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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

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Wavescrashingonthebeach · 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 think people mention name changing to try and show they aren't trolling

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

RaraRachael · 11/07/2024 17:48

Gives me the ick.

Are you on glue?

HungryLittleCrocodile · 11/07/2024 17:48

'Use your words' annoys me too (someone mentioned it on the previous page!)

And also someone saying (eg) 'Best Taylor Swift songs. DISCUSS!' Don't tell ME to 'discuss' anything, you twonk!

Emilywiththegreeneyes · 11/07/2024 17:47

Theeternalrocksbeneath · 11/07/2024 17:03

”Gives me the ick”

Oh my god the CRINGE whenever a presumably adult person writes this!

🤢

i Was going to reply with the same thing. It sounds so childish, like a 13 year old would say it and be embarrassed if they heard their mum say it.

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

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 11/07/2024 17:44

‘We need a diagram’ on any parking thread. It wasn’t funny the first time and it certainly isn’t funny now.

MarmitePizza · 11/07/2024 17:43

I hate loads of these too, but one thing I really hate, which is so common here is people saying “It doesn’t sit right with me.”

Iffx · 11/07/2024 17:43

ODFOD. You’re not allowed to tell someone to fuck off on here, but this ridiculous acronym seems to be acceptable.

Halfheadhighlights · 11/07/2024 17:40

EarlHickey · 11/07/2024 17:05

"Not your circus, not your monkeys" is incredibly annoying.

Absolutely agree. So much easier to say none of my business

SnowyPetals · 11/07/2024 17:39

If this is all you have to worry about...

As if people are incapable of being concerned about more than one thing, and at different levels.

MyUmberSeal · 11/07/2024 17:37

Greenlittecat · 11/07/2024 17:08

I hate DH/DD/DDog just say the word! It takes maybe 4 seconds to write "my husband"

This would my choice too. DC, DS, DD, DH, all really naff.

GeneralMusings · 11/07/2024 17:37

One I currently hate, and it isn't just in mumsnet, is when people finish with,

"just a thought"...

wtfissummer · 11/07/2024 17:37

I couldn't get worked up about .....whatever the post is about

So what, the OP cares enough to post and you clearly are worked up enough to share how cool and unbothered you are

notatinydancer · 11/07/2024 17:36

No ?
You would do that though no ?

Crinklycrisp · 11/07/2024 17:35

darked on and that bloody stupid spider willy rubbish that's posted on washing threads

SnowyPetals · 11/07/2024 17:34

Use your words

What kind of patronising arse says that to an adult in real life?

MartyFunkhouser · 11/07/2024 17:34

Starting posts with ‘So…’

’D’ anything. It’s archaic, twee and totally unnecessary.

Any post that starts ‘Lovely ladies’ or ‘Hello mummies’ or the like. Nauseating.

And I agree with the ‘let’s call her Zoe…’. Always followed a post that demonstrates it was unnecessary to call her anything at all.

MissMoneyFairy · 11/07/2024 17:33

PMSL
First time poster, long time lurker

wtfissummer · 11/07/2024 17:32

MissMoneyFairy · 11/07/2024 17:07

Hubby
Let's call her Jane

Thankfully "hubby" has yet to take proper hold on Mumsnet

It's so awful

forcliffssake · 11/07/2024 17:31

I absolutely loathe:

How old are you, 12?

AuschwitzHistorian · 11/07/2024 17:31

mocking and deriding someone who doesn't eat large amounts of food by snidely calling them 'teeny tiny' fucks me off! I once said that DH and I share a large battered fish and a standard bag of chips, and have a large pot of curry sauce with it, (from the chip shop,) and a slice of bread and butter each. Several posters said 'LOL, teeny tiny! Do you have a massive salad for lunch?!' Someone said I was weird, as no-one does that unless they're 'very elderly

The comments when you’re not a huge eater are awful especially the ‘teeny tiny’ and MN salad brigade.

I thought of another one, ‘did you mean to be so rude”. I’ve responded to that a few times, yes, I actually did.

Original poster
Malahide · 11/07/2024 17:31

Also - ‘sanpro’. Another one that makes me genuinely squirm! Never heard anyone say it in real life (thankfully)

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stopringingme · 11/07/2024 17:29

Didn't want to read and run.

Devilsmommy · 11/07/2024 17:29

How bloody "triggering" absolutely everything ever is 😤