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Words and phrases that give you the rage light hearted

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NimbleHiker · 30/04/2026 17:26

What phrases do you hate? It gives me the rage when my mum says put up and shut up. I know that some things are not within my control and that i have to do things i don't like.

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Zov · 30/04/2026 21:59

Funnywonder · 30/04/2026 19:11

No? at the end of an advisory statement. ‘You’d probably be better off leaving the gate closed then, no?’ Fucking hell, I HATE it😆

I LOATHE this too. 😠

I also cringe and then roll my eyes when I see a thread title starting with 'HAND HOLD PLEASE!' I just HATE it. It just really annoys me! 😠

'I live in a NAICE area.' Who the fuck started 'NAICE?!' Hmm Stupid bloody word!

And as some people have said 'going on holiday with THIS ONE!'

Anyone who says (when someone has similar opinions,) 'ARE YOU ME?!' Hmm

'Picky bits!' Sounds like scabs and bogies. 😖

Mat leave! Just really gets under my skin... Is it that hard to say maternity?!

Also (as a pp said) I get sick to death of watching TV, and having 'if you've been affected by anything you have seen on the show tonight, please go to www.bullshittt.comm.' on half the programmes I watch! Drives me fucking crazy! Most of the time, there hasn't even been anything 'triggering' on the bloody show.

I don't mind 'hubby,' 'can I get,' or 'I was sat' I think 'I was sat' is regional. I also like grim and vile. And I do say them in real life.

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Zov · 30/04/2026 22:00

CurdinHenry · 30/04/2026 21:01

"peri is kicking my arse today" or any other attempt to blame peri on being the same lazy lump you've been since birth

LOL, I agree. Some posters won't though!

Pricelessadvice · 30/04/2026 22:04

“Making memories” usually said on a FB post by a mother posting 3 million photos of their child/holiday etc.

Monty27 · 30/04/2026 23:04

It is what it is
I could go tazer

Cheshirema · 30/04/2026 23:10

come with 😬. Me You. Us ???

Yellowpapersun · 30/04/2026 23:38

Putting a ? at the end of a sentence when it isn't a question.
Hun.
Hubby.
Picky bits (sounds like scabs).
Making memories.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/04/2026 23:42

SirAlbusRumbledore · 30/04/2026 17:51

“Feed a crowd” or “mouths to feed”. For both I picture little chicks with their mouths wide open begging for food

I pictured that as I was reading, before I got to the end!

TheGemsIllBeThereNSoul · 30/04/2026 23:43

Light and airy
My truth/bad
Moreish
Like,like,like,like like

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/04/2026 23:44

I hate it when people say “and just like that”

Usually about an achievement of their child’s or simply the fact their child has got older.

”And just like that, primary school is over”
”And just like that, our little boy has left home”

Just like what? And did it really feel effortless to the child?

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/04/2026 23:45

Zov · 30/04/2026 21:59

I LOATHE this too. 😠

I also cringe and then roll my eyes when I see a thread title starting with 'HAND HOLD PLEASE!' I just HATE it. It just really annoys me! 😠

'I live in a NAICE area.' Who the fuck started 'NAICE?!' Hmm Stupid bloody word!

And as some people have said 'going on holiday with THIS ONE!'

Anyone who says (when someone has similar opinions,) 'ARE YOU ME?!' Hmm

'Picky bits!' Sounds like scabs and bogies. 😖

Mat leave! Just really gets under my skin... Is it that hard to say maternity?!

Also (as a pp said) I get sick to death of watching TV, and having 'if you've been affected by anything you have seen on the show tonight, please go to www.bullshittt.comm.' on half the programmes I watch! Drives me fucking crazy! Most of the time, there hasn't even been anything 'triggering' on the bloody show.

I don't mind 'hubby,' 'can I get,' or 'I was sat' I think 'I was sat' is regional. I also like grim and vile. And I do say them in real life.

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Edited

DS when he was little once got confused and called it “eternity leave” - now that’s a kind of leave I could definitely go for!

nopeandnopeandnope · 30/04/2026 23:47

BOUNDARIES…what does that actually mean ? Just sounds patronising when aimed at adults!

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/04/2026 23:47

allthingsprettyinpink · 30/04/2026 20:34

Lush “you look lush”… eurgh.

Lush is a Welsh term though - normal to say if you’re Welsh

nevernotmaybe · 30/04/2026 23:58

Nomura · 30/04/2026 18:17

'I was sat' - is not the same as ‘seated’ or ‘sitting’. In strict grammar, ‘I was sat’ is a passive, it means someone else sat you down, the way you would seat a small child. ‘I was sitting’ is active, it means you sat yourself down. What’s happening now is that people are dropping the past participle and using the simple past instead, so ‘I was sat’ is being used where ‘I was sitting’ should be. It’s become so common that many people think it’s correct, but it isn’t in standard English.

Sat meaning to be in a resting position with your buttocks supporting your weight, is from the old English word sæt that is pronounced and meant the same thing, and is from the 12th century.

HotChocolateBubbleBath · 01/05/2026 00:04

My last manager, if she was passing me some work to do she’d say “I’ll throw it over the fence to you” oh fuck off!!!

nightowlzzz · 01/05/2026 00:12

"It is what it is"
WELL FUCKING YES

Eadwearde · 01/05/2026 00:16

nevernotmaybe · 30/04/2026 23:58

Sat meaning to be in a resting position with your buttocks supporting your weight, is from the old English word sæt that is pronounced and meant the same thing, and is from the 12th century.

Edited

You’d think people would know how to use the word by now 😉

domenica1 · 01/05/2026 00:20

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/04/2026 23:47

Lush is a Welsh term though - normal to say if you’re Welsh

I love “lush”. Especially said in a Welsh accent! Even English kids said it in the 80s though!

Mama2many73 · 01/05/2026 00:20

ScupperedbytheSea · 30/04/2026 17:45

We're pregnant
Date night
Hun
Hey Guys
Reach out
Revert back
Let's take that offline

Oh God I hate
'We're pregnant and the linked 'they share a child with....'

Ick sounds like a preteen girl talking.

Furbaby ( and I say that as someone who bloody loves their dog SO much!)

Hun - i have a close friend who uses it way to much on fb and texts

Draws for drawers

Adults calling parents mummy/daddy

However dont mind hubby or picky tea ( as a pp said it describes what it is better than alternatives.

Shitmonger · 01/05/2026 00:49

Ddog on here makes me twitch. My mind perceives it as a stutter or a vocal tic. Also my phone just autocorrected it.

And I have a dog, though she’s currently not very dear or very darling as she’s shedding terribly and I’m about two brushings away from snapping and turning her dpelt into a dhandbag.

DBSFstupid · 01/05/2026 00:50

favdaysunday · 30/04/2026 17:50

Picky tea, jollies, veggies, die or ride, quench, thirsty. I’m sure there’s a few more….. babes, mate, kid, hangry.

What is "Picky tea"?!

Forty85 · 01/05/2026 00:52

When people say they are "full of cold".

TwoBagsOfCompost · 01/05/2026 00:53

'I asked chatGPT'

ElenOfTheWays · 01/05/2026 01:02

"I'm obsessed". No you're fucking NOT

TheGemsIllBeThereNSoul · 01/05/2026 01:05

Lurgy...horrible word.

Smilersam · 01/05/2026 01:06

'let me be clear'
Fu*k off.