57 funny phrase quotes - Wordgag

We’re so close to “Let’s circle back next year” season, I can taste it.

May 20, 2026

I love when people say, “It is what it is,” like they just discovered stoicism.

May 19, 2026

I don’t understand the phrase “You can’t have your cake and eat it” because if I have cake, what the hell else am I supposed to do with it.

May 19, 2026

Signing all emails with BOOM SHAKALAKA today.

May 19, 2026

Might start signing off emails with, “But what do I know.”

May 19, 2026

Sometimes you really do write a whole poem just to give one beautiful phrase a home.

May 19, 2026

I hope this email blows your head smoove off.

May 19, 2026

Don’t put words in my mouth—that’s where the hot dogs go.

May 19, 2026

I am not living la vida loca. I am loca because of la vida.

May 19, 2026

“Yeah no” is my favorite combo.

May 19, 2026

“I’ll see” = not coming, never was coming, never even considered it.

May 19, 2026

“Nothing burger” is such a funny phrase. Americans when nothing: so imagine a burger.

May 19, 2026

Due to unforeskin circumcistances …

May 18, 2026

I’m sorry I said “Awooga” when you took off your clothes. Do you still want to have sexy time?

May 18, 2026

I don’t believe the phrase “if they wanted to, they would,” because I want to, and I don’t.

May 18, 2026

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ — which is so much better.

May 18, 2026

I love when the plot thickens.

May 18, 2026

And then one day, life was like… hold my beer.

May 6, 2026

“It is what it is,” I say, as I almost vomit from anxiety.

Apr 3, 2026

Popping your head in the cockpit and saying, “Anywhere here will do, chief.

Apr 1, 2026

I keep saying, “It is what it is,” but what even is it?

Apr 1, 2026

People will say “sounds good” at work when things don’t sound good at all.

Apr 1, 2026

Finally, we’re living through precedented times.

Apr 1, 2026

I hate when people say “It could be worse” because it could be better, too.

Apr 1, 2026

If I worked construction, I would always say, “It’s hammer time,” when I left for work.

Apr 1, 2026

This year, the feliz is not navidading.

Apr 1, 2026

Need a professional way to say, “I do not care, don’t mention this to me again.”

Apr 1, 2026

Can we change the phrase “Can I be frank with you” to “Can I be william with you”? I don’t want to be Frank.

Apr 1, 2026

One of the main reasons to drink tea is because you can say, ‘Let me put the kettle on,’ and stuff like that.

Apr 1, 2026

It-is-what-it-is-ing my way through the collapse of civilization.

Apr 1, 2026

YOLO because stupid people don’t know what Carpe Diem means.

Apr 1, 2026

Can’t wait to overuse the “My husband said,” “Let me phone my husband,” “I’ll ask my husband.”

Apr 1, 2026

“I’ll run it by the boss” is one of the peak boomerisms you can say as a married man. It feels electric.

Mar 31, 2026

Accidentally said I was on a diet instead of in a calorie deficit, and now everyone knows I’m from the 1900s.

Mar 31, 2026

“It gets to a point” is one of my favourite phrases because it literally does get to a point sometimes.

Mar 31, 2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I think people who say ‘I don’t know who needs to hear this’ know exactly who needed to hear it.

Mar 31, 2026

Did you seriously just pique my interest?

Mar 31, 2026

Isn’t it beautiful how ‘Bruh’ has stood the test of time all these years.

Mar 31, 2026

Saying “essentially” is a more sophisticated way of saying “basically.

Mar 31, 2026

Wait… if you’re circling back and I’m touching base, who the hell is monitoring the situation?

Mar 31, 2026