Phrases you’d like to ban

[YouBoughtMeAWall]

I’ll start

Support bubble.

I’ll happily go the rest of my life never hearing this phrase. In fact even the word bubble has exceeded its usage quota for the entire rest of time.

What is yours?

Out of my comfort zone

"excuse the" lack of make-up/slipper/mess when putting a photo online for the world to see. If it bothers you, tidy up before showing it to thousand of uninterested people.

@TornadoOfSouls

Excited for

‘Mental health’ when they mean ‘mental illness’

Yep.

On Facebook “mental health is nothing to be ashamed of. Share if you agree”

Blended Learning

"Are you me?" When someone has something in common with another person.

No you utter fuckwit you're not me, or you wouldn't have asked such a stupid, wanky question

Anything to do with Covid19, especially “new normal” and “social distancing.” There’s nothing normal about not having a social life and the increase in mental illness and suicide due to insecure jobs and loneliness. These phrases indicate we should put up and shut up.

More bad grammar than a phrase but when “was” is used incorrectly it drives me mad-

“When was you last there?”
“Was you happy about the flying pancake?” Etc.

DH is a Brummie so unfortunately for me its part of his dialect. I’ve given up trying to correct him, but we’re having a baby in a couple of weeks and I’m already planning ways to prevent little one from copying Daddy!

@YouBoughtMeAWall

I hate

“Back In the day”, jeez

"She/he turned around and said..." No they fucking didn't. They stood stock still and said it. Gives me the itch every time.

Hunker down

I’d get rid of ‘birthed’ as opposed to ‘gave birth to’ I find it jarring

"Grammar nazi". I hate it when people use of instead of have or there when they mean their but I'm not planning to put them in a gas chamber or invade their homes.

"sleep when baby sleeps". Just want to throat punch any one who ever said this to me when my son was a serial cat napper.

'... and all the trimmings'.

I just detest it. It sounds smug. Old-fashioned. Soooo .... well, easily satisfied by a few, totally unnecessary bits of crappy food.

Bah humbug.

@WorraLiberty

"Are you me?" When someone has something in common with another person.

No you utter fuckwit you're not me, or you wouldn't have asked such a stupid, wanky question

Ha, ha, this was my first thought too. Was just checking to see if anyone had already said it. Glad I’m not the only one.

"my bad" makes me want to throw something

Yy to my bad too. Makes me want to gouge my eyeballs out.

Oh and while we’re at it:
Will of the people.
You mean will of 26% of the people in this country. I think you’ll find the other 74% are people too you know.

"Talk me down" especially when used when talking about non-issues.

‘Random’. In its proper context, it’s fine (e.g. ‘The survey chose 100 people at random’) - it’s when people use it to describe something that’s actually the opposite of random. ‘You went fishing? Oh my God, that’s so RANDOM!’ No it fucking isn’t - it’s was a very specific choice to go! And as for anyone who refers to people as ‘randoms’ (as in ‘she was texting some random all night ‘), pass me a gun.

“Back In the day”, jeez

I also despise this! What day? Wednesday? Shrove Tuesday? The day of the jackal? The day we caught the train? Days I remember all my life, when you can’t see wrong from right? When??

DH is a Brummie so unfortunately for me its part of his dialect.

I’m also a Brummie, but would happily take a flame thrower to anyone who does this, so we’re not all guilty

Sorry, that was meant to be

Calling people a legend when they’re clearly not.

“I put 120% into it”

No you didn’t you idiot. It’s impossible!

I've found my people

Grim

Asking a question with "no" at the end.

Asking a question with "no" at the end

Surely it depends on the question, no?

@Lonelycrab

Asking a question with "no" at the end

Surely it depends on the question, no?

Yes, like that.