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Phrases/words you can't stand on MN

565 replies

cathf · 24/09/2017 19:56

Maybe it's just me, but I'll kick off with:
Booby monster (or any kind of 'monster')
Figetbum (not seen this often, but it is so horrific I can't forget it)
Snuggly cuddles (see also milky cuddles,and sleepy cuddles or snuggles)
Newborn, used as a noun, not an adjective - as in my newborn, not my newborn baby.
I'm sure I will think of some more!

OP posts:
Whambarsarentasfizzyastheywere · 24/09/2017 20:09

Spit tea over my keyboard

I hate that too.

Then everyone tries to outdo each other.

I laughed.

I laughed so hard I woke baby up.

I just spat tea all over the keyboard.

I'm wheezing so much with laughter.

I have tears rolling down my face.

My dh just woke up and came downstairs to ask what I was laughing at.

The most I have ever managed is a smile.

Escapepeas · 24/09/2017 20:10

Hubby/hubs
Boob
Sanpro
Plate up
Narcissist/sociopath/psychopath/limerance

Aridane · 24/09/2017 20:10

Head tilt

Death stare

Fruitcocktail6 · 24/09/2017 20:10

Aridane

Some of those are just words? What have you got against mooncup and vulva?

LastMangoInPeckham · 24/09/2017 20:10

What is sanpro?!?)

coffeekittens · 24/09/2017 20:11

Norks Angry

Aridane · 24/09/2017 20:11

Log it with 101

coffeekittens · 24/09/2017 20:11

^ oh the famous log it with 101 how could I forget!

Argeles · 24/09/2017 20:12

Fanjo - never heard it before in my life until Mumsnet.

Sanpro - just why?!

DTD - did the deed. No you had sex, fucked, shagged, made love (if you have to say this), but please no 'dtd.'

There are many more, but these three probably irritate me the most.

Aridane · 24/09/2017 20:12

fruit - just the messianic belief in mooncups , and anatomical insistence on vulva

MrsMHasIt · 24/09/2017 20:13

Anatomical insistence! Grin

TypicallyEnglishMustard · 24/09/2017 20:13

I thought "sanpro" was a brand name for a long time.

My pet hates:

"Boob to sleep"- excuse me whilst I vomit.
"Such-and-such person, let's call them..."- no, let's not.
And ending a sentence with comma no question mark, as in, "It's easy, no?" Can't stand it. So many people on MN do this.

SunSeaAndSangria · 24/09/2017 20:14

Booby
Hubs
Hun
Bubba
Head tilt
Give your head a wobble

MollyHuaCha · 24/09/2017 20:16

LTB - for ages I thought it was a type of sandwich... Shock

LastMangoInPeckham · 24/09/2017 20:17

Seriously though, what is a sanpro? I've never seen it used...

TypicallyEnglishMustard · 24/09/2017 20:18

Also, discussion of grown adults having "hobbies" which are always unnamed.

Just tell us that your bloody husband golfs/surfs/does taxidermy, why refuse to name it?!

NewbieT · 24/09/2017 20:18

'Gives me the rage' grrr

Birdsgottafly · 24/09/2017 20:18

"What is sanpro?"

Sanitary Protection, it encompasses towels/tampons/mooncups.

I hate Suck it up.

And I've never got the "did you mean to be so rude", most of the rude fuckers that I know would just say Yes, or say they were just stating facts.

WillowWeeping · 24/09/2017 20:18

I am irrationally irritated by the way "are you on glue" is taken as somehow being original to MN, as opposed to every teens favourite phrase from clueless

Escapepeas · 24/09/2017 20:18

Oh god yes, the magical hotline for MNers to report anything that they are vaguely offended or troubled by.

AlexaAmbidextra · 24/09/2017 20:19

Lawyer up - makes me cringe, so trying to sound cool.
Not so much as in I like red dresses, blue dresses not so much. I have never, ever heard this said in RL.
Dying here - no you're not, don't exaggerate.

Brittbugs80 · 24/09/2017 20:19

Ltb
And any reference to abuse of some sort where it isn't relative (such as DH not making a cup of tea or going on a night out)
Ducks in a row
Livid and furious where it isn't necessary (furious about Uber situation springs to mind!)

In short, a lot of aibu replies annoy me because people can't just offer an opinion, they have to insist they are right if someone does something different.

CheshireSplat · 24/09/2017 20:19

Co-worker really gets my goat (outside Mumsnet too). COLLEAGUE!!!!!!

Rheged · 24/09/2017 20:19

On the boob
DTD. You had sex FGS. It’s ok to say it.
Norks
Sibset
Forever home

Escapepeas · 24/09/2017 20:19

Tinkly little laugh

Seriously, who does this outside of 1955?