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Phrases that make you cringe - Part 2

193 replies

BitSilly · 17/07/2025 23:11

So we can carry on speaking our truth innit 😂

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BitSilly · 17/07/2025 23:16

I'm going to start this one with the word "Vom".

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Mozzarellaballs · 17/07/2025 23:28

Not said as much now but 'nom nom nom' just eat your nice food you cringey bastard we don't need a sound effects.

"It's giving"

Brendahollowayreconsider · 17/07/2025 23:33

Light and airy
So moreish 🤮

southernbelles · 17/07/2025 23:47

Mozzarellaballs · 17/07/2025 23:28

Not said as much now but 'nom nom nom' just eat your nice food you cringey bastard we don't need a sound effects.

"It's giving"

I have a particular loathing for ‘it’s giving’! Partly because it sounds ridiculous & partly because it’s one of those bandwagons that people have jumped on & I get tired of hearing it 😅

southernbelles · 17/07/2025 23:51

Also: sigma, rizz, slay, bruh, ‘she ate & left no crumbs’, argggghhhhhhh I hate them all!!!

Brendahollowayreconsider · 18/07/2025 00:00

southernbelles · 17/07/2025 23:51

Also: sigma, rizz, slay, bruh, ‘she ate & left no crumbs’, argggghhhhhhh I hate them all!!!

Oh I'm feeling my age now,I don't have a clue what any of those mean and if I did I'd expect they'd annoy me.

Bunny65 · 18/07/2025 01:24

Not in a good place

BitSilly · 18/07/2025 08:28

The use of "done" instead of "did".

As in "The Boy (yes always 'Boy', not man) Done Good"
Usually accompanied by a photo of a hapless male looking pleased with himself.
And what did he do, we all ask?

... the washing up 😆

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dancingqueen345 · 18/07/2025 08:37

Very TikTok specific, but when people comment “shh my show is on” on people’s videos. It makes me shudder

Zov · 18/07/2025 09:11

(from the end of the previous thread...)

@bunnylake

'Animal companion' for pet.

I actually don't mind that, Furbaby makes me cringe though.

Also, when people are talking about winter, and go on about the 'crisp walks' they like to take. WTF is a 'crisp walk?' A trot down the road with bags of Walkers and Golden Wonder pegged to your clothes! 😬

Thanks for new thread @BitSilly

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 18/07/2025 09:18

Hard no,
Hard yes,

It's not hard, it's either a yes or no.

Hard anything for that matter.

JollyRoseBiscuit · 18/07/2025 09:24

southernbelles · 17/07/2025 23:51

Also: sigma, rizz, slay, bruh, ‘she ate & left no crumbs’, argggghhhhhhh I hate them all!!!

My daughter says sigma. Makes me think of smegma every time 🤢🤢🤢 but shes 6... so cant explain why this is rank.

BunnyLake · 18/07/2025 09:25

Zov · 18/07/2025 09:11

(from the end of the previous thread...)

@bunnylake

'Animal companion' for pet.

I actually don't mind that, Furbaby makes me cringe though.

Also, when people are talking about winter, and go on about the 'crisp walks' they like to take. WTF is a 'crisp walk?' A trot down the road with bags of Walkers and Golden Wonder pegged to your clothes! 😬

Thanks for new thread @BitSilly

There’s no way I’ll ever ask someone if they have any animal companions over do you have any pets 😁

IglesiasPiggl · 18/07/2025 09:26

"This one" next to a photo of whichever friend or family member they're indulging. Just no.

ArsenicAlice · 18/07/2025 09:40

What does give your head a wobble even mean? Well I know why people say it, think again because you are wrong sort of thing but why would wobbling your head get you to do that? And how do you wobble it anyway? I can shake my head but I don't really know how to wobble it. Maybe I'd have to ask someone else to wobble it for me.

OneDayCloserToTheEnd · 18/07/2025 11:19

Touching cloth

BitSilly · 18/07/2025 13:35

What does that mean @OneDayCloserToTheEnd ?
I've not come across that one.

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FuckYouLeslie · 18/07/2025 13:39

All quiet on the western front. For some reason I hate it. I don't know why

VioletandMauve · 18/07/2025 13:40

”Loved ones” 🤮

iamnotalemon · 18/07/2025 13:43

Skin in the game

Hate it

Lovelynames123 · 18/07/2025 13:43

2 people I work with regularly say "if that makes sense?" after a perfectly normal comment that only an idiot would think didn't make sense, really annoying!

TheCurtainsAreDrawn · 18/07/2025 13:43

“The ick” - why has it become acceptable for adults to suddenly start talking like a 3-year-old? Awful.

Thistlewoman · 18/07/2025 13:55

Brendahollowayreconsider · 17/07/2025 23:33

Light and airy
So moreish 🤮

This. Anyone who uses the word 'moreish' should be shot on sight.

ArsenicAlice · 18/07/2025 14:07

iamnotalemon · 18/07/2025 13:43

Skin in the game

Hate it

I've never heard that, but it doesn't sound very nice.

BitSilly · 18/07/2025 14:13

What does that mean @OneDayCloserToTheEnd ?
I've not come across that one.

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