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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.

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TheUnexpectedPickle · 08/01/2022 13:02

Any man who has been a bit of a prat, even as a one off, is labelled "controlling"

There was a thread the other day about men faffing and sooo many posters jumped on saying it's controlling behaviour. My partner could faff for England, he is about as far from controlling as you can get.

Also LTB over one row. Like it's that simple- or that extreme!!!

Oh, also people being advised to "just move" eg away from an annoying MIL. Yes because moving house is so cheap and easy. I do it weekly.

DEverything. Ok, DH, DD etc is handy shorthand. But do we really need DDog, Dsnake, DCanary?

Redglitter · 08/01/2022 13:03

I hate when people say NOW

Police. NOW
999 NOW 😡

Dear Reader - ugh fucking hate that one

2Gen · 08/01/2022 13:03

@Thatsplentyjack

People calling themselves "myself" but that's not just on mn. I've even head it in songs. Just say ME or I ffs!
That's a common way to refer to oneself in Ireland though and it's also common for people to refer to their spouses or partners as "Herself/ Himself". Like most Hiberno-English, it's probably a direct translation from the Irish.
NotebookVsDiaries · 08/01/2022 13:03

Naice came from a shopping list, someone found a shopping list with naice ham written on it. It stuck.

There are of course phrases that bother me, but the jokes from previous threads of years ago don't bother me.

Original poster
Ohmycron · 08/01/2022 13:03

Lol at NOW

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Original poster
Ohmycron · 08/01/2022 13:04

Ooh also. A NARC

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TheUnexpectedPickle · 08/01/2022 13:04

**Disclaimer: not saying that people in a genuinely controlling or abuse relationship shouldn't be encouraged to leave. I mean people who've had a normal row or have been irritated by thir partner

NotebookVsDiaries · 08/01/2022 13:04

Yes dear reader is the worst!!

ElephantOfRisk · 08/01/2022 13:04

Bun fight has been used for decades.

In my first job in the early 80s it referenced a meeting where everyone tried to get their own way and rubbish what everyone else wanted with no real conclusion.

A boss told me it was because buns were only served at senior meetings and that's where most of these pointless arguments took place.

I think I remember also being told it was to do with private schools who only had buns for dinner once a week and if a food fight started then it would the buns that were easy to throw, but in the end it was pointless as although they might have enjoyed the fight, they then had no treat to eat.

It's not a MN thing though.

TimBoothseyes · 08/01/2022 13:05

When someone replies with "are you me OP?" Why not just reply with "I'm in the same situation".

opalbutterfly · 08/01/2022 13:06

When posters call people ‘thick’ Angry

I’ve seen it lots recently.

Staffy1 · 08/01/2022 13:07

Can we ban that little vomit emoji as well? It’s disgusting.

WorraLiberty · 08/01/2022 13:08

@Redglitter

I hate when people say NOW

Police. NOW
999 NOW 😡

Dear Reader - ugh fucking hate that one

OMG I hate 'Dear Reader'!

It's usually found in the middle of a load of self-important guff, typed by a wannabe blogger.

Original poster
Ohmycron · 08/01/2022 13:08

Oh ! No. Because it’s my thread so soz 🤮🤮🤮🤮

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SilverOtter · 08/01/2022 13:08

People who end their sentences with "no?". It inexplicably gives me the absolute red-mist rage. In my mind they have a ridiculously slappable smug smirky face.

I can't stand 'boils my piss' either, just horrid!

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 08/01/2022 13:08

On their knees
Thrown under a bus

Were these even phrases before 2020?

Snowisfalling33 · 08/01/2022 13:08

When somebody ends a question with no?

EG but surely everybody knows how to ride a bike, no?

It's so patronising and makes me want to hit something 😬

RedpepperRisotto · 08/01/2022 13:09

"Grim"
"Vile"
"I don't understand "( usually when totally missing the point of a post and asking an irrelevant question)
D in front of everything (DDog DCleaner)

fullofpips · 08/01/2022 13:09

"You sound hard work"

So condescending

PooPooPongDelong · 08/01/2022 13:09

Spat my tea/coffee/wine out
No you fucking didn't you lying fucking twat
The use of fuck when unnecessary Grin and smiley faces

liveforsummer · 08/01/2022 13:10

@eddiemairswife

"Didn't want to read and run." by people who have nothing to say, but want to sound sympathetic, (and see their name on the screen)
Translates as nosey and want to see the updates so placemarking by trying to sound sympathetic
PuppyMonkey · 08/01/2022 13:10

DH’s hobby
Groceries
Did you mean to be so rude?
When people post 😂 instead of the proper Grin

NotebookVsDiaries · 08/01/2022 13:10

I didn't know that @ElephantOfRisk I just remember the Camilla thread and bun fight being used ever after on MN.

I can now use bun fight in RL Grin

AnaViaSalamanca · 08/01/2022 13:10

What does naice mean though? Regional for nice?

Clarissa76 · 08/01/2022 13:11

Am sure this will be an unpopular one but "mental load".

I completely get the concept, and completely agree that women often take more than their share, but the constant wanging on about it sometimes seems like more effort than the thing itself, never mind all the breaking down of tasks into endless subtasks ("It's not just going for a wee- you also have to open the lavatory door, walk through it, close it again, pull your knickers down..."). Plus it's massively over-applied so that any occasion when you have to engage your brain in any way is treated as adding to your mental load- see recent long thread about the unbearable burden of suggesting Christmas present ideas.