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[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying







smudge

Up the Albion!
Jul 8, 2003
7,376
On the ocean wave
I have never, and will never, call anyone "Bro".
Even if I had a brother, I would never call him that.

Also, when asked a question I would never answer in the affirmative, "100%".

Probably an age thing.
 


Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
25,788
'Have a lovely rest of your day'

🤬
 


Klaas

I've changed this
Nov 1, 2017
2,652
That started in the 1980s so you'd probably need someone in their 60s to tell you how it came to mean cool.
:lolol: I was going to say something similar, but as early as the 80s? I was 18 in 1990 and said 'Wicked' a lot. 'Sick' seemed to come after that?
 








Happy Exile

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Apr 19, 2018
2,123
Being grumpy and middle aged there's a few phrases the yoof use like "a bunch of" (to mean "a few") and "I don't want to be that guy, but...".

I also hate plurals where there are only singulars, like when pundits say "a good position for your Solly March's, your Lewis Dunk's" etc

Apologies if fixtures but my most hated phrase is "VAR check". Obviously.
 






Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
14,842
Almería
:lolol: I was going to say something similar, but as early as the 80s? I was 18 in 1990 and said 'Wicked' a lot. 'Sick' seemed to come after that?

It started in the 80s but didn't become widespread in England until much later.
 
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jonny.rainbow

Well-known member
Oct 29, 2005
6,841
I have never, and will never, call anyone "Bro".
Even if I had a brother, I would never call him that.

Also, when asked a question I would never answer in the affirmative, "100%".

Probably an age thing.
100% this.

Bro, Bud, Matey, Fella are all terms used by complete plonkers.
 


Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
14,842
Almería
My pet hate is the lazy way language on the radio and TV is now acceptable from presenters - e.g. I wunna/gunna

NO you want to and you are going to... :angry:

Why would you want presenters to speak in anything but a normal and natural way?


As a language teacher, I always drill "gonna, wanna, shoulda, woulda, coulda" into my students as that's how they are most often pronounced. It's hardly a new thing either. The latter three date back to the 14th century.

These days "I'ma" is becoming an increasingly common variant of gonna in the States. Has this spread to the UK yet?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/imma
 






















jcdenton08

Offended Liver Sausage
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Oct 17, 2008
14,189
“And Smith must score”

Going to be hearing that quite a bit over the next couple of days 🥲
My late Dad and I, in later years before he passed, used to play the “Withdean” game. We took bets on the closest minute the commentator would bring up Withdean/Goldstone from his notes and our troubled past - bonus points if it’s after a goal against a “bigger” side
 




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