Phrases you hate

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Mine is ‘buttery soft’…If you haven’t come across this phrase, it is mainly used when describing leggings or other clothes, but now I’ve even seen it being used to describe gold jewellery! Also butter isn't that soft…Margariney soft doesn’t have the same ring to it I suppose.. Anyone else?

Little boys room. Dh knows I hate it and says it to wind me up.

Excuse my French, after swearing! Just swear away.

Along with quality time.

Thought of a few more...

'It takes a village to raise a child.' Just an excuse for younger women with young children (who can't be arsed to look after them properly) to dump parenting duties on the older women in the village. Seeing it happen right now where I live. 3 of the mums in the village parenting 3 children between 4 and 8 whose mum CBA to bother with them. Shuts herself in the house and pushes them outside. Doesn't give a shiny shite who's looking after them, as long as it's not her.

'The more the merrier' when applied to someone meeting a friend for coffee - or lunch - and that friend brings someone else along. Completely changes the dynamic and makes the 'odd one out' feel uncomfortable, but it's not long before some muppet spouts' the more the merrier!'

'Team work makes the dream work!' Uttered by the most annoying of managers.

'Blue sky thinking!' Who thought of this shite?

When someone asks 'how are ya?' and you say 'fine' and they say 'ahh good good.' Why 2 'goods?' WHY?!

Gently as in “I gently explained”

Patronising

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The loathsome ‘comparison is the thief of joy’. Only seen on MN.

Absolutely this, and “I mean this kindly”.

No one likes to be corrected (say) even if on reflection they can see the other person is right and they need to wise up but to be told this with with an added patronising sprinkle surely doesn’t help matters.

I was talking to DH the other day and realised I’d just referred to my 15 year old DC meeting up with friends as a “play date” 😳 Thankfully neither DC heard.

People who email "Gentle reminder" just stop nagging ang clogging up my inbox.

SuperGinger · Today 10:54

Excuse my French, after swearing! Just swear away.

It's mostly Anglo Saxon, anyway; unless they're prone to shouting "Merde!" ?

I hate this too @Coughsweet and @Wheredidileavemycarkeys

'.....kindly OP,' and '.....gently OP........'

It's so patronising! And 'kindly and 'gently' is nearly ALWAYS followed by a rude and condescending remark. It's the new 'I don't mean to be rude but.....'

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Just pretentious shite

“From scratch”
”middle class” or worse “mc” - endlessly referred to on Mumsnet, am sure posters obsession with their class status is stronger than ever. Often think I need to leave this place but my short attention span draws me back.

My narrative 🤮

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WhatThenEh · Yesterday 20:57

'Pan fried' is worse. It's very obvious that many people only add the 'pan' because they think frying sounds uncouth and non-middle-class.

In know, I know! It's completely redundant; unless Heston Blumenthal has worked out how to fry eggs in a toaster?

plausible deniability,
its like we know its covert ops and why its covert etc

“Thank you for reaching out”

I dislike that because it sounds condescending and officious.

True. The whole language of menus is ridiculous. ‘Succulent fillets, dusted in our signature…. Crispy, hand-fried…’ = fish and chips. You don’t see this in genuinely upmarket restaurants. And what the hell is ‘beer-battered’ ? Sounds more like my uncle when he’d had a skinful 🤣

My (lovely) aunt has a clothing boutique and for as long as I remember she’s always said (daily as she’s on social media etc)

‘Hi ladies please check out my new PIECES’

‘Come have a mooch around the boutique and you’ll LOVE all of the PIECES!’

‘ I have some BEAUTIFUL new PIECES!

‘Pieces ‘ is a word she writes/ types all over social media/ and verbally SAYS .. from the moment she wakes until she goes to sleep

I smile and love her and support her shop etc BUT (please don’t judge me..) but I can’t STAND the word ‘pieces’ for clothing!

Why not ‘garments’ .. or .. ?? what else (?) is it normal to say ‘pieces’ about clothing/stock etc ?

Pieces aside, i really admire your aunt for running a business selling ladies clothes.
It can't be easy trying to keep up when places like Primark and Shein are so popular.

I hate narrative, too.

It's crept in over the last few years and now it's on the tip of everyone's tongue.

I can't bear 'rock up', either.
What's wrong with 'arrived', 'got there', 'i'll be there', etc.

They'll be back when 'rock up' is no longer cool, or whatever it's supposed to currently convey.