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.

Yes 'If that makes sense' as far as I am concerned means 'I may not have explained that terribly well but I hope you get the gist' nothing to do with stupidity of other posters.

The annoyance comes when it's added after a perfectly easily understood statement!

It's become a meaningless tag on.

" I prefer blue over red, if that's makes sense?"
Why wouldn't that make sense?

" I rang my colleague but she prefers email, if that's makes sense"

No I refuse to understand such gibberish

Not to mention that you can't have a fourth trimester. The clue is in the 'tri'.
Yes you can. The tri refers to the three months a trimester lasts, not how of them there are. An elephant's two-year long pregnancy could be measured in 8 trimesters.

"Shit show"

@interferingma

Well done you *@Chunkymenrock* I succumbed to peer pressure after being shamed (under a previous user name years ago) after old hands scented new blood when I called my DH husband. There! I've done it again!

That's ok though

It's hubby that's creeping in slowly

‘This will be my last post on the thread’ - always said as if they’re taking the ultimate high ground, like some sort of latter-day Ghandi. Only it never actually IS their last post - they always pop back up as soon as anyone else disagrees with them and, if pulled up on it, cry ‘But I have to respond; you tagged me!’ No, you didn’t have to respond; you just couldn’t bear not having the last word.

@WomanStanleyWoman

‘This will be my last post on the thread’ - always said as if they’re taking the ultimate high ground, like some sort of latter-day Ghandi. Only it never actually IS their last post - they always pop back up as soon as anyone else disagrees with them and, if pulled up on it, cry ‘But I have to respond; you tagged me!’ No, you didn’t have to respond; you just couldn’t bear not having the last word.

Everyone knows the only way to win an internet argument is to get the last word!

How about, "Thou shalt see me at Philippi!"

“If you see what I mean” at the end of sentences. Just finish the sentence before the “if you see what I mean” bit. Please.

Not phrases as such but posters who clearly deliberately leave out a key part of their ‘AIBU’ story, knowing if it was included the replies might not be so sympathetic…

Then go out of their way to avoid filling in the gaps when people ask.

For me:

"parenting" as a verb. No, we are parents, we don't parent.

Life admin - no such thing.

Mental load. Sigh.

Any twee or lazy abbreviation/word like rads or hubster or hollibobs.

"Making memories" - nope the kids will remember what they remember.

Picky bits - yuck.

I have been guilty of a few of the others though - in particular, the "not RTFT". And things like super annoying. Sorry!

@cabsavpls I see you got there before me. It’s always used after a sentence that is incredibly easy to understand. It’s just bad writing and unnecessary words. It also comes across as slightly smug, like, of course I know you see what I mean as I’ve written it very clearly. If you see what I mean. 🤣

Not a MN thing but one phrase I used to dislike in a ladies running group on Facebook was "smug pants" if you went out for a run in the morning before work/school run/whatever rather than later in the day. For some reason runs at 5am burn more calories than those at 5pm

Sorry if it’s already been named & shamed numerous times (haven’t read past p2) but I cannot abide ‘iyswim’. Can’t stand it!!

Oh and even worse (might have mentioned this one before 😬) but ‘ddog/ dcat’ etc is just so deeply UNNECESSARY and urgh:/

Ah @piney07 - we feel the same way 😁 (iyswim) 🤮

It's hubby that's creeping in slowly

Darling hubby, any time soon ...

usually said ironically

'Boils my piss' makes me think of a bad urine infection

Holibobs/wellibobs/any other fuckinbob

Hubby/hubster

@DappledThings

Not to mention that you can't have a fourth trimester. The clue is in the 'tri'. Yes you can. The tri refers to the three months a trimester lasts, not how of them there are. An elephant's two-year long pregnancy could be measured in 8 trimesters.

Amazing! I never knew that. Thank you - and poor elephants 🐘

@JuergenSchwarzwald

For me:

"parenting" as a verb. No, we are parents, we don't parent.

Life admin - no such thing.

Mental load. Sigh.

Any twee or lazy abbreviation/word like rads or hubster or hollibobs.

"Making memories" - nope the kids will remember what they remember.

Picky bits - yuck.

I have been guilty of a few of the others though - in particular, the "not RTFT". And things like super annoying. Sorry!

Life admin is not something I grew up with but all the late teens/early 20s people I know say "admin" for any practical stuff they do 😂 it's just another language.

Also "preach" when they agree with you.

@interferingma

another poster who has never seen the mythical picky bits mentioned, nor the miraculous chicken that fees a family for a week. But i do buck against DH, DS etc. I use them because everyone does, but it induces an inward shudder when i do. It's a little cult like isn't it?

Oh I dislike the "D" before everything too. It was the first thing I noticed in here, I thought it was bizarre. Do we really need to D-everyone? Especially when most often the D person is very far from being dear to the OP.

I had to put a stop to my teenager saying "same" for when she was in agreement with something. Ugh 😑

I agree, sparkling. A little bit of self awareness before rolling out some tiresome, hollowed-out cliche would improve this place no end.

Ddog

Just say dog.

Not just mumsnet but "tiny humans"/"amazing humans"/"favourite human"

Ugh

@LizBennet

I had to put a stop to my teenager saying "same" for when she was in agreement with something. Ugh 😑

Why?