Mine is the phrase "Oh my god".
Sadly - the young women here seem to have picked this up from American sitcoms (some of which are very good actually). Sitting in a cafe in wealthyish area during uni/school holidays here is absolute torture. Coffee hits those kids pretty hard and makes them as noisy as hell.
"I'm sooo excited".
"Oh my god".
"I'm sooo excited".
"Ohhh my god thats wonderful".
"My too".
"Oh my god"
"I'm so excited"
It almost looks the dialogue for a sex scene when you write it down. Anyways, I console myself by thinking that the smarter kids must hang out somewhere else. I prefer the McDonalds crowd actually... and often I'll end up taking my book there instead.
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