MN phrases that you would ban

Hopefully 'off.'

'This.'

it sounds so patronising, somehow. For the same reason, any post starting: 'Oh, OP.' Literally makes me shiver.

@Malahide

Parent is a noun, not a verb. You are a parent if you have a child. It has become a verb in the past 20 odd years because it’s been bastardised, in parallel with an industry of “experts” who believe they have the correct approach and everyone else is stupid, misguided or lazy.

It tends to correlate with people who are very quick to judge others for failing to adhere to the same standards as they do because it gives them a little superiority hit.

If you don’t understand how language can be smug you can’t have been on here long.

Yes @HollyKnight

I hate "you knew he had children" it's so smug. There are so many variables involved that there could be so much about the children, and their parents that you truly didn't know. Life happens.

@parkrun500club

I also intensely dislike “parent” as a verb. It’s incredibly smug and self satisfied and also credits people with far more control over their kids than they actually have.

"First post nails/nailed it"
"You sound unhinged/vile/batshit"
"He sounds autistic" (about every asshole)
"(S)he could be ND" (about every asshole)
"You knew he had children when you married him"
"Put on your big girl pants"
Calling anyone who doesn't agree with them an "MRA"
"Cancel the cheque"
"What do you mean you 'brought a house'? Where did you bring it?" And any other fake confusion. wHaT dOeS iT MeAn?/

I also hate the use of parent as a verb. It sounds a bit silly to me.

No is a complete sentence.
ODFOD
I'm appalled/horrified/fuming because of something ridiculously trivial

I say it in real life :)

"kindly" and then they say something that really isn't kind!

Thanks for explaining, I wouldn’t have worked that out 😂

I don’t think there’d be much point banning phrases because other phrases would replace them and get annoying.

Interesting that we can get so annoyed by language.

I feel very unkeen on posts that start ‘I mean,….’

The latest thing, ‘please be gentle’, ‘please be kind’ in the OP.

I find it very patronising.

Hope that helps

What does HTH mean?

Parent as a verb is also correct though. It's in the dictionary.

Making memories does remind me of the whole 'live, laugh, love' quotes and I do find both mildly irritating!

Boils my piss must be the worst. I've never once heard it said in real life.

I don’t really understand this absolute fear that people seem to have about posting anything that might make them slightly recognisable in the fear of being “outed”

Its especially frustrating when people post they aren’t in the UK but refuse to say where they are in case their location means we suddenly all realise it’s Sandra who moved to Costa Blanca in 2022 and she’s made herself vulnerable by sharing she’s had some house guests stay and they have been getting a bit too comfortable.
It’s often relevant to the post as well like possibly seeking advice about tenancy laws or having a termination and so you get hundreds of people asking “Which country are you in OP?”
The OP just completely ignores the question most of the time!

People must think that they are instantly recognisable by their nearest supermarket, hobbies or what county they live in.

What are the chances that a hobby is going to lead people to your true identity anyway? Even if it’s a pretty niche hobby there will still be thousands of others that do the same.

The weather posts are so frustrating like -
“it’s been raining where I am all week”
Other posters comment they have had nice weather and ask where the OP is and they clam up and say it’s outing. No one wants their full address and post code but a vague “Birmingham area” wouldn’t even give a private detective much to go on unless your other posts are full of personal details.

I have shared details about my vague location, that I swim as a hobby and I have nightmare neighbours and a cat. I don’t think I’ve compromised my true identity just yet…
Anyone that knows me would recognise the user name anyway, I thought that’s why we had the option to name change?

This is my biggest annoyance on this forum. Unless you are on the run, under witness protection or have a job in a hated profession like traffic warden or tax inspector, no one is going to put together a profile on you based on small details you share on a parenting forum.

I actually think it would stop some of the nasty posts you get if people were a bit less anonymous. I’m not saying to share every detail but acting like you are a secret agent and refusing to share where you went on holiday in 2018 and got food poisoning in case it “outs you” just makes you sound secretive or petty. It’s far more likely to get a sympathetic response if you said “We went to Cyprus for my husband’s hobby of cooking authentic Greek food and unfortunately got so ill with food poisoning it ruined the whole trip that we’d saved years for“

Rant over (that’s another saying I hate! 😂)

I was about to say the same thing! 😂

Run. Run for the hills.

The hills are thataway.

Run like the wind.

Especially when repeated for the 789th time by people who haven't even read the thread.

Cunt, I'm sure there are plenty of people who say it in real life, but I only ever see it on here.

Another one I can’t bear is “it works for us as a family”. It always is used by women as a euphemism for “it suits him and I don’t have money of my own and haven’t for the fight left in me to argue back.” Usually in reference to not working and doing all the domestic work.

It’s so beaten down and emotionally dishonest.

It’s not an airport, you don’t need to announce your departure.

I’d quite like to lob ‘hubs’ and ‘yummy’ into the sun.