Words or phrases you love

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As a kind of follow on from the ‘Words or phrases you can’t stand’ thread I thought I’d start a sister one for words and phrases you love.

So to kick off, the expression “egg in the nest” never fails to amuse me when referring to a gentleman with a bald patch, eg. “I saw Clive the other day, he’s got a bit of an egg in the nest nowadays hasn’t he?”

Also “tumbleweed”

It is what it is

Rapscallion

I love the word 'antwacky'

Quinquennium is my favorite word.

Scallywag.

Cock monger

Sphincter
It has so many sounds, it's my favourite!

'Calm your passion' and 'Bye Felicia' both make me laugh!

'hod up a chew'...said in a very Leeds accent and means 'hold on a second'...I love saying it even if dh thinks I'm weird and did at one point think I was making it up but my grandad says it a lot and I think it is a really expressive turn of phrase.

Ducks in a row
Cocklodger
Cheeky fucker

farcical

Nithering - for when it’s really cold
Mafting - for when it’s too hot.

They’re words from my home town and now I don’t live there I use them all the time.

Dusk
Twilight
Dayspring

Curtilage - underused, in my opinion.

Twaddle, barmpot, jumper, glum, crikey, blimey, skullduggery, gumption, dozy, gormless.

Jobby! Always makes me laugh 🤣

Yampy, jiggery pokery.

Gambolling-as in lambs not William Hill.

In my Northern Irish town there is a (somewhat gallows-humour-y) phrase "a sniper wouldn't take him/her out" for an unattractive person .. the coastal version is "the tide wouldn't take him/her out".

Also from here (though maybe they're used elsewhere in the British isles) "showed up with two arms the one length" fir arrived without a gift/present.

"Shy weeans don't get no sweeties" to refer to people not being forward/assertive enough.

"not backward in coming forward" for the opposite (a pushy/over confident person).

"He/she would argue in an empty house" for an argumentative/aggressive person.

So many n Irish sayings - a tuakky I've realised these are more sayings than phrases so maybe not suitable vfir this thread .

A bit of a cheat but currently loving youngests first words and pronunciation. Daddy is something like da-dnnnng.

And dreich, Scots word for wet and grey and yuk, describes it well.

Nourish
Cherish

Grinds my gears
Spitting feathers - so visual