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Phrases you hate reading on mumsnet

816 replies

Ohmycron · 08/01/2022 12:38

I’ve been on mumsnet for about 18 years and you know what, if I read about people putting ducks in a row once more I might go mental.
What phrase do you hate.

OP posts:
Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 08/01/2022 14:55

When I first joined MN, breasts were always called norks. I haven’t seen this in years, and hope it stays this way.

I’m not keen on the (over)use of the word narcissist. I once mildly suggested that just because you don’t like somebody, it doesn’t make them narcissistic. I was roundly told off, and accused of being a narcissist. I mean, I might be, but I’m not convinced that I earned that diagnosis on the basis of one throwaway post.

Lipsandlashes · 08/01/2022 14:56

Not a phrase but I hate when posters are elevated to some kind of celebrity status and other posters follow them around boards saying things like “OP you need ReginaGeorgesmorepopularandbeautifulsister to show up and offer her advice. She is so brilliant and never wrong!”
Or “oh, thank God you’ve arrived ReginaGeorgesmorepopularandbeautifulsister the OP really needs your wise counsel.”
It’s really pathetic how some posters need the approval of some random on an Internet forum to feel good about themselves.

HowDareYouStealThatCar · 08/01/2022 14:57

Everyone being "livid" when something mildly annoying happens.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/01/2022 14:58

Wow . Just Wow

I cannot get worked up about this

Tell her your hourly charge is £10/hour to the CF who expects you to pick up their DC from school when it's illegal unless the OP is a Childmilder

"And what does your DH say" to any issue regarding his mum/dad/family . If you are married into a family you do not need to run to your DH eery time you need to communicate with your ILs . Just bloody speak to them

Well your DH needs to step up ........... (even if the DH leaves for work at 6am, gets home at 7pm and does Saturdays too)

Well what's your DH going to cook then? (If he's had the audacity to invite his family over. God forbid the OP will think Oh I;m doing roast chicken, I;ll put on some extra veg and roast potatoes

Tinsellittis · 08/01/2022 14:58

‘new Pj’s and hot chocolate’ (Christmas Eve)

liveforsummer · 08/01/2022 15:00

Fumming makes me laugh. I imagine it to be different to fuming. Fuming is absolutely furious - immediate anger, whereas fumming I imagine more like a low level bubbling rage. 😆

Defiantly and viscous I forgive as likely autocorrects

OhWhyNot · 08/01/2022 15:00

How rude

I often can’t work out what is so rude about the apparently rude behaviour

The list of what warrants being rude is very very long on MN

WhoppingBigBackside · 08/01/2022 15:01

@WorraLiberty

"I couldn't read and run".

Why is it necessary to declare that? Just type your reply like everyone else. Confused

It makes the poster sound so self important, like they're so very busy but just had to treat the OP to their opinion first.

I take it to mean 'I can't really advise but I didn't want to ignore it and I hope someone else can help'. It's better than 'Bump'
Needdoughnuts · 08/01/2022 15:01

As soon as I saw the thread title immediately thought picky bits. And staying on the food theme
Gets popcorn
Pots
Toms. Especially tinned toms.

Someone asked earlier why we had PFB and not PSB for your second baby. It used to be PFB and NSC (neglected subsequent child/children). Don't see that now.

Sparklingbrook · 08/01/2022 15:01

@Tinsellittis

‘new Pj’s and hot chocolate’ (Christmas Eve)
If hot chocolate was a luxury once a year event because it was hard to come by then I'd understand it but it's not a treat in this house. Grin Have a mug whenever you want I have a Velvetiser.
BleuJay · 08/01/2022 15:02

‘Unmumsnetty hugs’.

That’s just awful.

WhoppingBigBackside · 08/01/2022 15:02

Councilling. Ask your councillor.

I don't think my local council would be very helpful if I wanted advice on my relationship with DP

ThisIsStartingToBoreMe · 08/01/2022 15:02

"this is going to be long so grab yourselves a cuppa"

This phrase always annoys me.

Sparklingbrook · 08/01/2022 15:03

@Needdoughnuts

As soon as I saw the thread title immediately thought picky bits. And staying on the food theme Gets popcorn Pots Toms. Especially tinned toms.

Someone asked earlier why we had PFB and not PSB for your second baby. It used to be PFB and NSC (neglected subsequent child/children). Don't see that now.

Mrs Hinch calls baked potatoes 'Jack pots' Angry
lollipoprainbow · 08/01/2022 15:03

What does give your head a wobble even mean ??!

Chestnut23 · 08/01/2022 15:04

“Naice” or whatever the spelling is

HadEnoughOfBears · 08/01/2022 15:05

"But maybe that's just me"
Always said by some smug fucker who thinks their opinion is the only one.

"Posh chocs"
Fuck off.

"Much needed glass of wine"
If you need it that much maybe you should get help. (And yes I do regularly drink wine)

Needdoughnuts · 08/01/2022 15:05

Aargh @Sparklingbrook Jack pots! Don't give anyone ideas 😩

PferdeMerde · 08/01/2022 15:05

Cockwomble and twatbadger. Moronic juvenile phrases. Just say he’s a twat, what did badgers ever do to you?

greenmarlin · 08/01/2022 15:06

Lush about perfectly ordinary things as in "Lidl black forest ham is lush"

All the coffee, all the wine etc.

Stick it in the oven, stick in in the fridge. PUT FFS.

Those pass-agg exclamation marks and helpful explanations about controversial topics when there is not a great deal of critical thinking on display but plenty of jargon - ie Great that you asked! I hope that helps!

And food smuggery and over the top menu plans. ie, "Tonight we're having lasagna, garlic bread and a green salad." Who cooks that much food?

TheAntiGardener · 08/01/2022 15:07

I like bun fight. Conveys the sense of a squabble where nobody is showing themselves in the best light very nicely. My mum always used it in reference to things like busy sales or certain shops where the customers maul the goods in an undignified fight for bargains, so not an mn thing for me.

The ones I hate most are anything to do with big girl pants, hoiking up judgey pants and instructing people to give their heads a wobble. All condescending and inflammatory, all infantile.

Also grim, eww, vom, vile, gross, etc., on competitive cleaning and laundry threads. Makes the poster sound unbearably prissy.

The fashion for swear words combined with cutesy nouns that was around a few years ago - cockwomble, twat badger, etc. Either swear or don’t. Mixing it up with tweeness is nails on chalkboard for me. People used to come up with new ones which other posters found hilarious. That was rather tedious.

All the above also annoy me for being examples of adults talking childishly. I’ve got no time for that.

Finally, ‘tone deaf’. Perfectly good phrase, but much over-used on mn. Often just means the poster using it disagrees in a particularly self-righteous way.

Bonnealle · 08/01/2022 15:08

‘Comparison is the thief of joy’

No it isn’t. There are many occasions where people compare things and it brings them joy.

ivfbabymomma1 · 08/01/2022 15:08

"You sound like hard word"
"Are you always this much hard work"

It's never been said to me but it winds me up when I see it lol

ufucoffee · 08/01/2022 15:08

Screaming. It's not screaming. It's shouting. They are different.

Imabitbusyatthemoment · 08/01/2022 15:09

NHS is on its knees