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.

@DontTellThemYourNamePike

Not necessarily a phrase - but I'm fed up with the obsession with class on here. Maybe 'is this a class signifier?' might be a version of the phrase. I'm in NI and of course we know class exists and there has been plenty of local comedy relating to it, but we aren't obsessed with where everyone is on the social ladder. It really jars with me. Often a thread about class is accompanied by the 'lighthearted' disclaimer, but it doesn't come across lighthearted at all.

100% this. These threads are always written by someone professing to be middle class, and are always accompanied with a sneery undertone, looking down on the working classes, people on benefits, and people who rent their home (particularly if it's social housing.)

And then you have the threads mocking peoples choice of name for their baby(s) Calling them 'chavvy.' Then people compete for the 'Molly-Mae Award For The Clueless' by claiming 'if you worked hard enough you could have done better in your life.' Like everyone who is down on their luck, and hasn't achieved what they'd hope for in life, has failed to do so because they're thick and idle.

A myriad of posts always appear on the 'let's talk about how terribly middle class we are' threads, mocking and deriding anyone not deemed middle class or above, with people looking down their noses at 'the plebs.

Oh, also the habit of adding 'posh' to the beginning of nouns to indicate that they're nicer? Not only is it cringe, but usually the products described as posh really aren't that much better than the 'basic' versions. 'Posh chocs' 🤮

I've never heard of this way of signifying something as 'better' outside of the UK, and it's so smug

Has he got form … gets used a lot in our house - police officer DH uses it all the time referring to someone’s criminal record!

@ReginaPhalangee

'Marking my place.'

Just hit the 'watch' button

A bookmark as well will suffice. But I think it's related to a PP who said it's just people wanting to see their name

MINE ARE: Phrases You Hate Reading on Mumsnet

Why should you want to control how people phrase things?

Do you think you're more superior or more educated?

@LifePartyRing

Anything American by non Americans annoys me.

Two examples:
Gotten
Picked out

Also agree with the think one and no?

But how do you know the nationality of the poster? Also, Americanisms, much like British words occur in many countries outside of their countries of origin. That's due to colonialism (for British words)/spread of American culture through WWII and movies etc.

@LifePartyRing

Anything American by non Americans annoys me.

Two examples:
Gotten
Picked out

Also agree with the think one and no?

People (usually from the south of England) stating things are Americanisms when actually we've been using them in other parts of the UK since before we knew America existed

I really dislike when a poster a course of action, usually extreme, or saying something horrible ending their post with, "but then I'm a bitch" or similar. If they really do behave like that irl I'd be surprised.

Issued the word "suggests" out there

WeAreTheHeroes I think it’s their fantasy to be such a bitch. Of course they shall be clever with it . I think we all have those fantasies of doing a fabulous bitchy clever put down like Joan Collins in Dynasty. What we don’t factor into this is the other persons likely response it’s they are always stunned into silence

When someone is fretting over something and up pops some rather spiteful poster with 'are you getting help with your anxiety, OP?'. It's snotty.

I hate, hate, HATE "unhinged".

I’m in charge of this thread and I’m giving medals out and I decree gotten to be a bit shit

'First world problem' literally makes my skin crawl when I see this phrase

Yep, snobby posters picking on posters for using 'mom' when it turns out the posted are from the West Midlands.

But most of all, the people who are oblivious to the fact that is the WORLDWIDE web, and resent anyone outside the UK posting here. "But this is a UK site!"

@JustLikea

'First world problem' literally makes my skin crawl when I see this phrase

Me too.

I kind of love it when people misunderstand and describe their petty MN gripe as a ‘third world problem’ though. It just highlights the ridiculousness of the whole thing.

Because actually people in the global south do have petty gripes too. 🤣 and not everyone is living in fear of militia groups out to kidnap their daughters or whatever it is that people are implying is the kind of thing that is a real ‘third world problem’.

We never get to hear about those ‘second world problems’ either. They’d be fun. ‘I know this is just a second world problem, but I’ve lost the postcard we received saying we could buy a fridge. We only have a one hour slot this afternoon in which to buy one. Help!’

Unpack….everybody needs to unpack every interaction they ever have with anybody. Nobody seems to be able to shrug and move on.

100% this. These threads are always written by someone professing to be middle class, and are always accompanied with a sneery undertone, looking down on the working classes, people on benefits, and people who rent their home (particularly if it's social housing.)
I actually have read more from people who want to be in a class that's richer/pusher and are trying to say they are. Yes you get s ok me idiots that try to knock them back but on the whole I think mn is more your everyday person who thinks anyone who earns a high income doesn't deserve it and should be stripped of everything!!

"Piping hot", "Bliss!" and "".

@HoldingTheDoor

*When people refer to their child's body parts as tiny

“Teeny tiny” to describe anyone with a dress size less than 12.

Yes to teeny tiny. Especially annoying are the teeny tiny fetishists on here who love to talk about they're so teeny tiny and young looking that when they went out to dinner, the waiter picked them up and stuck them in a high chair.

😆😆

Date night.

I hate the term date night. I find it cringey and used to be said by yummy mummies smugly saying how important it is to have Date Nights and squealing excitedly on social media about where to go. The reality being that they’re too knackered to talk in the restaurant, talk about the kids or snip at each other

The phrases that make me want to punch every single poster that types them are:

1. "Tell that to the bereaved" - no actually, don't tell us because we already know thanks.
2. "you wouldn't say that if you had lost a loved one" - why? Funnily enough the fact that I have lost a loved one hasn't deprived me of independent thought. Just because somebody else wouldn't say it doesn't mean we all wouldn't say it.

@whitewashing

Unpack….everybody needs to unpack every interaction they ever have with anybody. Nobody seems to be able to shrug and move on.

I also DETEST 'there's lot to unpack there...'

@TimBoothseyes

The phrases that make me want to punch every single poster that types them are:

1) "Tell that to the bereaved" - no actually, don't tell us because we already know thanks.

2) "you wouldn't say that if you had lost a loved one" - why? Funnily enough the fact that I have lost a loved one hasn't deprived me of independent thought. Just because somebody else wouldn't say it doesn't mean we all wouldn't say it.

I HATE this too.

It just grates on me when someone (for example) complains about their mother being annoying, and someone plops a post on saying 'I wish I HAD a mother to complain about. MY mother died 5 years ago. You don't know how lucky you are to HAVE a mother.'

Whilst it's obviously a shame that the person has lost their mother, that is SUCH a shitty thing to say to someone ... Trying to guilt trip them for having the temerity to complain about something their mother did.

@saraclara

Yep, snobby posters picking on posters for using 'mom' when it turns out the posted are from the West Midlands.

But most of all, the people who are oblivious to the fact that is the WORLDWIDE web, and resent anyone outside the UK posting here. "But this is a UK site!"

@saraclara

Yep, snobby posters picking on posters for using 'mom' when it turns out the posted are from the West Midlands.

Yep. I hate this too.

Also, it fucks me right off when people say 'those people who say FATHER CHRISTMAS are a higher CLASS, than those who say SANTA.'

It's quite clearly fucking regional.. Just like MOM/MUM!