Words and phrases that you like and wish you'd hear more often (light hearted)

[ShockingBritain]

Any phrases people would like hear more often?

After reading thread about phrases that give people 'rage'.

I use ‘spectacles’ quite a lot too.
I'm getting a new set of specs next week, I’m giddy with excitement.

My dad used to say Damn and blast it. I quite like that!
If someone was mean, my gran used say He wouldn't part with t'stink of his own behind.

Blimey! My husband is the only person I know who still uses it.

I like posh, old school insults
Cad
Bounder
Ruffian
Rapscallion
😆

That’ll upset the apple cart

I heard 'Janey Mac' recently but I can't remember who said it. I don't know if it's an Irish thing but it was definitely used a lot in my Irish Catholic childhood.

My MIL recently called someone on TV a 'hunk'. Hadn't heard that in a while.

On hearing good news

That warms the cockles of ye heart

I like “irked” which seems to be having a comeback as I’ve read it on here a few times recently.

Holy Cow
Going to Hell in a handbasket
Let her/him cool down the water she/he boiled
Higgeldy piggeldy

I try and say 'marvelous' at least once a week. It always makes me think of Penelope Keith.

My Yorkshire born nan had many interesting sayings but
'blood and stomach pills' when something took her by surprise and 'fur coat and no knickers' for any female she considered 'no better than she should be' always made us laugh.

I have a friend who uses lawks and crikey which I like a lot

”pillock” is still in frequent use by me. I believe it derives from an old word for penis. So is ruder than it sounds 😬

Good heavens!

Alas...

Oh no you don't! (when someone's about to do something they shouldn't)

Well, someone's got a bee in his/her bonnet!

Gurt pudden (a daft person)

Gurt lummox (a clumsy/awkward person)

You're off your trolley, mate!

Bottle-brushed (to describe a cat who's just had a fright). E.g. "did you have to let that dog in? Now the cats are all bottle-brushed!"

And apologies if this offends anyone, but I quite like "circling the plughole" as a jokey euphemism for dying.

I was telling the DC about “Wot no …” with the cartoon the other day. Anyone else know this one?

I also like ‘tother one (along the lines of ‘tis upthread).

five and twenty is pretty cool when referring to the time but it’s too antiquated even for me.

so many others. Vouchsafe. Undergarments (DS used both the other day and tickled me greatly.)

I remember being in hospital during covid and heard a member of staff saying "Christ on a bike" and even to this day it still makes me giggle. I had never heard it before and not going to lie, I love it but have never had the opportunity to say it without me sounding weird lol

My rather cognitively-challenged animals are usually either dingbats or donkeys (neither of them are actually donkeys).

I love the imagery of our local sayings:
A bit black over Bill’s mother’s
All around the Wrekin

And from my Mancunian grandma:
Stop mithering

I need a replacement for ‘twat’ when I’m driving as feel this is inappropriate when with DC in the car so will use ‘pillock’ from now on.

’ Going round the houses’ was used on car journeys when lost or a diversion set up.
Also my dad used to say ‘since God was a boy’ to describe a long time ago. I used this phrase in conversation with a lady and she thought this hilarious.

I use wazzock pretty much daily! Usually about a cat, sometimes about DH.

Blimey is another one I use daily. Mostly in emails.

Heavens to Mergatroid

Well asked how my day is I like to say…
FAIR TO MIDDLING.

Only my elder patients seem to enjoy it

Janey Mac - quite a Dublin thing 👍
My siblings and I use it too, and nobody else knows why we say it 🤣

Frock

Spiffy

Numpty bullocks or just numpty

Kerfuffle

A West Country one for you, “back along” to refer to something that happened in the past.

Just a 'thank you' would be wonderful.

Don't just stand there like Piffy on a rock