Phrases you hate reading on mumsnet

[Ohmycron]

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.

"they don't have any skin in the game" 🙄

@Blanketpolicy

"they don't have any skin in the game" 🙄

Or horse in the race.

What does CF stand for? I’ll kick myself when I see it but can not think for the life of me 🥴

"Nobody's saying that though are they?"

Made when one comments on a general trend in a thread, and someone decides that because THEY don't interpret the comments that way, that nobody else could. Mostly comes with a heavy whiff of denial about a nasty trend in a thread.

Grim. Naice. They grate, don't know why.

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

No 1 hate "plating up" - and calling the evening meal "tea" sorry I know it's regional but tea is for children not adults. Adults have dinner.

In those regions tea has no nursery connotations though. My cat has tea every day! Also, having dinner in the evening may mean you eat dinner twice a day and that could get very confusing.

"only on Mumsnet"

It's ridiculous.

You're all liars if you don't see things like I see them or your experiences aren't like my experiences because only my reality is valid. 🙄

@Scorpio85 cheeky fucker

I've never ever heard that before - that tea is for children.

'Wow, just wow' - makes me think of an inane Instagram / Love Island influencer type.

'Talk me down' is someone who would be hard work in real life.

But I love 'grinds my gears', 'not my circus, not my monkeys' (I know that's a Polish saying) and 'crack on' but then they're not mn things.

@Chunkymenrock

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.

Hyperbole and how it is constantly ramping up is really interesting (and annoying). We had a new manager at work who prefaced everyday things with ‘beloved’ in a way that was just bizarre. ‘Beloved colleagues’, ‘beloved project’, etc. I’m starting to see that one popping up elsewhere now. Not on mn yet...

Also remember the cringeworthy ‘so-and-so is my spirit animal’ a few years ago.

You have a DH problem…

As if the poster isn’t struggling enough, they are reminded of this…

@ilovesooty

End of

'End of' the written version of sticking up two fingers and not at all exclusive to MN, sadly, used extensively by the arrogant and self-opinionated everywhere. 'Fact' at the end of some ramble, just because the writer thinks it's a Fact doesn't make it so. 'Bollocks' is usually more apt.

"Masked up", I will set fire to things if I keep having to see/hear that.

Shehasadiamondinthesky
"No 1 hate "plating up" - and calling the evening meal "tea" sorry I know it's regional but tea is for children not adults. Adults have dinner."

I have dinner at midday. Tea is a cake and a cuppa at about 4 p.m.
Evening meal is a light snack at about 7 p.m.

Some people find that weird/affected.

et al

Gobshite.

'A good cut'. Referring to hair.
'Wouldn't let anyone else touch my hair'. Referring smugly to their own AMAZING hairdresser.

@Needdoughnuts @Scorpio85 I actually thought it meant something else....

@RobinsReliant

You have a DH problem…

As if the poster isn’t struggling enough, they are reminded of this…

If you’ve just been reading the thread I have; the amount of posters saying this and thinking they’re clever is ridiculous. The poor woman is obviously struggling with a pretty sad existence

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

No 1 hate "plating up" - and calling the evening meal "tea" sorry I know it's regional but tea is for children not adults. Adults have dinner.

@TheAntiGardener

In those regions tea has no nursery connotations though. My cat has tea every day! Also, having dinner in the evening may mean you eat dinner twice a day and that could get very confusing.

Tea and dinner are equally regional. We call it supper. Dinner is only used for fine dining in the evening. Nor is tea only for children.

Are you quite all right?. Just delivered to me on another thread.

I rolled my eyes so hard...

I'd have told her to fuck off (no you wouldn't)

Life admin

"A kick in the teeth" - I have a dental phobia and this sets me right off.

Anyone who types
"pssed off"
"c**t"
"fing"

Either type the word properly or use a different word!

'How old am I?'

Even more annoying, I always find myself having a guess!

"No is a complete sentence"...it's not usually though is it. Try it in real life and you'll come across odd

"Anxiety is through the roof"...often sounds like an exaggeration to me. I'll sound insensitive but with "anxiety" mentioned so much these days, and a love of labels from so many, I'm wondering if people are confusing "feeling anxious" (normal in many circumstances) with "suffering from anxiety" (a disorder).

"Literally shaking"...really?

"Narcissist"...how on earth can anyone diagnose a personality disorder from a post online?! It's a word thrown around far too much IMO

@TooMuchPaper

Grim. Vile. Put your big girl pants on. Even worse is 'put your big girl panties on'

Oops. I used vile the other day. I think of it as a somewhat detached and very English stand-in for whatever expressively insulting Scots expression I was actually thinking of. Maybe I should brighten the place up with the originals ...