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To hate the phrases...

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missbattenburg · 01/02/2019 20:27

"you need to have a word with yourself"

and

"you need to give your head a wobble"

Both sounds so condescending, smug and self-congratulatory to me that I immediately think the writer/speaker is a dick. Am I reading them wrong?

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TrudeauGirl · 01/02/2019 20:34

I don't even know what "Give your head a wobble" is really supposed to mean.

I hate "Are you always this paranoid/angry/petty? etc"

That to me sounds so smug and condescending.

Gardai · 01/02/2019 20:37

Batch cooking
I always imagine a woman in a cath kidson apron in her vast kitchen chopping vegetables furiously on her kitchen island ‘batch cooking’ whilst her kids fuck off to Pizza Hut eye rolling at crazy mom and her shit stews.

Gardai · 01/02/2019 20:39

I assumed give your head a wobble means slap yourself ?

albertcamus · 01/02/2019 20:47

I'm sick of the overuse of the word 'conversation' - every TV programme seems to feature people saying to each other: 'We're going to need to have a conversation about xyz' ... what's wrong with the verb 'talk' ?

Gardai · 01/02/2019 21:00

‘Super’ excited. Excited is enough, no need for super. You can’t be ‘super dead’ - or can you ?
‘Hater’ - so someone who disagrees is a hater...no...they just disagree with you because you’re a twat.
When did mates become ‘friendship groups’ ? Always reminds me of a cult or Amish.
‘Reveal’ - gender or whatever, absolute bollocks for those with a minus IQ.
And my favourite MN pervert troll phrase “please share/tell me your stories” always follows whatever guff they’ve posted.

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