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

Boobs?

My Bad
Hun/Hunny
Making Memories
Bloody hate Cool

loving this thread

Agree with those, and may I add “little dude”.
Actually “dude” in general. Absolutely hate that. Grrr

@FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot Thank god I have never heard this one. Some people need to think before opening their mouth. Unless they think a 3 year old is ready for sniper action. Even without taking it that literally, what they are saying is boys are tough, boys don't cry. To those people I say, please look at the stats for male suicide and ask yourself where things started going wrong.

We need boys and men to be able to express any and all emotions appropriately and not shut them down. Boys can have a good cry if they need to (we all need to from time to time) and this is a good thing. It's Mother Nature's way of letting pain or frustration or sadness out.

We are currently negotiating expressions of anger in our house (teenage boy) and how some things are fine like bashing the bed with pillow and some things not so much - throwing objects.

“Put the feelers out”

Just caught up with some other threads.

Please god add “pearl clutching” and “yet, here we are”…

‘Here we go again’

Most used instead of Almost is one of my peeves. (Sorry, but no doubt something I’ve said annoys someone else as well).

SwordToFlamethrower · Today 09:27
The word "poop" narks me no end. It's poo!

Not if you are in the US.

I came onto the thread to add "Use your words" but I see that's been added already.

Touché lol 😁

I wasn't aware of that. I don't think however he is doing it from that point of view, I think it is from when it was trendy some years back. But I might be wrong 🤷‍♀️

I’ll vote for you!

Norks is a slang term for boobs, @ToWhitToWhoo.

Can we also ban companies/organisations from using numbers 2 and 4 instead of to and for?

And U instead of you…

Yes! Only acceptable when said in an Irish accent. 👏🏻

Mea culpa translates to 'through my (own) fault.”

I really like both mea culpa and my bad and use both at work, it works well. We say 'do a mea culpa' to admit blame in a corporate setting and 'my bad' less formally.

But why not ‘my fault’?

I am pretty sure it means cow's udder! 🐄🐮 😆But it's more known (these days) for a vulgar nickname for womens breasts! (. Y .)

It just makes me cringe when a poster says she is 'large of nork!' (In other words, large breasted!) Just makes me cringe! 😖

I have said 'that's my fault'. But when I've messed up and want to convey it quickly and informally, I just say 'My bad, I'll get it sorted asap'.

That is such an annoying, patronising, condescending phrase.

'Use your words OP....' Makes me cringe! 😆

I saw it on a thread a couple of days ago, and I had to hold myself back from saying something! 😬

This has been such a fun thread! Relaxing, funny, and therapeutic. 😆

Can you start a second one @OptimismvsRealism ???

To want to ban these phrases? (Not light-hearted!) Part 2!

Ships have poop decks, just saying 😜

I don't understand the aversion to "I'm reaching out", Getting in touch, contacting you al sound so functional and reaching out has an added meaning, which is not just functional, it's about wanting to me make a connection. What's wrong with that? I agree with most other phrases on the thread but I like reaching out 😜