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MN phrases that you would ban

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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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DickJagger · 12/07/2024 09:56

People who post multiple times on a thread. One after the other. I keep thinking of things, in my defence!

Adding the ridiculous 'D' to words that they then type out in full. You do not need to add D to the beginning of the word nephew ffs.

DickJagger · 12/07/2024 09:55

I also hate when people say "must be the school holidays" in a post they don't find believable

I've never understood people who say this. Do they really believe that school kids post fake scenarios on mumsnet for kicks.

DickJagger · 12/07/2024 09:53

"Floored" - nobody can be ill, they have to be floored.

WeightofExpectation · 12/07/2024 09:48

This thread has made me reflect on the use of D and I’m now just going to write husband, daughter, etc.

Fight the machine!!!

cookiebee · 12/07/2024 09:46

Also some abbreviations get confusing for me as there isn’t always any conformity. I was once shocked that a woman was shagging her ‘darling father’, although quickly realised it was ‘fiance’ (or is it dear, I don’t know), I’d rather everyone just typed the whole word, with predictive text it’s really not that much effort.

Isometimeswonder · 12/07/2024 09:42

I hate the response "This."

cookiebee · 12/07/2024 09:41

Paddington bear stare
tinkly laugh/head tilt
nesting
spidey senses

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/07/2024 09:37

‘That doesn’t work for me.’ Daft, and only ever seen on MN.

Just say you can’t, too busy, or something else forthright.

wtfissummer · 12/07/2024 09:33

@ExhaustedHousewife Thank you. I see it now 😀

PurpleChrayn · 12/07/2024 09:32

"What did they say when you confronted them?" 🙄

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/07/2024 09:32

Move22 · 11/07/2024 17:10

Per se

Not to mention per say!

ExhaustedHousewife · 12/07/2024 09:30

wtfissummer · 11/07/2024 20:47

Not seen that one

What does it mean, I can't work it out

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Give up the argument (usually with a MIL) stop playing mental tug of war.

DinnaeFashYersel · 12/07/2024 09:26

excelledyourself · 12/07/2024 09:13

I never hear anyone in real life say they were "cross" about something, but see it a lot on here, and it just sounds completely devoid of any feeling.

I say 'I feel cross' in real life. Its a brilliant word. In fact I'm rather cross you don't like it. 😜

excelledyourself · 12/07/2024 09:13

I never hear anyone in real life say they were "cross" about something, but see it a lot on here, and it just sounds completely devoid of any feeling.

MrsGusset · 12/07/2024 09:05

Haven't seen it for a while but I used to get irritated by the deliberately snotty:-

“Netmums is that way Hun ---->”

WhatThenEh · 12/07/2024 09:03

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Trinity65 · 12/07/2024 09:02

sammylady37 · 12/07/2024 04:33

I once saw a poster use ‘DDiPoW’, meaning ‘Darling Diana, Princess of Wales’… horrendous!

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😆😆

WhatThenEh · 12/07/2024 08:42

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multimillionaire · 12/07/2024 08:42

HTH. As if that’s all that needs to be said on the matter

I love HTH- its wonderfully passive aggressive 😆

Thepeopleversuswork · 12/07/2024 08:41

School mums', as if they're some kind of separate species

I really worry about the mental health of people who go on about “bitchy, cliquey school mums” as if they were spies from a hostile nation. It’s lunacy to live like this.

That level of paranoia is completely at odds with normal social functioning and I worry about what they are passing on to their children.

TigerRag · 12/07/2024 08:37

Placemarking

brunettemic · 12/07/2024 08:35

“Name changed because it’s outing”…but then shares clear and specific details. People know who you are from the post not your screen name, I don’t get it. Sure, you can then go back to your usual name but the fact it’s your is already clearly there.
Also, not a phrase per se but excessively emotive language…along the lines of “I’m terrified of [insert situation that is about as likely as winning the lottery 10 weeks in a row or is an utterly mundane situation that is about as terrifying as the average new born puppy]”

Thetroutofnocraic1 · 12/07/2024 08:33

Raera · 11/07/2024 17:21

Didn't want to read and run

Yes this is well meant but usually followed by really unhelpful advice !

Greenlittecat · 12/07/2024 08:29

I also hate when people say "must be the school holidays" in a post they don't find believable.

WillLiveLife · 12/07/2024 08:28

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