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Original poster

To hate these expressions

151 replies

AlexaChelsea · 15/10/2013 17:36

How's you?

Good eats

NO

OP posts:
Alisvolatpropiis · 15/10/2013 17:41

Yanbu

Sparklingbrook · 15/10/2013 17:49

'NO' is a great expression. Grin

How about 'enjoy' as you are served your food? Angry

TigOldBitties · 15/10/2013 17:54

Nothing wrong with NO.

Unless it's followed by 'worries'.

Okey dokey also send my blood pressure through the roof.

Original poster
AlexaChelsea · 15/10/2013 17:55

NO Grin

Enjoy doesn't bother me, as at least it is gramatically correct. You can 'enjoy'.

OP posts:
rainbowfeet · 15/10/2013 17:58

Chew the fat!!

Hate being called Hun or Hon too Confused

squeakytoy · 15/10/2013 18:00

chow down Angry

PoppadomPreach · 15/10/2013 18:01

"Not a problem".

Sparklingbrook · 15/10/2013 18:02

squeaky I hate that.

AmIthatHot · 15/10/2013 18:09

Agree with "how's you". Really annoys

So does "comfortable in his/her/my own skin". For some reason

DoJo · 15/10/2013 18:44

'He/she needs told' or any variant using the same format - does my head in!

Sukebind · 15/10/2013 18:58

I hate, 'Can I get...?' e.g. 'Can I get a coke?'
Also hate 'enjoy' and referrences to babies having 'filled' their nappies.

KittyMcFumble · 15/10/2013 20:04

I too hate 'can I get a...?' and 'enjoy!'
I also hate no brainer, it's not rocket science/brain surgery and I particularly hate the inappropriate and over use of the word awesome

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/10/2013 20:13

I hate "can I get" as well!

It makes me want to clip my ever so lovely friend round the ear when I hear her say it. Which is often.

Bettercallsaul1 · 15/10/2013 20:14

I hate sentences that begin with "So"- as in "So I was in the supermarket and this woman said..." It's getting more and more common too!

Primadonnagirl · 15/10/2013 20:16

I am on holiday in the US at the moment so I hear all of the above every five minutes. I may be responsible for an International incident very very soon! Watch out for me on the news!

Letticetheslug · 15/10/2013 20:16

very much so....arrrggghhhh............

PerpendicularVince · 15/10/2013 20:17

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SPBisResisting · 15/10/2013 20:18

Oh absolutely

Primadonnagirl · 15/10/2013 20:20

At the end of the day
So, I'm like..and he's like
Sorry for keeping you waiting (M and S you are still insisting on this nonsense!)
hi guys

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/10/2013 20:22

Touch base
Brain storm

I hate those as well

KatyPutTheCuttleOn · 15/10/2013 20:22

Pre-planned
pre-prepared
pre-warned

are the ones I really hate, that use of pre- when there is no need for it.

Now, I must pre-warn you that I have pre-planned and pre-prepared to prepare for no replies.... :)

horcruxmanzini · 15/10/2013 20:24

'Enjoy!' winds me up too. Enjoy is a transitive verb. It requires an object, or a gerund.

I hate 'the wow factor'. And 'very much so' and 'in any way, shape or form'.

Bettercallsaul1 · 15/10/2013 20:26

I'm not keen on "tantrum", used as a verb!

Rhythmisadancer · 15/10/2013 20:26

"I'm good". Why aren't you "fine thanks" like an ordinary British person??!

Nancy66 · 15/10/2013 20:28

Girl on till at W H Smith said to me:

'sorry to have kept you waiting.'

I said 'you haven't, I'm the only person In the shop' and she said 'I still have to stay it.'

Ridiculous.