what is a frother on mn?

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I thought they were the people who were on a thread about being angry about the cuts.

I thought the mn Frothers had appropriated the term usually used derisively about daily mail types and inverted it.

maybe they have. I wouldn't expect them to come up with something all by themselves.

I wasn't making a value judgement about them doing so.

Defensive much?

no, not defensive. I don't use it.

I just do think that would be unsurprising. I didn't think you had any particular view about that.

I hate the word, no idea why just hate it

It was frothing berserkers 2shoes. I think the image was someone snarling at a screen working themselves into a total lather.

The frothers on MN are a group who are talking about the cuts and taking action where poss

There is a blog and everything

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The frothers on MN are a group who are talking about the cuts and taking action where poss

I must admit I also thought Frothers were the ones working themselves into a lather on a keyboard (for whatever heartfelt reason), that has always been the general Internetz definition.

A quick Google tells me the top result for "Frother" is a group dedicated to painting toy soldiers and Warhammer stuff etc, next is a group dedicated to teh perfect Latte.

I have missed the entire birth of a movement. Blogs and everything

The MN group reference the "frothing beserkers" comment but I don't know if they made it up or if one of them was accused of being one or if it was a comment on a different thread entirely!

Frother: Someone full of hot air and lacking in substance.

Frother: Someone full of hot air and lacking in substance

With hints of foaming at the mouth...that has been the term as understood on Internet discussion groups since long before the Web even.

I always imagine the frothers *note small 'f', to look rather like the Rabbids.

I can't believe I knew more than Pags

okay so I only learnt it today but still, it counts.

Twas Katie's wot started it: I'm not quite a frothing berserker but I am getting rather cross with our government messing with the good stuff.

see that is what I thought A frother was, but then saw it being used as a veiled insult

No it's been used longer than that , latest thread was november

Kates not latest

This is the earliest I can find it

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a1314710-to-wonder-if-we-might-need-a-whole-new-section-for-dedicated-Frothing-Berserkers