Things that weren't a thing

[d-d-d-dAz]

My wifes parents use 'picky bits' and apparently have for her whole life.

I'm much more aggrieved by the ubiquity of the phrase 'sweet treat' these days. It wasn't a thing a few years ago, people would just have a cake, but now every generation seems to say 'sweet treat', and it's so awfully twee and American and instagrammy. I really hate it.

[FLips]

8 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

This was just a salad when I was growing up, usually when we went round my Nans, despite there being very little components of a salad involved.

A salad in my house was the beginnings of a salad, usually lettuce and cherry tomatoes, but then the rest was sliced ham, cheese, pickled onions, and beetroot.

[gmoney]

Can't say I've noticed that one. 

When I moved to the South Coast from South London when I was 15, which is not that far, I was aggrieved that everyone in my new school said "sweetie" instead of "sweet", i.e pick n mix styles sweets. 

Edited July 21 by gmoney

[SuperBacon]

3 minutes ago, gmoney said:

When I moved to the South Coast from South London

"Want a sweetie mush? Oi mush. Mush. Mush" 

It's all I hear down here ffs. I heard it a lot off my Dad when I was younger but for some it's every other word. Mush.

[deathrey]

The picky bits/girl dinner fad really gets on my tits. What the fuck is girl dinner meant to mean?! We've spent years arguing things like 'toys don't have a gender' and these twats are giving food a gender.

[lars85]

"Picky bits" turns my stomach. It's probably a me problem, but it just makes me think of a skin condition or a scab.

[gmoney]

49 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

"Want a sweetie mush? Oi mush. Mush. Mush" 

It's all I hear down here ffs. I heard it a lot off my Dad when I was younger but for some it's every other word. Mush.

Don't be a dinlow, mush. 

[SuperBacon]

4 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Don't be a dinlow, mush. 

That to me was a new one as well. Back when I was growing up it was always dimlo with an m, to the point where I thought all my Pompey colleagues were mispronouncing it when they said it.

[Kamaras-Tash]

Picky tea was used when I was a young un back in the early 90's. Was usually a Sunday thing and was like a pic nic indoors, I'm in Sunderland so maybe more of a Northern thing? 

[FLips]

9 minutes ago, Kamaras-Tash said:

Picky tea was used when I was a young un back in the early 90's. Was usually a Sunday thing and was like a pic nic indoors, I'm in Sunderland so maybe more of a Northern thing? 

Aye possibly. My wife is from Sunderland and I’m from Teesside.

[Carbomb]

28 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Don't be a dinlow, mush. 

 

22 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

That to me was a new one as well. Back when I was growing up it was always dimlo with an m, to the point where I thought all my Pompey colleagues were mispronouncing it when they said it.

That's interesting - I remember hearing "divlo" a fair bit in the 80s.

[gmoney]

I bet you did. 

[SuperBacon]

16 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

 

That's interesting - I remember hearing "divlo" a fair bit in the 80s.

Never heard that, but div is a very underrated insult.

[TheBurningRed]

14 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Never heard that, but div is a very underrated insult.

I use it all the time. A top tier insult. 

[Mr_Danger]

3 hours ago, deathrey said:

The picky bits/girl dinner fad really gets on my tits. What the fuck is girl dinner meant to mean?! We've spent years arguing things like 'toys don't have a gender' and these twats are giving food a gender.

Salad. You’re welcome.

My lady uses picky tea with absolute confidence so I think she’s always used it but I instantly renamed it piggy tea. Pot noodles, rustlers and pork pies if anyone is interested. You know, for when you’re just a bit peckish.