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Phrases you really hate on MN

437 replies

cathf · 07/01/2017 14:17

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 ....

OP posts:
LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 07/01/2017 15:02

All of the above... and 'child needs fed', dog needs walked' and any variation of those. What happened to 'child needs to be fed', etc.? Why do those short sentences need further abbreviation?

Katinkka · 07/01/2017 15:02

'Daily fail'

Original poster
cathf · 07/01/2017 15:02

Will someone PLEASE explain to me what cancel the cheque means???

OP posts:
chipscheesentomatosauce · 07/01/2017 15:03

I hate "red flags" too.

diddl · 07/01/2017 15:03

"Doesn't sit easily/right with me". Weird expression only ever heard on MN and not even grammatical."

To me they are well known idioms!

BishopBrennansArse · 07/01/2017 15:04

Thread, OP gave a cheque as a wedding gift.
Post after post of 'cancel the cheque' even after the OP had been on to say it had already been cashed.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 15:04

Oh and nouns being used as verbs:

Gifting
Labouring (as in pregnancy)

And I saw 'glutened' Shock

TiggyCBE · 07/01/2017 15:04

"Special Snowflake." Patronising, belittling, mocking, and probably several other 'ing' words too.

My other pet hate is people who use a thread title that gives no clue as to what the thread is about. As in (For AIBU) "We'll, am I?", or "Grrrrr".

SausageSoda · 07/01/2017 15:04

cathf I think it means when there are loads of posts basically saying the same thing. Refers to a thread where nearly 1000 posts were telling the OP to cancel the cheque. Can't remember the circumstances though as to why the cheque needed cancelled!

LucklessMonster · 07/01/2017 15:05

Will someone PLEASE explain to me what cancel the cheque means???

There was a thread where the OP had sent a cheque to a couple getting married and they were ungrateful, suggesting she should have given them more. Lots of posters told her to cancel it. She then said it had already been cashed. People kept telling her to cancel it.

It wasn't particularly funny then and it isn't now. It's just an alternative to "RTFT".

Original poster
cathf · 07/01/2017 15:05

Daily Fail, Daily Hate and all its variations.
Rather boring now.
You don't read the Daily Mail - we get the point!

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OverTheGardenGate · 07/01/2017 15:05

Agree about 'baby'. It's either it's name, or 'the baby'. 'Bring baby' sounds very odd to me.

Manumission · 07/01/2017 15:05

Actually, assumptions that a poster's regional or class norms are THE norm are pretty grating.

Manumission · 07/01/2017 15:06

"Birthing"? Livia

NoTractorsAtTheTable · 07/01/2017 15:06

"Didn't want to read and run"

equals

"I don't give a stuff, but want to pretend I do, because I think I'm caring"

SquitMcJit · 07/01/2017 15:07

"I would rip him/ her/them a new one". So gross.

pklme · 07/01/2017 15:07

Baby is handy when you don't know if it's a DS or a DD. It isn't a DC cos there is only one of it. It isn't an it. LO does the job too, but Baby can work.

So what is this passive aggressive HTH? I've been wondering...

Original poster
cathf · 07/01/2017 15:07

Thanks all.
No I can see it's not that funny now, although I have been intrigued what it meant.
Actually, any 'in' MN phrase is annoying - I have only been here for about six months and struggle to keep up sometimes!

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WaitrosePigeon · 07/01/2017 15:07

Boils my piss is awful.

ArcheryAnnie · 07/01/2017 15:07

ParksandWreck I hate the very concept of a Christmas Eve hamper, never mind the language used to describe it. Had never heard of it before MN.

Other things I hate: LO for "little one". Hate both terms.

The word "munch", especially in regard to toddler snacks.

Have begin to go off the word "snacks".

Hubs, hubby, etc.

Grabby.

I quite like "naice" though, as it describes a very particular concept in a very economical way.

mycatwantstokillme1 · 07/01/2017 15:08

Being accused of 'flouncing off' a thread, when in reality you've said what you had to say, can't reason with stupid and have to go because it's pointless staying and banging your head against a brick wall!

2 words I can't bear are 'boak' and 'snarky'

I actually had to look them up and realised they're in the urban dictionary. I can't eplain why I hate them. I cringe whenever I read them on a thread!

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 15:08

Manu Shock That's even worse! Angry

ArcheryAnnie · 07/01/2017 15:09

Oh, hate "gifting", too. Very Hyacinth Bucket.

Megatherium · 07/01/2017 15:10

'To do so' - I've never heard this said, only seen it typed on MN. As in "it would be wrong to do so".

What on earth is wrong with that? It's perfectly normal, standard phrasing, used all over the place.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 15:10

And snacks, munching and slurping - reminds me of those misery porn mags