'Wind your neck in' - boring, irritating, dismissive, unoriginal, condescending?

[HappyGirlNow]

This phrase. On many threads. From many posters.

Overused. Irritating. Surely the only suitable response is 'wind your own fucking neck in'. This is a discussion forum for people to air their views after all....

I'm finding it hard to explain why use of the phrase annoys me so much. Does it irritate anyone else like this? Maybe someone can articulate this better...

Worra so it's a way of saying someone's nosy?

Yes, the same as wind your neck in means 'take your nose out of my business'.

I prefer "wind your neck in and take your head for a shit".

nicked it from Jeremy Kyle

Says it all really, if it's used on that repugnant and exploitative programme.

I don't even understand what 'give your head a wobble' means or why some find it funny.
Never heard 'trunky want a bun!' but love it!

My son said I should go in a little room and have a chat with myself. I think he meant I was being daft

I find the phrase phases of mumsnet fascinating. When I first found mn there was lots of at the end of people's posts. Haven't seen that one in ages.

Then there was 'it makes my teeth itch', 'wow. Just wow' and the classic fottfsofatfosm and variations thereof.

Love it. Don't really use it myself, but my mum does sometimes and it reminds me of her. She's a very no nonsense Irish mammy type.

I love "give your head a wobble". I picture someone giving themselves a smart slap on the side of the head, then saying "I do apologise, my logic circuit appears to have frozen."

I see "wind your neck in" and "do one" used frequently to basically mean just "shut up". Often seems to be men saying to women, too.

I love "trunky want a bun", I'm going to have to start using that!

Wind your neck in does not mean stop being nosy. It's an army phrase & it means stop being gobby, cheeky etc.

I also like 'have a word with yourself' and .

The "are you on glue?" is the most ridiculous and the rush to be the first to say it on a thread makes me cringe.

Other posters are right, a phrase is uttered, the poster who posted it is feted, posters bow down in the face of this wit and then repeat the phrase ad naseum on other threads in order to receive some of the same glow of stardom.

ruddy that's so true - those are irritating. I have noticed a lot of people saying "boils my piss" lately. Not sure if that's irritating - the first time I heard it it did make me laugh. does mums net have its own version of corporate lingo?

Give your head a wobble always makes me laugh

If 'disingenuous' hasn't been used by 100 posts I feel let down by MN.
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I like 'wind your neck in'. I have visions of some ranty in-your-face randomer with bulging veins, being told. I have only heard it applied to people who need to simmer down with their opinions.

I did actually say this to a lady who was screaming at a colleague about where she parked. Colleague was shaking, repeatedly saying sorry and trying to get away to move her car. I went to her rescue and the woman duly transferred her rage to me. I just said "oh, wind your neck in". She went solar. I walked away

Round - that describes her to a tee! All puffed up and red with rage.

I hate "boils my piss", I think it sounds really vulgar.