Phrases that make you cringe

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'Creative juices' is awful.

Holibobs
Cant even bear to type it!!

I'll take your 'on a weekend' and raise you 'of a weekend!' (Often said in the black country!) 😆

Also, of an evening. 'I like to do this of an evening.' 😬

Using your when you mean you're ....

I hate when people overuse "resonate". It's everywhere. They often use it in totally the wrong way, too, as in "I resonated with her/ that opinion/ message". Resonance is achieved when an external force affects you, and resonates with you. You're passive, just being you, with your own sets of values and thoughts and beliefs, and a sound or concept or message that particularly matches those comes along and, "oh! That really resonated with me".

Somehow more annoyed after writing this, need to stop now 😅

I always thought it referred to the date in the diary, like 'Joe coming here to play on Monday 5th'.

I hate it when people say "carve out", as in "I'm so busy, but I'll try and carve out some time with my kids at the weekend".

I don't know why I hate it so much.

Touching base was the first one I thought of as well, it always makes me think of American films when they refer to "third base" etc.

“I seen…”.

No dear, you saw.

That was that bloke from Ghosts who started that off. Mike.

That said

Lovely jubbly.
Unless it's scripted, and you're in the Only Fools and Horses cast.

Ah, thank you, had no idea.
Will start using that 😅.

I'd never thought about this that way before....quite like the phrase and use it a lot. Might be because I understand it as saying there's literally nothing but luck stopping the same happening to you/ it could happen to anyone, and there's nothing inherently special about you because you're not the one it happened to. It's empathetic. Your reading of it is like... the gods have favoured you and that's why your life's so much better. That does sound like a shit thing to say 🤔

@Om83 Hi I’m xxxx and just wanted to share a photo I took (on FB)

This comes up automatically I think when new people join a group and they think it has to be answered as a requisite of membership and don't delete the pre-filled text. They don't just create that wording themselves. But I agree it is irritating.

Certain ages (me) will nearly always automatically respond with the ‘In a while crocodile’. Or, alternatively, ‘Not if I see you first’.

Oh hell, yes! That phrase is sooo nauseatingly twee, it even makes my toenails curl with the cringeness of it.

Oh yes-all of these. Especially the 'falling' pregnant one!

Using 'human' instead of 'person'

People over the age of 12 who use the word 'super' when they mean 'very' or 'extremely' ... as in 'I'm super excited' ...No. you're not 'super' anything-you're just using pathetically childish language and making yourself look like a prat.

'Super excited' makes my toes curl 😂

Or golly gosh..as heard on Antiques roadshow.. just no!!

Golly gosh reminds me of ‘ oops a daisy ‘ but it is sweet.

Exercise women imploring us all to “lift heavy”.

We all have to start somewhere, Janet. 3Kg weights are heavy enough for me at the moment, thanks.

Yes! I saw “unalived” for the first time yesterday and recoiled! Hideous!