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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:
Katedotness1963 · 29/09/2017 08:39

FOTTFSOFATFOSM...or whatever that is.

Threw up in my mouth a bit... Yuck!

AIBU?
Yes!
No, I'm not because...
You still are!
No, because there's also this...
Still unreasonable!
You just don't understand!!

TizzyDongue · 29/09/2017 08:46

The Hobby is cycling or golf.

Absolutely. No doubt about it. Can't figure out if it's the support or the type of men attracted to the sport. Possibly both. I suspect it's more the type of man.

EmilyReallyKnowsHerStuff · 29/09/2017 08:48

I hate:

"wow. Just, wow"

"Maybe, just maybe" and

"Deliberately obtuse"

paxillin · 29/09/2017 08:52

"Deliberately obtuse" can be useful, though overused. But the fake wide-eyed innocence of some posters when it is perfectly obvious what the problem is: "What do you mean, why would a golliwog be offensive? Surely you agree plastic and fabric have no race?"

Oliack1417 · 29/09/2017 08:56

"I'm sorry I've no advice but didn't want to read and run"
Er thanks...,,

MrsJayy · 29/09/2017 09:14

My dh has startedWowing it makes me want to punch him in the face it is so patronising Wow just Wow has caused a few words in the jayhouse, im not sure where he heard it because he never used to be such an arsewipe

Iris65 · 29/09/2017 09:31

I liked the word fanjo until I worked out how it was derived.

FreshSet · 29/09/2017 09:45

Iris65 how was it derived?

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis · 29/09/2017 11:35

Just googled it, apparently it's Irish?

IfNot · 29/09/2017 11:53

im not sure where he heard it because he never used to be such an arsewipe
😂 Mrs J!

MyLittleDragon · 29/09/2017 13:59

Iris - I always thought it was slang for fanny (slang on top of slang!!) I've never liked it as a word, regardless of the meaning or origin.

MyLittleDragon · 29/09/2017 14:00

MrsJ - are you sure he isn't on Mumsnet?!

MrsJayy · 29/09/2017 15:26

Oh mylittledragon never thought of that Shock

Peachyking000 · 29/09/2017 16:46

Isn't it slang for fanny??

Iris65 · 29/09/2017 16:51

Its derived from banjo and fanny. Masturbation can look like strumming a banjo - as demonstrated by Jimmy Carr.

Jojoanna · 29/09/2017 17:15

Wendied,, not used so much but fucking pisses me off when people use that phrase.

Peachyking000 · 29/09/2017 17:22

Oh that is dreadful, I hate it even more now

Redglitter · 29/09/2017 20:42

Do you suffer from anxiety

Trotted out any time someone says they're concerned or worried about something

Smitff · 29/09/2017 20:55

Wow. Just wow.

Are you me?

Spat tea all over my keyboard.

I've NC for this but [insert what OP considers are MN credentials for a story which can't possibly be trolling because it's so utterly banal and non-outing]

Police. Now.

Log it on 101.

Anything on Style & Beauty asking for opinions. Do the opinions of randoms on the internet mean anything to anyone when it comes to fashion?

Ditto the entire Baby Names board

Laquila · 29/09/2017 20:58

Also (I wheel this out on every thread like this), it annoys me when people use AIBU for things like "AIBU to ask you where to buy butter/to ask what DH stands for/to ask you to sign this petition about fur farming" etc

THAT IS NOT WHAT AIBU IS FOR.

Just jeffing google it, or use the appropriate section of Mumsnet. AIBU (and I can't believe this needs spelling out), is for when you're not sure if you're being unreasonable or not.

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis · 29/09/2017 21:01

😂

LadyWire · 29/09/2017 21:23

Also hate the DD/DS/DH thing but I admit I do it myself to blend in. However anyone who uses "hubby" "hubs" or "hubster" needs taking out and shooting, the twee fuckers!

toffee1000 · 30/09/2017 01:25

I have to admit I don't understand the whole "NC for this but penis beaker, cutted up pear, etc" because surely any new poster could read those on another thread and blindly copy them, or just look them up on classics. It doesn't really show that they're a veteran.
I also don't particularly understand people who go "what does your 8 yr old DD want for Christmas?" because surely everyone's different. Some will like Barbies, some won't, some will like football, some won't. Surely the poster knows their own child better than a bunch of strangers??

MyLittleDragon · 30/09/2017 08:15

Toffee - a new troll to the site wouldn't have a clue that there was a classics section, or "in-jokes", or even the concept of proving one's authenticity by mentioning in-jokes.

Katnisnevergreen · 30/09/2017 20:33

MyLittleDragon, of course a troll could work that out. A simple glance at almost every other post would tell you.

It's not some secret code...