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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:
RedGreenBlueSky · 11/07/2024 17:14

Adding ', no?' to the end of sentences.
It's so patronising.

WhateverMate · 11/07/2024 17:14

'Teeny tiny'

Normally said because someone's committed the crime of admitting to having a small to moderate appetite.

SwanRivers · 11/07/2024 17:12

"Going against the grain here"

Especially when they go on to post the same thing as half the posters on the thread.

PossumintheHouse · 11/07/2024 17:11

Massive salad, Mumsnet chicken and naice ham have started to grate a bit. 👀

Overtheatlantic · 11/07/2024 17:11

“If I’m honest” or “To be honest” is stupid filler language unless you’re normally a liar.

TheDuck2018 · 11/07/2024 17:11

Tinkly laugh and head tilt (who actually does that?)

Nobody does that! It's an absolutely ridiculous thing to say, it makes me cringe.
As does "my little family"....how twee and toe-curling! Especially as it's usually aimed at preventing anyone from the husband's side of the family ever darkening the doorstep!

DinnaeFashYersel · 11/07/2024 17:11

I (50F) and DP (52M)

Let's call her Tabitha and let's call him Clive

Boomer

Making memories

Move22 · 11/07/2024 17:10

Per se

Strawberryicecream88 · 11/07/2024 17:10

Ducks in a row
Tinkly laugh
Be breezy
Get worked up
Chill
Nip in the bud

MonsteraMama · 11/07/2024 17:09

Calling something BIZARRE when it really isn't.

In fact any feigned confusion at all "I'm baffled by this" "this is so confusing".

Any organising of ducks into an orderly line.

"Are you quite well?" I'm quite well enough to tell you to fuck off Jemima

Hateam · 11/07/2024 17:09

You don't have a DH problem, you have a MIL problem.

Original poster
Malahide · 11/07/2024 17:08

MissMoneyFairy · 11/07/2024 17:07

Hubby
Let's call her Jane

The made up name posts are particularly tedious.. some OPs sound like they’re writing a GCSE English language creative writing piece!

OP posts:
Hateam · 11/07/2024 17:08

"I'd have told him to fuck of."

No you wouldn't.

Greenlittecat · 11/07/2024 17:08

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

Strawberryicecream88 · 11/07/2024 17:08

Bigearringsbigsmile · 11/07/2024 16:59

" nip it in the bud"
Usually said about mothers in law daring to want to spend time with their sons or grandchildren

Absolutely hate this phrase. One of the worst for me!!!!

MissMoneyFairy · 11/07/2024 17:07

Hubby
Let's call her Jane

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 11/07/2024 17:06

Quoting a long post just to say :

This

Or

Exactly This

Yeah thanks for your invaluable insight

EarlHickey · 11/07/2024 17:05

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

TwinCheeks · 11/07/2024 17:05

TBH these are all just forumisms.

Jumping the shark is common here but I wonder if there are any truly unique to MN ones???

Anyone familiar with a popular motoring forum will know theirs is "fisting the kumquat"

Thesnoozingsighthound · 11/07/2024 17:05

HTH

It seems to be the way to emphasise “I’m right and you’re wrong”. Maybe it was once used in a truly helpful non-sarky way, but I’ve never come across it.

Theeternalrocksbeneath · 11/07/2024 17:03

”Gives me the ick”

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

🤢

NoWordForFluffy · 11/07/2024 17:02

'Wow. Just wow.'

I really detest this one!

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.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 11/07/2024 17:01

“death grip”

AuschwitzHistorian · 11/07/2024 17:00

”I’m baffled”
”I’m confused”
No, you’re not baffled or confused your being passive aggressive in your question.

Tinkly laugh and head tilt (who actually does that?)