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To be driven crazy by a few very, very common expressions on Mumsnet?

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Pineapplesonpizza · 24/07/2026 20:02

Here are two to start with:

"Just that really." after the initial title of the post, sometimes accompanied by shrug emoji.

The word "surely".

Do you have any that irrationally irritate you?

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SinicalMe · 24/07/2026 21:16

I hate nah. It’s probably meant to sound blasé or nonchalant. I imagine the poster thinks they’re a bit cool but it annoys me for some reason.

DarkchocolateAndtea · 24/07/2026 21:16

Probably more applies to real life, but I hate,

"No offence at the start or end of the sentence, and "Can I be honest with you?" Both translate to I'm to be a rude arsehole, but it's okay because I've excused myself. To both I think, "I have taken bloody offence, and no you cannot be "completely honest" with me.

ExtraOnions · 24/07/2026 21:15

“Outing Hobby” .. there are 65 million people in the U.K, and this is a worldwide forum. Unless “DHs” hobby is unicycling around Leeds, juggling monkeys and whistling the National Anthem.. the hobby is not outing

Strawberry1975 · 24/07/2026 21:09

@buttercupcake I actually have come to love the word Grim 😂

DramaAlpaca · 24/07/2026 21:08

PrettyLittleRose · 24/07/2026 20:43

So basically, you're intolerant too then?!

Thanks for clearing that up. 😎

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Well, yeah. That's what I was trying to say. Not very clearly, obviously!

Thelonelyshrew · 24/07/2026 21:07

On threads where OP is upset about something their DH/partner has done. Some smug shit pipes up “my DH would never do that to me/ my DH would never have an affair/ I know my DH better than he knows himself “.

Yeh, righto.

KidsDoBetter · 24/07/2026 21:04

I’ve noticed a recent trend towards

”two things can be true at once “

🤦🏻‍♀️

JustAnotherWhinger · 24/07/2026 21:04

“I’m confused…”

when what they mean is “I’m pretending not to understand you in a way that is meant to imply your spelling/comment/problem is so unbelievably stupid it’s impossible to understand”. When actually it means “I’m a massive bellend and I’m attempting to belittle you to try and look clever and funny”.

worst one ever was someone pretending to be confused because a poster, who had been punched in the face by her partner in the first night in their new home, had no money as they’d just brought a house.

Justanopinionnothingmore · 24/07/2026 21:03

LyndaSnellsSniff · 24/07/2026 20:10

HTH it's so smug

That's why it's done on purpose.

HTH 😉😉😉

PrettyLittleRose · 24/07/2026 21:03

TheAnnoyingSatsuma · 24/07/2026 20:55

‘I just spat out my tea…’ over something marginally interesting/amusing/shocking

And woke the baby. 🙄

Stressymcstress · 24/07/2026 21:03

Announcing you’ve “name changed because…”

Think that naming a hobbie / job title / holiday destination is “outing”.

Dreamcatcherat50 · 24/07/2026 21:02

How do you know he's single?

When a poster says they fancy someone.

🙄

TheFifthTellytubby · 24/07/2026 21:02

"Use your words"

"You do you"

"I got screamed at..." (which I always interpret as a mild admonition about something or other)

calflions · 24/07/2026 20:59

I hate "yay or nay", because nobody seems to know any more that it should be YEA or nay.

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 24/07/2026 20:59

"Fast forward until today" when that last word would have done the job perfectly well.

21ZIGGY · 24/07/2026 20:57

MaryBeardsShoes · 24/07/2026 20:55

Why do you all use the forum so often when you know how much it annoys you? 🤣

One of the simple pleasures in my life is being so irritated with things and giving off about it. So satisfying

SomersetBrie · 24/07/2026 20:57

Lifelover16 · 24/07/2026 20:55

Agree, ending a sentence with no? Is very irritating. Also much, as in “jealous, much?”. Doesn’t make sense.

im also irritated by all the cod psychology. A while ago everyone seemed to be a narcissist, or gaslighting, at the moment it seems to be boundaries and DARVO.

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I guess that depends on your love language ...... 😀

DeftGoldHedgehog · 24/07/2026 20:57

Are a lot of people here new to the internet or don't go on other sites? As much of this is common outside Mumsnet.

TheAnnoyingSatsuma · 24/07/2026 20:57

all the ‘outing’ hobbies

SomersetBrie · 24/07/2026 20:56

I also hate on a thread celebrating a fab person/film/whatever when someone comes on saying "I've never heard of them/it" as if there are not 6 billion other threads they could be contributing to instead.

MaryBeardsShoes · 24/07/2026 20:55

Why do you all use the forum so often when you know how much it annoys you? 🤣

Lifelover16 · 24/07/2026 20:55

Pineapplesonpizza · 24/07/2026 20:21

Ending a sentence with no? gives me the same irritation as ending with 'surely'.
In fact, generally, ending a statement type sentence with a question mark can irk me.

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Agree, ending a sentence with no? Is very irritating. Also much, as in “jealous, much?”. Doesn’t make sense.

im also irritated by all the cod psychology. A while ago everyone seemed to be a narcissist, or gaslighting, at the moment it seems to be boundaries and DARVO.

TheAnnoyingSatsuma · 24/07/2026 20:55

‘I just spat out my tea…’ over something marginally interesting/amusing/shocking

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 24/07/2026 20:54

A thread about some form of animal abuse which will have "Oh , I hope you're a Vegan "

You don;t have to be a vegan to care

Globules · 24/07/2026 20:54

Arlanymor · 24/07/2026 20:14

Ick. And the fact that people seem to think it’s a modern invention. It started off as baby talk and was then used relentlessly in Ally McBeal in the late 1990s. Ironically ick gives me the ick…

Me too.

A ridiculous phrase.

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