to unfriend, unfollow and generally avoid like the plague anyone who uses the word 'hollibobs'

[MmeLindor]

You have not just returned from your 'hollibobs'. You were on holiday. I can cope with 'vacation' if you are from North America.

The word 'hollibobs' has MORE LETTERS than the word that you are replacing it with.

And it makes you look dim.

No they are not

I think you're being rather mean Mme, I'm sure people have a real larf on their holibobs.

With their hubsibobs and their kiddiwinks.

hahahahaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhh!

For the last couple of weeks, Wimbles has been making me want to gouge my eyes out.

NO. Holibags are even worse.

Hollibagersters are the opposite of the Hollibobbers.

The perky Hollibobberblonde is sitting by the pool, drinking pina colada and flirting with the Spanish waiter, cause she is on her hollibobs [tinklylaughter]

The Holibagster is the grumpy middle aged woman, with bags under her eyes. She is trying to put sun cream on the wriggling child who kept her up half the bleeding night, and if her DH doesn't stop looking at the Hollibobberblonde, she'll stick the suncream where the sun don't shine.

Exit Is a christmas scone a variation on a mince pie?

I do believe you good ladies will find the correct term is "Holliberries" , you may also use the coloquial "jollies"....
None of this hollibobbins nonsense - ((((gavel))))

Ps I'm not even on "The Facebook"

holliberries? That is a new one. I might have to leave That Facebook, if any more of these horrible words start being used more.

Ha yes......don't know if its too widesoread but my godmum has always used it and its just a word we have always used together.......should have kept my gob shut really shouldn't I, have probably introduced it to the masses

Haha, you misery OP. I'm not guilty of holibobs, but my son frequently suffers from windy-pop and The Bad Wind (and does burpy-slurps)

Think key factor is that I say this TO HIM and not to all & sundry/on facebook.

Hypocritically I loathe 'hubby' and 'kiddies' whilst bring known to call both ds's 'little man' and 'baba'

Not sure why it annoys me so, but many in US have taken to using STAYCATION to describe a home based holiday.

Hollibobs is twee but not nearly as irritating as:

Chrimble
BotBot
On me tod

There's just this whole twee dialect that runs through this country's subconscious. It's pretty naff but I no longer let it bother me as its so prevalent.

You can't really avoid it though so why not just make your peace with it.

I always think jollies are s

I always think jollies are different to holidays. A jolly is a business trip or team building away day that is more fun than work in my mind.

YANBU, just awful.

Never heard it before and hopefully never will again :)

Miffy
Now that I have made you aware of it, you will see it everywhere

Yes, Jollies are thinly disguised holidays, passed off as a business trip

Have to admit, have stored the holiday info file as hollibobs! And every now and then I take a ikkle peak at it! Dh did say wtf, but must know by now where it is from!

Jollies in this house are short breaks away without the DC, either separately or (rarely) together.

Holibobs are either actual family holidays or just the school holibobs.

Do anyone else's parents go 'gallivanting' when they have a day trip? Or has the expression died out completely?

I hate hollibobs and jollies and phrases like that

But then I caught myself saying 'righty-ho'

Greenhill
My mum and dad go 'gallivanting', and my mum says, 'I am almost finished titivating myself, then we can go'.

Heh, like I said.. The use of the D key. Every keyboard has one and I see it used an awful lot on here..Even by you Mme. Some things irritate, but you do what other people do and ignore it.

Wanting to delete somebody who types or talks innocently in a way that annoys you is pretty strange tbh.. Jokey threads exempt of course ;)

Oh, I get it. #dim

I am not seriously considering this option. I would have no friends left on FB.

[reconsiders the whole point of having a FB account]

[awaits flaming for using a hashtag on MN]

MmeL, I don't think "titivating" and "gallivanting" are in the same league as "hollibobs". They're just (possibly self-consciously) quaint and old-fashioned, not desperately trying to be cutesy.

True. I was replying to a comment earlier about the word gallivanting.

Hollibobs is in a whole new category