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To think this is the most annoying combination of words in the world?

449 replies

tessiebear4 · 02/08/2017 12:00

"Feeling blessed".

OP posts:
PosyBear · 02/08/2017 18:22

Pan fried.
What the fuck? What else are you going to fry it in?
And why not just say fried?

TheUpsideDown · 02/08/2017 18:22

NRTFT so apologies if its already been mentioned, but...

"baby daddy"
(the baby's father / the baby's dad)

I truly hate it.

AdalindSchade · 02/08/2017 18:25

I think this shit is because people can't bear to be ordinary. Like mumatron and dadders, they can't just be regular parents who take their kids to the park- they have to be #makingmemories and Out With This One and having #familytime
I suspect people don't want to be seen as regular boring old adults. It's the infantilisation of the millenial generations.

HorridHenrietta23 · 02/08/2017 18:27

Referring to dcs as "my lil princess" or " my lil prince" makes me want to start slapping people!!

CroissantwithCheese · 02/08/2017 18:31

T minus # days/weeks/whatever. You're not going to space, which would be the only time this might be remotely interesting. Otherwise just get on with your fucking life and stop narrating it.

PumbletonWakeshaft · 02/08/2017 18:33

Ahh what a lovely cathartic thread! So much I could add, hate all hashtags especially when used in actual verbal conversation!

Not being funny but... (I'm about to be really rude)
Not being racist but... (I'm about to be racist)
No offence but... (I'm going to offend you)
With respect... (I'm about to show you no respect at all)

YES YOU ARE BEING THOSE THINGS AND SAYING YOU'RE NOT DOESN'T EXCUSE YOU!!!

Ellie56 · 02/08/2017 18:38

This thread just gets better. Grin
or should that be " this thread keeps giving"? Grin

BasketOfDeplorables · 02/08/2017 18:38

Pan fried is shallow fried, not deep fried. It's crept in from chef-speak through wannabe-chef-speak to general usage. My favourite from working in a kitchen was the use of off - 'cook that off', 'fry it off', 'let it rest off'. And 'just show it the pan' meaning 'don't overlook it you lemon'.

Havalina · 02/08/2017 18:38

I agree with all of these, but would gladly forgive if people would stop posting pictures of weaning babies covered head to toe in gunk. It's not cute, it's not big and it's not clever Angry

My gorjus girls has to be up there though, at least attempt to spell it fgs.

SouthernComforts · 02/08/2017 18:40

Facebook selling ads that go:

IPhone 3. Good condition but smashed screen and won't switch on. £200. Need gone today

Need gone. Angry

NerrSnerr · 02/08/2017 18:40

I really hate yum, for example someone will ask what takeaway they should have and someone will reply 'get some chicken nuggets and chips. Yum'. Why add the yum? It irritates me so much. Why do grown adults try and type like they're 7 years old?

Havalina · 02/08/2017 18:41

Also why are people so inordinately proud of their offspring gaining a tooth? I really never understood this even when I had small children. Pretty much everyone gains a full set of teeth eventually, medical problems excepted, why the pride? Confused

AdalindSchade · 02/08/2017 18:41

Oh yeah! Sofa, £50, needs gone today or I'm taking to the tip. Give it away for free then you twonks and save yourself a journey

PumbletonWakeshaft · 02/08/2017 18:42

@posybear next time you are out to eat and see pan fried please please ask for it to be fried in something else! Grin

Waiter: Can I take your order, Modom?
Posy: Yes, I'd like the duck - medium, extra sauce, and no pan, I'd like it sieve/bowl/tray-fried please.
Waiter: Very good Modom.

(waiter may or may not have worked on the set of Downton Abbey)

CroissantwithCheese · 02/08/2017 18:43

'Box that off' in relation to a task.
'Why not try...' in advertising.
'This is me' when arriving at your house. It's not you, it's a house.

SouthernComforts · 02/08/2017 18:43

Or worse:

Handbag Used condition. Paid £10 new will take £2 or swaps.

Throw it in the fucking bin for heavens sake.

I'm all for being thrifty but some of the shite people try to sell is unbelievable.

CroissantwithCheese · 02/08/2017 18:44

'This.'

NashvilleQueen · 02/08/2017 18:45

'And so it begins'. Before any event whatsoever. Like it's an epic voyage

SouthernComforts · 02/08/2017 18:46

Adalind - yes! "£50 if gone today." Is the price going up tomorrow? You're not the DFS sale!

Angelicinnocent · 02/08/2017 18:49

Pumpleton I absolutely hate all of these. Used to work with someone who said things like this all the time and I really wanted to call her on it. Especially when she used "I don't mean to be rude but......"

Arealhumanbeing · 02/08/2017 18:50

All of the above plus, 'I can't get him/her off the boob'.

Usually with a big sigh and fake put upon smug facial expression. Angry

ginghamstarfish · 02/08/2017 18:50

Yes, agree with all of these! 'Picky bits' always makes me think of scabs ...

CaoNiMartacus · 02/08/2017 18:57

Photos of kids or some slack-jawed "hubs" captioned with "my world". Blergh.

BasketOfDeplorables · 02/08/2017 18:58

Eggy bread

user1468353179 · 02/08/2017 19:01

Not in use any more but an unmarried friend had a love child!!! I was married so mine were just children, obviously not made from love.

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