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Phrases or words you hate

127 replies

katie20202 · 08/01/2024 13:22

I absolutely loathe the word- moist

OP posts:
bazoom · 17/09/2024 14:31

Innit

ZiggyZowie · 17/09/2024 14:31

I was stood there
I was sat there

It's standing there
It's sitting there

WildCats24 · 17/09/2024 14:32

Fell pregnant

ZiggyZowie · 17/09/2024 14:33

I also hate the word. Maggot
And cockroach

I feel sick at the thought of them which is why

ZiggyZowie · 17/09/2024 14:35

increasinglyconcerned · 17/09/2024 14:16

Why,

My daughter said this to me when I asked her to visit me

No I'm good

My other daughters explained it means she doesn't want to visit😥

StormingNorman · 17/09/2024 14:35

Treat myself
Spoil myself
Pamper myself (worst one of all)

Generally whined out or said in a tone of faux positivity by martyred women who feel permanently put upon 🙄

MissAshworth · 17/09/2024 14:36

ZiggyZowie · 17/09/2024 14:33

I also hate the word. Maggot
And cockroach

I feel sick at the thought of them which is why

I had to hide a thread earlier because of the first one 🤢

Cardboardeaux · 17/09/2024 14:38

Woozy
Creamy
Clammy
Tasty
Settee
Pouch
Fluffy when used to describe food 😷
"To name but a few"
"The likes of X, Y & Z"
"...and their ilk" - it always sounds so aggressive
Get your xyz on (e.g. "we're getting our xmas/halliween etc on")
"Cooking from scratch", or worse, "scratch cooking" - no, it's just cooking

IrisApfel · 17/09/2024 14:40

"We're doing Barcelona" or "We've done Thailand" it sounds so arrogant.

MyBigFatGreekSalad · 17/09/2024 15:07

Cuppa
Hubby
Fab

Wishimaywishimight · 17/09/2024 15:08

"You do you."

Thanks for that, I will 🙄

Wishimaywishimight · 17/09/2024 15:12

WildCats24 · 17/09/2024 14:32

Fell pregnant

I swear I never heard this in my life until my MIL gave me some of those 'Take a break' type magazines years ago. Always thought it a ridiculous phrase.

Wishimaywishimight · 17/09/2024 15:15

Caught feelings.

Just sounds daft!

marshmallowfinder · 17/09/2024 15:18

Calling squash 'juice'. No, it isn't the same thing at all. Please call it the correct name.

GoodnightJude1 · 17/09/2024 15:19

‘Lashings of’…..custard/gravy 🤢

Rollercoaster of emotions 🙄

My type on paper 😒

Wishimaywishimight · 17/09/2024 15:19

Delicious.

Quite unreasonable of me I know, there's just something about it.

EcoChica1980 · 17/09/2024 15:24

When Americans say 'panties'.

Only surpassed by 'titties' (pronounced 'tiddies') when referring to boobs.

MamaAndTheSofa · 17/09/2024 15:36

Veggies
Yum/yummy (unless said by a small child)

Tralalalalalah · 17/09/2024 15:37

I nodded off, I was nodding etc!

DH says it lots and it irrationally irritates me!

StormingNorman · 17/09/2024 15:54

IrisApfel · 17/09/2024 14:40

"We're doing Barcelona" or "We've done Thailand" it sounds so arrogant.

I love this too. I always feel like they’re on a game show…

Congratulations to Noreen from Folkestone who completed Barcelona on a three-day mini break with her husband Gerald.

BarbaraHoward · 17/09/2024 15:56

Cupboard - it's a press
May I have - it's not the 1800s
Aitch - stop dropping your haitches
Got for the past tense - it's gotten
Naughty instead of bold - why use a sexy word for a small child?
Telling off - it's giving out

Wink
MissAshworth · 17/09/2024 16:07

If you see what I mean

mimbleandlittlemy · 17/09/2024 16:10

Gives me the ick - the very word 'ick' should be forcibly removed from the English language and everyone who uses it should be MiB memory cleansed so it is never used again.

littleteapot86 · 17/09/2024 16:17

Playdate 🫠

CheerfulBunny · 17/09/2024 16:18

Gymnopedie · 17/09/2024 14:09

Meal
Portion
Gifted

Ordering in a restaurant and the waiter/tress says 'perfect' after everything you order.

Or in pub restaurants when they put your plate in front of you and say 'there you go guys'.

Yes! I hate the word meal, sounds so unappealing like some sort of grainy slop. Also people (looking at you, Gggregg Wallace) who pronounce it 'miw' makes it worse. 'That's a laaaavvly miw!'