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Original poster

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:
Fairenuff · 07/01/2017 18:51

MN clearly needs some new 'go-to' phrases Grin

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 18:53

'This too shall pass'

Well yes the same could be said for everything but it's not much consolation

diddl · 07/01/2017 18:55

Saw his/her arse gets me.

Also "MN at it's best"-no, just some strangers being kind/helpful!

FishInAWetSuitAndFlippers · 07/01/2017 18:55

This too shall pass

I hate this too. Actually not everything passes, sometimes shit happens and it lasts forever so fuck off trying to make yourself feel better by saying something oh so insightful Angry

YouHadMeAtCake · 07/01/2017 18:56

My little family' and all the smug referrals to 'family time

Yes! Ragwort that annoys me too. I have a ''friend'' on FB (although I have now given up facebook ) that constantly posts about fam time, my lil famalam etc.

SecretWitch · 07/01/2017 18:57

i get annoyed when a long time poster starts a thread with " Come hither my friends and let's talk about the days of yore on MN"

user1471545174 · 07/01/2017 18:59

The distinction between feck and fuck was explained by Mrs Doyle in Father Ted. I'll carry on using both too Smile

I also hate "fast forward to".

pipsqueak25 · 07/01/2017 19:01

flouncing, hissy fits and 'you're doing a great job' - how do we know that ? you might be knocking the shit out of everyone in your household / work place.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 07/01/2017 19:02

Luckless, I very much dislike pile-ons so if you've particularly noticed it then take it up with me on the thread in question then instead of being a coward about it.

pipsqueak25 · 07/01/2017 19:02

making happy memories [gag] esp. when followed by my lovely /little family/snuggle buns.

Original poster
cathf · 07/01/2017 19:10

Munchkins! Flaming munchkins! Also see above Fidget Bum and others of the same twee ilk.

OP posts:
LassWiTheDelicateAir · 07/01/2017 19:11

I hate vile and bitch too. Always the same sort who write it along with their abundance of !!!!!!!!!!!

I used "vile" on here and in real life and will continue to do so. I would never say or write "bitch". I rarely use exclamation marks and only ever one at a time.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 07/01/2017 19:12

Cockwomble . Which has also made its way onto a running group I'm on . Does my head in .

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 07/01/2017 19:15

Oh yes - any made up insult that people think is so hilarious

See also wankbadger
Twatwomble

Etc

Fireinthegrate · 07/01/2017 19:17

I really hate the increasing usage of the f word and the c word.

I rarely swear and if I do it is mild. I wasn't brought up in a sweary household and my husband rarely swears either.

MiniMaxi · 07/01/2017 19:19

Naice

And "AIBU?"

NavyandWhite · 07/01/2017 19:20

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Aeroflotgirl · 07/01/2017 19:20

Boil my piss, tinkley little laugh. You can fuck off some more, and fuck to the far side of fuck (hate swearing), are you on glue.

tierny · 07/01/2017 19:20

"Rant over"

That really gets on my wick, on MN, fb or anywhere else to be honest !

Aeroflotgirl · 07/01/2017 19:29

Grinds my gears is another one, and the abbreviations, such as DH, DS, DD etc, just say son, daughter or husband, partner etc.

whattheactualflump · 07/01/2017 19:32

I thought HTH was 'hope that helps' not 'happy to help?

Persemillion · 07/01/2017 19:33

NavyandWhite

Fuck off to the far side of fuck and then fuck off some more

Probably this. I HATE it. I always imagine a 14 year old girl with a terrible attitude saying this whenever I see it.

I always imagine Vicky Pollard.

Lweji · 07/01/2017 19:35

I thought HTH was 'hope that helps' not 'happy to help?

Similar meaning, but almost always used sarcastically on MN.

(Also, just in case, the F in RTFT means fucking).

SirChenjin · 07/01/2017 19:42

I thought it was 'hope that helps' too - to be used in a manner that implies 'you idiot'

anotheronebitthedust · 07/01/2017 19:45

I will add smug terms for children (specifically 'littles,') and (not mn specific but crops up now and again) 'simples.' When you sink to copying vocabulary from an animated mammal it might be time to invest in a dictionary, or at the least one of those word-of-the-day calendars.

re 'this too shall pass,' - while technically correct, as everything does eventually pass, i.e end, I don't particularly find the crushing inevitability of death particularly comforting!