Things adults just shouldn't say

[sevenstarsinthesky]

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.

I have an irrational hatred of the term "suck it up". Where has it come from?

'My bad' is from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It means 'my fault'. I hate 'random' and 'epic fail' and have trained my children to avoid them in my hearing. Does 'suck it up' have sexual connotations?

"Go potty" I used to work on the ticket desk of a theatre and the number of middle aged American women who would shriek "Ooh I have to go potty before the play!" was mind-blowing.

My 60 year old mum has just discovered Oh.Em.Gee!!! and uses it with gusto - it makes me piss my pants.

What does chillax mean?

I assume its a portmanteau of 'chill out' and 'relax'

'at the end of the day'...... makes me want to fall into a coma.....but
I am guilty of using the word 'tuppence' for a gils front bottom...... then my 5 year daughter saw Mary Poppins singin' 'feed the birds..tuppence a bag'..and she thought it was hilarious!

Now, I always thought a portmanteau was a kind of coat.

Please laugh at my ignorance.

Yes it is indeed a mixed word and bloody awful.... I must go Chillax... bleerkkkkk

Now can someone tell me what kids mean by 'oh that's so random'. My DD has started secondary and has recently aquired this phrase.

I know what random means (I even listened to recent In Our Time ) but the applicability of this mathematical concept eludes me.

I believe it means 'unexpected'. Really grates my cheese that one does.

yo blood!

when people say 'Kecle'Bocle instead of Bottle , kettle etc

and people who go 'Eh! really loud

Twee words grate on me - hubby, cuppa, pardon shudder.

Also "mate" when used by women or middle class men. Just sounds contrived and wrong somehow but sounds fine when the builders use it. Hope I am not a snob

I've just read all of this and I cannot believe that the hideous ghastly eye-itchingly awful 'hunni' has not yet been mentioned.

I wish I could somehow convey how much I hate and loathe it and am immediately suspect of anyone who uses it!

"I hate it hate it hate it when grown, educated, sensible, intelligent women (it is always women) go all coy and say 'ooooo shall I be naughty' when you offer them a cake."

1stMrsDeVere My DH too hates this beyond all measure. I'm not even allowed to mention I'd like a chocolate in his presence now. He calls them (women who go all 'naughty me' in the presence of calorific food) 'Giggle-Biscuits'

GetOrf - in American Vogue they call it a 'pant' - this is a great pant for the new season. What - like a dog?

I love using annoying slang. My teenage nephews say 'lolage' - I think that's hilarious.

"Make like". Why can't people use the correct verbs?

I'm turning into a young fogie.

Forgot to add - I really hate grown women who use babe - babe for their partners is bad enough but 'babe' for female friends is grotesque. On the plus side, it does alert you to who in the room failed to get a good degree. [snob emoticon]

This is a proper good thread.

My dd is a young fogie.

"pieces" for clothes

"chappess",
though chap can be Ok in the right context

beverage

serviette

"I turned around and said"

Really well how rude to have had your back to the person in the first place.

I'd never hear of nom nom until yesterday when a friend of mine (in his 40's) said it about a lady

'arksed' instead of asked. Not even children can get away with this one. Either pronounce is properly or STFU! (See, I got angry just thinking about it).

Only rappers should say 'yo'

Anyone else confuddled?

Actually, I know someone who answers his phone "Word up".

Does he wear a chest wig and medallion, Yama?