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Words and phrases that make your teeth itch

174 replies

Sfuandtired · 20/10/2023 19:33

I’ll start

hollibobs
smashed it
The gift that keeps on giving
Don’t mind if I do

All of those give me irrational rage! 😆

OP posts:
coffeorbust · 20/10/2023 21:38

Coatigan don't know why but I'm irrationally annoyed by this

JL690 · 20/10/2023 21:40

Should of
could of
very much so

and one my Mum hated was an old Robin Hood actor on Wogan, she thinks, who expressed disappointment with the phrase "alas and alack". Apparently he was regularly disappointed because he repeated that phrase "a million times".

TheDogsMother · 20/10/2023 21:40

'Needs gone today' As in someone trying to palm off some old shite on the Freecycle pages when they can't be bothered to take it to the tip.
Making memories
Hubby/ holibobs
Prepped

Worddance · 20/10/2023 21:41

I absolutely hate self consciously nonchalant cookery language. You don't chuck and throw in the kitchen - it's not that cool. You scrape and pour and fold.

I also grow unreasonably judgemental when someone loves the bones of something. The bones??? Why not the veins and tendons and flesh tissue also?

Acheyknees · 20/10/2023 21:41

Fur baby
'must have' as in 'this season's must have'
Making memories

CarpeVitam · 20/10/2023 21:41

'Make your teeth itch' would definitely be one of them OP 😉

salsmum · 20/10/2023 21:45

'You do you' Confused
'To be fair' at the end of every sentence Hmm
Pm me hun-normally following an omg! Post with no other info.

fetchacloth · 20/10/2023 21:45

Thejackrussellsrule · 20/10/2023 21:37

Referring to a small child as The Babby. Think this is a black country thing, makes me cringe.

It is a Black Country/Birmingham thing and it makes me cringe too 😬

ClemmyTine · 20/10/2023 21:46

To a child/toddler

' do you want chippys with dip dip?'

Usually only said around Nottingham/Derby.

StarDolphins · 20/10/2023 21:49

awesome
mansplaining
we’re pregnant
xxx.com
brexshit
daily fail
that’s on you
hubster
furbaby
sheepie (from a conspiracy theorist)
live each day like it’s your last
checking in
smashed it
awesome
face palm
fashionista
my world
living your best life

& number thread title ‘ xxx’s brother/sister is called……

TheDogsMother · 20/10/2023 21:49

Oh and 'gives me the cringe'. No it makes you cringe or you are cringey. Arrggghhh.

FiaMarrow · 20/10/2023 21:50

Natter
Cuppa
Hubby/hubster
Holibobs
Poorly sick
The words "gentle" or "friendly" used in a work setting - "just a gentle reminder" or "speak to our friendly staff". Ugh.

Ripleysgameface · 20/10/2023 21:51

'Makes my teeth itch'
'Boils my piss'
'School of hard knock life'

bombastix · 20/10/2023 21:51

Cookery bollocks like;

Drizzle
I sourced this (ffs)

SinnerBoy · 20/10/2023 21:52

BadgeronaMoped · Today 19:58

Pump (for fart).

It's Northeast English slang, or dialect, from the German pomp / pompen. Pumpernickel translates as Farts of Satan, more or less.

I hate unctuous, when used on cookery programmes. I don't think that they really mean that the food is sickeningly, ingratiatingly obsequious, do they?

sparks99 · 20/10/2023 22:00

Capiche?

Muffinbutton · 20/10/2023 22:10

For shits and giggles. Gives me the rage as why would anything be fun that gives you the shits?

I've done Italy/Spain etc. No you haven't 'done' a country, you've been there on holiday for 2 weeks and barely seen beyond your resort.

Familam. Just why?! It's quicker to say family anyway.

MrsMariaReynolds · 20/10/2023 22:11

HotMess21 · 20/10/2023 20:32

The Temptations aren't permitted to reach out either - only the Four Tops get to do that! 🤣

😁

ElizaMulvil · 20/10/2023 22:17

They said to (my husband and) I .................
They gave a book to (my friend and) I .................
They spoke to (my father and) I........

No...no ....no.......... me not I.
Justifiable homicide surely.

ElizaMulvil · 20/10/2023 22:22

Oh and dinner when you mean tea.( high tea not high dinner)
And lunch when you mean dinner. ( lunch ladies?)
And supper when you mean tea.( Supper is the toast and cocoa you have before bed.)

I know I know .......... still grates.

shadypines · 20/10/2023 22:22

'Happy Friday' F*ck off! How do you know everyone's Friday is automatically happy? What's wrong with Monday? Tuesday? If Friday makes you so ecstatic EVERY.SINGLE.WEEK. then go find another job or shut the feck up. Sick of hearing it.

Throwaway0912 · 20/10/2023 22:22

Brought, when you mean bought. Where did you bring it from?!

Things that should plural but referred to as singular. "A red lip" "Worn with a black shoe and drainpipe trouser" LipS, shoeS...fucking TROUSERS sweet Jesus.

The sudden use of the word aesthetic, bloody everywhere. 99% of the time used entirely incorrectly.

EerilyDecorated · 20/10/2023 22:33

Oh and gifted. I was gifted this. No you were given it.

TheTecknician · 20/10/2023 22:38

Any variation or addition on 'excited' gets up my nose. It's not enough to look forward to something any more. If you get super excited or so excited then you can super eff off.

In my business, we have passengers but we can't describe them as such. They have to be 'customers'. For me, they are punters.

The perennial for me: 'it is what it is'. The most meaningless, redundant and banal expression in the English language.

dandelionandburdock36 · 20/10/2023 23:11

Hubby
Cat mum
Literally
‘That connection/that spark’ (MAFS)
Lil’ man
Terrified/massively
Chunk
People going on about red flags
All this dh, dd, ds, dc, dsd, dss shite

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