This is about the words isn't it, the lingo, the lexicon, the phrases or idioms or slang that seem to be MN specific - the vocabulary, not the actual things or actions?
I also hate the "everyone I know in RL does X and thinks Y and has Z and nobody ever thinks A or does B or has C, therefore A, B and C exist only on MN" foolishness. I do think there are words and phrases used on MN that are not in common usua
Its the MN words for things this thread is about - so using the shorthand "go Low/ No Contact" rather than the fact people have felt they had to distance themselves or cut a relative out of their life... and yes sticking "much" and a questionmark after a negative quality, - calling female genitals fanjos (that is only MN isn't it, or is it used in spoken English in some circles) is MN but having one isn't :o
I read a thread where somebody typed out a note they'd had pushed through the door full of "much needed" and "hard working" and I thought that smelt a bit off, people only refer to themselves as "hard working" if they are DM journalists or posting on MN, and people only refer to things as "much needed" on MN... but I didn't write that as I then thought perhaps everyone is talking like that now... It puts me in mind of a certain type of man who introduces himself as "Mr Smith" rather than ""Fred Smith"... you never use your own title verbally do you, unless asked? It just feels - off, odd, not quite right...
Its the word choices though, not the things they refer to in themselves.