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To really hate this phrase

212 replies

Endsofthetowel · 12/12/2023 20:39

And I am being unreasonable

Mucky pup.

It makes me cringe whenever it is used to 3 year old DS. I have no idea why, I am sure its unreasonable, but does anyone else have a strong reaction to a harmless phrase?

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alwaystroubleonmn · 13/12/2023 18:56

I hate it when people what to give advice and they say “may I ask if you..” or I’m no lawyer/doctor/vet but…
I hate “I’m not being funny but..”
I’m not gonna lie but…
Defo
i hate people calling food divine…actually anything divine really.

alwaystroubleonmn · 13/12/2023 18:59

SanitySlowlyGoing · 12/12/2023 20:43

Ahh, no, this phrase was said by both my mum and my nan when I was little, so it just makes me smile. "Ooh, you little mucky pup, come here..." as I'm being wiped with a wet cloth to within an inch of my life! Haha!
I in turn have used it with my kids.
Imo its just a cheeky kid-friendly phrase 😊
Not many phrases get to me, but my DH has serious issues with the phrase 'it is what it is'! Drives him insane 🤷‍♀️

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How about we are where we are?

MeanMedian · 13/12/2023 18:59

alwaystroubleonmn · 13/12/2023 18:56

I hate it when people what to give advice and they say “may I ask if you..” or I’m no lawyer/doctor/vet but…
I hate “I’m not being funny but..”
I’m not gonna lie but…
Defo
i hate people calling food divine…actually anything divine really.

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Oh, also, people who describe themselves / others as ‘foodies.’

We all have to eat, David.

Maggiethecat · 13/12/2023 19:19

MeanMedian · 13/12/2023 18:59

Oh, also, people who describe themselves / others as ‘foodies.’

We all have to eat, David.

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Have to disagree. Some eat to live and others live to eat!

Probably another loathed phrase!

CuntRYMusicStar · 13/12/2023 19:19

'At this moment in time..' I absolutely hate it. What else would the moment be in?

Someone wrote to me 'presently, at this moment in time' in an email today and I was so irritated

CosmoChops · 13/12/2023 19:26

I personally like "outwith" and actually find it a fairly useful word in certain work contexts.

I have noticed that some of the expressions mentioned seem to be regional, and therefore may of course sound odd/somewhat annoying to people who are not from that particular region.... "Folk" was mentioned earlier, yet it seems to be used relatively commonly in my area of Scotland and isn't at all a case of people being pretentious.... just a regional quirk.

alwaystroubleonmn · 13/12/2023 19:27

CuntRYMusicStar · 13/12/2023 19:19

'At this moment in time..' I absolutely hate it. What else would the moment be in?

Someone wrote to me 'presently, at this moment in time' in an email today and I was so irritated

In these challenging times - shut up!!!!
People these days…again shut up!

CosmoChops · 13/12/2023 19:27

Sorry - that was meant to be a reply to a specific post. Not sure what went wrong!

SoTired12 · 13/12/2023 19:29

NalafromtheLionKing · 12/12/2023 21:36

Will top this with the most annoying and cringy line I can think of:

At the end of the day, I’m totes on holibobs with my hubby and famfam, what a Chrimbo combo #feeling blessed #livingmybestlife #holibobsinspo #YOLO

Just noooo 😭

MissBuffyAnneSummers · 13/12/2023 19:29

I prefer mucky puppy

MistressoftheDarkSide · 13/12/2023 19:41

"Dial it down" also gives me the rage ..... also said in the context of bereavement when I verbalised a particularly unpleasant memory because it was a year since the thing had happened that suddenly flashed up in my brain. I wouldn't have minded so much if the person in question hadn't asked why I'd gone quiet. Still they are generally lovely.... and meant well...... apologies, am a bit brittle and bitter because everything and the time of year I think.

SinnerBoy · 13/12/2023 19:44

POV

It seems to preface anything and to be completely irrelevant.

POV. When you're dancing in the Hacienda! on a selfie video, or whatever.

UncleHerbie · 13/12/2023 19:55

Riverlee · 13/12/2023 05:47

X ‘passed’ instead of ‘passed away’ . Really infuriates me. Is it more of an American phrase?

