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Things adults just shouldn't say

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sevenstarsinthesky · 27/01/2011 14:17

I was in a shop recently waiting to be served and the woman at the counter in front of me was blocking the shop assistant's access to behind the counter. She smiled to the shop assistant as she let her past and said "My bad!". I think I visibly cringed.

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UnquietDad · 27/01/2011 15:00

NOBODY should say "24/7".

deepheat · 27/01/2011 15:00

Absolutely can't stand it when my wife calls me anything other than 'Sir'.

Drives me nuts.

Honeybee79 · 27/01/2011 15:00

Isn't "my bad" just American? They used to say it on Buffy lots. God, I miss Buffy.

"Comedy". As in, "He's got a comedy beard" or "Last night was quite comedy". COMIC people, COMIC.

GetOrfMoiLand · 27/01/2011 15:01

'Peng'. It means fit in teenspeak.

Latest mild insult is Beev. I tripped over my handbag and dd scoffed and called me a Beev. I asked her what that meant, it is short for Beaver (which apparently means stupid Hmm). I told dd that she was calling me by a slang word for a vagina. She had no idea!

Epic win/fail makes me laugh.

propercrimbo · 27/01/2011 15:01

I was going to write about the 'turned around and said' it seems like rather a physical conversation, was there dancing.... IDIOTS! Confused

forbetterorworse · 27/01/2011 15:01

People who describe themselves as "bubbly". WTF does that even mean?

Jellykat · 27/01/2011 15:02

Recently overheard a 40 yr male acquaintance finishing a sentence with "Innit!?"
No it is not!...

Mists · 27/01/2011 15:04

A "Beev"?

"Beaver" didn't mean "stupid" when I was reading Jackie Collins novels in the eighties! Shock

purpleandpink · 27/01/2011 15:06

I love this thread......I keep think of more!

I also hate "I'm loving" as in "I'm loving your bag"

But I have to admit I am finding still more that I say.....such as 24/7 Blush Sorry unquiet Dad! Grin

dreamworldfullofUNICORNS · 27/01/2011 15:06

awesome thread....

lucyintheskywithdinos · 27/01/2011 15:07

All of these annoy me, but not quite as much as adults using baby words for genitalia. I have a friend who refers to 'winkies' and 'fi-fies' and it drives me mad.

GetOrfMoiLand · 27/01/2011 15:08

Trouser. Instead of trousers. I blame Trinny Woodall.

Honeybee79 · 27/01/2011 15:12

"Beev"? WTF?! Shock

Theantsgomarching · 27/01/2011 15:14

I have a friend that says " I'll be there now in a minute" argh!!!!!

prettymuchapixiegirl · 27/01/2011 15:14

My 12 year old daughter says everything is "awesome". As do her friends

Drives me nuts

MMQC · 27/01/2011 15:16

I detest the use of the word 'heart' when they actually mean love, as in 'I heart chocolate' ... and yes, I have heard it said.

RatherBe · 27/01/2011 15:17

I'm sorry, I can't let this 'school night' thing go. People who work in offices don't talk about office nights. People who work in hospitals don't say 'hospital night' when they mean they have work the next day. Adults do not have school nights, they have nights that are followed by days at work!!

MMQC · 27/01/2011 15:19

Ah, but Ratherbe, if you have children you still have to get up early to get them to school even if you have the day off yourself. Hence school night!

StealthPolarBroccoli · 27/01/2011 15:21

RatherBe, IME teachers talk about "going to school" rather than going to work. I found it odd but am used to it now

DurhamDurham · 27/01/2011 15:23

forbetter 'bubbly' generally means 'tubby'!

I have started to say (my two teenage girls are to blame) "She's not all that" or "He's not all that" when we are looking at pics in Heat mag of celebrities who are not quite as good looking as they think they are. I'm sorry, I know it's not right as I'm 40 but I can't stop Grin

LadyWellian · 27/01/2011 15:28

The 'can I get' thing annoys me too. If I were behind the counter I would be tempted to say "You may have a coffee, but I will get the coffee."

Then I would probably get the sack.

RatherBe · 27/01/2011 15:29

I have school age children, but I do not have 'school nights'! Stealthpolarbroccoli, I take your point. But even then, 'school nights' is a phrase generally understood to be used by and when speaking to school children - so I don't understand why an adult would say it. Perhaps I can learn to live with it as used by people who work in schools, on condition that they don't say anything else twee (as defined by me Smile).

Rubyredlips · 27/01/2011 15:33

Really hate it at work when people say 'I need to touch base with you'. What's that about? Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. Angry

Also hate the 'she turned around and said' Confused

pud1 · 27/01/2011 15:33

my SIL annoys me by saying right at the end of every sentance. i actually find it hard to hold a conversation with her

fatpantsandgladrags · 27/01/2011 15:33

DH uses a lot of these......I blame his penchant for cheesy american films. Not chillax though, if he ever said chillax, I would be forced gouge his balls out.

theantsgomarching "I'll be there now in a minute" is a welsh-ism. I used to say it all the time, but a decade in England has dulled the urge somewhat Smile

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