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I’m going to have to split up because his phrases irritate me

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LittleBlackCurlyHairs · 08/03/2020 14:21

Bloke I’ve been seeing for 8 months. He says the weirdest phrases and says the strangest things I can’t get over my annoyance.

One of them is, he’ll yawn and then say “oh! I’m yawning well!”. Wtf does that even mean?? I’ve never heard it said before and he says it almost every day.
Another one is “we need to nip that in the bun” bun??!! I have told him that it’s bud but he carries on saying Bun. I find it annoying.

“Keep sure you do that” “keep sure to set your alarm” etc etc ... keep sure?!

Jellypeano on the pizza

There is other stuff too but relationship aside ... has anyone else heard of these sayings?? (Keep sure, yawning well etc)

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PyongyangKipperbang · 09/03/2020 00:13

Ex used to say (well still does actually) "To be fair" at the start of every fucking statement.

"To be fair, I do love gin and tonic"
"To be fair, the news is on the radio"

WTF? No one was slagging off gin and tonic or disputing that the news is on :o

managedmis · 09/03/2020 00:14

Maybe nip in the bun IS the sexy talk

managedmis · 09/03/2020 00:17

DP has an annoying habit of saying things like 'how went the day?' and 'what think you of this?',

^^

Who is he, Little John?

Blurby · 09/03/2020 00:22

@StrangeLookingParasite

Was this 'yeah, yeah, yeah' friend in Scotland by any chance Hmm... I used to know one or those Angry

Summercat · 09/03/2020 00:27

@crustycrab Sorry you're wrong and @ILikePaperHats is right.

TRET is 'Northern' slang for 'treated.' (Not 'treat' as you said.)

i.e.

'He tret me like shit.'

I can confirm this, as a true blue born-and-bred Yorkshire lass.

SistemaAddict · 09/03/2020 00:48

I needed this thread tonight, thank you. I agree we need more examples of his phrases.

"Muff guffs" had the bed shaking. From laughing, not muff guffing.

Thinking back, there have been a few announcers of their arrival with "I'm gonna come!" That's nice dear, thanks for the heads up.

crustycrab · 09/03/2020 00:51

@Summercat born and bred Yorkshire lass here too 🤷🏽‍♀️. But you must be right? 🤔😂

crustycrab · 09/03/2020 00:53

@QueenOfOversharing get a grip. I didn't question your qualifications Confused.

Butterfly3005 · 09/03/2020 00:53

My partner has a few annoying phrases and I'm forever correcting him....

MatalanD
GRessing Downed
Taking the MICHAEL instead of Taking the Mickey 😣🙄🤔
Bal-oo-wan as in a 3 syallable word instead of balloooooon! Same for spoon etc
ShWopshire instead of Shropshire

MIL is exactly the same so feel a little sorry for him actually.

No weird phrases in the bedroom department fortunately! 😊

sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea · 09/03/2020 00:54

@managedmis Grin It gets worse. He even sends me messages asking 'how goes the day?' at lunchtime.

At some point I'm going to crack and reply 'Well met, hearty fellow! Aye, the earthworks, aye, now be about your business afore the sun does descend.'
I love him to absolute death, and he's brilliant in so many ways, but every time he says something like that I get the mental image of him swaggering around dressed up as a Tudor solider, talking about provisions for the camp and archery training.

QueenOfOversharing · 09/03/2020 00:55

@crustycrab begging your pardon ma'am... apologies for offending your delicate sensibilities. ffs...

crustycrab · 09/03/2020 00:56

Eh? 😂😂

TaterWaffle · 09/03/2020 00:56

Tret is treated round these parts (South Yorks). “I tret mesen to a breadcake.”

It’s possible in some areas people might pronounce treat as tret, I dunno.

eternalopt · 09/03/2020 01:01

Where is he from? Need to know what accent these phrases are said in. He instantly sounds like paddy mcguinness in my head.

TheWordmeister · 09/03/2020 01:04

I amazed you lasted 8 months. I want to kill him just from this thread.

TechnicalSergeantGarp · 09/03/2020 01:12

I haven't laughed this hard in ages. iL says cock loft for loft, pacifically and Preemark (for Primark)

"saw throat' for sore throat" in my accent they sound the same

BendyLikeBeckham · 09/03/2020 02:08

OP, I'm actually feeling a bit bad for him after that update. I am picturing him like an enthusiastic 3 year old getting all excited that the ice cream van is outside. Not sexy though is it.

My ex used to call sex a 'bunk up'. That and quite frankly everything else about him, was a total turnoff.

A friend once told me about a BF at the time who wanted her to marry him. He said "Barry's been a bad boy" in an affected childish voice about something he had done (been late or something minor). He was about 10 years younger than her. She knew she couldn't marry him after that.

My DP is one who often announces when he is about to come. I really quite like it!

Onthemerrygoroundagain · 09/03/2020 02:25

Omg that would get annoying quickly.
Make up your own annoying phrases, maybe he will stop.

PyongyangKipperbang · 09/03/2020 02:31

Another veteran of the cum announcers here, ime (not extensive I have to say despite my advanced years!) they are the majority. Most recent ex said it was so I could stop/slow down and make it last longer if I needed to, which I sometimes did so....I'm ok with it!

@crustycrab Pack it in, there's a love.

CanadianJohn · 09/03/2020 02:51

An ex used to refer to sex as "playing bouncy castles". She also referred to the male genitals as a "ding-a-dong".

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 09/03/2020 02:54

I used to play mixed doubles with somebody I didn't really get on with. When he sent the entire club a message saying that something would be "the lesser of two weevils" in complete seriousness, I knew I couldn't carry on!

QueenOfOversharing · 09/03/2020 04:15

@crustycrab wtf is your problem? If my "turn of phrase is a off putting as some of these" why do you feel the need to even comment? What a miserable .... Hmm

QueenOfOversharing · 09/03/2020 04:17

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams is "play mixed doubles" a euphemism? ConfusedGrin

Cordial11 · 09/03/2020 04:31

My partner says ‘sin-nin-king’ for syncing lol but it makes me laugh . Sounds like you have the ick Grin

grandmasterstitch · 09/03/2020 05:06

the beautiful union

I read it as the beautiful unicorn. I haven't had enough sleep Blush