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To hate it when people use 'happily'?

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reader77 · 10/07/2016 00:36

It just irritates me so much. It's so smug and defensive and Arghhhhhh

I 'happily' let my dc blah blah

My dc 'happily' eats blah blah

I 'happily' looked after my friends dc until blah blah

Oh shut up you stealth boasting humble bragging moaner.

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hesterton · 10/07/2016 00:37

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5tardusty · 10/07/2016 00:38

I don't see what is controversial about that. What word would you use instead?

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thepothasboiledover · 10/07/2016 00:39

Exercise is great for stress and bad feeling Confused

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Alisvolatpropiis · 10/07/2016 00:39

I don't see the issue with the word?

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reader77 · 10/07/2016 00:40

No I'm not having a bad day, I just started a thread about something that I find annoying.

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hesterton · 10/07/2016 00:41

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StickTheDMWhereTheSunDontShine · 10/07/2016 00:42

I just get the impression you've swallowed a wasp and sat on a rancid, infested nettle and thistle patch.

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reader77 · 10/07/2016 00:45

No...should I have put Lighthearted in the title or something?

'Happily' just gives me a mental image of someone smiling benignly and patting themselves on the back at how gracious hey are.

Don't you have words or turns of phrase that irritate you or give you mental images?

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Just5minswithDacre · 10/07/2016 00:47
Confused
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thepothasboiledover · 10/07/2016 00:47
Biscuit
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peppercold · 10/07/2016 00:49

Crikey

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Just5minswithDacre · 10/07/2016 00:49

It's like when people smile and say shit like 'please' and 'thank you'.

Fucking nice fuckers Angry

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ceeveebee · 10/07/2016 00:50

I agree with you op

I also hate "playing nicely" or as my MIL says "playing beautifully" when referring to DCs just getting on
And don't like "offering" re breastfeeding or weaning. Don't know why, they just grate on me

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GiddyOnZackHunt · 10/07/2016 00:51

But it's a word. When did wordism become a thing? Is it because of Brexit?

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MyKingdomForBrie · 10/07/2016 00:51

id say perhaps you're reading too much into a turn of phrase op

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AnnaMarlowe · 10/07/2016 00:52

I use "happily" all the time.

I am happy, cheerful and no doubt irritatingly positive in RL.

My DH is wonderful.
My DC are super little people
I love my family
I've got lovely friends
I like my job.

I am fully aware of how tremendously fortunate I am in all of the above. "happily" covers most things quite nicely.

However I was also cheerful and positive person about 15 years ago when:

My DH was ill and daily life was testing.
We suffered years of infertility
I was made redundant twice in 3 years
We had no money
I was far away from all my friends
My lovely Dad was very ill.

It's not "boasting or smug" to be happy. I'm naturally 'up'. There's no virtue in pretending to be miserable.

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reader77 · 10/07/2016 00:53

I can't actually believe some of you are taking this so literally and seriously?!

Don't any words or turns of phrase get on your nerves?

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Just5minswithDacre · 10/07/2016 00:55

Erm.

It sounds quite serious and aggressive

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reader77 · 10/07/2016 00:55

Yeah ceveebee that's kind of what I meant.

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softjellyjunglecustard · 10/07/2016 00:56

''I'll miserably let my daughter play in the paddling pool'' [grin Grin

lmao sorry OP, YANBU, not your fault if a phrase irritates you. i don't like the word succulent it makes me cringe but i don't care if other people say it. x

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woollytights · 10/07/2016 00:57

I agree with you OP Blush

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KatieKaboom · 10/07/2016 01:00

I agree, OP. It's an anvil word for me. (Drop an anvil on the speaker, Warner Bros. style. )

All these twatty happy campers. wind up.

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PreviouslyBannedToaster · 10/07/2016 01:02

You mean like 'moist'? That sort of thing...

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AnnaMarlowe · 10/07/2016 01:04

Ah, Reader, you were trying to be funny...

" shut up you stealth boasting humble bragging moaner."

I see it now, hysterical.

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reader77 · 10/07/2016 01:06

Anna I wasn't trying to be anything. I just started a relatively lighthearted thread that clearly doesn't resonate with you and many others.

Take it as seriously as you want.

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