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Is there a word that pushes your buttons?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I can do double decker buses as a measure of length and height.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    D’you know what? I’m sick of hearing ‘d’you know what’.
    Rutland, England
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    D'you know what  -I'm sick of it too  :D
    Levelling Up has also moved on to even more outlandish usage  D'you know what ?  I'm sick of that too  :( 
    There is also Fur Baby, Ah/Aw Bless ( said in gushing terms ) to mention just 2. 
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Just seen a newspaper report where someone ‘was stood’ on a railway platform. Surely the person was standing on the platform? 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    That person probably also got "off of" the train  :D
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    " fur baby" is truly vomit inducing. 
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Had to Google fur baby  - boke
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    B3 said:
    Had to Google fur baby  - boke
    mega boke
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited August 2022
    I'm finding the inclusive grammar  being adopted by the BBC like annoying like.
    I turned around and said like it's annoying like 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I see you got a Like!
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