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?

Yes, yes actually I certainly did!

Head tilt and hard stare.

Well that's going to frighten them!!

‘My in-laws want to see my new born, but I need at least two months to bond so have said no. AIBU?’

It's a real thing. Men are killing women every day and eroding our rights. Invading our spaces.

Yep. Some real crackers on here....have you seen the conspiracy ones 🤔? Then there are threads where women genuinely get help for their predicament. Quite the mixed bag.

Then you’re lucky but maybe try to understand that other women have different experiences to you.

Having seen you post on here, your life seems quite sheltered and different to the vast majority of people I know. All good, but that probably goes a long way in explaining your experiences. Don’t try to invalidate other womens experiences.

I have thought many men were nice when I’ve known them through a hobby of work, even as a friend etc, it’s only when I’ve been in a relationship with them or they’ve been in one with very close friends who confide in me, that I’ve seen them for who they really are.

*or work

Genuine question: why are you on Mumsnet if you have such disdain for the users of Mumsnet?

True story: my brother (a 41 year old single, childless man and definitely not a Mumsnet user) told me he was going no contact with me yesterday because I told him to help clear the table at my sister's house after she'd bought, paid for and cooked a roast that he turned up half an hour late for. Drama-philes can be found in all walks of life; they are certainly not only to be found amongst the overwhelmingly-female population of Mumsnet.

See my comment above... This is not restricted to Mumsnet in any way!

Norks is a 90s word. I miss it.

Deliberately pretending not to understand a post because of a spelling or grammar error is something I haven’t seen elsewhere.

Faux confusion over someone assaulted by their partner when they had no cash easily accessible as they had recently “brought” a house was a MN low that I’ve never forgotten

It comes from business speak - that's where it started

Also the insistence that anything not tradition in England is a horrid “Americanism” even if posters from Scotland or Ireland point out it was very traditional there

Frothing is a favourite on the RF board .
I have never seen a human frothing .

The King of England makes my BP soar .

It's a metaphor, I think we've all come across people getting enraged and for whom this would be apt?

Cocklodger - if it hasn’t been said already

Short for 'frothing at the mouth' - like a rabid dog - although people where I am tend to prefer foaming at the mouth. Pretty commonplace I'd have thought.

Withering fanny.

Apparently one comsequence of getting the ick.

Dressing gown of doom! I told my friend this expression. I hade never heard of it until l went on Mumsnet. I love it. 😂😂😂

Sorry had.

It has been said already, and I think it's a great term for a certain kind of man.

Sanpro. Never heard anyone say it apart from here.

Someone just posted that they were back riding their horse three days post partum

According to MN 'everyone' is on Mountjaro to the extent that soon there will be no overweight people left and clothes will start to get smaller to accommodate everyone being slim again, which brings me to vanity sizing where all clothes currently in the shops are so enormous that there simply isn't anything available small enough to fit Mumsnetters who say they're a 'normal' size 8 and even size 6 petite clothing is like a tent that can accommodate 3 people.