Only on Mumsnet...

[SushiSheep]

...have I heard the terms "norks", "tinkly laugh", "naice" bread/ham/area, CF (Cheeky Fucker), LTB (Leave the Bastard) and "get your ducks in a row" (when leaving the bastard!)

What are your 'Only on MN' things?

People 'raging' over a tiny perceived slight and going non contact because of it. Mumsnet is a parallel universe.

"Does he have form?"

Never heard that expression before Mumsnet!

Totally agree. I don't know any men like the ones described on here.

You mean squeezing more drama out of tube of toothpaste than fits in it and wanting to go no contact if someone buys the wrong toilet paper for their own bathroom?

@shellyleppard so do my parents!

You obviously don't watch enough police dramas😆

Absolutely, it's relentless and goes so far it cancels out valid points

What? It's not remotely a Mumsnet exclusive phrase. Quite apart from the fact that it's from the Bible.

I assume that is derived from a horse racing context

Most of there phrases are in common usage and have nothing to do with MN

I wonder if it's becuase pre internet posters didn't have exposure to a wide range of vocabulary

Have you never travelled on the tube?

‘Did you mean to be so rude?’

Yes and buses and trains and planes and bars and resturants and many other places, i just haven't had it there is no big conspiracy it has not happened to me

I literally just looked up the origin of that phrase and all the results that came up for me said that Theodore Roosevelt said it so whilst not biblical certainly not exclusive to here 😁

Paddington (pause to wince and cringe) stare

Me neither or maybe it has and it just wasn't such a big deal for me as these things are for others 🤷‍♀️

Most of there phrases are in common usage and have nothing to do with MN

I wonder if it's becuase pre internet posters didn't have exposure to a wide range of vocabulary

I think some of it (eg 'bunfight') is the opposite - there's a demographic mix on here, older posters are using phrases which aren't so much in common parlance, especially on SM.

If you ask for recommendations for a beautiful dress, there’s a specific group of Mumsnetters who will read ‘beautiful dress’ as ‘multicoloured circus tent’ and offer up some of the most heinous clothing items you’ve ever seen.

You think that Micheal Bond wrote a book and with a phrase that was then later exclusively used in MN 😁

"Boils my piss" I have seen it elsewhere but nowhere as frequently as here over the years so I just think of it as a MN thing. Kat Farmer used it for a post recently and I thought "oh, she's a Mnetter!"

I also think of cockwomble as having originated here.

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Most of the abriviations are common Internet abriviations. I've been around a long time my children are all in their 20s and
OP
DH, ‘H’, DD, DS, DSS, DSD, MIL, SIL, BIL, FIL,
DTD
LTB
AIBU
AF

We're all commonly used

Lady garden, ducks in a row, grim,vile, boob juice, are you on glue, phrases I have heard spoken when I was working in very traditional (aka oldfashioned) environments in the 90s

Comparison is the thief of joy’. Is from the bible
Envy and Comparison: The Thief of Joy · Envy rots our bones (Proverbs 14:30)

I agree with the poster about unmumsnetty hugs.
For me its No,is a complete sentence. I have never heard that outside of mn. Now "no" is a complete sentence however I personally find placing boundaries firmly bit politely way before needing to use the blunt "No" in relationships works better and opens for communication.

Edited to correct spelling

When your washing is being darked on it will have spiders willies dragged across it - fact 😆

@Enko I first read "no is a complete sentence" in some feminist writing in the 80s. It was about how difficult many women find it to refuse to do favours, or not put themselves first. Or to say no to something, but then seek forgiveness or over explain and justify.

Yup

Well aren't you lucky? I've never had a man hit me, but I don't disbelieve other women who have had that happen to them.