Phrases that annoy you

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Mine are:
“We are pregnant” when only one of the couple is physically pregnant
and
“It is what it is”

@Wheniruletheworld

Mom is not Emglish. Mum, mama, mother. Not mom yukk

This is a rather lovely example of Muphry's Law.

"Lush" is also a terrible word. It does not mean what you think it means - just stop it.

Lush does informally mean a drunk but also means

1. (Of vegetation) luxuriant and green

1. Very rich and providing great sensory pleasure(lush orchestration”

1. Sexually attractive.

I think it’s a great word, features widely in South Wales dialect and I’m going to carry on using it.

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@Wheniruletheworld

Mom is not Emglish. Mum, mama, mother. Not mom yukk

How ignorant.

Enda Day

@Wheniruletheworld

Mom is not Emglish. Mum, mama, mother. Not mom yukk

English

On the toilet or, slightly worse, on't toilet.

It conjures up a graphic image

So @maevekerrigan, you consider any opinion contrary to yours ignorant. People on MN post some v strong opinions which, is great, and some of those may go against the usual MN grain, but dear god, clearly you can't go against the term mom...

Safe and well

Thoughts and prayers

Living my best life

Fur baby

So I did a thing...!

This isn't a case of warring opinions. Mom is a standard word in various dialects in use across the British Isles. You've been provided a link to confirm this. You are refusing to accept that you are wrong when you say that 'mom' is not an 'Emglish' word. I think you meant to type English but you should probably have written British, and you'd still have been wrong. Accept this gracefully and move on.

@Wheniruletheworld

So *@maevekerrigan*, you consider any opinion contrary to yours ignorant. People on MN post some v strong opinions which, is great, and some of those may go against the usual MN grain, but dear god, clearly you can't go against the term mom...

Ignorance means lack of knowledge. You showed your lack of knowledge (ignorance) by stating that 'mom' is not English, when in fact it is used all over the West Midlands and possibly other areas of the UK.

'Cheeky' to describe anything other than cheekiness. (e.g cheeky coffee, cheeky wine etc.)

'Bless you' or 'Bless' - shut up you're not the Pope.

And definitely the appalling 'we are pregnant' - really? Then how come only one of us is throwing up all day ?

I admit I am in the wrong here (re mom) and I apologise to everyone I have pissed off. 🙁

I also apologise for being snippy @Wheniruletheworld

And so do I, @Wheniruletheworld.

So, as I used to say to my children, long, long ago, we're all happy friends now!

I know I am gobby and sometimes judgy! Happy to admit I am wrong (but don't like mom!!)

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

And so do I, *@Wheniruletheworld*.

So, as I used to say to my children, long, long ago, we're all happy friends now!

i like happy friends!

On it like a car bonnet

I love you/him/her to the moon and back

When people say they are going somewhere and say the place name followed by 'baby' (Newcastle baby!, London baby!)

@AmyDudley

'Cheeky' to describe anything other than cheekiness. (e.g cheeky coffee, cheeky wine etc.)

'Bless you' or 'Bless' - shut up you're not the Pope.

And definitely the appalling 'we are pregnant' - really? Then how come only one of us is throwing up all day ?

I hate bless or bless you too, it is so patronising

Oh, and 'my bad' grates me!

I’m not being funny. Not phases but the words babes, hun and legend.

@PinkSyCo. Your post gave me a good laugh. I needed that so thank you.

Do you know what I mean?
Repeatedly.
As you are speaking basic, plain English, yes I do.

Unbelievable! When someone is doing a perfectly expected thing as in, in particular, a singing competition and they sing. It is not unbelievable. It might be many things all of which have many words to describe them, but not unbelievable.

Hollibobs
Should/could/would of

I agree with we’re pregnant as well