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?

I also hate lush

I hate when Americans use "stinking" as a good word as in "That baby is just so stinking cute". Any form of stink makes me think of a bad smell.

Reminds me of when “sick” meant good/nice.

”Those trainers look sick”

I'm not keen on the use of the word cute to describe an attractive grown adult either.

A cheeky deerstalker for you, Sherlock.

"Dirty burger."
(No thanks, I'll have one that's cooked hygienically.)
I hate the implication that anything that's a treat is "dirty" or "naughty" - I just want to enjoy things - no need for a layer of shame!

DDog. It’s not an abbreviation. It’s quicker to just say dog.

I just can't eat anything that has that in the description it makes me feel sick.

Next level anything

Mac n cheese - another Americanisation

"cheeky" is just as bad

Written slang like mi, ya, and worse, n instead of and.

Cheeky Nandos. Nah. Unless it's referring to the robbing bastards taking not insubstantial money for completely dreadful food.

"X weeks/months/years of you" - posted on Facebook usually accompanied by a baby or child photo.

Every love story is special but ours is my favourite.

I love the Nick Cave version of that song.

Not a phrase, but ‘peeps’ when they mean ‘people’.

And ‘baby steps’ - so twee.

And ‘loaded’, as in ‘loaded fries’. It invariably makes me think of a full nappy bulging out of a babygro.

RaraRachael · 11/09/2024 22:37

Mac n cheese - another Americanisation

Yes, I loathe that one. Related is "Grill Cheese," meaning "Grilled Cheese Sandwich," which I saw in London, a couple of years ago. The price was 8,5 - no Pound sign. I was tempted to go in and ask for one and offer to pay in Kazakh Tenge.

Just watching a video about a car I’m planning on getting and the guy keeps calling things Puppies I.e “you can pop these puppies out” it’s making me cringe

Just thought of another one (sorry haven’t read whole thread so not sure if it’s already on here) Smashed it, Smashed her back doors in, such a vile saying and degrading

"Think outside the box" and "let's touch base". My ex-boss used to say them all the time!

Someone mentioned "going gym" which I think is as stupid as "needs gone" I saw this just now

"Reach out" is just wanky. It sounds like you're begging, when all anyone ever means is that they talked to someone or contacted them. It seems to be becoming a bit of an epidemic on MN.

"Reach out" is an epidemic everywhere at the moment.

One from me - "stack it" to fall over. Where on earth did that one come from? It's so counter-intuitive. You stack things up, not down

Yeah, I see people using "reach out" more and more. Not only here on MN, TBH. The other day I was watching Selling Sunset on Netflix, and one of the agents used it, I instantly remembered this thread hahaha! I hadn't really thought about the begging idea, though. Very interesting.

Stacked it is motorbike racing parlance for a pile up. You can see bikes end up on top of each other.

Got with - as in "I got with Steve in 2023"
Had X kids "to" someone (as opposed to with)

It sounds so chav.