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To think that everything has to be a 'thing'

385 replies

Abbinob · 07/02/2016 09:16

These days?
E.g
Going to a mates house to play = play date
Feeding baby bits off your plate = baby led weaning.
Baby playing with bowl of rice = sensory play
No one goes on a diet anymore they make a "lifestyle change"
A coffee can't even be a coffee anymore it has to be a mochalattaoohlala. At home! At home!! Wheres the nescafe!?

Maybe Im uneducated or something but jeez

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BertieBotts · 07/02/2016 20:08

Bold is Irish for naughty.

Sanpro is just short for sanitary protection, not that entire mouthful. Or you can say pads/tampons, that's what I normally say.

OhPudding · 07/02/2016 20:10

ha ha haaa@'Reach Out'

I've never heard 'sanpro' used other than on MN.

HackerFucker22 · 07/02/2016 20:17

I have an irrational hatred of the term 'sanpro' but yep I've only ever heard it on here.

shatteredmama · 07/02/2016 20:28

Yummy Mummy makes me cringe

Lookatyourwatchnow · 07/02/2016 20:41

Puppy parent. My friend was 'so excited to be a puppy parent, squeeee'. Now she is 'such a proud puppy mamma' because her dog shits outside. Behave. Arghhhhhh, makes me want to slap her.

AliceScarlett · 07/02/2016 20:42

Hydrating= drinking water

Protein loading= eating some chicken

Breaking out= having a tea break

I love this thread.

Got to disagree with the mindfulness= having a think though. Not the same thing.

amicissimma · 07/02/2016 20:46

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ceeveebee · 07/02/2016 20:48

At work we don't have departments, we have 'tribes''.....

Darrowisred · 07/02/2016 20:54

You can't just have a nice day with your family nowadays. It must be documented on FB and hash tagged #blessed
Aargh

Darrowisred · 07/02/2016 20:55

Also at work we can't look something up on our database. We must interrogate the database.

hollyisalovelyname · 07/02/2016 20:57

This 'playdate' stuff.
We just played with our friends.

ComposHatComesBack · 07/02/2016 21:04

disagree with the mindfulness= having a think though. Not the same thing

Bit curious as to what it is then.

TrappedInAWitchesCurse · 07/02/2016 21:07

It bugs me when people refer to someone as "my favourite" e.g. a restaurant selfie captioned "Dinner with my favourite". That's your boyfriend, love. Even worse when it's shortened to "my fave".
Also addressing friends as "lovely lady" e.g "Happy Birthday lovely lady!" What's wrong with "Happy Birthday Sue"?!
I blame social media for these ones, never hear them uttered in real life, but I see them all the time online.

RakeMeHomeCountryToads · 07/02/2016 21:21

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ComposHatComesBack · 07/02/2016 21:33

Or 'the boy'

Or even worse 'the boyf'

dementedma · 07/02/2016 21:37

We were learning about mini beasts back in the 80s here in Scotland, but then insects and the like are always known as beasties or wee beasts, which I like.During a drinks evening with adult friends the shriek from upstairs of " MUM! Help! There a beast in the bedroom" generated a horrified reaction from guests, and a leisurely one from me as I knew it would be a moth or a daddy long legs.Grin

CoffeeAndOranges · 07/02/2016 21:41

Yes to pretty much all of these! Came on to say 'mama' - every mum who has a 'lifestyle blog' has to be a mama. Really irritates me, like they are trying to elevate their particular type of mothering to be more special - no doubt they are cloth bumming babywearing, cosleeping, exclusively breastfeeding, blw, unschoolers! NB I use a sling and breastfeed without giving formula and have a bedside crib so not disparaging the actual practices, just the announcing of it like you are in some kind of superior club.

And naming storms. Just daft and makes everything seem more dramatic. At least this year we have avoided the phrase The Big Freeze (on account of there being bugger all actual cold weather).

And 'hack'. Grrrr. No more need be said...

NoCapes · 07/02/2016 21:42

Edith no need for all that, just a quick 'sanitary products' (which is what SanPro is actually short for) will do Smile

honkinghaddock · 07/02/2016 21:49

Challenging behaviour doesn't mean naughty eg self harming is classed as challenging behaviour.

paxillin · 07/02/2016 21:49

A reception class full of "learners" who are busy "accessing the learning". WTF? Oh, some kids gluing the content of the recycling bin onto cardboard.

toffeeboffin · 07/02/2016 21:54

Thanks Lonny .

Glad it's actually just coffee and not something else!

toffeeboffin · 07/02/2016 21:56

Fun architect?

Like WTAF?

Just throw yourself off a cliff please.

dannydyerismydad · 07/02/2016 21:59

I remember when people had funny little ways or odd habits. Now we have to be a bit OCD.

At a previous employer nobody ever said no. Instead they preferred "I'm going to have to push that back"

I once heard some toss bag uttering "let's just cascade this down to the next level of granularity"

toffeeboffin · 07/02/2016 21:59

'Touch base'.

No. Don't touch my base, thank you very much Grin

God I'm miserable.

aliasjoey · 07/02/2016 22:29

I usually ask for my coffee "wet" but I'm not happy about having to do that.

If I say "no foam please", the Starbucks person just corrects me and replies "oh you mean wet " Hmm