Phrases you’d like to ban

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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?

Steaming drunk
Absolutely muttered.
Absolutely wasted.
Completely bladdered

Congratulations, you're a drunkard.

missing out 'the' - as in "In Store today"

May I add to this: they seem to have added the missing ‘The’s to random fashion items instead - The Dress, The White Tee, The Shorts.... what’s with all the bloody extra “the”s ?? It just sounds totally wanky.

Also anyone using the phrase “pulled up” as in “my DH said something I disagreed with, of course I pulled him up on it immediately” it makes you sound like an utter tosspot.

Would also agree with “gifted” and “Karen”

"keep your eyes peeled"

All I can think of is peeling eyeballs with a potato peeler... Why would anyone want to peel eyes?!

End of - how old are you? 12?

Someone called me hun and babe the other day. Just do one.

Oh yeah any phrase which is a lame excuse not to follow tier rules

Excessive management-speak, especially 'thinking outside the box' and 'incentivizing' and 'impact' as a verb.

'New normal'; it's not normal!

''Unprecedented': not for me. Some of us had long-term health problems in our youth, and this is like a return to them. Some always had health problems! And of course before modern medicine, this is what any infectious illness was like, and without the technology!

'I don't want to be rude, but...' Usually means that they do want to be rude!

'I'm not racist, but...' Ditto!

'Shitty'. I don't mind swearing in general, but really dislike this word,

'Happy birthday' if said to me. I can't bear to be reminded of my birthday. And no, it's not today (might be better if it were; better chance of it being forgotten in the run--up to Christmas!),

'Toughen up' or its more modern equivalent 'you/they need to learn more resilience'. Not saying that it's bad to be tough or resilient; just that these expressions are often used as an excuse to blame the victim of bullying.

“in the middle of a pandemic”

Oh just fuck off.

Extra fuck off points for “global pandemic”.

'Reached our to'

No you didn't. You 'made contact with' unless of course you were doing it in the form of interpretive dance when you may indeed have 'reached out' to get someone's attention.

Rightly so
Facilitate contact
Support bubble
Line eyes
Symptom spotting

"Didn't want to read and run.'

It's not about you, just bloody answer!

Today 14:09 AngeloMysterioso

“in the middle of a pandemic”

And this.

“What’s to do?”

"in and of itself" seems to be bandied around a lot these days, completely superfluous in any sentence except for this one .

And talking of a lot, a lot of people seem to think it's one word, alot.

"I had a lay in", "I went for a lay down", nope, you had a lie in, you went for a lie down or you laid down.

"Ect"

On social media, things like

“Need my hair cut. Looking for recommendations. Best salon in south east London.... GO!”

Makes me very angry. I detest being spoken down to and this reeks of someone who feels more important than everyone they expect to see their post. Like they imagine we are all primed and waiting, salivating. Ready for them to declare they need a recommendation and start us off on the race to help them out when they say GO. Ugh.

Beginning sentences with “So” (when it’s the start of a clause and following on from NOTHING).

Utilise instead of use.

Buying or giving "experiences" instead of "things"

Keyworker.

Steaming drunk
Absolutely muttered.
Absolutely wasted.
Completely bladdered

At one point, some people, especially if they had pretentions to being posh drunkards, used to refer to being 'absolutely hog-whimpering'. And a big OINK to anyone who says that!

Oh and "bits"

As in I got some bits for whatever purpose

Virtues signaling or something like that and main stream media annoys the hell out of me too , like there is something with main stream media, yes cause incredibly bias leaning articles is some how so much better to read which ever way it leans

I've read gifting / gifted and misread the room today. How pretentious can you get?

@zukiecat

Oh and "bits"

As in I got some bits for whatever purpose

I hate the use of bits. Picky bits is even worse.

'Be kind'

"But but but", especially when it prefaces an accusation of "whataboutery". Both phrases can get in the 2020 bin lorry of doom and eff off.

'I'd like a word with you'

Fuck off and no