To ask what words or phrases you never hear outside of MN?

[Fratelli]

Many a time I have been reading a thread and thought "I've never head anyone say that in real life".

Ha ha - no is a complete sentence. I laugh every time I read that one because it so isn't. I get a funny vision of the blunt 'no' and chuckle to myself. It's terrible advice.

My dh came home from a training course talking about not his monkeys for days i wanted to punch him

Where did 'sanpro' come from? Never heard it outside of MN. Its awful, too

I’m surprised that people think hobbies are a Mumsnet thing and RL people don’t have hobbies. Don’t you know people who read, or sew, or bake, run, garden, go to the gym, play sport, take photographs, go birdwatching, hiking, sing, collect things, make things etc etc etc?

Its the word hobby we are talking about as in My dh has an expensive hobby he does all weekend what that translates to is the husband spends ££s on his bloody cycling club

I said that upthread MrsJayy but then several people have come back and said that they don't know anyone with hobbies.

Plenty of people have interests that they indulge as and when. I don't think I know anyone who spends every weekend pursuing a hobby alone away from the family though. I'm not judging in saying that, I just don't see it, that's all.

"Has form for". I know it's a legitimate phrase but I've never heard anybody say it IRL.
Never heard of "wendied" or "Helened" though

Ah ok sorry misunderstood

Makes my teeth itch.

I mean wtaf does that mean?

It's not that people in my RL don't have hobbies.

It's just that I've never met anyone who would say, "My DH is doing his hobby tonight", instead of "My DH is playing golf tonight" (or whatever the hobby is).

In fact if someone said their DH was doing their hobby tonight without saying what it was, I'd assume he'd taken up hardcore wanking or something

Egosumgism you're lucky... I have anxiety disorder. It's shit.
I also have abusive parents who I've had to go no contact with. I know three other people who have too.
I like mn as there are people who've had a similar experience to me. We can get support from each other. In rl people aren't willing to talk about it as its not in their realm of experience.

I had an anxiety disorder all through my 20s into my 30s its not something I would have spoken about in RL to randoms

But randoms on the internet i spill my guts

"has form for" is a term adopted from horse racing. It's commonly used in conversation amongst my social circle.

Regarding the use of the word "hobby", what about the chain of craft/sewing/knitting/art shops called Hobbycraft? Those exist very much in real life! It's a perfectly normal general word used to encompass all those sorts of things, plus collecting etc.

Definitely haven't heard 'Wendied' outside of MN (and Helened is a new one on me -are they different?)
I hadn't heard 'gaslighting' before MN, but I know it isn't exclusive to MN and says more about my ignorance than anything else.
Itchy teeth I've always used in the context of strong cheese rather than something that sets my teeth on edge!

I hadn't heard grabby before but used it for the first time in RL today.

What's being Helened? Is it the same as Wendied?

And yes "MIL has form" or whatever is something I've never heard anyone say IRL.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them"

I rarely hear the word C**T in real life.

I'm rather happy to have that word missing from my daily life. I just think it's ugly and aggressive and I don't think I'd want to mix with someone who said it in regular conversation.

Ah see round here Cunt is a sign of affection

"How are you you old cunt"

But it is and can be very offensive

I've never seen anyone spit tea over a keyboard. Yet it's a frequent occurrence with mumsnetters.
I'm also averse to the wow, just wow lot.
And refusers, in the context ds is a pea refuser, aibu to feed him beans every night with his tea

OhahIlostmybra I use 'Natch!' all the time. I blame Arthur Marshall who used to use it a lot - it tickled me, and stuck in my vocabulary...

Trigger warning! How infantile is that?

"Does he have form?"

That's new to me!