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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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Ughnotagain · 07/02/2016 15:01

I haven't rtft but Bumpsadaisie, we did about "minibeasts" when I was in year 1 over 20 years ago!

Eustaciavile · 07/02/2016 15:01

Vintage!!! Everything is vintage!! Nothing is second hand or old Angry

I told a vintage obsessed colleague that my wardrobes are from the 1950s....she asked me where I "sourced' them from Grin erm from my nan when I got my first flat in 1991.....haha I am so cool

Thymeout · 07/02/2016 15:02

Lois - I have heard 'time for a comfort break'.

Ilovetorrentialrain · 07/02/2016 15:04

Etihad Correct!

Eustaciavile yes! Also why when people say 'vintage' do they always mean 1950s? As if there is no other vintage.

Terribleknitter · 07/02/2016 15:07

I spent years working as a nursery nurse - the longer I spent putting together play plans the more ridiculous it felt using the latest buzzwords! I'd make up the plan while at the time thinking 'ffs they're playing with sand not splitting the atom!'
Business speak pisses me off too, DH sometimes brings his work brain home with him and actually dared to use the phrase Blue Sky Thinking in the house. I may stop taking the piss before he retires Grin
I have to ask - what's a Wonder Week? That one passed me by and I've learnt never to google unexplained things I read on here...

MrsJayy · 07/02/2016 15:09

In n Dhs last job they had comfort breaks he worked out of his van so had to let a manager know he needed the toilet

SeptemberFlowers · 07/02/2016 15:10

Crying with laughter at this thread. I feel like I have a family 👪

missbishi · 07/02/2016 15:14

Anything which is "pan fried". What the fuck else would you fry it in?

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 07/02/2016 15:16

Forgot about comfort breaks. Its not exciting enough though. How about Elimination Emergency? Or Lower Body Escape Plan?

MrsJayy · 07/02/2016 15:17

My friend rants on facebook about pan frying its v funny

Anniegetyourgun · 07/02/2016 15:18

Years ago when I worked in a Government Department they decided to replace the old rigid hierarchy with "flexible grading". Pretty much every job role had to have "manager" in it, eg a filing clerk became a Records Manager". You could pretty much guarantee that the higher up the organisation someone worked, so the more they actually managed, the less likely they were to have "manager" in their title. Above a certain level it was grades of "Director" and at the very top it was back to the good old "Secretary", who was neither a secretary (indeed is probably supported by a small army of what we used to think of as secretaries) nor a Secretary of State because that's something different again.

Did any of this mean people were better able to find the level that suited them best and made optimum use of their skills? Did it heck.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 07/02/2016 15:20

Actually we don't really need to make up any more crap. I take back my last post. Abort your musings! Grin

Eustaciavile · 07/02/2016 15:21

Angrybullet journalingAngry
Surely this is a to do list perhaps in a diary?!
But no, it's a 'thing"!!!!

TiggyD · 07/02/2016 15:22

You can fry things in a deep fat fryer. And those Actifry things.

iwouldgoouttonight · 07/02/2016 15:35

I love this thread. Almost all of my otherwise completely nice and normal friends say playdates. Pisses me right off. Why not just say 'do you want to come round for a coffee and a gossip while hoping the kids play nicely together preferably in another room'.

Same with sleepovers, date nights, etc.

Also pop-up things. Pop-up shops, pop-up pubs. Makes them sound as though they've just been inflated like a bouncy castle.

At work we have 'hack days' to 'unpack' the 'strategic plan' ie. we sit in a room all day deciding what to do next.

Olddear · 07/02/2016 15:39

Oh! Bullet journal!!! When I do that I call it 'making a list' and I hate to see people 'baby wearing' it always makes my stomach flip thinking about what would happen if they tripped and fell.......

jay55 · 07/02/2016 15:41

Manscaping.

toffeeboffin · 07/02/2016 15:43

Lifestyle blog.

Aka boring, normal life.

Cutecat78 · 07/02/2016 15:43

"5th/6th Season"

It's a fucking TV SERIES!!!! Angry

toffeeboffin · 07/02/2016 15:44

What's manscaping?

Ogling fellas?

Terribleknitter · 07/02/2016 15:47

I'm in an American run fan group on FB - for a British show I should add - and the amount of Series/Season debates we have is daft. People get quite irate about it!

LionsLedge · 07/02/2016 15:47

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dodobookends · 07/02/2016 16:08

Vintage = old tat

Retro = dated tat

Shabby chic = dated tat with bows on it

Challenging behaviour = naughty

Demand avoidance = won't do as they're told

Tummy time - sticking them on their front for a bit for a change of scenery

passmethewineplease · 07/02/2016 16:10

Those bloody wonder weeks/leaps things...

My mum didn't have a sodding clue what I was on about, she found it hilarious.

Whenever I said my baby was being difficult a little shit I was told she was probably going through a devlelopment leap and I should guide her through this time. She was just sodding tired and grumpy.

Also people documenting their whole hour at the gym. #legday #eatean clean9

Fuck off!

Towardsthesun · 07/02/2016 16:14

Oh yes re job titles, teachers are leaders of learning now didn't you know.