Phrases you really hate on MN

[cathf]

Following on from the fabulous type of threads you really hate on here, I thought I would start a similar thread for phrases used on MN that really get your goat.
I'll start off with 'in this house', usually used in conjunction with some smug statement to make the OP feel inadequate/bad.
For example 'Oh, we love books in this house!' or 'there's no faddy eaters allowed in this house' or 'we all have to respect each other in this house'.
Over to you ....

The online dictionary's definition of meltdown is a disastrous collapse or breakdown - as in a nuclear meltdown - so to me it seems perfectly fair and reasonable to use it to describe anyone who has momentarily lost it. That might be a child with autism or it might not. I've many times seen parents of children with autism on here assert that the word can only be used for a child with autism but that seems like an unreasonable narrowing of the definition. Is it because they (wrongly) think that if someone says "a child at soft play had a meltdown" they're armchair-diagnosing that child as having autism, which they're clearly not?

crashdoll It's even worse when DS (a wise little Lord Fauntleroy type) or DD (a mini Mary Beard) give their precocious views e.g. DS aged 3 thinks that X is a mysoginist

It's even worse when DS (a wise little Lord Fauntleroy type) or DD (a mini Mary Beard) give their precocious views e.g. DS aged 3 thinks that X is a mysoginist

Or a narc... (That's the baby's (aged 24 months) view)...

'He's a wise little chap' - no, he's two

"Eek".

When people talk about someone from their 'friendship group', it really makes me want to puke.

Pension Pot.

Portion Control.

I have an intense dislike of both.

MrsPeally - I wouldn't say either of those are particularly MN phrases/terms, very common to hear "pension pot" on any BBC item about pensions and "portion control" on any about the "obesity crisis".

social circle Well that'll be me then running round in a circle on my own.

"Meh" I hate that bloody expression. People that put kisses after every post. "Hun". There are lots more

Yy to have a spa day.
As if paying a hugely inflated fee for the privilege of being mauled around by strangers whilst listening to some whale music shite is actually going to improve matters/make the problem go away

LiviaDrusillaAugusta 'He's a wise little chap' - no, he's two

Are you sure about that? I mean, a lot of MNers go to such lengths to tell the world about exactly how gifted and talented their offspring are. All the time. Makes you wonder where all the thick kids are now, seeing as every child now appears to be G&T....