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

They only want certain whole selves, that's what gets me - my whole self is a very grumpy and fairly stressed, foreign, menopausal middle aged woman worried about lots of non work things and who'd rather be reading a novel with a cup of tea or perhaps on here...

They want my cheerful, pragmatic, "can do", professional, calm work self I think - that's only a part of me (and maybe not "authentic" either)...

Making memories- that phrase wants me to bury an axe in the person head

Be you authentic self - can fuck off

Picky bits.

Elevate
or Elavated - overused on tv programmes

Hope this helps, or its abbreviation hth. Its so obnoxious and I always imagine the poster congratulating themselves on their response.

’ reaching out ‘. pathetic .

Hubby
Anyways

hyperbolic language and catastrophising that everything is triggering.

'Going on a journey' and 'reaching out' irritate me.

"I've" instead of "I've got".

As in "I've a house in the country".

Ewwww I hate that too and always thought I was weird for finding it so yuck, I’m glad you do too!

Boundaries... hate that word with a passion! So patronising.

This speaks to…..

Holding Space

Pop of colour

Calling a bag/coat/hairdryer etc “she”

influencers saying “a … trouser” or “a … lip”

unboxing

“gifted”

curating - unless you’re actually in a museum you sound like an idiot.

'Can't' when the speaker means 'not allowed to' or 'we don't want you to'.

'You can't get through there', the road is blocked. Fine.

'You can't sit there', when I'm actually sitting there, so it's clearly perfectly possible. Nonsense.

https://wankernomics.com/

These guys have made a whole career out of work related wankery!!

We're going to see then in November and I can't wait! I work in the NHS and it's brimming with this kind of crap!

‘ Gifted’ - not appropriate as a verb in any circumstances. See also ‘authored’ - makes my toes curl. You wrote it FFS.

‘Can I get’ and ‘I grabbed some XYZ ….’
‘Elevate’
’Shared’ as in ‘told us’

Oh and passed, passed away - they died.

Someone said to me last week as we were discussing pets ‘ oh, so you are a cat mum?’ she got a very terse reply. My cats are animals, they are not ‘fur babies’.

Glad to know I’m in such good company!

Rise and grind ? Ooh er Missus. Tell me that doesnt have any innuendo, please

Yep, and “dirty” used for food - ie dirty fries. It puts me right off and it just sounds cringingly embarrassing.

And beauty influencers on YouTube referring to their eyelids as “eyeballs”, as in “I can’t wait to get these gorgeous shadows on my eyeballs”. 🤮 I don’t know if it’s ignorance copied by other influencers, or if they think it sounds cool, but it makes me wince.

When posters ask ‘what do WE think…’ like everyone on mumsnet is a collective with a singular opinion.

And how anything deemed slightly autumnal must be ‘cosy’.

Super

It's overused.

I hate "can I get" when used, for example at the counter in a coffee shop eg Can I get a flat white.
What you really mean is "please may I have". By using 'get' you are technically asking if you can go around the counter and help yourself.

Culinary related ones -

Bad boys - "I'll just put these bad boys in the pan" . They're tomatoes.
Go in with - "I'll just go in with the potatoes" . No you'll put them in.

Don't come to Scotland in that case.
"Can I get" is the normal way of asking for something in a cafe, shop etc.
If I said, "Please may I have" I'd get serious eye rolling 😅

Oh yes - "I'm at a point in (not on) my weight loss/ therapy/ expat/ retirement/ crochet/ gardening/ parenting/ jigsaw puzzle enthusiast journey where I need to hold space for ...."

"That's jokes." Apparently a new way of saying something is funny. Thought I had misheard it (on Love Island - don't judge me) but my 22 year old daughter confirmed that is indeed a thing.