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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:
skippy67 · 24/09/2017 22:30

Boils my piss
Cockfosters
Wankbadger. Wtf even is that??

skippy67 · 24/09/2017 22:31

cocklodger

Mammysin · 24/09/2017 22:31

"Wow, just wow" or "grabs popcorn" 😤

Haint · 24/09/2017 22:32

I don't mind fanjo though I've never used it myself (I'm part of the Vulva Brigade). we don't say norks on here much anymore

user1487372252 · 24/09/2017 22:32

Redglitter, peachgreen. Boak is how it would be spelt and is used in the west coast, just not as frequently now as 10-20 years.

Userlavender · 24/09/2017 22:32

@haint im with you in the vulva brigade. No to norks also 👊

user1487372252 · 24/09/2017 22:33

Don't like no is a complete sentence.

Surely there is only one situation where it is.

Mandraki · 24/09/2017 22:36

I hate with a passion all the DH/DD/DS shit. Why not just say son/daughter etc?

BicyclesInBejing · 24/09/2017 22:38

And

I refuse to click on a Daily Fail link but and then going on to comment AT LENGTH on an article they haven't actually read. Just as bad is Sorry for the Daily Fail link Just grow up. No one is going to die if you look at a Daily Mail article. It's hardly the dark web or illegal.

You may not like the Daily Mail or indeed hate it but if you are interested enough to comment on it, trying reading the bloody think you are commenting on. If you want to post a link, either don't apologise for it or don't fucking post it.

Also use of baby without a definite article or a possessive pronoun. Again not just MN that does this but it is sooooo irritating. It's very common among patronising nurses and midwives. The baby. Your baby. Your child. It's fucking name. Anything but not "baby". Urgggggh. You also get it will people talking about the elderly. "If Dad isnt feeling well". Stop. Now. Everyone.

Yvetteballs · 24/09/2017 22:39

Judgey pants
Natch ( tho it's only the posh ones who say this) I am too common to have heard this in real life.
Meh
Giving people donuts for mentioning fat people

Yvetteballs · 24/09/2017 22:39

Goady

BicyclesInBejing · 24/09/2017 22:40

Mandraki

Oh god! So yes to this:

I hate with a passion all the DH/DD/DS shit. Why not just say son/daughter etc?

not lease because in the majority of posts there is nothing "dear" about them. This is particularly true in relationships where 99.95 of it would be better expressed as BH/BD (Bastard Husband/Bitch Daughter etc)

clairewilliams999 · 24/09/2017 22:43

I'm getting big red flags

KERALA1 · 24/09/2017 22:44

To be fair my mil has a tinkly little laugh. If you hear one you know it.

"Oh Kerala you have so many grey hairs!"

"Gosh isn't itchaotic here in the mornings

clairewilliams999 · 24/09/2017 22:45

Didn't want to post and run

JeReviens · 24/09/2017 22:45

Name changed because this is very outing ....and then goes on to describe a situation so outrageous that it could surely only apply to one person in the country! Ridiculous.
AIBU to be horrified that my uncle was caught rogering a three legged sheep in Cardiff centre this morning. NC because identifying.

Grin
clairewilliams999 · 24/09/2017 22:45

I can't help but someone will be along in a minute who can

Don't fucking post then

LadyFairfaxSake · 24/09/2017 22:47

"Vile", most overused word on MN.

clairewilliams999 · 24/09/2017 22:48

'Oh look, another 'X' bashing thread' usually applied to attempt to shut down any debate or challenge from someone not as moronically left wing as them

loveinanelevator · 24/09/2017 22:48

Not seen it for a while admittedly but I always hated when twee was used to describe anything moderately distasteful

KERALA1 · 24/09/2017 22:49

"Rip him a new one" awful crude and horrible never heard this said in real life thankfully. Just ewww.

Honkyzeke · 24/09/2017 22:56

Naice

Batshit

Judgy pants

Norks

HTH

Didn’t want to read & run!
All of which I’ve never heard in RL only on MN!

JockTamsonsBairns · 24/09/2017 22:58

"When someone tells you what they're like, listen"
Said with infuriating regularity on the relationships board by pp who like to sound all switched on. Doesn't even make any sense.

Also, MN exclusive insults like twonk/twunt. Wasn't particularly funny first time round, but it's just tiresome after all these years.

mommybunny · 24/09/2017 23:02

*I can't help but someone will be along in a minute who can

Don't fucking post then*

To be fair, isnt such a post actually helpful to the OP as it bumps it to the top of the queue, where someone who is qualified to help might be more likely to read it?

AnnabelleLecter · 24/09/2017 23:03

When they end their obviously most informative post with:

Your welcome.

Nauseous

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