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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:
ChedderGorgeous · 11/07/2024 17:29

pigsDOfly · 11/07/2024 17:24

Not a phrase, I'm afraid, but something I would like to ban here is the quoting of the entire OP by posters.

If you're on the thread and you make a comment addressed to the OP, then I think we're all intelligent enough to realise that you're commenting on the OP.

Disagree

DeadlyKnightshade · 11/07/2024 17:29

MissMoneyFairy · 11/07/2024 17:07

Hubby
Let's call her Jane

Or Hubbie

ChopSue · 11/07/2024 17:28

ChedderGorgeous · 11/07/2024 17:21

Husband has a hobby which I won't reveal as outing.

Just ”hobby” for me

Greenlittecat · 11/07/2024 17:26

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

Youcantellalotofthingsabouttheflowers · 11/07/2024 17:25

Can I have a handhold ….makes me sick.
I was shaking and crying.. also makes me sick.

ForgottenPasswordNewAccount · 11/07/2024 17:25

Hubby 😤

pigsDOfly · 11/07/2024 17:24

Not a phrase, I'm afraid, but something I would like to ban here is the quoting of the entire OP by posters.

If you're on the thread and you make a comment addressed to the OP, then I think we're all intelligent enough to realise that you're commenting on the OP.

EarlHickey · 11/07/2024 17:22

"Think" As in "I went to a large supermarket yesterday, think Sainsburys"
Just say you went to fucking Sainsburys, you absolute dullard!

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 11/07/2024 17:22

These aren't MN specific but teeth itching, piss boiling, keeping eyes peeled, and any phrase comparing pregnancy stages to "cooking" phrases literally make my eyes water. I have a genuine visceral reaction to them.

Get your ducks in a row irritates me slightly just because it's so over used

GrazingSheep · 11/07/2024 17:22

Comparison is the thief of joy.
Hard no.

ChedderGorgeous · 11/07/2024 17:22

I'll go first

HungryLittleCrocodile · 11/07/2024 17:21

ChedderGorgeous · 11/07/2024 17:21

Husband has a hobby which I won't reveal as outing.

And it's ALWAYS cycling Grin

Globules · 11/07/2024 17:21

Name changed for this, but long time user, penis beaker etc

Ducks in a row

Gives me the ick

People quoting the OP

No is a complete sentence

I cannot get along with any of these.

Bbq1 · 11/07/2024 17:21

Snarky - I've heard and use sarky (short for sarcastic) but what does snarky exactly mean.

Pack up - i know it's regional but it grates.

Many i dislike are already listed like boils my piss and itchy teeth.

ChedderGorgeous · 11/07/2024 17:21

Husband has a hobby which I won't reveal as outing.

Raera · 11/07/2024 17:21

Didn't want to read and run

HungryLittleCrocodile · 11/07/2024 17:20

Sentences that start with 'kindly..........' that go on to say something that is ANYthing but 'kind.'

'Reader, I told him to go away...; Starting a sentence with 'reader.' Just F off!

'You sound unhinged.' Spiteful, nasty, unkind, cruel thing to say. (See also 'you sound deranged.')

I live in a 'naice' area.' (Very likely live in a suburb on the edge of a big town, full of people who think they're middle class.)

Tinkly laugh, head tilt, spider willies.

Saying 'no?' at the end of a sentence. As a pps said, it's so patronising no?

As a pp said, 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.' Hmm

Not true, because DH and I do, and we're in our early-mid 50s! Just piss off with your food-eating-shaming and mocking you twat!

CascaChan · 11/07/2024 17:20

Give your head a wobble.

VirginiaGirl · 11/07/2024 17:20

‘I couldn’t live like that’ (‘unhelpful).

’i’d be…’ (as in, speaking to the teacher/getting a divorce/complaining to the manager’ etc.. (arrogant phrasing).

‘Get your ducks in a row.’

I find all of the above very patronising.

MotherFeministWoman · 11/07/2024 17:19

"As you well know" so condescending.

perhapsatea · 11/07/2024 17:19

'Batshit' - have never heard anyone use it in real life.

'I wear what I like! I don't care what others think!' In S&B... So helpful when someone would like a change or to look a certain way for an event...🙄

tuvamoodyson · 11/07/2024 17:18

‘Nailed it!’

Standupcitizen · 11/07/2024 17:17

"hard won rights"

MammaTo · 11/07/2024 17:17

Name change for this as it’s incredibly outing - okay and?

TwinCheeks · 11/07/2024 17:16

Batshit crazy