Phrases that make you cringe

[BitSilly]

'Creative juices' is awful.

‘Gosh’

just on MN though, I never hear it in real life.

Lurve this one …. What should we say… “bollocks? “ 😂

I was born in the south to parents from the north then raised in the Midlands (call me confused!). To me breakfast is the only constant.
If the meal in the middle of the day is cold then it's lunch, if it's hot it's dinner. Likewise in the evening cold is tea and hot is dinner. In the winter therefore 'dinnertime' is variable. Or potentially twice a day 🙃

When people say price point instead of just price

Gah I don't half want the 'Ha ha' smiley back

I like with all due respect, because it's often used when the respect due is precisely zero!

Or when said by presenters on the TV - I always shout "You haven't seen me NOW!" (Sad, I know!)

@Genevieve29 or "Not if I see you first!" 😆

From another thread this morning - "make it make sense". Grr. No idea why it grinds my gears so much. Maybe it's because people don't want to admit they don't understand something. Harder for them to say "I don't quite get that, could you try explaining another way" I guess.

Mind you, I expect some will have an issue with 'grinds my gears' too

Loving so many of these! Mine include:
From the get-go. Wtf does that even mean?
Fur babies - they’re pets!
Rainbow Bridge/passed - yuk
Making memories
Dropped - as in a new episode of a programme or song. DH is guilty of this 😡

And possibly the worst - Bring your whole self to (insert situation). Meaningless American babble!

See less often now, but a grown woman describing herself as a "dolly daydreamer" 🤮

Grow up.

Don't agree, these are old fashioned.To cut a long story short.... It never is though is it?? Proper British, it's all these new phrases that are annoying. But I am an oldie so that explains alot

Forgot to add “boils my piss” just ugh!!

I absolutely love this! 😂

The response to 'see you later alligator' is 'in a while crocodile', just to show off my terrible boomer credentials!

Getting “the most bang for your buck”

"date night"

"sexy time"

"do the deed" (or "DTD")

"this isn't the 50s"

"didn't want to read and run"

No-one knows or cares whether you have read a post or not.

Our boss says "we are in a holding pattern" - everyone looked blank, someone googled it on their phone and it came up with an album by Laurence Fox

These guys are amazing!

Well done on hitting target on the comedy deliverables today. This was a real win for the website.

my truth

There's only one truth and it doesn't matter how much you try and manipulate it , it doesn't change

I don’t mind that phrase and have used it myself. It doesn’t mean you don’t understand it, it means you don't understand or get the logic or rationale behind someone else’s thought process.

No, the pp was correct. There is a reason why things happen, they don’t happen for a reason, as that means it is pre-ordained to gain a specific result.

eg: Cat got hit by a car - reason it happened - it ran out without checking for cars.

cat got hit by a car - for a reason - someone wanted it dead.

To clarify: Everything does not happen for a reason.
Somethings do happen for a reason.

Genteel Janet wouldn't go down well on here, she uses "tummy" and "pass away"!😉

It's obvious that whatever has just been said, has just been said, so the writer doesn't need to just say that they've just said something, as we can read that for ourselves.

Joined up thinking
Play date - horrible Americanism. I know it’s in standard use now so I don’t expect support for this one but toddlers don’t date, they’re just coming round to play (hopefully).