"You go girl/gurl....
agree, it's so patronising"You go girl/gurl....
I admit I say oh my days as I don't like to say God's name in vein.Not wanting to hear "oh my days!" every 5 minutes is one of the reasons I didn't carry on with my teaching career.
Like many phrases/words in this topic they have a purpose but are catastrophically overused IMHO. The orginal meaning and impact of the word or phrase is then demeaned and ends up meaning very little.Another one that angers me.
"Empowerment".
Yes, this one! No-one ever said it at all until about 18 months ago.Chef’s kiss, followed by the action!
Oh duck off or you’ll get a Glasgow kiss instead!
Then yer no a Glaswegian, hen! It wuz always the big lightYes, this one! No-one ever said it at all until about 18 months ago.
Same sort of thing as people crapping on about their mum talking about "putting the big light on". No she didn't, it's from a Peter Kay stand-up routine! I don't remember anyone in the '80s talking about The Big Light.
Yes the big light was a thing in the 70s too.Yes, this one! No-one ever said it at all until about 18 months ago.
Same sort of thing as people crapping on about their mum talking about "putting the big light on". No she didn't, it's from a Peter Kay stand-up routine! I don't remember anyone in the '80s talking about The Big Light.
I'm not Scottish (although my grandad was) but it was always the big light or main light. Where do people think Peter Kay got it from?! Peopleisms! Observational comedy.Then yer no a Glaswegian, hen! It wuz always the big light
I'm from the South of UK and 'putting the big light on' was a thing as a kid in the 80s and 90s for me and my sisterYes, this one! No-one ever said it at all until about 18 months ago.
Same sort of thing as people crapping on about their mum talking about "putting the big light on". No she didn't, it's from a Peter Kay stand-up routine! I don't remember anyone in the '80s talking about The Big Light.
I'm east midlands and a 90s baby, 'The big light' was and is still a thingI'm from the South of UK and 'putting the big light on' was a thing as a kid in the 80s and 90s for me and my sister