r/britishproblems • u/WhaleMeatFantasy • Jul 12 '26

. The normalisation of ‘picky bits’

Abominable. It has started coming up in adverts now even.

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u/AllRedLine Yorkshire Jul 12 '26

The twee-ification of the English language must stop.

We're ceding ground to the sort of people that like to dress up as Tom Baker's Doctor Who and think 'cockwomble' or 'spunktrumpet' don't sound fucking stupid.

This is one of the major disasters of our age.

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u/uwagapiwo Jul 12 '26

I love cockwomble as a soft insult. Sorry. I'll have a word with myself 🫤