Full fat coke

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Argh! It's not full fat- there's no fat in it! It's full SUGAR!

ARRRRRRGGGGGGH!!!!!!!

Takes a deep breath

...

I feel better now.

Feel free to pile on if you've anything similar to get off your chest.

But full fat is easier to say

But it's so wrong! With such an awful mental image- globules of fat swilling around in your coke bottle.

shudders

I always call it full fat despite knowing there is no fat in it. Sorry! But not going to stop

Lol I just came on this post to say exactly what you are saying OP

Yesssss!! This drives me nuts

It’s just a joke.

Yup, I feel your pain, OP! I’m autistic and pedantic and the phrase irritates me too.
Along with redundant apostrophes and the Times referring to bacteria as “viruses” and adverts that say “two times better” instead of “twice as good” and “ better then half price” instead of “less than half price”...
And breathe...!

Not to mention bloody autocorrect turning “than” into “then”!

Specific ocean my son said this the other day I shouted PACIFIC! top volume 😳 he is ten

110% there are no words for the rage

Round our way it’s known as ‘fat coke’ because it, well, makes you fat...

The misuse of ‘begs the question’ and ‘the exception proves the rule’ riles me though...

Hehe I agree too (coke is not a fatty drink at all, just makes you fat if you drink too much of the sugar-laden variety).

My pet peeve is the incorrect usage of lay versus lie (most people don't realise lay is a transitory verb and requires an object) - not that I need anyone to agree with me on this peculiarity of English! ;-)

I have found my people

We call it fat boy coke. Cuts to the chase, I think.

Thank you OP. I can't stand that phrase.

All the fat people I know drink Diet Coke.

ChatWithMe, I’m definitely with you on the lie/lay confusion! I often want to ask people what they were laying - the table? An egg?
I can only assume their confusion arose because lay is the past tense of lie. They’ve somehow taken it as the present tense. “I’m laying on the bed”. No you’re not - you’re lying on it! Sigh.

Wow Babdoc - there really is someone who gets it besides me! :-D Made my day hehe. I have explained it various times to my husband (at length) but he doesn't see it my way I'm afraid...

Full fat coke annoys me too.

The lay/lie thing also annoys me, probably too much. I suspect that it's partly influenced by American English as in American films and television programmes I've never heard anyone use the word lie, it's always lay.

It also seem that the American pronunciation of harass/harassment has become the norm in Britain now. It's rare now that anyone pronounces it the British way.

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What's wrong with the exception proves the rule’?

Nothing’s wrong with the phrase when it’s used correctly.

It’s just a joke. Because it makes you fat.

I live it when people misuse “literally”.

And my head literally exploded. The mental image always makes me smile. I have a dark sense of humor though.

I call it fat coke, as in, it will make you fat.

Sugar makes you fat. So YABU

I just call it coke...