[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Hove Lagoonery]

This was in common use in the UK up until maybe 100 years ago, when it went out of use. The yanks continued to use it.

Same thing with The Fall, I believe.

 

[zefarelly]

Do you remember this?

A brilliant advert.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

'Albion are favourites to beat manure'
This makes my eye twitch

 

[Lever]

Probably been said already but.... 'early doors'. No idea how it started but it should have been strangled at birth.

 

[Lever]

... and I hate it when politicians (of any Party) say something they support is 'the right thing to do'. It is clear that they are behind the idea but it is NOT clear that it is the right thing to do until and unless it has been thoroughly scrutinised. Cognitively challenged voters are vulnerable to such bland rhetoric.

 

[Bakero]

Same thing with The Fall, I believe.

See also candy, diaper, faucet and not pronouncing the "h" in herb.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Same thing with The Fall, I believe.

 

[el_ciddy]

"Manchester derby would be a better spectacle"

 

[FamilyGuy]

See also candy, diaper, faucet and not pronouncing the "h" in herb.

Aloominum

 

[Bakero]

Aloominum

Indeed. Humphry Davy first named it aluminum but later changed it to aluminium to match the other -iums. The Americans stuck with the original version.

 

[loz]

See also candy, diaper, faucet and not pronouncing the "h" in herb.

Add pacifier to that.

 

[South Oz Seagull]

Oh the irony, for "cool" is an old person's word which today's youth don't much use.

So what do they say instead (just out of mild interest)?

 

[HeaviestTed]

"Cool" - no it isn't.

I say cool all the time

 

[El Presidente]

“Lube or no lube?”

 

[Soul Finger]

Brighton resident: "I support Man U/Liverpool?Arsenal/Chelsea etc but want Brighton to do well."

 

[Commander]

This (with slight edit)

Anyone that went to school in Brighton probably did sports day at the stadium, and it was always known as Withdean or Withdean Stadium.
I don’t actually remember hearing anyone call it “The Withdean” until the Albion played there.

It was Mickey Adams who started calling it that. I thought the general view was with yours to begin with but over time it became quite a likeable turn of phrase.

 

[dazzer6666]

Super. As in ‘super excited’, ’super happy’ and linkedin favourite ‘super proud’.





W️s.

 

[zefarelly]

Aloominum

That bypasses boiling and turns my piss to instant steam.

 

[zefarelly]

Super. As in ‘super excited’, ’super happy’ and linkedin favourite ‘super proud’.





W️s.

Yes, but super-f***ing-sonic is acceptable

 

[zefarelly]

It was Mickey Adams who started calling it that. I thought the general view was with yours to begin with but over time it became quite a likeable turn of phrase.

No it didn't, its gash.