Expressions MN should ban.

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There are certain expressions posters frequently use on MN which just absolutely infuriate me.

"Pearl clutching " is one of these
Accusing posters who hold a different opinion of being a " pearl clutcher" is just a cheap, snearing jibe calculated to try to make someone look ridiculous and is tantamount to bullying. Imo of course.

Btw I know it's not feasible to ban but I wish people would think before they trot out this phrase which is just calculated to be unpleasant rather than adding anything to a discussion.

Does any one else have any expressions which MN posters use frequently which annoy them?

Yes, I was about to post this one. So trite.

Check your privilege

cut your/my cloth accordingly and any variation on that - never have I heard that sentence used in real life!!

any variation on “I’ve worked hard all my life” as having worked in the public and private sector, at least 50% of the people I’ve worked with have done sod all all day at work apart from sit in a seat. Including me.

I’m literally shaking and sobbing (normally because someone has dared to ring the doorbell)

“You do you” 🤮

Firstly it’s patronising AF.

Secondly of course I’m going to do what I want to do and I don’t need permission from some wanky internet stranger to do it!

Oh yes, so patronising.

Lol thank you for graciously trying to make me feel less stupid.

Yeah, I suppose you're right! It could be interchangeable. Trouble is that I thought it was an abbreviation for "cunt fuck". 😆. Just that. Not even "fucking".

Yes, “use your words”, very annoying.

Yes, you can write "cunt".

You can't use it as a term of opprobrium though.

Can you use it as a gender neutral pronoun?

“That cunt said… “ has a nicer ring than “he/she said….”

That "unless you're one of the Four Tops" joke that gets trotted out on every thread like this. It's just as annoying as "reach out".

Describing a PP as "breathtakingly out of touch/entitled etc" or other similar hyperbole.

Picky bits.

No is a complete sentence.

Any mention of Balonz/penis beaker/sistene chapel/Korean lady etc etc.

DTD - or worse, baby dancing

Could it be SEN/dementia? (Obviously sometimes it is, but ykwim)

Baby daddy.

I hate all the Ds as well, especially as it can be confusing. DD can be dear daughter, dear dad, or dear dog. DS could be son or sister. DF could be father, friend or fiancé(e). Just tell me who they are!!!!

Vanishingly rare.

"Has anyone..."

Assuming that the post is not about splitting the atom using only a gym shoe and a banana then yeah, pretty much definitely. But you knew that didn't you. Twat.

Narcissist - just cause someone’s a dick doesn’t make them a narcissist.
Gas lighting - overused, again, being a dock is bad enough, we don’t have to incorrectly use descriptors.
Calling people who disagree with your stance ‘cool girls’.

Ah ok. I just thought maybe there were rules against certain profanities. Good to know. Though I find it hard to think of examples where it wouldn't be used in an opprobrium way. But we've established I'm not a big brained boffin when it comes to these things. 😆

’Am I the only one’ …

“You need educating”.

No, you need a punch in the face.

"Intimacy" is even worse than DTD. Probably the same people who say "passed", rather than died.

Are you always/is he always....

Thought of another one - "OMG, are you me?"

Well it's pretty obvious that the poster means "has anyone [who is reading this and wouldn't mind replying] ever...?".

But you knew that, didn't you?

What is Balonz?

I dropped 'D' yonks ago, it's so bloody twee and irritating.

Yes, it loses it's emphasis as when people swear all the time. Also, a bit like when people say they were 'broken'.