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Sayings on MN that bug you!!!

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MJCadman · 03/05/2024 10:24

Off the top of my head....

"This with bells on"

"This!!!!"

"First reply nailed it as usual"

"You are awesome / my hero op"

"Are you on glue?"

"Are you ok? 😬"

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blobby10 · 03/05/2024 14:27

Agreeing with all the previous ones especially the itching teeth but would like to add 'Talk Me Down' - I always think from where - where the hell are you sitting?!

blacksax · 03/05/2024 14:25

Crumpleton · 03/05/2024 12:50

Why can't people say "He makes me feel disgusted" instead of "he gives me the ick."

Who knows...could be because its an in thing of its time.
Even disgusted is a very strong word to use when it's not in the correct context.

I could be wrong (it happens often) but on here maybe 'the ick' tends to be used to describe the abrupt cessation of sexual attraction to a partner for some reason.

UltraLineHolder · 03/05/2024 14:25

ValueAddedTaxonomy · 03/05/2024 10:30

Not specific to MN, but one of my bugbears is "But you already know that". The true calling card of a wanker.

It is a Twitterism I think. It always makes me think of a male in his late twenties who carved out an undergraduate identity as the most insufferably smug person in every tutorial group of which he was a member, and then never experienced the personal growth necessary to get beyond that.

These are the types of men which troll the FWR board.

maddiemookins16mum · 03/05/2024 14:21

Is that part time? When you dare to admit on a salary post that you earn under 25K.

Bulkypeepants · 03/05/2024 14:21

PriscillaPresssley · 03/05/2024 12:31

The overuse of the word vile.

I also don't like 'boils my piss'.

Posters shaking and crying at having to answer the door.

A poster today who had a 'physical reaction' to some news, did she vomit, collapse or perhaps have a migraine?

Ha ha, I saw that - the physical reaction to her 'friend' supporting Reclaim/Reform.

I hate 'drip feed' - only about 10% of the time is it appropriate for people to jump on the OP about drip feeding

marshmallowfinder · 03/05/2024 14:13

Should I "reach out"?

Oh fuck off. Do you mean contact? Put your bloody grasping hand away.

Newsenmum · 03/05/2024 14:12

Does he aye

Sunset6 · 03/05/2024 14:11

When people title a thread “It’s a mother in law one”…. “It’s a sex one”…. “It’s a homework one” etc. Don’t give me a category, just say what the problem is!

PriscillaPresssley · 03/05/2024 14:09

@Puzzledandpissedoff
That's true, but as a relative newbie even the simpler ones confused me, DP is it a parent or partner for example. But I get there eventually😁

Puzzledandpissedoff · 03/05/2024 14:05

For me at least it's not so bad when it's an established acronym like DH and DM, @PriscillaPresssley; the problems start when someone in the thread mentions some "celeb" and then they become just their initials

So for example you're thinking someone's on about their mother, and after some confusion it turns out "DM" is Davina McCall Confused

blacksax · 03/05/2024 14:04

Avatartar · 03/05/2024 13:59

Hilarious I want a goth hamster!
What is naice ham anyway anyone purposefully buy naaastie ham?

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'Naice' ham comes from a thread started by someone who found a random shopping list left behind by someone at the supermarket. That's how they had spelled it on the list.

PriscillaPresssley · 03/05/2024 14:04

I'm shaking and crying as the plumber used my toilet

Rustycheeks · 03/05/2024 14:03

The words "for context" overly irritate me. I feel like you could just remove them entirely and it would make no difference to what's being said.

Also;

"this"

"Nurse here", "Dog walker here", etc

"You'd don't seem as though you like your friend very much"

PriscillaPresssley · 03/05/2024 14:02

You do know that grapes are sugar bombs

Dexterrolledoffthesofa · 03/05/2024 14:01

"OP, I say this gently......."
😡

TobaccoFlower · 03/05/2024 14:00

"And the rest, as they say, is history." Not unique to MN but usually used on here about a marriage. Eg "I met my husband in Sainsburys, we married and the rest is history." As if they are a famous couple whose marriage went down in history.

Gettingbysomehow · 03/05/2024 14:00

sockarefootwear · 03/05/2024 11:22

Posts where someone asks for information/recommendations and then ends the post with 'Go!'

It sounds like the poster assumes the rest of Mumsnet will be desperate to race for the privilege of being able to offer their advice. Like eager spaniels or something.

It's like being in an awful team meeting, something my previous boss would say while everyone is sitting there looking bored.

Avatartar · 03/05/2024 13:59

ValueAddedTaxonomy · 03/05/2024 10:55

Ooh, I quite like Dhamster. Sounds like a large and intimidating street hamster with punk or goth vibes.

Hilarious I want a goth hamster!
What is naice ham anyway anyone purposefully buy naaastie ham?

Pippa246 · 03/05/2024 13:59

Rip him a new one …..said when someone’s feckless partner (that they know is feckless but they stuck with them) does something feckless.

Utterly abhorrent expression.

PriscillaPresssley · 03/05/2024 13:57

I came to mumsnet very recently so cannot get my head round the whole letter thing and spend so much time working out what the poster is referring to with a random jumble of letters, just type the words, grr

Also the 'D' thing
Dhamster
DTortoise
Dpostman

It conjures up to me a gaggle of stepford wives crocheting blankets and making jam

NewStartNowish · 03/05/2024 13:57

Another one is when people feel the need to drop in their qualifications into a reply.
Or the fact that they went to Oxbridge. Or that their kids do.

NewStartNowish · 03/05/2024 13:55

I also dislike the ‘oh it’s half-term’ comments when people don’t like the thread and are implying it’s been posted by a bored young person.

NewStartNowish · 03/05/2024 13:55

I agree with all of these.

I also dislike ‘are you ok?’ It is used passive aggressively and rarely out of concern. I don’t like the hint that someone might be mentally struggling and it then being used against them.

blacksax · 03/05/2024 13:55

A non-comprehending pp has asked an irate poster to explain why they are so angry and offended by something.

Instead of politely explaining the issue, the poster gets even more enraged, insists that it isn't their job to explain why, and just says "Go educate yourself".

FatArse123 · 03/05/2024 13:54

Another vote for "give your head a wobble".

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