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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

OP posts:
WhoWants2Know · 07/02/2016 16:15

"Fakeaway". So, cooking at home instead of getting a takeaway, right? Isn't that just cooking dinner?

ComposHatComesBack · 07/02/2016 16:16

Practising mindfulness- having a think about things

Towardsthesun · 07/02/2016 16:18

Someone in front of me in Costa the other day ordered a wet coffee Confused.

deregistered · 07/02/2016 16:26

What's a wet coffee?

Towardsthesun · 07/02/2016 16:27

I did ask, it's a coffee without the froth on the top.

annielouise · 07/02/2016 16:27

A lot of these are Americanisms. Someone said to me thanks for "reaching out" when I called them uninvited for a job. I had to laugh - why not thanks for getting in touch? I heard someone say "on point" the other day - another American term. We seem to talk in sound bites now and I'm so glad others are taking a stand against it.

Hate all the tabloid news columns - rockin' this, pop of colour, steppin' out, bonding with baby if you're seen in public with your kid, if you're in shorts it's rockin' Daisy Dukes. All so predictable. Serves me right for reading them though.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 07/02/2016 16:29

Reclaiming your space=tidying the hoose fgs

nocabbageinmyeye · 07/02/2016 16:34

A bit late but yep igivein the wipe clean, hygenic, colourful kind, the wicker actually stunk too

Mislove I mean that aren't allowed say bold to the kids, in any way, so if the kids are being unruley little fuckers they have to say "stop being silly" as opposed to that's bold or whatever, a load of absolute shit. So when out of creche if kids are being silly and people are saying silly in a fun way it's all very confusing. Nothing wrong with saying/someone is bold when it is actually bold.

MrsJayy · 07/02/2016 16:41

When did rooms become spaces I blame Kirstie Allsop

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 07/02/2016 16:42

Own it=admit you're a dick.

cheapandcheerful · 07/02/2016 16:49

I can remember writing a book about 'minibeasts' in 1990...

Singsongsungagain · 07/02/2016 16:53

I am so with you all- and I see your shoe and raise you a trouser- "it's a very on trend trouser". No dear, it's a pair of trousers. And yes they are trousers not bloody pants!

LionsLedge · 07/02/2016 16:57

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DefinitelyMaybeBaby · 07/02/2016 17:06

I'm surprised no one has mentioned storm names, another example of needing to be a "thing". I hate it! It's just appeared in the uk so prevelantly in the last year or two.
People who used to say "it's windy" now say "oh that'll be Henry causing chaos" or post a pic online of a blown over trampoline captioned "thanks Betty!"

Uh.

howsyourback · 07/02/2016 17:09

YY at work there is lots of 'going forward' and 'touching base' and my personal favourite - 'populating' forms rather than just filling them in . . . Hmm

FelicityFunknickle · 07/02/2016 17:09

Some of them are useful imo Blush
I like the term "attachment parenting" in some ways because it ais descriptive of an approach removed from the "baby training" hamds off ideas so commonly pushed.
But on the whole? Yanbu. It is tiresome how commercialism/ marketing intrudes every aspect of our lives. Like there is nothing just honest and grounded to be had. All activities need a "label"

FelicityFunknickle · 07/02/2016 17:11

Yes, "going forward" pisses me off. It seems synonymous with "don't mention how we fucked up in the past"

TitClash · 07/02/2016 17:18

YANBU, Its like all the bullshit from the office leaked into real life.

goldensquirrel · 07/02/2016 17:21

I wouldn't argue 'making a list' is a 'strategy'.

I find playdate easier to text.

I don't like 'own it' and seeking 'closure'- they sound fine said by Americans.

handslikecowstits · 07/02/2016 17:29

Brilliant thread.

Most of these are making my bum twitch.

dementedma · 07/02/2016 17:39

Mumpreneur pisses me off big time.
I don't give a fuck about your ability to breed, I'm interested in whether or not we can do business together.

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 07/02/2016 17:42

Yes Eustaciavile - WTF is bullet journalling???? I read a blog post on it (here? Can't remember as it rendered me catatonic for a good half hour...) and still none the wiser because is it not just making lists of things in a book?

Squalid · 07/02/2016 17:51

No one can ever just find anything or buy it, they have to 'source' it. 'I sourced some great bits for my DD's party bags'. No you fucking didn't! You bought them from Tesco!

Singsongsungagain · 07/02/2016 17:58

At work we have to QA everything. Everything! In the olden days we just checked it and that was quicker but perhaps less exciting...

wonderpants · 07/02/2016 18:04

I saw a pharmacy can with 'no meds kept in van over night' and it gave me the rage! In the same way 'uni' does!
University. Medication. Not that difficult is it?