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Please stop saying "it's been a minute"

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OptimismvsRealism · 15/10/2024 23:06

Please stop

Also mooching stop saying that

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CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 09:46

Shodan · 16/10/2024 09:41

I love a Pootle 😁

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Oh me too 😍

Bonjovispjs · 16/10/2024 09:42

CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 09:31

It was macaroni cheese when we made it in Home Ec in the late 80s/early 90s!

When I first heard mac and cheese I thought it meant a big mac with cheese 😂

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Exactly, I'm staying firmly in the 80s and 90s then 🤣 I even correct the kids when they say macaroni AND cheese as it annoys me so much.

Shodan · 16/10/2024 09:41

Westfacing · 16/10/2024 08:07

Mooch has been around for yonks - I prefer mooch to pootle which sounds twee!

I love a Pootle 😁

Please stop saying "it's been a minute"
CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 09:38

The worst ever phrase in the history of all time is however... baby daddy 🤮

CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 09:35

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 16/10/2024 08:40

Even worse,do. I'll do a coffee please.

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"Can I get a coffee?" Well only if you're going to nip round the counter and make one!

CellophaneFlower · 16/10/2024 09:31

Bonjovispjs · 16/10/2024 07:53

Nope, it's macaroni cheese and always will be 😜

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It was macaroni cheese when we made it in Home Ec in the late 80s/early 90s!

When I first heard mac and cheese I thought it meant a big mac with cheese 😂

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 16/10/2024 09:27

Wedding ‘band’ irritates the shit out of me. Until not long ago it was always a ‘ring’. It is a ring!

Never heard the ‘minute’ one, but ‘mooching’ to me means an aimless (but maybe pleasant) sort of wandering. What else it may now mean I don’t know.

LostOnTheWayToManderley · 16/10/2024 09:22

betterangels · 16/10/2024 07:53

Ha! I saw that. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. I think it's hilarious.

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I probably would if I had a clue what it all meant 😆 It’s like learning a new language. Is there a Duolingo for this?

Sceptical123 · 16/10/2024 09:16

LetsDancetheDance · 16/10/2024 07:04

"Give your head a wobble". Only ever seen on mumsnet, oddly enough.

When I first joined it was on every thread several times as was “LTB” and “Get your ducks in a row”. I’m seeing them less now though.

What I’m seeing more of is “my vagina just clamped shut” and variants. Not a fan.

Newoldnameplease · 16/10/2024 09:10

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 09:03

This. ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

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Someone had to say it...🤣

Psiren · 16/10/2024 09:06

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:45

Cats are superb moochers.

If any animal was bred to mooch- it's a cat.

Edit..Parents had a Burmese called ''Smooch''.

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I had a Siamese cat, he turned mooching into an art form. I miss that slinky little devil 🐈

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 16/10/2024 09:05

In love

I'm just in love with this new eyeshadow

Fuck off,you LOVE it,get off Instagram 🙄

TheBunyip · 16/10/2024 09:03

Also “excited for..” that can get in the bin. It’s giving 2022 vibes.

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 09:03

Isometimeswonder · 16/10/2024 09:00

I want to hit something when I see replies that just say "this".
I know what it means. It just annoys me.

This. ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

TheBunyip · 16/10/2024 09:01

I want people to stop changing where the word “forever” comes in a sentance

”I’ll forever miss him”
”I’ll be forever grateful”

didn’t forever used to come at the end?

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 09:01

mymycherrypie · 16/10/2024 08:57

‘I am wanting’

always sounds to me like something a vampire would say. And it’s double the syllables of “I want”.

🤣

I'm laughing out loud at that...Brilliant

Please stop saying "it's been a minute"
Isometimeswonder · 16/10/2024 09:00

I want to hit something when I see replies that just say "this".
I know what it means. It just annoys me.

RelationshipOrNot · 16/10/2024 08:59

Going gym and going uni are the ones I hate.

mymycherrypie · 16/10/2024 08:57

‘I am wanting’

always sounds to me like something a vampire would say. And it’s double the syllables of “I want”.

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 16/10/2024 08:57

"At this difficult time" is my current hate, although it's not a Mumsnet one. If a tragedy had befallen you, an off the shelf and unthinking phrase like that would send you over the edge.

pictoosh · 16/10/2024 08:55

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 16/10/2024 08:35

Weird to me to get so annoyed about innocuous words and phrases.
Especially when so many are regional!!

We should embrace the variety and richness of our language!

This.
I don't know where people on here get off, telling others what terms, expressions or phrases they can and can't say.
Fuck off...I'll say what I like and so will my hubby.

Moonflower6 · 16/10/2024 08:54

I hate oh my days and gosh

phoenixrosehere · 16/10/2024 08:54

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 16/10/2024 08:35

Weird to me to get so annoyed about innocuous words and phrases.
Especially when so many are regional!!

We should embrace the variety and richness of our language!

Yes.

Plus, most know exactly what they mean and they are often synonymous but because it isn’t what they’re used to, it’s seemingly wrong.

It’s being annoyed about someone using the word “solid” over “rigid”.

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 08:49

DalRiata · 16/10/2024 08:36

I think any phrases that become trendy on social media instantly make people sound unbearably cringey and dim.

You okay Hun?

Please stop saying "it's been a minute"
Stillafatknacker · 16/10/2024 08:47

Don't walk to Aldi....run!!

Just fuck off 😒