Phrases/words you can't stand on MN

[cathf]

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!

I think only one poster has ever used the phrase 'boob to sleep' but it appears to have cemented itself into the MN psyche.

I've been on here for about three years and have never seen that phrase till about a month ago.

Not using a pronoun or definite article before the word baby. As in, 'take baby to the doctors'. Just sounds unbearably twee to me.

Also the secret hobbies! How many hobbies are that unusual that it would out you?

Anyone who posts about noisy, inconsiderate people who then get told they shouldn't go out if they don't like it. Because obviously the world should only exist to loud, obnoxious people.

All the place marking terms annoy me too. Grabs popcorn etc.

dana, we always say and my parents said vulva for the vulva and vagina for the vagina because that's correct. I do not know people who would call a vulva a vagina!

When someone says their DP earns
"silly money"

Which basically means Loadsamoney

It makes me cringe and think of some highly strung Aunt Sally type who wouldn't ever dream of bragging obviously.

'Picky bits' when describing finger foods. Gross.

Oh danadas I hate pop too. I can't bear it when hcp tell me to just pop on the couch. Just sounds so patronising. I don't pop anywhere.

"I've found my tribe"

Really?

@CherryChasingDotMuncher

Thank fuck I’m not the only one . Then people (who are clearly much smarter having decoded the enigma of acronyms and made up names) pile in with advice addressing specific points three seconds later. I am meanwhile on a third reading or second paragraph trying to make sense of who did what to whom and what the AIBU actually is in the post.

Placemarking Why dont you just click 'watch this thread'?

Literally shaking You probably aren't.

....not so much Silly phrase if ever there was one

So When did this become the way to start a sentence?

Ffs - meant to say “third reading of the second paragraph”

Best never move to Scotland or NI then - “boak” is in common use

Don't know where in Scotland you're quoting but having lived here my whole life I've rarely heard it used

Toms / pots: makes me feel sick. Fanjo: also makes me feel sick and genuinely never once in my life heard anyone say this until mumsnet. Also makes me feel sick. Also twee phrases like 'poorly' - just cringes me out. And when people write 'oh dear' with the confused face - i just know that would be a prissy bland madam i would dislike in real life. I could go on 🙈

"Pull your big girls pants up"

Omg BOAK is disgusting - makes me wince. It is so vile aaaaaaaaaaaargh. Again never heard that in real life.

LO or Little One - urgggh. It's so fucking twee. OOh the precious little one. No its an actual human child. Like you once were. FFS.

Anything involving a [ biscuit ]. I've never posted one and am not starting now.

Not just a MN thing but very prevalent here - misuse of "would OF". I would of asked him to leave but my gramma stopped me.

Holibobs. Why? Just why?

"Placemarking". This is so dumb. If you want to placemark, it requires the wit of a lump of elephant dung to write something more interesting that contributes to the thread. But placemarking is unnecessary if you watch the thread.

As you were

@Redglitter Am half Scottish and lived in Edinburgh for several years and it was used all the time...

@loyalty that also makes me cringe. It gives me visions of most boring weird frumpy bizarre person ever. Need to leave this thread now.

Oh and 'don't want to read and run' fuck off then??!!!! Makes it seem like you know them in real life - it's an internet chat forum fgs

@Redglitter Although I would have spelt it ‘boke’ in Scotland, to be fair.

@peachgreen maybe it's more an east coast thing then. I'm on the West coast and honestly never hear it used

@Redglitter Ah maybe that’s it.

Occassionally i'll see someone refer to a dog as a 'Doggo'.

"brigade" in a disparaging way for any disparate group of people who don't share your opinion but probably haven't formed a tactical military unit for you to sneer at

The term, 'Boils my piss' is shockingly tasteless. I absolutely hate it and have only ever seen it in MN.