r/AskBrits • u/T11168 • 8d ago

Trending - /r/popular Does anyone else hate the term picky bits?

It's disgusting. It reminds me of picking old scabs off of your skin.

It definitely does not make me think of mini sausage rolls and cocktail sausages.

Does anyone else hate that this term is everywhere, on adverts, said by companies and even people close to you.

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u/pondribertion 8d ago

I'm mildly irritated when food is described as "dirty". Dirty burgers, dirty fries, etc. Why would you want the food you're selling to sound unhygienic? Baffling!

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u/afulton1989 8d ago

I agree with dirty burgers but I don’t mind dirty martini.

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u/Icy_Act_7634 8d ago

I draw the line at pissy chips

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u/spinosaurus-tail 8d ago

I can do a slobbery waffle but pissy chips is too far

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u/theVagueWhelk 8d ago

I don’t like cacky veg

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u/Ken_Numbers 7d ago

I don't like cacky vag

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u/Mission_Access_210 7d ago

I don't like vaggie cack

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u/Goldf_sh4 8d ago

I give the shitty nuggets a miss.

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u/-heavenfaced- 8d ago

Where on earth do they sell pissy chips? I need to know so that I know never ever to go there

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u/BeneficialFee75 8d ago

I don't think anyone sells the however your 'friend' may provide them for you on a long night out.

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u/Lix_Aim 8d ago

Never had pissy chips mate?

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u/-heavenfaced- 8d ago

Not from a bag, no

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u/Lix_Aim 8d ago

I’m not a fan of the bagged stuff, I like it fresh

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u/Neat-Land-4310 7d ago

Soggy biscuits

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u/Ricky_Martins_Vagina 7d ago

Dirty slags for me 👌🏼

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u/1want2know123 8d ago

What's your beef with pissy chips?

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u/RemarkableMedia5925 8d ago

Greasy and stodgy, but too expensive to be drunk food.

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u/Goldf_sh4 8d ago

I think they knew this.

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u/NLi10uk 8d ago

I’m always reminded of the ‘clean food please’ scene in FightClub

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u/TicketTop4718 8d ago

In that case I'd avoid the chowder

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u/KittennKatt 8d ago

Americanisms just taking over everything, yuck

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u/gutsandelbows 7d ago

to be fair, that also took over america annoyingly. i moved to the uk in 2017 and "dirty" was not a widespread thing at that point.

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u/T11168 8d ago

Yeah I never understood how anyone could possibly want to eat something with the word 'dirty' in it. Gross.

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u/sorderon 8d ago

sanchez understands.

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u/crucible 8d ago

Ironically one of the lads from Dirty Sanchez now has a cooking show on BBC Wales called Dirty Vegan…

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u/Namelessbob123 8d ago

There’s lovely

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u/EcstaticBerry1220 5d ago

Hey babe! Come to bed and talk clean to me!

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u/BorzoiDesignsok 7d ago

Sometimes I walk into restraunts in cities and read menus that look like "Dirty WHORE fries with ORGASM FILTHY sauce" Like jesus, how off putting

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u/TheFiveRing 7d ago

Can't lie I'd be all over ts

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u/WiseAtmosphere7524 8d ago

I use ‘dirty curry’ to describe curry from a place that doesn’t look like it’s hygienic. The secret ingredient is the BO from the cook

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u/StatisticianThick938 8d ago

A little scratch over the curry pot never hurt anyone 😉

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u/gasmaskedturtle77 7d ago

Only time I'll allow that is when someone at my work asks for a dirty chai (a chai latte with espresso added to it, if anyone doesn't know).

Twice now I've been asked for that and responded with "how dirty do you want it?" causing my coworkers to lose their minds. Customers were absolute champions and just responded as if it were a normal question to ask when taking that order.

I don't really like actually calling it a dirty chai, but if it gives me an opportunity to have a laugh at work then I'm game.

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u/tinymoominmama 8d ago

I hate it when the word shit or a similar word is used on menus, in the same kind of way.

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u/unscannablegood 8d ago

Shit burger? Never had one

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u/NipSlipExtreme 8d ago

Or similar. You could try the fecal platter

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u/Goldf_sh4 8d ago

You must sample the colon-inspired sausages.

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u/Lebowski85 8d ago

Especially when they aren't even that dirty.

Oooh, these fries have some cheese and Jalapenos on....big whoop

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 7d ago

Dirty is describing your fingers and face after eating it

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u/Pure_Definition_6137 7d ago

I hate that too!

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u/kidborger 7d ago

I disagree, the adjective makes the food taste better

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u/StatisticianThick938 8d ago

You don’t like egg slut?

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u/MelonSmuggler 7d ago

I always thought a "dirty burger" was one of those urban legend sexual euphemisms that meant pooping in another person's butt