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Is there a word that pushes your buttons?

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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Asks only come in one size, big.
    Trimmings are always entire, all.
    Twists are modern.
    Wedges only have thin edges.
    Slopes are slippery.
    Rutland, England
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I know you were, it just gets me when people say it.  Doesn’t every meal, throughout the year have ‘trimmings’. 
    ‘With all the trimmings’,  what does that even mean. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Right, so it did end up on your plate then. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    pansyface said:
    A bit like a hairdresser I had once. He used to leave all the trimmings on my shoulders. 😬

    I think you may want to rephrase that given your views on pigs-in-blankets. Not a good image...
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    We like to say all the  'fixins' [fixings] because of lovely Martin Crane in Frasier.  :)

    I don't mind the word trimmings though.  ;)

    We don't have many of them nowadays. I'm the only one who likes bread and cranberry [home made only] and parsnips, and no one likes sprouts. I can just about cope with pigs in blankets, but I don't care much for stuffing either.  

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Snap @Fairygirl.
    We also say 'fixins' ... as in pizza with all the fixins.
    Loved that programme ... great cast and great writing. Also loved 'Cheers'.

    Love sprouts and often have them at times other than Christmas. But as we don't eat any dead things then pigs in blankets etc don't happen here.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Cheers seemed great at the time @Bee witched, but when I saw some episodes a while ago, it seems very dated. Different era though.
    Frasier was genius and still is. One of my faves was the episode with Niles ironing. Brilliant  :)  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Late to this party but I can't stand at any price "gonna".  It's creeping into everyday language and it's awful.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Lizzie27 said:
    Late to this party but I can't stand at any price "gonna".  It's creeping into everyday language and it's awful.
    Guilty as charged :(
    Devon.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Oh dear @Hostafan1, how could you?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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