What phrase you still use brands you as ‘old’? – 23 things people say that mark them out as almost over the hill
13.
‘I still can’t help but call them the Millennium Wheel and Dome.’
–shaunster101
14.
‘Apparently, when saying the time, for example, ‘a quarter past 9’, it draws a total blank from da yoof. After asking to repeat a couple of times they ask ‘you mean 9:15?’. I’m tempted in future to say ‘it’s 5 and ten past 9′ next time I’m asked, just to really flummox them.’
–jim_jiminy
15.
‘My dad calls Starbursts ‘Opal Fruits’ even though they haven’t been Opal Fruits for years and he eats Starbursts the most out of any sweet.’
–Imaginary_Fish086378
16.
‘I still refer to ending a telephone call as ‘hanging up’. I don’t think I’ve had a phone you could hang up in about 20 years.’
–mmfn0403
17.
‘Me and my other half put The in front of shop names, e.g. ‘I’m going to The Asda’, or ‘I got a new top from The Primark’. It started off as a joke but now it happens unironically.
We also like to say band names/singers wrong. Our favourite is Bruce Springfield, but The Cold Play (Stephen Toast style) is also a big hit. Makes the kids cringe.’
–RainingBlood398
18.
‘I do use the term ‘wireless’ for the radio and I get that it makes me sound old. I also use the phrase ‘fizzy pop’.
My kids have laughed at me.’
–EyesRoaming
19.
‘When I say ‘Ooh I love this record!’ my 16 year old son sniggers!’
–Royal_View9815
20.
‘Apparently no one young calls the town centre ‘the precinct’.’
–NaNiteZugleh
21.
‘Tips, not hacks.’
–not-suspicious
22.
‘I said ‘bonza’ in front of my daughter about a year ago. It’s going to be on my gravestone.’
–_Sad_Ken_
23.
‘Nora Batty tights. Something complicated being ‘like the Krypton factor’. Both have earned scorn from my children.’
–alancake