Why do people on MN have *ishoos*?

[mamaloco]

Is that even a word? Why can't you have issues or problems like "normal" people? Is it shame? Is it a way to put everything in between '' "?
It is annoying.

I am not a native english speacker, may be I am missing something. If so, can somebody explain? please.

It's a just a jokey take on something serious.

Also taking the piss a bit.
'You know, she's got ishoo's'.

No idea.
It annoys me a little, but I've not been here that long and I assumed it's a twee little word created especially for mumsnet. Just don't use it, and breathe deeply when you see it.

Why is it only on here that people have 'playdates' aaagh

With special cards for the au-pair to fill in.

yeah awful.

I've seen 'ishoos' written like that all over the place, not just on MN.

It basically means the person in question annoying / unreasonable / mad as a box of frogs but they're yet to actually realise it about themselves. As opposed to someone who does actually have issues.

As WelcomeToTheJungle says, it's just a bit of a piss take - lighthearted...

Oh gosh and I was sure it was some new fashionable shoes like Uggs. Ishoes????

And as for 'fuck buddy'. grosser than gross

it's a bit piss taking. ishooos is being daft/stupid/nuts/precious/silly/ott, whereas having issues is - having issues.

literally babybarrister?!!!

Although it's easy to get that wrong in RL, let alone on a forum. You may judge someone as being foolish and fussing about nothing and be completely inaccurate.

I agree with you goblin. It is difficult to see who is taking the piss and whom is the targuet.
I get that part somewhat even if not very nice.
I don't get the "jokey" part. Infamous british humour that I will never get like benny hill?

It's the MN Effect, BollockBrain. Would never use (shhh) 'playdate' in RL but put it in a post the other day without thinking.

Mamaloco - you don't want to lose any sleep over Benny Hill. Or ishoos, come to think of it.

I actually used 'ishoos' in a post yesterday.

I use that particular spelling because my sleep troubles are long-term, disruptive to me and my family, and extremely difficult to overcome. However they are, I feel, minor to problems experienced by many MNers and thus I feel that they shouldn't be referred to in the same way.

Additionally it's a way to make me feel that the problem can be surmountable by talking about it in a slightly jokey, light-hearted fashion.

HTH.

I never 'got' Benny Hill either - and I'm British - well Scottish actually.

I'm not sure Benny Hill is all that representative of British humour tbh
very popular abroad though, apparently

Benny Hill's "wishing well" sketch is actually quite good (look for it on youtube). So is his song 'Ernie'. Once you get past those two, the rest of his catalogue goes downhill. A bit like Carry On films, the best two or three are really good but the worst 80% are REALLY bad. Anyway.

It's not humour it's language.

We are the 'ishoos' generation and the 'issues' generation. We are of a time where issues are there, in your face, talked about, somewhat accepted. 50 years ago they weren't. Language hasn't caught up properly. There are now different types of issues. Serious ones and less serious ones.

When people's behaviour is irrational, irritating/damaging to others and the person with the problem that causes that behaviour doesn't acknowledge their own issues then you say they have 'ishoos' with a raised brow or furrowed forehead because they are your SIL or somesuch and they piss you off because they have unacknowledged issues which they inflict on you. Then they become 'ishoos'.

Same as media becomes meeja in a self mocking, pretention limiting sense.

I think.

Meeja ????

What else haven't I heard/read and will have tantra (tantrums?) about?

'We are the 'ishoos' generation and the 'issues' generation.'

That explains it, I've fallen into the Generation Gap.
Anyone else the Far Side of 50?

I have most often seen ishoos used by MNers to refer to themselves i.e. "I have ishoos with this". Spelled that way to acknowledge that the poster knows (s)he is probably being a bit precious/unreasonable etc.

mamaloco Meja was the word I was going to mention.

I have never heard in RL other parents use the word Play date. Maybe it hasn't made it to the North yet!

I don't have any ishoos. I don't have any issues either. Americans have issues. I have problems.

I've never had a fuck-buddy either. I had a lover.

I'm old aren't I?