Phrases you hate

[Lemon1111]

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?

You put a penny in him and wait to see what nonsense he comes out with today!

I call a lot of those words 'verbal cotton wool'. They add sod all to the conversation, but they're always being used to fill the gaps.

'Wrong answers only' on Twitter drives me mad.
I've actually blocked those words, cos it was every other bloody Tweet.

I dislike the blatant engagement farming, and - like you say - trying to impress the twonk who asked the question.

I bloody hate 'look' used in that context with a passion! 😫

Politicians say it reflexively to every question they're asked.

I call those 'jokes' pub bore jokes.

An old friend of my husband's uses shite like those an awful lot.
I'm convinced that he practices what he thinks are witty, phrases - in the mirror, when he's at home.
They never quite hit the mark in the right context, or are even funny in the first place.

Everyone talks about him like he's Mr Charisma and is really funny, where i'm like 🤷🏻‍♀️.

I will actually tell someone off if they say 'before my time' about ^anything.
^
You weren't around at the Battle of Hastings, or the Jurassic period - but you still know about them.

Don't confuse history with memory.

People frequently use unctuous incorrectly.

They use it when they really mean velvety or thick.

Famalam also belongs with all the 'hubster' drivel.

Famalam is just Facebook bullshit - like 'dirty burger'.

"get your ducks in a row"

"Space" used instead of "room". Kevin McCloud (whom I love in all other respects) says it a lot - "this is a really great space" / "what an unusually shaped space" It's a room!

Agree! Using mental health instead of mental illness. Drives me mad!!

'This one' when referring to a partner, I.e. making memories with this one.

Vibes.

Saying dropped to mean released (as in an album or whatever) gives me the rage.

Agree with this.
You should only use the word curated if you work in a museum.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · Today 05:39
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.

@ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews that’s lovely thank you :)

I think a lot of ladies love to have the personal experience .. like we have a little john lewis where i live and they know the homeware costs more than primark but they can afford to spend extra on say t towels , bedding , (i nearly said and various ‘other pieces ! 😂) because they don’t want the mad rush and the long queues .. my blood pressure goes through the roof in primark ans then john lewis i could sit down and practically fall asleep it’s that tranquil 😀

I believe it’s because of this that she does well (if makes any sense - i’m fourth night zero sleep 😫)

Hubster
The wife. Please use my wife.

People who call any of their DC babies when they are over 2 years old.

I have another one..

This isn’t North Korea

Is this North Korea?!

gets on my tits. Just hate it.

Gobsmacked
Leggy/eyewatering display (Daily Mail - sounds painful in all senses)
Over the moon

Also all the silly insults we see on here cockwomble, twunt etc etc.

I dislike it when idioms are quoted incorrectly. The worst one for me is 'The proof is in the pudding'. No! The proof of the pudding is in the eating!!!!

Tbf, most people just call it cormbeef.

I don't like how perfectly good ways of saying things has changed to something more difficult to say.

ie. Previously unseen footage is now never-before-seen footage.

And in football commentary players don't go one-on-one now, they go 1 v 1 which sounds like womvywom.

Crisp white bedlinen. Crisp makes it sound hard - not something I'd like to sleep on

Dick move
My child “is” ADHD
People putting “much” at the end, eg “jealous much?”

Season finale. We didn't used to have 'seasons', we had 'series'. The finale used to be the last episode. And don't get me started on 'the latest season of XYZ has dropped'. Dropped what? The ball? House keys down the drain?

Fanny clamping shut