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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:
Justleaveitblankthen · 08/01/2022 15:09

I just threw up a little bit in my mouth
I laughed so much a little bit of wee came out Hmm

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 08/01/2022 15:09

Not a phrase, but ‘judgy’.

‘Myself and dh/whoever…’

Even more irritating, ‘So, myself and dh/whoever…’

TatianaBis · 08/01/2022 15:09

Myself and my partner
Not my circus not my monkeys
Narc

🤬

Nameandgamechange123 · 08/01/2022 15:10

'It beggars belief' I always thought it was 'it begs belief' makes sense to me or 'it's beggars beleif'. I see it all the time and it doesn't make any sense.

KiloWhat · 08/01/2022 15:10

Going against the grain

Lifeisnteasy · 08/01/2022 15:10

@ufucoffee

Screaming. It's not screaming. It's shouting. They are different.
Yes!!!! Everyone on here has been screamed at by neighbours/friends/school gate mums, apparently.
WalkingOnSonshine · 08/01/2022 15:11

Yes to “did you mean to sound so rude?”

The people that recommend saying it just come across as so highly strung & I always imagine that they are going blotchy at the neck at some perceived slight.

I hate the stupid twee “swear words” like arsebadger and titcrumpet. Who the fuck talks like that except wannabe Kirsty Allsopp’s.

The people who also type out paragraphs of comebacks or retorts too. As if someone’s going to recite your fucking soliloquy when someone’s pushed in front of the queue of them at Aldi. Just tell them to fuck off.

WhoppingBigBackside · 08/01/2022 15:12

Myself and DH/DP when it should be DH/DP and I.
DH/DP and I when it should be DH/DP and me

RobertaFirmino · 08/01/2022 15:12

Referring to J.K. Rowling as 'Joanne'. As if they know her personally.
Dippy egg (unless you are under 8yo)
'I seen', 'I done', 'He has went' etc.
'Bring' when it should be 'take'.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 08/01/2022 15:13

'We've lost sight of what healthy/slim is'.

WeAllHaveWings · 08/01/2022 15:13

"Can everyone stop............." (or similar)

Usually said by the poster with absolutely no self awareness, thinks their opinion is the only correct one, everyone else's is invalid and they are some how "saving" the op.

stripeyflowers · 08/01/2022 15:14

I can't stand the phrase 'pick me dance'.

I know it's not strictly a mumsnet thing but it really annoys me every time I see it. I don't even know why it annoys me.

BendicksBittermints4Breakfast · 08/01/2022 15:15

@fungussingstheblues

"It is what it is."

WHAT is what WHAT is??!

Always makes me think of Doris Day, I'm very old, singing Que Sera, Sera, probably the first bit of French I ever learned!
Lipsandlashes · 08/01/2022 15:15

“I’ve just shown this thread to DH and he thinks…”
If he’s anything like my husband he doesn’t give a flying fuck to be honest.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/01/2022 15:15

Tonight we're having lasagna, garlic bread and a green salad

That'll be a massive salad Grin.

Stick it in the oven, stick in in the fridge. PUT FFS
Oh and bung it in the oven/ bang it in the oven .

Sparklingbrook · 08/01/2022 15:16

There is no way DH would read a thread on here. I wouldn't even ask him. I might ask my DC's opinion if that's the view that's being asked for but DH wants nothing to do with it.

Chunkymenrock · 08/01/2022 15:16

I cannot bear how everyone is 'obsessed with'. No they're bloody well not. They may be extremely fond of it but an actual obsession is very serious and has nothing to do with inane hyperbole.

thepeopleversuswork · 08/01/2022 15:16

You’ll never get the time back.
I could never leave my children with strangers

Always written by people who have a bloody choice in the matter.

TheRealHousewife · 08/01/2022 15:17

Game changer.

LTB.

You don’t have a xxxx problem you have a husband problem.

Read the room.

Other than the title of the thread they only write ‘Discuss’ in the body of the post. Like some power crazed university professor 👩‍🏫

This is going to be long ….

Thhhhheeeeelong · 08/01/2022 15:17

Lines eyes please

userxx · 08/01/2022 15:18

Cosy winters with hot choc. FUCK OFF. I could stab myself in the fucking eye seeing those words.

Lipsandlashes · 08/01/2022 15:18

@Thhhhheeeeelong

Lines eyes please
What does this even mean!?!? Grin
70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/01/2022 15:19

There was a thread about the NRP not paying the appropriate Child Support and practically every post was :

Children aren't Pay-Per-View
It was mildly clever the first couple of posts but fecking tedious after 20-30 Tell him his DC aren't Pay-Per-View

Chunkymenrock · 08/01/2022 15:19

I'm afraid as soon as I see 'your' instead of 'you're', I can read no further.

The constant 'D' everything. Pointless, especially when describing some twat who is not remotely 'D'.

Sparklingbrook · 08/01/2022 15:21

Oh line eyes. Although I have been told off for saying that all the 'can you see a line?' stuff winds me up. Insensitive to people TTC apparently.

But then usually everyone is congratulating the OP on the non existent line and saying 'my non existent line is now at primary school' and I'm the bad person for saying there is no line. Grin