I find “passed” and “passed away” irritating. The person died. Using those words doesn’t change that fact. However, each to their own (another potential cringe) 🤷‍♀️

Chickenkeev · 13/12/2023 19:58

UncleHerbie · 13/12/2023 19:55

I find “passed” and “passed away” irritating. The person died. Using those words doesn’t change that fact. However, each to their own (another potential cringe) 🤷‍♀️

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It just seems so blunt though.

UncleHerbie · 13/12/2023 20:04

Petrine · 13/12/2023 09:23

In fashion magazines…

the trouser
the shoe
red lip

I snorted aloud in duty free when the salesperson, having sampled mascara on me exclaimed “you’ve got a lovely lash!” What, just the one?? I had to convert the snort to a snorf (snort/cough hybrid) 😂

Hbh17 · 13/12/2023 20:17

"He passed away" - no, he died.
"She passed" - her exams? Her driving test? Oh, you mean she died?
"Train station" - this is the very worst one - trains don't have stations, but railways do.
"Myself and Billy" - I think you mean "Billy and I".

Plus almost all of the others mentioned on this thread, especially the hubby/crimbo type ones!

queenmeadhbh · 13/12/2023 20:29

Dogknowsbest · 12/12/2023 21:57

Least favourite word in the English language is posh. I feel like when people use it to describe someone, it's a backhanded compliment.

Is posh not disparaging?? I would only ever describe someone as posh in a negative way, like snobby - not as a compliment, backhanded or otherwise!

LizzieW1969 · 13/12/2023 20:29

I find ‘kinda’ grating, e.g. ‘I kinda get it’. It should be ‘kind of’.

For the same reason, I dislike ‘gonna’ for ‘going to’.

Lilacanemone · 13/12/2023 20:47

Mummymummy89 · 13/12/2023 02:38

Pedant here - using the present tense for immediacy, when narrating the past, actually dates all the way back to Latin and was considered good oracy back then.

"And then this guy walks in..." anticipates the impending drama better than "and then this guy walked in"

(You're still allowed to find it annoying obvs)

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It’s not quite the same somehow. It’s only ever “see” that’s written like that. I don’t know why unless they are trying to say “I seen such and such”, which would also be annoying but not quite annoying as “I see”.
For instance someone will query if you now have to pay for a car park which was previously free and someone will answer, “yes, I see a sign this morning as I drove in”.

Fedupwitheveryone · 13/12/2023 20:53

'To be fair'
'I'm not gonna lie'

So very annoying and unnecessary

alwaystroubleonmn · 13/12/2023 22:32

UncleHerbie · 13/12/2023 19:55

I find “passed” and “passed away” irritating. The person died. Using those words doesn’t change that fact. However, each to their own (another potential cringe) 🤷‍♀️

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But when people say someone passed away are you confused? Do you have to seek clarification? Dead and died are hard words to deal with emotionally and generally when you are speaking to someone about the death of their loved ones, minimising their pain is most people’s objective - the language you chose to use does make a difference to how they feel at that moment.

UncleHerbie · 13/12/2023 22:39

alwaystroubleonmn · 13/12/2023 22:32

But when people say someone passed away are you confused? Do you have to seek clarification? Dead and died are hard words to deal with emotionally and generally when you are speaking to someone about the death of their loved ones, minimising their pain is most people’s objective - the language you chose to use does make a difference to how they feel at that moment.

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When I told friends my mum had died that’s exactly the word I used. Saying passed/passed away wouldn’t have made the pain I felt any easier to bear. When doctors have to tell relatives that someone has died they are taught to use precise words so there’s no confusion

Mistressofnone · 13/12/2023 22:56

"Let's squash those rumours"

Quash. It's quash!

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 13/12/2023 23:05

WhichEllie · 13/12/2023 01:14

I don’t like when people repeatedly add an unnecessary “the” in front of a day. As in, “Well on the Saturday we did x so on the Sunday we did y, but we would have done y on the Wednesday if we hadn’t…” On Saturday. On Sunday. You don’t need to add “the” in there every time. It’s completely unnecessary.

Does this not show that they are speaking of a specific week? Eg 'we went on holiday two weeks ago and on the Sunday we went to a water park' has a different meaning to 'we went on holiday two weeks ago and on Sunday we went to a water park' which suggests it was the Sunday after the holiday not during .

Kingsleadhat · 13/12/2023 23:09

TheYearOfSmallThings · 12/12/2023 22:57

"I text him yesterday"

As far as I'm concerned, you texted him yesterday.

This one drives me nuts as well

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