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MN phrases that you would ban

384 replies

Malahide · 11/07/2024 16:47

I’ll go first..

Potty shot. 🤢
Makes me squirm. Nobody needs to be sharing their scan photos for strangers on the internet to (probably wrongly) guess their baby’s gender. The whole thing is ridiculous

OP posts:
skippy67 · 11/07/2024 18:14

"Did you mean to be so rude"?
So lame, and not the silver bullet that so many on here think it is.

IReallyStillCantBeBothered · 11/07/2024 18:13

Not a phrase but the acronyms can be very annoying and sometimes confusing, DS, DSS, DM etc.

willWillSmithsmith · 11/07/2024 18:11

Big girl pants - it just makes me think of really big knickers.

You do you.

parkrun500club · 11/07/2024 18:11

Cheeky wine, cheeky cake, cheeky anything..

Except CF!

parkrun500club · 11/07/2024 18:10

PotOfTulips · 11/07/2024 18:09

"just for shits and giggles"

Makes me squirm, hate seeing this

I don't like that one either. But its not a MNism. Or perhaps it is, the lady who runs one of my outdoor fitness classes used it - maybe she got it from MN!

parkrun500club · 11/07/2024 18:09

I also don't like the new use of "parent" as a verb - we ARE parents, we don't "parent" - even more silly when it's used for someone else looking after your children for an evening. That used to be called babysitting!

I think people like to think that they have some sort of (perfect) parenting style whereas most of us just react to events and the kids we have and drag them up as best we can.

I also don't like "making memories".

But neither of these are exclusive to MN.

PotOfTulips · 11/07/2024 18:09

"just for shits and giggles"

Makes me squirm, hate seeing this

NotSentFromIphone · 11/07/2024 18:09

"Use your words" when directed at anyone over the age of 3.

parkrun500club · 11/07/2024 18:06

I don't like "you do realise". I find it really patronising.

Yes I probably do realise, but I don't agree with your interpretation of that realisation.

I quite like "naice", it reflects the aspirational middle class snobbery of some areas very "naicely" Grin

RubberyChicken · 11/07/2024 18:04

Its not a race to the bottom

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 11/07/2024 18:02

Dr13Hadley · 11/07/2024 17:59

Ditto. Never heard it IRL but I hate that phrase.

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Aha hahaha I thought you were talking about "ditto" at first!

CeliaCanth · 11/07/2024 18:02

“What did (cheeky fucker) say when you confronted her?” when it’s obvious the poster hasn’t done so as yet and is trying to plan her course of action first

”A&E. NOW.”

TheLastTimeEver · 11/07/2024 18:02

TwinCheeks · 11/07/2024 16:55

It's a hill I would die on. Eurghhhhhhh

Yes yes yes! Been on MN for 16 years. This is a new and unwelcome addition to the canon imo.

have a fondness still for “did you mean to be so rude”

Doseofreality · 11/07/2024 18:01

“Baby Daddy” 🤮🤮

GingerPirate · 11/07/2024 18:01

Hubby, Bubba, Ddog, HTH.
😬

Liverpool52 · 11/07/2024 18:01

Greenlittecat · 11/07/2024 17:26

@HungryLittleCrocodile omg yes!! I hate "reader" with a passion.

Adding "dear" before it makes it ten times worse. Long story with outcome preceded by "dear reader". As soon as I see that I become completely uninterested about the outcome and stop reading.

FlouncingBabooshka · 11/07/2024 18:00

You do you.

Dr13Hadley · 11/07/2024 17:59

Coastalcreeksider · 11/07/2024 17:01

Boils my piss - so hate this expression

I have never heard it said by anyone other than on MN.

Ditto. Never heard it IRL but I hate that phrase.

TheGrimSqueakersFlea · 11/07/2024 17:56

Calling everything a treat or even worse, a real treat

Emilywiththegreeneyes · 11/07/2024 17:55

Just go NC - as if cutting people/family members out of your life is just that easy

I’d hate to read and run

Find your tribe

Jujubeez · 11/07/2024 17:55

ODFOD (so condescending)
F (just bookmark or watch the thread!)
Quoting Mumsnet classics to show how long you've been here

Sillystrumpet · 11/07/2024 17:53

Get your ducks in a row
spidey senses.

🙄

Thepeopleversuswork · 11/07/2024 17:52

Absolutely any phrase involving the word “mamma”. Especially preceded by the word “breastfeeding”. I have to leave the room in embarrassment at the phrase “breastfeeding mammas”.

”You’ll never get the time back.” Invariably uttered by women who have the choice not to work to women who don’t have the choice. See also “why bother having children to farm them out to someone else?”

”Its called parenting. You should try it.”

The last two monumentally stupid phrases.

TwinCheeks · 11/07/2024 17:51

Lavenderfields121 · 11/07/2024 17:50

Why did you decide to have children with this man?
Log it with 111 just in case
A&E, now

Don't forget SAFEGUARDING ISSUE

HungryLittleCrocodile · 11/07/2024 17:50

Nocturna · 11/07/2024 17:45

'NC for this' - nobody gives a shit, nobody is going to go hunting for your username

'Posting for traffic' - So not remotely an AIBU then, post it in the right section

Everything is a bloody red herring

I have to disagree with your first point sorry @Nocturna People routinely do advanced searches on posters on here all the time (to try to catch them out/trip them up.) And posters using a 'NC' announce it, because otherwise, you get the 'interesting first post' comments.