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What words grind your gears?

153 replies

RebeccaRose92 · 13/10/2022 00:59

For me it’s
plump
moist
clot
plunge
slosh

OP posts:
IsaidWhot · 13/10/2022 15:02

'my journey' pfff

FACT!

Selfsabotagesocks · 13/10/2022 15:24

Growth mindset

lannistunut · 13/10/2022 19:37

Selfsabotagesocks · 13/10/2022 15:24

Growth mindset

Oh yes, and resilience too.

Both = 'don't moan when your workplace treats you like shit'

Wibbly1008 · 13/10/2022 19:39

Tummy…that is a nasty word. When adults use it I always think they sound like a Pratt.

ThreeRingCircus · 13/10/2022 19:47

Nom. It makes me think of pigs at a trough.

Yummy. It's just twee and infantile.

Making memories or blessed in any sense of #blessed #makingmemories "Mummy Blogger" shite.

Luxe. Not everything needs to be "luxe".

Phlegm. Just sounds disgusting.

Picky bits or "picky tea" meaning a sort of buffet meal. It makes me think of scabs. 😖

anothermamaa · 13/10/2022 20:03

Fabulous ... used on here constantly. As in, I use this and it's fabulous.

anothermamaa · 13/10/2022 20:03

Even worse...Fab

XenoBitch · 13/10/2022 20:04

Indeed. I know several people who use it as a complete sentence, and it just feels patronising and sneery to me.

Also, 'cool beans'

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 13/10/2022 20:08

Pop. Twee.

Poorly. Wet.

Fell pregnant. Passive!

ImissyouBR1 · 13/10/2022 20:13

XenoBitch · 13/10/2022 20:04

Indeed. I know several people who use it as a complete sentence, and it just feels patronising and sneery to me.

Also, 'cool beans'

I agree with Indeed as a complete sentence.

I find it so sneery in a text message. I actually dumped a man because he replied to all my messages with just "indeed" - he didn't see the issue

HairyMothballs · 13/10/2022 20:16

Poorly
Boobs
Belly
Hubby
showcased (showcasing her curves/outfit)
myself (when it should be me or I)
tummy
poop
furbaby

ImissyouBR1 · 13/10/2022 20:58

Poop

There's no p on the end. It's poo.

Poop is for American toddlers.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/10/2022 21:39

Birthing! I hate it - and it makes people sound semi-literate.
You give birth, you don’t ‘birth’. Birth is a noun FFS.

xippo · 13/10/2022 21:53

gosh
veggies
flaccid
so cross

IfIGoThereWillBeTrouble · 13/10/2022 23:12

Tummy
Pamper
Loo
Courtesy

caroleanboneparte · 14/10/2022 07:31

Reckon
Hun
Sneakers
Slacks
Hen
Pimp (as in pimping something up)
Porn (eg property porn)
Pasty
Jobby
Punt

Dinoteeth · 14/10/2022 07:42

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER I've only heard birthing used as in birthing pool

sourcreampringle · 14/10/2022 07:45

On mumsnet...
‘Safeguarding’
‘DH vetoed it’ on baby names section
‘Sporty DC’
‘Fab’

TrickyD · 14/10/2022 09:33

Many already mentioned especially holibobs, hubby, hubster, hun, gifted, pressie.
Also recurrent MN phrases:
For context
Fast forward
’So’ starting a post.

Showmethebagels · 15/10/2022 12:48

Maybe he has stopped wearing them in school and it wasn’t the photographer who told them to take them off? I did this in primary school.

Showmethebagels · 15/10/2022 12:49

Sorry wrong thread!

ELVIEJAY · 16/10/2022 10:36

As a phrase changed their bum instead of changed their nappy.
Literally (when it's not).
Calling children mate.

Dinoteeth · 16/10/2022 10:44

Meal - don't know why it bugs me but it does

MarmiteyCrumpets · 16/10/2022 10:49

Iconic

Literally, which is misused 90% of the time

Gift and impact when used as verbs

Spends used as a noun

Slacks

The C word, especially when used to refer to men

Piss

notbloodylikely · 16/10/2022 10:59

Off the top of my head
Hubby
Hubster
Nom
Tummy
Kiddies
Furbaby
Poorly
Bubba
Drinkies
Picky bits
Bants
Legend/ledge (when describing someone who’s most definitely not legendary and is probably a dick)