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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:
LadyFanny · 09/01/2022 06:37

"I've found my people"
"Wow. Just wow."
"Meh"

whitewashing · 09/01/2022 06:43

Head’s all over the place
I’m going against the grain
Ducks in a row
Give your head a wobble…..someone used these phrases once and they have forever been regurgitated since. Honestly, it’s the same old stuff on here, with the same old phrases getting churned out.

HyggeTygge1 · 09/01/2022 06:44

Definitely 'picky tea' 🤮
'My frer faint line is 8 months old and sleeping next to me'

Then just general arseholes who wade in with no good reason. My first ever post was on the post natal health board. I was suffering terribly with PND with my 4 month old daughter. My (genuinely lovely) other half was due to go on a stag do for two nights and I posted asking for help dealing with her on my own and dealing with the dread of the sleepless nights etc...basically just looking for some reassuring words. The first person who replied said this...

'I wouldn't have an issue with my oh going on a stag do at all.

AT ALL.'

What a twat!

mjf981 · 09/01/2022 06:56

Oh and a recent one - 'found my tribe'
Tribe? Really??! Hmm

Greyrootszerohoots · 09/01/2022 06:57

‘Has form for…’ never heard that phrase IRL but it’s all over here!

isthismylifenow · 09/01/2022 07:13

Literally shaking has been mentioned, but the one that grates me the most is:

Socially distanced walk.

You went for a walk. You don't need to add the distance in between you during the walk.

OopsadayZ · 09/01/2022 07:20

@LagerthaofKattegat

Think.

As in “a hobby, think crocheting “

You mean

“A hobby, similar to /like, for example, crocheting “

THIS!!!!!

I hate this phrase. It sounds like a command. So irritating.

QueBarbaridad · 09/01/2022 07:20

@Greyrootszerohoots

‘Has form for…’ never heard that phrase IRL but it’s all over here!
I hear it all the time in real life - often from people in their seventies and eighties. It’s useful.
Snowisfalling33 · 09/01/2022 07:54

Oh another one is the use of "screamed" to mean shouted or raised voice slightly.

I always have a vision of somebody actually screaming as if they were in the Blair witch project.

stayathomer · 09/01/2022 07:59

Oh and a recent one - 'found my tribe'
Tribe? Really??!
I actually love this one! When I started writing (I'm an author) I found a group that were totally me, but in everything but not only the writing part, life experiences, interests etc. They are totally my tribe!!

Original poster
Ohmycron · 09/01/2022 08:07

Not a phrase but “find me a dress, I’m. 5 foot 2 and hate my legs arms stomach and chest “.

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OddSocksSparklyDocsandDungaree · 09/01/2022 08:18

How any and every argument posted on Mumsnet between a couple must mean the woman is being gaslighted...

DickMabutt73962 · 09/01/2022 08:19

@LagerthaofKattegat

Also

Snuggling with the DC on the sofa with a hot chocolate

Totally impractical anyway. It would get spilled in my house.

Also see: curled up with a book.

The only way people seem to read on MN is 'curled up'. Makes me see red

DrSbaitso · 09/01/2022 08:29

The only way people seem to read on MN is 'curled up'.

I would if the cat didn't claim my lap every time I sit down with a book.

DrSbaitso · 09/01/2022 08:29

@Ohmycron

Not a phrase but “find me a dress, I’m. 5 foot 2 and hate my legs arms stomach and chest “.
The current thread about sack dresses (middle class, obviously) might be useful.
Original poster
Ohmycron · 09/01/2022 08:40

Lol. Or don’t wear a dress.

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Jk987 · 09/01/2022 08:43

When people offering advice speak as if they're talking to a child not an adult. Eg. 'That's not very sensible'

Ending a sentence with a question to try and force you to agree. Eg. 'You clearly haven't thought this through have you OP?'

The word utterly. No one uses this word in real life.

LetHimHaveIt · 09/01/2022 09:01

Baffled by the dislike of 'fake French' whatever that means. 'Insouciant' isn't a French word (although 'café', 'baguette', 'ballet', 'kilogram', 'hotel' are, and you're ok using those, I'd imagine). It's a word from 'the French'. Just as we have words from 'the Greek/Latin/German'. I used 'insouciant' just the other day. And 'louche'. Get me 🙄

ScreamingMeMe · 09/01/2022 09:03

@Jk987

When people offering advice speak as if they're talking to a child not an adult. Eg. 'That's not very sensible'

Ending a sentence with a question to try and force you to agree. Eg. 'You clearly haven't thought this through have you OP?'

The word utterly. No one uses this word in real life.

I do Smile
JustJustWhy · 09/01/2022 09:04

@Westfacing

Picky tea Chippy tea Snuggly Hot choc Give your head a wobble Spidey senses

Loads more!

I've been enjoying chippy teas since I was old enough to digest the fat. It's also a brilliant song by the Lancashire Hotpots and makes me proud to be Northern! Grin
ThreeKneeRepeater · 09/01/2022 09:07

Any mention of washing being left out overnight being ‘darked on’ and the obligatory spider willies.
Hilarious. Hmm

GloriaSilver · 09/01/2022 09:10

I tend to find ducks in a row used in legal settings informally. Find it highly annoying. Boils my piss I find vulgar to the extreme.

LetHimHaveIt · 09/01/2022 09:17

People who talk about their 'love language'.

Sparklingbrook · 09/01/2022 09:18

@ThreeKneeRepeater

Any mention of washing being left out overnight being ‘darked on’ and the obligatory spider willies. Hilarious. Hmm
Oh I hate that. Funny the first time territory. As soon as you see the post about leaving the washing out you think ‘wait for it’ 🙄
sweetbellyhigh · 09/01/2022 09:20

@stayathomer

*Oh and a recent one - 'found my tribe' Tribe? Really??!* I actually love this one! When I started writing (I'm an author) I found a group that were totally me, but in everything but not only the writing part, life experiences, interests etc. They are totally my tribe!!
Yep, and it's not a Mumsnet-ism either.

Sayings that are peculiarly MN and cringey are the oft repeated and unfunny head tilt, LTB, HTH, log it with police, you have a DH problem... blah blah

Found my tribe/found my people/it is what it is/ these are just regular sayings, no genesis in MN.

The obsession with class is deeply weird, and the need to classify everyone as either autistic or narcissistic would be hilarious if it wasn't so ignorant. To me these are the less attractive hallmarks of MN.