To be so terribly, terribly cross?

[musicforsmorks]

In reality, I am asking is it being remotely unreasonable to suspect that hardly anyone uses this phrase in 'real life'?
It's all very well when one is perusing their Enid Blyton collection but I have honestly rarely come across it as a common element of social/familial dialogue (and I've been around a bit ).

Another one is 'Oh my goodness!', which, whilst having stood the test of time (unlike the poor, neglected cross), still doesn't crop up with regularity in my social circles or professional life very often.

Also interested in hearing other people's thoughts on certain phrases, and whether they are particular to MN, the written word, or just off with the fairies or whatnot.

My favourite MN regular is the did you mean to be so ruuuude?
Although, whilst frequently tempted, I have not yet had the pleasure of uttering it with any true gravitas in real life :(

Interesting so many say ‘ffs’ yet find these other words odd.
What are we teaching our children?

It’s ok to say ‘ffs’ but not gosh etc.
Strange to me!

Splendid
Spiffing
By the Lord Harry

I've been practicing 'oh my dayyyyys' instead of f$#k for work!! Some days it works, some not so much......

I’ve found myself saying ‘good gracious’ a few times recently, not sure why. I’m quite enjoying it.

Oh my goodness pops out of my mouth quite frequently. Not sure if it's a throwback to when the kids were small and not wanting to eff and Jeff in front of them?

I am always using words which sound twee as I have spent most of my life in the act of mothering and my son saying 'bollocks 'to a random stranger once when he was about 2 years old.

Also, 'bonkers!'

I used splendid the other day and got a "look" from a stranger!

By gum
Bob's your uncle
Fine and dandy

Bobby Dazzler!
Am I on the right thread??

I have a hatred of OMG. It's used inappropriately in so many ways. OMG, this Apple pie is sooooo good (that's another pet hate of mine), OMG, just see what she does with a piece of string, paperclips and a stick of wet celery, etc, etc. I don't use 'terribly cross' preferring 'very cross', but I do use 'Oh, goodness'' a lot, because I hate swearing. But....if I am terribly, terribly, terribly terribly cross and say 'fuck' (which is VERY rarely) they know I mean it. Overusing a word lessens the impact.

i use cross a fair nit but not terribly cross - sounds a bit like something the Queen would say to her grandkids!

Definitely use oh my goodness with the kids along with Oh crumbs ( too much Danger Mouse as a kid!!) blimey, crikey, hells bells, flipping heck, bloody hell (though i sound like Ron Weasley!).

I use all the above and the occasional ‘hells bells’. Hells bells is for when I’m really thinking what the fuck!

I love Hell's Bells. My Dad used to say that, along with "Damn and Blast", "Damnation" and if he was terribly cross (!), "Buggeration".

I use 'oh my goodness' and I'm cross' in front of my kids (6 and 16 months) it's' what the fuck' and 'I'm pissed off' when they're not around!

I use "terribly cross and "oh my goodness" / "goodness me" a lot, but then I also use crackers such as "heavens to Betsy" , "Gordon Bennett" and "my giddy aunt". I have been known to state that "the dander is up" and I am "vexed" from time to time and when something really really shocking happens I usually exclaim "CRUMBS!"
However, if you ask any of the blokes I work with they will say that I also drop the f-bomb and use the c word more than anyone!
I throw in a bit of Welsh/ Jewish / Breton / Manchester here and there too.
Language is a funny thing.

Crikey and Blimey! In polite company.

Among friends, it's for fuck's sake!!

@Joolsin

I love Hell's Bells. My Dad used to say that, along with "Damn and Blast", "Damnation" and if he was terribly cross (!), "Buggeration".

I like Hell's Bells, too. (DD used to say "Hell's Bellybuttons" when she was little - don't know where that came from"

Also, Hell's Teeth.

Hell’s bloody bells, my mum would say.
And double damnation.

My mum ised to say " hell's bells and buckets of blood"

My mum has started exclaiming Glory be! In place of bloody hell or crikey!

@Pucarbuile
I can’t stand the word “Horrid”
How about “Beastly” then?

e.g. "He was being beastly as usual"

@Skelligsfeathers

My mum ised to say " hell's bells and buckets of blood"

I say that too.

@Skelligsfeathers

My mum ised to say " hell's bells and buckets of blood"

Lol mine too! And so do I...

DD sometimes says Oh Crumbs! She quite likes Dangermouse (the original series & the more recent ones). She also says Oh Globbits occasionally.

Yes to being terribly cross - I often am! And poorly.
Also use oh my goodness. My kids like oh my giddy granny best!