My mrs is watching Love island and nearly everyone uses the phrase ‘I’m not gonna lie’
surely it should be a given that you won’t lie so why should you emphasise that you are not lying about a certain subject
What are your hateful phrases

Let’s watch Love Island.

It is what it is. Saying nothing at all would be more helpful.

Going forward.

Them’s the breaks…

In any way, shape or form, it is what it is, at the end of the day.

Drac beat me to it. My Roomba is less vacuous than that show.
Anyway, Last Orders.

“So…..”

‘Can I get…’

Would of
When they actually mean would’ve.
I get that they sound very similar, but not when they’re written down ffs

“the all important…”

“Living my best life” – how do you know it couldn’t be better?

“part out”/”split out” – horrible Americanisms

I’m sure there#’s many, many more . . .

Turn that frown upside down.
Live Laugh Love.

“That’s better”

An expression a colleague used to say often to himself after eating something he liked. i.e. sweet stuff only. I actually asked if he was insane in his main brain. I really don’t need to know whether it tasted good or not after seeing him stuffed his face with his sweet stuff like a chocolate bar. The world is not made up of sweat or blunt food only.

Life hacks

“My bad”

Yes, you made a mistake and people should be able to admit it, but say sorry like an adult and learn from it rather than just spouting that crap and carrying on doing the same shit.

‘You only live once’

You live every day, you only die once.

Switch up (should be just switch, or possibly another word altogether), double down (should be double up).

“What can I do you for?” all I can think is you could start by learning to speak properly…

Living my best life”

This ^^^^

‘What a wonderful space’

No, it’s a room.

Using a noun as a verb…

“New way to laptop”

For example

Conservative leadership contest.

“I’ll be in touch”

As in I had an audition for a band. I did not do very well.

It was clear I was not getting a positive call back. Grow some and say, sorry it’s not happening!

They haven’t been. The advert went from
bass player wanted to
Competent bass player wanted (!)

“Cash waiting…”

No shit – how else did you expect to pay for stuff, buttons perhaps!

No shit – how else did you expect to pay for stuff, buttons perhaps!

Cheque.

Using a noun as a verb…

..or a verb as a noun. See ‘disconnect’

“iconic”

Everything is bl00dy “iconic” at the moment Ggggrrrrrrrrrr…….

Is Is this going to be one of those threads that reveal once again that 1. Language use moves on , and 2. middle aged people don’t react well to that phenomenon? I’m always reminded of my mum’s somewhat misguided attempt to “reclaim” the word gay in the 90’s

…at all?
…today?
…for you?
…for your table?
Guys,…

Can you tell I went to a Bill’s this weekend?

FFAS.

Hotting up.

“this is history in the making” yes, it is literally with every second that passes.

Is Is this going to be one of those threads

You know dat.

double down (should be double up).

Does this not come from gambling originally? From placing chips down on a table. Makes complete sense if so.

“I got it for free”

No you didn’t, you moron. You did not exchange some ‘free’ for whatever it is you got. You got it free of charge or other obligation in the opposite direction.

M&S self checkouts are the worst culprit for this!

Spoilers/Contains Spoilers on thread titles

Of course it **** does. It’s a thread about x. You don’t need to be a genius to realise that it might contain info about x
🤬😈😠😡

Hate is a strong word. But, I dislike: ‘Tearing up’ (crying). No you’re feeling ‘tearful’.
All the typical: ‘blue sky thinking’, ‘pushing the envelope’, ‘can I get’ and many more.

“Absolute scenes” – increasingly used by 5 Live commentators.
Also use of “obviously” at the start of conversations, no need for it.

richwales
“Absolute scenes”

+1