Annoying Mumsnet Phrases

[TheShellBeach]

Such as "Give my head a wobble" and "Holibobs", neither of which I have ever heard IRL.

Oh yes! Forgot about ‘on my knees’.

So many people exhausted by normal work patterns and families.

Precious first born- so patronising!! Entitled much?

Mental load
Life admin

Nip it in the bud.

A lot of these aren't Mumsnet phrases. They're just...phrases.

HTH, DFOD and vile. Tedious too.

"Vile" and "grim" were very much in use in the 90s. They're annoying but I think they're a generation thing.

Riddle me this.
WTF is that about?

Those words have always been used, still are. They are very descriptive. Nothing wrong with them.

I’ve always wondered where that phrase came from, never heard it except for on here.

Most of the phrases on the FWR board

Sunlight
Drank the Kool aid
Woke

Haven't read the 13 pages of responses before this but mine is when someone is showing concern about something and a poster says "keep your beak out". It's so rude, just tell the poster to mind their own business.

Yes! Someone rudely told me to do that yesterday.
It was deleted.

That's a phrase the Riddler in Batman uses

I'm surprised. I see that all the time. I do report posts that I think are abusive (overt name calling etc)... Admittedly I consider myself pretty light on the button but I actually wouldn't report that, even though it is a bit rude. Doesn't seem any worse than "keep your nose out" or "mind your own business".

I wouldn't say it to someone, though.

YES! Came on to say this. And it’s always prefaced with something ridiculous about how they couldn’t say what it is because it’s “outing” but then they tell you anyway through the liberal use of “think” descriptions.

“DH has a good job (can’t say what as it’s outing but think running the country) and I work locally (think educating children in a school). Anyway, last week DH was out doing his hobby (think exercise, outside, on a pedalled, two-wheeled vehicle) when he ran over someone’s pet (can’t say what but think waggy tail and woofs)…”

That one can be blamed on Jamie Oliver circa 1997. Everything was thrown together, bunged in, chucked around and bashed up in a pestle and mortar, in an attempt to make cooking seem laddish and macho. The big lie of such language, especially on MN, is that it denies that cooking is skilled, fiddly, time consuming and hard work. Some dishes of course are easier than others, but anyone who claims, from their privileged standpoint of knowledge, education and physical resources, that there’s ‘nothing to it’ is talking out the wrong end of their alimentary canal.

"Vanishingly" - never heard this used anywhere except on MN

Of course. He's had his head turned by some evil woman, he wasn’t actively looking for a shag.

Not really a phrase but when posters add 'innit' to the end of their post to try and belittle the OP or when they're quoting someone. They like to think they're higher class and by adding 'innit' they're saying the other poster is lower class.

That's not really what it means. It's not a Mumsnet thing, it's a pretty common slang word. You stick it on the end of something to be sarcastic, to make it sound stupid. I suppose the origins are in classism but while it's a bit insulting, it's not generally used to imply that someone is lower class than the one who says it.