What do you think is the wankiest word/phrase?

[IamNatashaSparaks]

For me:

cruising - no, you’re on a cruise

flexitarian - also no, you’re a meat eater

"Across the pond"
"Indian summer"

A mumsnet specific one - "I'm going to go against the grain here"... shut up! No one cares!

Just a standard English phrase tho, dates back to the 16th century. What's wanky about it?

Reach out
Curated (anything not a museum)
Pop (of colour etc)
[place name] you were wonderful
Glorious (about something very mundane)

'Adding to the lore' = I'm doing this thing which I can tell people about afterwards.

Stop it!

Everything is "authentic" these days so say people who probably don't know what authentic is.

@YourAmberExpert
This thread is about phrases/words we personally don't like.

And thats the one I dont like 🤷‍♀️

"Bring your whole self to work"
Oh shit I forgot I my ears

Hubby

@BigBilly you’d know if you’ve seen them, they are all over Facebook / social media and once you’ve seen them you see them everywhere, just variations on the same format / style.

This is completely a me being unreasonable thing, but I hate it when people say groceries.

Just say “food” or “the shopping” or “I’m going up the Asda.”

I have to confess this is one word I avoid using because I've heard it different ways. I've just (shamelessly) asked ChatGPT and apparently both ways are correct... I still don't really understand 😂

It's not exactly wanky but I can't bear it when people say "sweet spot". Makes my skin crawl get away from meeeeee

“If that makes sense” - hear it all the time now, so annoying

Safe space

Banter.
Hate it.

It comes from the ancient Greek word for ten thousand. You don't say a ten thousand of. Really gets to my pedantic nature!

Any name that a developer gives to their site. Chapel Green and Otter's Reach make me cringe with their wank factor.

I dislike the phrase picky bits as it makes me think of bogies.

Passed away instead of died…
I agree picky bits is an awful phrase, but finger-food, light (or lite…) bites and of course nibbles are no better ;)

I’m 60, and we used this phrase a lot when I was a child!!

These three I see a lot on MN and it sends me into a rage

”Way to xxxxx..” i.e. what a way to xxxx . Hate it . It’s lazy and silly and I was appalled when Janice Turner ( JANICE TURNER!) used it recently.

”That tracks..” for “that makes sense”. Actually, no it doesnt make sense!!!

People ending sentences with “much? Or no?” Usually when being sarcastic.

And I once saw “Way to make your friend feel bad much?” .I nearly had to put my head in the gas oven on reading that one.

Also

“I’ll take “..as in “Ill take a coffee” AAGH!

It was 'lush' food or describing a room as 'lush', or 'he was lush'. Everytime I hear LUSH spoken I cringe.

No one comes round for something to eat or just stays the night.
they are all now “Hosted”
get over yourselves.

Good job! Ugh, usually said with a high pitched voice good jaaaaaab