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AIBU?

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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JenEric · 07/02/2016 10:29

Bromance
Daddy daughter date
Sensory play

No fuck off

RebootYourEngine · 07/02/2016 10:31

I am so glad that i found this thread.

I thought i was the only one who thought that this stuff was ridiculous.

pigsinmud · 07/02/2016 10:33

Date night with husband - Yuk
Daddy daughter date - even more pukey
I can't think of any of my own, but agree with all of these suggestions!

BonitaFangita · 07/02/2016 10:35

Daddy Daughter Date sounds all kinds of weird, but maybe that's just me.

rainingsleepingbags · 07/02/2016 10:36

I agree Theendispie. And now even just relaxing at home is a thing, it's Netflix and chill, pizza and chill, scratching your arse on the sofa and chill for heavens sake.

This thread is bringing back memories of artisan slippers (or was it artisanal?)

Sallyhasleftthebuilding · 07/02/2016 10:37

Anger management issues - tantrum

museumum · 07/02/2016 10:37

Mini-beasts is a term that really helps. If you do a project on "insects" you would have to spend 90% of the time saying "no that's not an insect, it's a spider", or "nope, that's a slug"... I suppose if you strongly object to minibeasts as a word you could do s project on "invertebrates" but that's not really a word designed to appeal to 5yr olds!

RebootYourEngine · 07/02/2016 10:39

Bonita - its not just you. I just think 'Yuk' when i hear it.

RebootYourEngine · 07/02/2016 10:41

Netflix and chill = having sex.

What happened to coming in for a 'coffee'. Im not even 30 and i feel old.

liz70 · 07/02/2016 10:45

"And your americano' ...had to bite my tongue - no its my coffee - its only coffee I've ordered - it can't be confused with another coffee ...it really doesn't need a name"

DH's explanation for this is that a "coffee" normally refers to a filter coffee these days, whereas an Americano is an espresso watered down to make a full mug of what ultimately tastes like filter coffee, but isn't, because it's a diluted espresso, made differently from a filter coffee. Even though the end result is pretty much the same. And no, I don't get it either, but there it is.

MuttonDressedAsMutton · 07/02/2016 10:47

Love this thread

The baby ones give me the fizzing rage - as someone said up there - 'baby led weaning'? WTF? Oh. You mean when baby reaches for something from your plate and you allow that to happen. Like parents have for millennia before you? FUCK off! Attachment parenting? Like when you take care of your baby's needs and do your utmost to nurture and care for it? Like parents have for millennia before you? FUCK off!

Oh God - I need to lie down and curate my eyeballs!

Sadmum19 · 07/02/2016 10:50

I'm so going to ask for a mochalattaoohlala when I'm next in a coffee shop!

Mislou · 07/02/2016 10:56

Love this thread! Confused - about people not being able to say 'bold ' what does it mean ? Never heard this said, is it slang?

fastingmum123 · 07/02/2016 10:57

I love this thread. One I heard recently which I know I will probably get into trouble for is selective mute I never spoke at school even as a teenager but was just known as shy.

Also what's with joining two words? Especially chilax makes me unnecessarily angry.

Thymeout · 07/02/2016 10:59

People don't have jobs any more. They have 'roles'. And they talk about working in an 'industry'. I imagine a steelworks and it turns out to be 'event planning'.

MuttonDressedAsMutton · 07/02/2016 11:01

Also what's with joining two words?

Brangelina anyone?

NoCapes · 07/02/2016 11:03

Loving the anger on this thread
You are my people

IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 07/02/2016 11:04

Mislou, it's an Irish expression, we say bold instead of naughty.

BlueBlueBelles · 07/02/2016 11:04

To be fair to mini beasts - I found my school project in the loft titled mini beasts from when I was 5.

I'm 33.

So not so new round here.

BlueBlueBelles · 07/02/2016 11:06

Showmethewonder you must be the same age as me then! If you live in the south east....

Lurleene · 07/02/2016 11:06

I can't bear reading articles where, for example, a celebrity has gone out having had their fringe cut and they are described as debuting a new look. Fuck off.

And if they have put on a bit of lippy they are rocking a pink lip. Double fuck off.

BlueBlueBelles · 07/02/2016 11:07

Any kind of "moon" and "shower" pisses me off tbh. Baby shower, bridal shower, baby moon.

This just grabby and commercialised.

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OhPudding · 07/02/2016 11:07

minibeasts

Oh, 'date night' drives me bonkers, too!!

'Date night with the hubby'...fucking beeeeehave.

I am often tempted in Starbucks et al to order a 'mocha chocolata ya ya' just to see if they'll make something up for me, seeing as you can't just get a 'coffee' anymore.

OhPudding · 07/02/2016 11:08

Babymoon

Push present

BlueBlueBelles · 07/02/2016 11:08

Hang on, my maths is crap. I did my project in 1987/8. God now I do feel old.

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