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?

Oops sorry @Coughsweet I am a complete idiot. My post should read - I'm in the NE and gotten is definitely NOT used.

As for "Can I get" it always makes me laugh when people point out how rude we are and should be saying "May I have". People would laugh at me for being posh if I ever said that!

@RaraRachael I lived in Aberdeen for a year and don’t recall hearing it but I was prepared to accept that didn’t make me an expert on local linguistics 😁 One of my English flatmates at the time came in one evening taken aback at the boldness of someone who had told her she was “fit” directly to her face. I didn’t know what to say so I said nothing…

“Thought jacuzzi”

@Coughsweet I remember my English MiL being mortified that I'd said her granddaughter was "big". To me, that meant tall, but to her it meant overweight.

'Unalive' fills me with nausea and extreme rage in equal measures!

Who the FUCK started using this word/made it up?!

DEAD. The word is DEAD.

'Unalive' is much worse than saying someone has 'passed.' (Which also seems to annoy people a bit!)

The complexities o Doric and English.
The fit one made me smile.

Unalive isn't a euphemism, it originated as a way to get around censors on social media platforms (and I believe YouTube) that ban/hide/downgrade posts that use words related to death, murder and suicide.

Law enforcement, when referring to the police.

The...community, as in 'the farming community'. Just say 'farmers', BBC.

"Make noise" instead of "make a noise".

Blue lighted.

It was started on TikTok after they started taking down videos that mentioned death in them, so users had to come up with a code.

Here’s an Olympic themed one - using the word “medal” as a verb. Ugh 😣

I hate methinks. I also hate not eg. Well that was a brilliant Olympics. Not.

Likewise: smug much?

(Much has had a resurgence recently on here and I hate it).

I’ve got an idea for a “Raw Dog” challenge where they take these youngsters and have them raw dog their way through a recreated 1980’s Sunday. Nothing to do all day, nothing worth watching on the TV, your friends aren’t playing out because they’re all visiting their Nan, no tech, and all the shops are shut. They wouldn’t last two hours. Rank amateurs.

Interesting how 'unalive' came about thank you @WickieRoy and @Rhaenys

However I have seen a few people on here use it purely to describe someone who is dead. No reason for it on here.

It's as annoying as.......

'Reader, I married him....'

'Kindly OP........... you are an idiot staying with this man...'

(Similarly) 'Gently OP....... I think you are an absolute fool.'

'I live in a naice area.'

AND 'leave the bastard' (for the slightest little trivial thing, instead of trying to resolve things!)

A whole nother level… used too many times on bbc olympics coverage. Nother isn’t a word FFS!!!

Oh yeah 'a whole NOTHER level' is batshit annoying @Hesma 😆

A nod to….

Princess Katherine has worn this outfit in a nod to Princess Diana

👏 YES! You are right!!!

Date - when going out for meal with spouse. That's note a date. A date is with someone you are becoming romantically involved with

Reach out
Deep dive
Going forward

Someone else posted swim teacher (should be swimming teacher). I saw this for the first time this week. It sounds odd and grammatically incorrect.

WickieRoy · Yesterday 11:55

raw dogging is sex without a condom.

Oh! I've only seen the phrase in the last couple of weeks.

Thevelvelletes · Yesterday 20:16

The complexities o Doric and English. The fit one made me smile.

Perhaps she was asked, "Fit like, quine?" and only heard the first word?

"I didn't want to read and run"

Nobody would know if you did!

Littlies. I can't stand it