To want to ban these phrases (not light-hearted - this would be my first act as dictator)

[OptimismvsRealism]

"I'm reaching out" - no, you are contacting me by email

"it broke me" - no, it made you a bit sad

"Picky bits tea" - just no

Back story and drip feed. All learned from MN!

Speaking my truth.
My feelings are valid.

Oh fuck off you self absorbed dickhead.

I’m a bit OCD about tidying my knicker drawer.
No you are NOT.

Let's touch base 🤢

I like 'picky tea' - it means a light buffet, sitting round a real fire to me.

We are pregnant. Both of you?

Super excited ( often said straight faced no expression on tv)
You Ok Hun?
Them ones
Moving forward

Not gonna lie.

So if you don't say this before other things you might be lying 🙄

Obligated. There is no such word.

It's Obliged.

😂😂😂

Celebrity chefs all now cooking 'unctuous' food.

Another one is 'lose my shit' - you have diarrhea and are about to poop your pants. Or you are annoyed about something or someone. 🙄

Receiving 'KK' instead of ok/okay to a message.
'My bad' really fucks me off. The word you are looking for is SORRY 😤
The whole 'yourself' telephone speak is ridiculous.
That's another one, the word is RIDICULOUS, not REDICULOUS.
I have a huge issue with 'put your big girl pants on'. On the odd occasion it's been said to me that person has not repeated it.

Doggo
Kiddo

Once on here someone described a dog as “the lovely doggles”

@ScrollingLeaves Absolutely. The word "community" is overused, and in this context it means bugger all.

IYSWIM usually in lower case letters at the end of some rambling shite with no point at all.

‘I am SHOOK!’

You mean shaken. And, no, you aren’t.

Love a picky bits tea, had one the other night and it’s the best tea I’ve had in ages. Just reaching out to see if you’re ok though OP, those are rather silly things to have such strong feelings about!

That's because it's an old saying, especially in some parts of the UK. It's a direct translation of mea culpa and is an admittance of guilt and apology rolled into one.
@CoffeeLover90 I like himself, yourself etc when said in an Irish accent.

Or, when someone says, in reply to,

“Would you like some more?”,

“I’m good, thanks”, instead of, “No, thank you.”

Educate yourself & privileged

Blatantly have not read the whole thread but the use of ‘twas and ‘tis instead of it was and it is. Makes me think of tragic men obsessed with serving wenches in the time of Merrie England.

In the same way - protested "I protested Rishi Sunak".

The @MNHQ Perpetrated ‘vacay’ in the promo threads.

We don’t use ‘vacation’ here. It’s holiday. And vacay is just excruciating. Linguistic pollution.

I am not fond of people saying, “Parenting.”

Ugh.