sounded quite false ( maybe one reason they are an ex now ?.. )

The first one is a nothing phrase. Everything does happen for a reason i.e. cause and effect, even if we don't know the reason.

Misogynist. Thrown around whenever a man calls out a woman over anything, even if the woman is in the wrong.

Victim blaming. Thrown around even when someone was genuinely a victim of their own carelessness/stupidity.

"I'm not one to gossip, BUT......." (here follows the most salacious slander you can imagine)

So.. Yeah! TikTokers do this all the time to summarise something has gone well for them.

Seen on insta a lot.... "We did a thing" insert, bought house, got married etc

'I'm not gonna lie'
Well now I think your full of bullshit
I hate,hate,hate it with a passion

I'm not a racist because I have white/black/brown/orange with purple dots friends...
😒

I’m with you all the way, @bosch!

Picky bits

I quite like Rainbow Bridge. It's easier (for someone who has just lost their beloved pet) than saying 'they're dead.' I dislike most of the sayings people have come up with on here, but IMO this one is gentle and harmless.

You're entitled to not like it, but not be pissy with people who say it. If I said to someone that my dog or cat has gone over the Rainbow Bridge and someone told me to not be so daft and just say they're DEAD', I'd tell them to go fuck themselves and would never speak to them again unless they apologised. If they didn't say sorry, they'd be ignored by me forevermore. No loss.

Fruities?! 😂 That did make me LOL. I am totally gonna call fruit fruities now when I have multiple fruits! 😆

I never say veggies but don't care if others do.

Juice for any cold drink

Yes
Also, “so this happened …” usually referring to an engagement or wedding. Why not just say, “we got engaged this weekend”🙄

I can’t stand that either! 🙈

Passed away, passed over, passed.

The person has died. They are dead.

Using these nondescript phrases doesn’t make my grief any more bearable, it just irritates me.

This has just reminded me of adults saying "sammiches".

For goodness sake, you are not 3 years old!

my mother used to refer to her friend Dorothy as “my black friend Dorothy and I are going to the theatre….” 🙄

Triggered…I can’t stand this new phrase! Whatever happened to that really affected me

Triggered 🙄
My truth.... nope, there is only THE truth
Toxic relationship.... I prefer the term relationshit

Definitely “we’re pregnant”. You, as a couple, may well be having a baby but you most certainly aren’t both pregnant.

And - a Cumbria thing - adding “eh?” to the end of every sentence and using “coming through” to mean coming round/popping in. As in “I’ll be coming through later, eh?” 😳

@NaeRolls@ToWhitToWhooand others - run this up the ideas flagpole and see if it adds to the good ideas shower and is a situation Go! Oh, and remember, there is no “I” in team - this thread space is a collab. I’m pushing the Wakanomics envelope here: https://wankernomics.com/

X has 'sadly died'. I imagine they were a bit upset about it, yes. Most often said in a hurried, perfunctory way which makes it obvious that the speaker doesn't actually give anything but lip service...

Passed away or passed. What is wrong with died or dead? Nobody’s passed anything.

No offence. When offence is clearly meant.