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Phrases you hate

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Lemon1111 · 05/08/2024 21:24

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?

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FFSWherearemyglasses · 05/08/2024 22:49

Anything that singularises things that are in twos:
a red lip
a denim trouser
a nude shoe

“Nom nom”
“Needs gone”
“Prolly”
“Gotten”
starting sentences with “so”
asking for recommendations … “and go”
“and just like that “ [something twee about kids usually ]
”a little bit of” …. Whatever they’re cooking on telly
….
for starters 🥴🤣🤣

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:50

Not a phrase but I hate sentences starting with “ I mean” - Amanda Holden I’m looking at you!

Coughsweet · 05/08/2024 22:53

Also the “boobing”,

Boobing the little man whilst snacking on picky bits

sammylady37 · 05/08/2024 22:53

Anything that singularises things that are in twos:
a red lip
a denim trouser
a nude shoe

@FFSWherearemyglasses you’d hate my friend, who recently said she’d normally wear a particular type of dress with “an opaque tight” 🙈😂

AdviceNeeded2024 · 05/08/2024 22:55

I also hate it when British people say ‘I’m pissed’ or ‘I was so pissed’ when they mean pissed off. To me, pissed means drunk!

I may stand corrected but describing being pissed as angry o think is American? Which is why it always confuses me when non-Americans say it!

Cattyisbatty · 05/08/2024 22:55

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:03

Making memories - even worse if it’s making memories with the famalam! Aaagh!

How about making memories with the famalam on holiibobs 🤢

also hate reach out

or ‘a trouser’ - no it’s trousers

piece of fruit - unless it’s cut up

nom is also gross

CharlotteLucas3 · 05/08/2024 22:58

AdviceNeeded2024 · 05/08/2024 22:35

‘Showcasing’ when used constantly by tabloids…

(insert celebrity name) showcasing her figure

It’s usually ‘Showcasing her taut pins’ or ‘Showcasing her ample assets’🙄

PorkPieForStarters · 05/08/2024 22:59

Wearing a red lip - no, you're wearing red lipstick.
Myself/yourself used incorrectly.
A cheeky anything.
Love you to the moon and back.
Hubby.
We've got you covered (in advertising) - it's so overused, think of something new!

I'm sorry to say, but these all absolutely boil my piss 😄

surreygirl1987 · 05/08/2024 23:00

'Needless to say...' or 'It goes without saying...'

SO DON'T SAY IT!

UnNiddeRides · 05/08/2024 23:01

Epicaricacy · 05/08/2024 22:47

it's a "pre-teen". I never use the word, but it does make sense to make a difference between a 5 year old child and an 11 year old starting secondary school.

Yes, but still not helpful as it’s not a defined age range. If someone asks if they should leave their pre-teen alone while they go out, it’s certain that they’ll be asked how old the child is & the answers can be as young as ten. Why not just say my child is 11?

DriverMeCrazy · 05/08/2024 23:03

‘Grab’ a coffee. ‘Grab’ a bargain.
Stop fucking grabbing. I hate it.

Thevelvelletes · 05/08/2024 23:03

CharlotteLucas3 · 05/08/2024 22:58

It’s usually ‘Showcasing her taut pins’ or ‘Showcasing her ample assets’🙄

From the daily mail book of adjectives.🙆

Coughsweet · 05/08/2024 23:03

”to be fair” i find most annoying because what follows is often the most unfair load of utter bollocks ever spouted by humanity

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 05/08/2024 23:03

HoppityBun · 05/08/2024 21:46

Sneak preview. It’s always a sneak. No journalist can say or write preview without the sneak prefix.

And 'million' always has to be preceded with 'cool'.

Lazy journalism winds me up.

WickieRoy · 05/08/2024 23:05

RabbitsRock · 05/08/2024 22:36

WickieRoy “ can I get” is how Americans ask for things.

Not just Americans. Smile

FFSWherearemyglasses · 05/08/2024 23:06

sammylady37 · 05/08/2024 22:53

Anything that singularises things that are in twos:
a red lip
a denim trouser
a nude shoe

@FFSWherearemyglasses you’d hate my friend, who recently said she’d normally wear a particular type of dress with “an opaque tight” 🙈😂

End the friendship immediately on the grounds that this is another level of cringe 😬 🤢🤪

GettingStuffed · 05/08/2024 23:06

Pet parent, you're not you're an owner.

Pussycat22 · 05/08/2024 23:08

Could of instead of could have.
Fallen pregnant.
Fur baby

AdviceNeeded2024 · 05/08/2024 23:10

CharlotteLucas3 · 05/08/2024 22:58

It’s usually ‘Showcasing her taut pins’ or ‘Showcasing her ample assets’🙄

😂😂 yes! Or ‘sensational figure’

It’s only women that showcase though. Men don’t according to these papers!

Bohomovies · 05/08/2024 23:14

It is what it is
I was sat/I was stood
Love you to the moon and back
Picky tea
Little ones
Little people
A cuppa and a natter

sweetsardineface · 05/08/2024 23:14

As ever, ‘journey’,unless actual travel is involved. Birthing/birthed, rather than giving/gave birth to. And, ‘at this moment in time’. Just say now.
Also, pretty much every one that’s already been mentioned.

Lammveg · 05/08/2024 23:16

Hunker down

Mmhmmn · 05/08/2024 23:18

UltramarineViolet · 05/08/2024 21:28

Reach out

And its sibling “connect with”

BeesTreesSeas · 05/08/2024 23:18

Teamed with… when used to describe how someone might put an outfit or a look together…eg a vintage tea dress teamed with sandals and a red lip (I also don’t like the singular use of lip 😂)

ItsTheDoctornotDoctorWho · 05/08/2024 23:20

Food before one is just for fun.
Full time mum.
😤

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