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AIBU to hate this word

233 replies

mummymummums · 03/06/2017 22:30

Blessed, as in, feeling blessed. Just gets my goat. Not sure why, think
I find it smug.
What words get on your tits nerves?

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MacarenaFerreiro · 04/06/2017 09:53

Holibobs. Jollidays.

It's a fecking holiday.

NavyandWhite · 04/06/2017 09:54

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40somethingwonderful · 04/06/2017 09:55

Moist
Boils my piss
Vag
Guff
Minge
Din dins
Shant

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 04/06/2017 09:58

"Veggie" for vegetarian
"Up for grabs" it was in a magazine ( I think Candis, my Mum reads it) on the give away page

"Xmas" - just write Christmas for crying out loud

and "Halloween" it's Hallowe'en

"The Holidays" for Christmas

Ceto · 04/06/2017 09:59

Calling pets boys and girls. Worse still, fur babies.

40somethingwonderful · 04/06/2017 09:59

Forgot the one that annoys me the most when people refer to others as hun.

PicaPau · 04/06/2017 10:00

Mammals make milk, fruit makes juice. So I guess we know which category we can put those people who have mummy/boob juice in Grin

MarilynWhirlwindRocks · 04/06/2017 10:01

Mind you, can you imagine how awkward a RL meet-up with other MNers will be now...starting to make small talk, and self-editing in case you send someone into an irrational rage by using anything listed on this thread.

smithin · 04/06/2017 10:02

"Literally" when it's not.
"FACT" when it is an opinion.

Iloveyouthismuch · 04/06/2017 10:07

I hate it when intelligent women add mum to every adjective they use to describe themselves - #mumboss #lawmum #mumswhowork, #fitnessmum FFS. Can you imagine guys doing it #Dadprojectmanager #plumbingdad

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caffeinestream · 04/06/2017 10:10

Pots/Toms/Veg
Cleanse
Moist
Blessed or worse, #blessed
Famalam or Fambam for family - ugh!
Family time

liz70 · 04/06/2017 10:10

"What is sulty?"

'Sulty = rude, as in insulting. It's teenspeak. sob

user1494237944 · 04/06/2017 10:16

I loath the word c* but seem to be very much in the minority as far as MN are concerned!

Mutiny0nTheBunty · 04/06/2017 10:19

Oooh I have many:

Hubby/ hubs/ hubz
Bubz/ bubba
Hun (surely this comes from calling someone 'honey' which I'm not wild about either but in which case should be shortened to 'hon'? No one spells 'honey' as 'hunny' except Winnie the Pooh)
Blessed/ making memories - pretty much all hashtags unless they're funny or self-deprecating
My man/ my boy when referring to your partner
Ur in stead of your/ you are/ you're
Princess when referring to any women/ girls who aren't princesses. Being a princess isn't a compliment like being kind or brave or generous, it's something you are. Plus as it's something that you either inherit or marry into it's not an achievement

And breathe...

Sconesnotscones · 04/06/2017 10:30

I have no idea what many of these actually mean eg "picky tea?"

CoraPirbright · 04/06/2017 10:33

Hubby
Kids
Fancy
Toilet
Pamphlet
Brochure

Envy bleeeee!

Mandraki · 04/06/2017 10:33

'Caught' pregnant
Bubs
Eats (as in 'shall we get some eats')
Make love
All this DH/DS/DD nonsense
Hollibobs
Sains (Sainsbury's)
Any hashtag used on Facebook
Hunny
Blessed/Bliss

I am genuinely a joy to be around haha

Bettyspants · 04/06/2017 10:34

There's a fair amount of words/terms that seem to be popular on mumsnet that I can't stand;

Boils my piss
Goady
Fanjo
Are you on glue

Starting sentences with 'so' or 'so this just happened ' or 'this one/these two ' as in #thesetwo , 'hun' 'totes' ARGHH!!

TroysMammy · 04/06/2017 10:38

Tummy, passable for under 5's but not adults.
Supper for an evening meal.
Bunny. It's a fucking rabbit.

NotTHEBupcake · 04/06/2017 10:38

Another one from my breastfeeding group- "Hi 5 to the mummy who was boobing in the foyer of the museum this morning! #normaliseBoobing"

Aargh!

TheChippendenSpook · 04/06/2017 10:42

I hate 'much' when it is used like this: jealous, much?

I also hate 'lol'

I also hate phrases that people on here use all the time, such as 'wow, just wow!' and old ones such as 'are you on glue?'

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 04/06/2017 10:45

I have no idea what many of these actually mean eg "picky tea?"

Me too. And the majority of the which I've never heard or seen written.

LakieLady · 04/06/2017 10:47

Another vote for hubby, hun, hollibobs. All yucky. But I just love "boils my piss": it's so descriptive of seething with rage.

I hate it when DP refers to the dog as "the mutt". She is NOT a mutt, she is a proper pedigree from and endangered breed and I have the paperwork to work to prove it!

mycathasishoos · 04/06/2017 10:48

FurBabies.

It's a fecking cat.

I say that as an owner of cats, all of which I love dearly, but they are not and can never be babies.

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