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?

Also.

Nobody:

Me: (a cat is sitting on the person's head or something.)

WTF?

‘Uptick’ when saying an increase in something.

What I hate is people sentimentalizing 'white Christmas' and wanting it to snow, especially somewhere where snow is not really seasonal at that time.I'm biased because I hate snow: it makes paths and pavements slippery, and due to co-ordination disabilities, I can't manage that, But in any case, snow is not a key part of Christmas; it probably wasn't snowing in Bethlehem!

Oh my days!

Woman on the breakfast show with Scott Mills said it every ten seconds.

It doesn't even make grammatical sense.

My son said it - once...

I can't bloody bear it.

There's a lot to unpick (or unpack).

Very much agreed. Also "making noise" instead of "making a noise".

Regularly see 'going toilet' on MN 😑

i don’t think ‘making noise’ is anything like ‘going gym’ or ‘going toilet’. It’s just being more general about what noise is being made. ‘The life support machine kept making a noise’ vs ‘The children were making noise in the yard’. Or like ‘making hay’, making whoopee’ etc.

I agree ‘going toilet’ is appalling.

".... assuming people buying overinflated prices are just wanting to see the show, no?"

Seen on another post. Ending a statement with

no?
yes?
right?

It's incredibly irritating. And often doesn't make sense.

Cancel culture

Having a white Christmas will affect supermarket deliveries. You know how people react if they can’t buy their extra 24 loo rolls and 4 bottles of bleach as majority of shops are closed FOR ONE DAY!!!

This meme really irritated me.

I think that's really funny @TheAverageJoanne 😆 AND very apt!

😆

Yeah I just noticed that on the Oasis tickets thread. 🙄

'Common sense' as used politically. Common sense means having practical and survival skills, not that you agree with right-wing (or left-wing for that matter) politicians.

When politicians say 'look'.

😫 I hate it! 😫

This gif I can’t stand

That and the little blonde girl looking confused. I'm so sick of that. She's probably about 36 now it's been around for so long.

Spookacular - used far too many times in Halloween

That's Christine Taylor, she's been a few things including Friends and The Craft. She's actually 53.

"Makes my teeth itch" is so heavily used on Mumsnet, never heard anyone use it in real life.

For a minute I thought you were saying Americans had started using "pooped" as a euphemism for death.