Phrases that make you cringe!
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In actual fact.....
Facts are always actual.4 -
"Oh believe me, I know!”
- No you most likely can relate, but you don’t actually know.3 -
laprimaJenny wrote: »“Blood is thicker than water.”
- That’s simply a way to emotionally blackmail people in keeping ties with toxic family members.
I hate that one too - sometimes non blood related
people treat u way better than blood relatives. I find it odd when people think well they treat me like crap but they r family so I have to keep them in my life5 -
sperm donor
I think it just sounds so gross and tacky when women say this!
Now if they were actually users of a cryobank, great.
Otherwise, ick.8 -
At the end of the day....
Amazeball's
To die for! (Is it....really?)
Honestly...
Girl power (sorry, why can't we all just I've power)
Hey B%$&#es!!
It is what it is
YAAAASS!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Awesome sauce
OMFG! (That one just stabs me in the heart)9 -
akcarter1968 wrote: »At the end of the day....
Amazeball's
To die for! (Is it....really?)
Honestly...
Girl power (sorry, why can't we all just I've power)
Hey B%$&#es!!
It is what it is
YAAAASS!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Awesome sauce
OMFG! (That one just stabs me in the heart)
I agree with ALL of these!
I'm 42 and most women my age who type/say most of this just sound like they're imitating their 8th grade child.5 -
Not a phrase so much but the "word" bae drives me crazy. My God folks, stop using that insipid, made up word.12
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“For all intensive purposes” instead of “For all intents and purposes.”17
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laprimaJenny wrote: »“For all intensive purposes” instead of “For all intents and purposes.”
For all intestines and porcupines.9 -
" I think you should "1
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Tankiscool wrote: »I didn't see this thread till now Jenny!
It is what it is
Haha I say this all the time. I don’t know if it sounds incredibly defeatist or just honest sometimes.2 -
akcarter1968 wrote: »At the end of the day....
Amazeball's
To die for! (Is it....really?)
Honestly...
Girl power (sorry, why can't we all just I've power)
Hey B%$&#es!!
It is what it is
YAAAASS!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Awesome sauce
OMFG! (That one just stabs me in the heart)
UUUGGGHHH I had a brief happy moment when I forgot about “awesome sauce” 🤬
Whenever I hear “At the end of the day” my brain just goes into Musical Mode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QytyoGfwPnY2 -
“Irregardless” used in any form or fashion. (I get the jury is kind of out on that word but I just can’t.)
“I’m going to be honest with you”.....as opposed to all the other times you’ve told me things? Lol10 -
"Bae" I see that word anywhere I stop reading, I close whatever it is I'm reading cuz I can't carry on 🤦♀️5
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I use alot of these regularly, now I wonder how many people are cringing around me all the time.12
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laprimaJenny wrote: »“We’re pregnant!”
- No, one of you is pregnant and the other is simply expecting a baby soon.
Amen. That's right up there with gender neutralizing pregnancy, as in "pregnant people". No no no, since only women can be pregnant, it's perfectly okay to say "pregnant women".16 -
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laprimaJenny wrote: »“We’re pregnant!”
- No, one of you is pregnant and the other is simply expecting a baby soon.
You nailed mine.4 -
"You're killin' me Smalls"
...mainly because of overuse! In 2004 when I worked in a video store, I thought oh that's kind of cute & clever to quote the Sandlot when my coworker would say this. But I still hear people say it A LOT and I'm annoyed every time.2
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