To hate the overused MN expression "Are you on glue?"

[MrsWinnibago]

There's just something really horrible about it....rude and unnecessary.

It also smacks of someone trying to be smart and witty buy just trotting out a line they've been taught.

Equally irritating is "Did you mean to be so rude" because it's so overused and "This too shall pass." is also ANNOYING.

This too shall pass is actually a lovely saying but it's SO overused on here!

This won't be as universally loathed as all others mentioned, but can I put in a vote for ".. There are no words.." Post after post after post on the really sad threads. Flipping hate it.
Come on people, there are words, just engage your brains please!

It wasn't the "are you on glue" remark that was funny/original by itself, it was the follow up renaming of a bridezilla to gluezilla that was so apt.

I like 'gluezilla'.

I agree. Endlessly parroting whatever the MN buzzword is has no impact whatsoever.

Handing someone a grip or asking them if they meant to be so rude isn't the devastating retort the poster intended it to be as they are so hackneyed from massive over use.

It just marks them out as follow theherd dullards who have nothing to contribute but really fancy taking part in giving someone a booting.

YANBU,, the glue thing wasn't even funny on the original thread.

Thing is, it's the in-phrases and jokes and misspellings that makes MN an online community.

I like the familiarity. It's why I've been mooching about these boards for the best part of ten years.

Some phrases make me smile. Some don't. But I can't get all teeth-gnashy about it.

There is a real need for a snappy way of saying "Goodness, I can't believe you're doing that. Are you aware that your behaviour is wildly irrational and/or outside social norms?" We are moving to being a bit more sensitive on MH-based insults, so the once natural "are you fucking mental?" is now off limits. Hence, "are you/is she on glue?". I think it has its place.

But Lady what if the person you're saying it to has experience with/of solvent abuse?

It just marks them out as follow the herd dullards who have nothing to contribute but really fancy taking part in giving someone a booting.

I agree with this ^^

This will not end well.

I dont see it that often j think its quite funnny , I do like when talking about a treat, its a sweet not crack

The blunt statement 'I find that/this offensive.'

Tell my why you've found what ive said troubling/rude/painful and I will consider my views and we can have a discussion about it but to utter the magic phrase 'I am offended' doesn't or shouldn't automatically shut down a discussion.

I prefer to ask someone if they are off their tits. Most of what other people say or doesn't annoy me.

I loathe all this entitled crap. It seems to be used for even this slightest little expectation of help from anyone. Its often coupled with some 4 Yorkshire men-esque anecdote about leaving home at 16, working several jobs whilst bringing up many children and doing a degree and never even hoping for even a yearly phone call from any relative.

Someone used are you on glue on a thread the other day and it was totally inappropriate (the one about a pregnant lady and her coke using dp) I think she took it seriously.

Meh is my favourite

Yes, the 'entitled' thing is way overused, not to mentioned used inappropriately. e.g.

'Am I being unreasonable to discipline this child for hitting my DD?'
'You sound really entitled actually, OP'.

This isn't solely a mumsnet thing, but I can't stand the indiscriminate use of the adjective 'lush'. Yuck. It's one of those 'moist' or 'meal' type of words.

i hate the entitled too, i started a thread about it and someone told me it should be 'self' entitled anyway

asking someone if they are on glue is hideous and not funny in the slightest.

though this face pees me off.

Have namechanged for this,but am a regular.Pombear,penis beaker,naice ham.

AIBU to post on AIBU,when even though I know IABU, I will not admit it,ever?

YADNBU. Hate it too, along with most of the others on here too.

Gully

I also Hate Hate that Namechange one.

'sense of entitlement' is just sooo many keystrokes though isn't it?

See "did you mean to be so rude " can't be said. It then outs you as on here. If that was said to me not only would I reply "are u thick ? Of fucking course I did?!" I'd also be back on here so fucking fast writing up said encounter to humiliate the person further that I can't see it's worth it.

You can't tell whose on mn by looking at them but that phrase... That's proof.

I hate im a regular but nc to be a twat threads it pisses me off justnlet us know that youvare a twat

Uterus I beg to differ. It's not the in-phrases etc that make MN a good online community but rather a shared philosophy....a way of thinking that brings people together as they recognise themselves in one another.

Personally I think it's marvelous because of the spades of help people can access here. It's got such a diverse user group that I can come on here and ask a question about ANYTHING and be confident that there will be a dentist/florist/marketing pro or whatever who will come on and help me.

I also love the way it helps women in need of support...putting them in the way of help in real life. It's those things which make MN a special place and not the use of daft phrases....though it IS a recognised thing in real life friendships that part of bonding is the forming of shared phrases/routines....so I suppose it's important in a way too.