Cringe Phrases

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In and of itself
Why do people use that phrase, isn't "in itself" enough?
See also
At This Moment In Time
Er...now?
🤔😂

A MN classic, “I can’t work out if you’re being obtuse”, “you’re being obtuse”, “there’s no need to be so obtuse”. No one uses the word obtuse in real life!!

Fell pregnant 🙄

Machines the ' make' your drink- they are pouring a drink
'Building' a burger- or Pizza- or sandwich- it's food prep or cooking, not construction.

This has annoyed me forever.

Not gonna lie

"Entertaining' for the same reason. This is particularly common on property shows. I imagine the couple on the gigantic kitchen island in clown costumes, juggling for Sheila and Brian from next door who just popped in for a cuppa."

Thank you 😂 😂 😂

Reaching out

Every time I read or hear this I wonder why nobody uses 'mid-key' or 'high-key' , without mid and high key low-key is meaningless.

I also dislike So hear me out, I have seen it on mn a lot recently.
I tend to think , well I have read your title and clicked on it so I was interested but now I refuse 'hear you out'

‘He/ she /they sound horrible’

From a current bad-tempered, migrant-bashing thread

People literally just talk out of their arse.

I hate this too!
Why would you reassure me you're not lying when, in the context of the conversation we're having, it would never occur to me you might?

Edited to add -
I also dislike it when people say "6am in the morning"
It is unnecessary to add "in the morning" because "am" means that

Especially if it is prefixed by 'we'!!

Grab a coffee
To the moon and back
Boob monster

In fashion/retail…
Newness.
Hero piece.

I hear that ‘end of play’ is now a phrase used to mean the end of a work day(!)

Yes, this sort of thing comes from nonsense marketing. They want to make buying food sound so much more alluring. 🙄

To boot.

I have long detested the phrase "in any way, shape or form"; and also when people similarly insist on saying "zero, zilch, nada, zip" and the like.

Just choose one of the words and we will understand you perfectly well - you are a person; not a thesaurus.

Hits different

‘Stations’
Xmas ‘Hot Chocolate Station’ which is a just a tray with instant hot chocolate on it, some mugs and marshmallows near the kettle cluttering up the bench top that were previously in a cupboard about 6 inches away.

The company I work for is fond of using "close of play". Goodness knows why - what we do isn't a game and it's not much fun.

I also dislike "onboarding" (apparently it means "induction" but it sounds more like a form of torture) and "takeaways" (except when referring to cooked food or the establishments which sell it).

Yes! Onboarding sounds like waterboarding!
But then induction also has painful overtones..

Yes ‘I’m trauma bonded to him’ as if they had spent months being held hostage and tortured by some religious fanatic faction but in reality he was just a run of the mill abusive man

And ‘wearing’ a bag ?

Officially /genuinely - ok they're not phrases as such, but they're often used to begin cringey phrases.

Also, 'We'd like to announce ...' - so self-important.