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AIBU to hate the phrase 'fluid bonded'?

124 replies

mumoseven · 05/03/2016 21:21

I'm adding it to my cringe list. Along with 'moist', 'lube' and 'unpick'

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LuciLevi123 · 05/03/2016 23:36

the word titties

Vintage45 · 05/03/2016 23:40

Fluid bonded? FGS what a load of crap.

sandgrown · 05/03/2016 23:42

Where I come from a growler is a pork pie!Confused

whycantwegoonasthree · 05/03/2016 23:52

Bananafish it was used in the context of a non-traditional relationship, so maybe that excuses it somewhat.

--I hope so since it was me that said it.

It's just shorthand, and I've heard worse.

That said I'm deeply and profoundly sorry I ever typed it.

But then I also like the word moist so maybe I am odd. In ways other than being involved in a non traditional relationship.

MakewayforNoddy · 06/03/2016 19:55

Discharge.

Muff said.

MakewayforNoddy · 06/03/2016 19:56

Nuff said! Bloody autocorrect.

KERALA1 · 06/03/2016 20:03

Cuppa and hubby are worse

Dontlaugh · 06/03/2016 20:10

I know it's a username on this thread but oubliette is something only serial killers use or need.
Fluid bonded; well that's just wankery, isn't it?

mumoseven · 09/03/2016 22:43

Ah I don't suppose it matters what words people use really. Just some phrases rub me up the wrong way. Ooh er missus etc

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Tabsicle · 09/03/2016 23:25

Hubby makes me cringe.

Women over the age of 18 referring to "nights with the girls" makes me wonder if they are babysitting.

Tabsicle · 09/03/2016 23:27

Oh, and all cutesy spellings. Like bikkit instead of biscuit or sammich instead of sandwich. I sometimes have difficulties replying to anything with those words in.

Grilledaubergines · 09/03/2016 23:31

'Wine o'clock'makes the bike rise in me. As does 'girlie night out' and drink described as 'lady petrol'.

Oh and stick 'hun' on there too.

Grilledaubergines · 09/03/2016 23:32

Sorry should say 'bile'. I'm no magician, bikes do not rise in me.

DaphneWhitethigh · 09/03/2016 23:37

I heard it for the first time on the polyamory thread. As it happens I hang out on another board with an unusually high number of polyamorous types but still haven't heard the phrase before and find it somewhat icky.

However I can see that if you live a romantically complex life you'd need a way to express the idea of "I have unprotected sex with Y because we like it and we've both had clean STD tests and neither of us have unprotected sex with any of our many other sexual partners except for Z with whom Y is attempting to conceive a child - Z is a professional dominatrix but doesn't have penetrative sex with anybody apart from Y". In this scenario X, Y and Z are "fluid bonded".

Canyouforgiveher · 09/03/2016 23:41

god can't stand it. And I share some fluids with dh (semen/saliva are all ok) but wouldn't share a cup of coffee or a glass of water with him ever so what does it even mean.

personally we are "children and ah sure who'd have us now" bonded

However I can see that if you live a romantically complex life you'd need a way to express the idea of "I have unprotected sex with Y because we like it and we've both had clean STD tests and neither of us have unprotected sex with any of our many other sexual partners except for Z with whom Y is attempting to conceive a child - Z is a professional dominatrix but doesn't have penetrative sex with anybody apart from Y". In this scenario X, Y and Z are "fluid bonded".

honestly I think fluid bonded being available as a phrase means we miss an opportunity here. If the phrase didn't exist we could have had a novel or a song or at least a poem about this situation.

TheAngelofNitshillRoad · 09/03/2016 23:53

Lady petrol!! Grin Grin

TheAngelofNitshillRoad · 09/03/2016 23:55

Fluid bonded is just a meaningless, made-up, wanky phrase.

It doesn't mean anything. It doesn't make sense.

PacificDogwod · 10/03/2016 16:25

Fluid bonded; well that's just wankery, isn't it?

Yes, wanking is fluidbonding with yourself.
You're v welcome.

CheshireChat · 10/03/2016 17:25

Well, moist is unpleasant sounding in at least another language (that I know obviously) so maybe it's the concept. Same with discharge. Though they don't sound quite so bad in my native language so I've just managed to confuse myself Confused.

ManneryTowers · 10/03/2016 17:38

It's just pretentious, overt 'coolness' that makes anyone using it sound like a fool. Hth.

TeaBelle · 10/03/2016 18:33

I thought it was a cringey name for after work drinks - fluid bonding. Made sense to me!

Behooven · 10/03/2016 18:36

Well, another day of learning on mumsnet Confused

Gatekeeper · 10/03/2016 18:41

I bloody hate the word gland

argghhh

how about 'mound of venus' for lady bits

or 'bower of bliss'

MewlingQuim · 10/03/2016 18:42

Always sounds like some small but delicious gamebird to me

Grin
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