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?

My understanding of jarring is ‘hard hitting’ or ‘shocking’ or something along those lines!

This also ties to 'a red lip/a silver shoe/the infuriating fashion singular

Educate yourself. I hate it.

What they really mean is "go online and find a bit out about it." Telling someone to educate themselves is so pompous. Firstly the person writing it doesn't enlighten anyone if they're asked, and they just sound a complete prig, because doing a bit of googling isn't an education. It's just finding out a few facts on t'internet.

Also sick of seeing Iv as a shortened form of "I have", instead of the correct I've though this is more a grammar complaint. Does anyone write Im instead of I am? Which brings me on to the equally stupid "Imma".

A jeely piece is a piece, i.e. sandwich, made with jeely, i.e. jelly or jam. It's iconic in Glasgow history due to the tradition of throwing a “piece” out of the window of a tenement flat to children playing below. Adam McNaughtan’s “Jeely Piece Song” satirised the effect of 1960s high-rise living on the tradition.

Parents using the term choc choc for chocolate to their young DC.

“Scarlet for you (hun)”

What does that even mean? Never heard it.

"You do you"

Any Gen Z sayings.

RaraRachel I know it as 'Scarleh for ye.'
No hun.

Dublin phrase meaning you are dying of embarassment for someone that has just made a complete arse of themselves.

We say old age though, much more so than late age, so I don't see why 'young age' should be a problem.

Is that what they mean in the song Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart?

Yummy mummy

This song came to my mind, too.

I'm not sure, but I doubt it.

The song lyrics are
Changing the grey and changing the blue
Scarlet for me and scarlet for you.
I took that to mean their world was becoming brighter/ more exciting?

'Scarlet (or scarleh) for you' taken to mean 'I'm embarrassed for you' doesn't really fit.

There are a few variations. 'I was scarlet' means I was very embarrassed....probably because of associated the bright red face.
There's also 'Scarleh for your ma for having ya'.
All used in Ireland, especially Dublin. Cork too a bit.

Lush
Cheeky nandos
Its chilly

If you say any of these, I hat you 🙂

If you say any of these, I hat you

Thanks - can I have a Stetson?

No fool like an old fool.

It doesn’t rhyme, it’s not clever, yet so many people say it.

Kick up a stink - this one actually makes me murderous

Cat got your tongue

Also, a woman I know always says the same thing of someone says something lovely to her - 'that cuts me deep'

Oh and 'fly high' when someone's died.

Nom

My work colleague is in her 60s and whilst eating her lunch will say 'Nom' to herself. I don't know why it gets to me so much 😅

Earth side - but only when used in the wrong context. People who post pictures of their perfectly healthy babies, with captions like “XYZ was Earth side for 24 hours when this was taken”. Just no.

I hate the term dog whistle because it's often used as a way to say "I know you haven't SAID anything bad/racist/transphobic/hateful, but I just know that's what you really think deep down. I just know it!" and the person can't really defend themselves, because as much as they say "no, honestly, I'm not racist/hateful/whatever", the other person has already decided they were using a dog whistle, and the nature of dog whistles is that they're meant to be covert, so someone who actually was using one would deny it when asked.

"A nonsense", as in, "that's a nonsense", as opposed to simply "that's nonsense", without the "a".

I don't know how or why, but until the age of 25 I had only ever heard it said as "that's nonsense", and then all of a sudden it felt like everyone was saying "that's a nonsense". Maybe it's my problem, but it still really irks me. It makes me feel like I'm going mad.

Because a "Sunday lunch" is a very specific meal. It's roast meat with lots of vegetables and gravy.

I went round my nan's last Sunday at around lunchtime, and she put some cheese, ham and salad bits on the table for everyone to help themselves. It was Sunday, we were having lunch, but it wasn't "a Sunday lunch".