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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:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12 · 21/10/2023 16:25

Make your teeth it
Boil my piss
Walk the talk
Get on my tits

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12 · 21/10/2023 16:26

Oh and l'il makes me want to smack someone

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12 · 21/10/2023 16:27

Lil' (oh for an edit button on the app!)

quixote12 · 21/10/2023 16:28

Aww bless you ( or couldn't give a stuff )

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 21/10/2023 16:30

A red lip. What about the other one!
Hubby and even worse, hubster.
Fur baby.

Slitheringheights · 21/10/2023 16:33

My team, (talking about family)
Making memories
Meal
Holidaybobs
peeps
cheeky drink or cheeky whatever

IDriveMySupernova · 21/10/2023 16:34

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12 · 21/10/2023 16:25

Make your teeth it
Boil my piss
Walk the talk
Get on my tits

Yes! Get on my tits. Also, ballache. Makes me shudder.

Slitheringheights · 21/10/2023 16:36

Hubster
hubby
living best life aaaah awful sayings!!

Mountainviewse · 21/10/2023 16:36

Poorly

nancypowers1983 · 21/10/2023 16:40

@IDriveMySupernova I always misread ball ache when people spell it as one word. Always read it like "ba-lash" and think it's some French word or something before I realise!

OnSilverStars · 21/10/2023 16:42

Okbyethen · 20/10/2023 20:06

When Americans say 'happy new yearS!'

There's only ONE new year. Happy new year. NOT years.

Urgh.

That's said on New Year's Eve!!!

nancypowers1983 · 21/10/2023 16:43

Ohh I forgot seggs!! Keep seeing it on TikTok when people want to mention sex but don't want to type the word- seggs though? Surely seks would make more sense?

IDriveMySupernova · 21/10/2023 16:44

nancypowers1983 · 21/10/2023 16:40

@IDriveMySupernova I always misread ball ache when people spell it as one word. Always read it like "ba-lash" and think it's some French word or something before I realise!

La ballache, quelle horreur!

Sandydune · 21/10/2023 16:44

Agree with lots of these, plus some others give me the creeps
Norks
Gentle hands
Famalam
Fur babies
Vajazzle
Pundit

Mirabai · 21/10/2023 16:47

MN phrases:

‘Sat here in tears’
Myself and my partner
Not my circus not my monkeys
Busy beak out
You sound like hard work

PabloandGustheGreySquirrels · 21/10/2023 16:48

Okbyethen · 20/10/2023 20:06

When Americans say 'happy new yearS!'

There's only ONE new year. Happy new year. NOT years.

Urgh.

See also 'LegoS'

Tiredmum100 · 21/10/2023 16:52

Make your teeth itch

AGAbaker · 21/10/2023 16:56

When people write gawjus instead of gorgeous. Omg 😳

nancypowers1983 · 21/10/2023 17:42

@PabloandGustheGreySquirrels and @Okbyethen and yet just math...

AutumnalPumpkin · 21/10/2023 18:28

Houseconundrum · 20/10/2023 20:02

Words like:
Hubby
Sarnie
Sainsbows

Or when people say
Should of
Or jamp/jamped instead of jumped

People say JAMP???? I've never heard this 🤣

nancypowers1983 · 21/10/2023 19:35

@AutumnalPumpkin yes! Loads of folk where I stay say "jamp". So much so that I don't even question it now cos it's colloquial and I get what they're meaning.

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 25/10/2023 08:09

Toms and pots. They are tomatoes and potatoes thank you very much.

Picky tea - just yuk

Reallybadidea · 25/10/2023 08:13

The word "sides" instead of side dishes

spitefulandbadgrammar · 25/10/2023 08:16

Folk
Job’s a good’un – usually employed by posters here after offering their terrible suggestion, often for their nasty-sounding roast dinners
Roast
Little man
Little madam
Water infection
Toilet

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