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Most over used phrases and sayings in AIBU?

111 replies

FeelingGuiltyAlready · 20/12/2017 19:45

I offer up:

Get a grip

Keep your beak out

I feel sorry for your children

You sound like a bit of a cunt

OP posts:
PoorYorick · 20/12/2017 21:34

"Narc".

Your ex/in law/mother is a selfish twat, but it's highly unlikely that they have clinically diagnosable Narcissistic Personality Disorder. What's the obsession? Seriously, why?

PoorYorick · 20/12/2017 21:34

I agree it's stupid to think everyone will recognise you if you say your husband cycles or plays football, but why is it smug?

GlitteryStag · 20/12/2017 21:37

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AlexaAmbidextra · 20/12/2017 21:45

Boils my piss.

And everyone seems to be livid or fuming.

MissUnderwood · 20/12/2017 21:47
Xmas Biscuit
ThisIsNotARealAvo · 20/12/2017 21:51

"Namechanged for this but naice ham etc"

"And I say that as a SAHM/dog owner/mum of 6"

Somerford · 20/12/2017 22:03

Fucking spa days. The answer to everything is asking whoever annoyed the OP if they are on glue or asking if they meant to be so rude before laughing a tinkly laugh and going for a spa day.

And the imaginary cathartic revenge plots. "Someone has parked opposite my drive and blocked me in". "I'll tell you what I would do. I would cover their car with liquid nitrogen, wait for the owner to return and then smash it to pieces with a sledge hammer in front of their astonished face. But that's just me Grin" Fuck off.

Userplusnumbers · 20/12/2017 22:06

Have you thought about taking in ironing?

ThisIsNotARealAvo · 20/12/2017 22:16

Go to a hotel room by yourself

AnotherGreenDot · 20/12/2017 22:21

Diagram please.
This never happened.
Place marking.

Gammeldragz · 20/12/2017 22:23

'You don't really like him/her/them, do you?'

SadTrombone · 20/12/2017 23:33

@Somerford 😂😂😂

Bananalanacake · 20/12/2017 23:45

Somerford: I know that's an imaginary situation but you've made me Grin. How easy is it to get hold of liquid nitrogen Hmm

VladmirsPoutine · 20/12/2017 23:51

Cancel the cheque

And basically everyone's husband either earns a 6-figure salary but apparently they're broke, or they live in a cardboard box under next to the M25 and eat baked beans with plastic spoons. There's no in-between. There literally isn't.

Clitoria · 21/12/2017 00:05

When people give kind of stage directions to ‘cutting remarks’ offered.

‘Look astonished and say ‘oh, didn’t you want this cup of tea with poo in it?’ and then a tinkly laugh, she’ll never ask to hold your kid again.’

‘Stare stonily at him and say dead pan ‘no, that will not be happening.’’

So cringey!

Clitoria · 21/12/2017 00:07

So quirky! 💩

BadFeminist · 21/12/2017 00:11

This place has been a revelation 😂

I was told "I really hope ss take away your kids"

Also not being able to afford to work on a 66k salary.

THE FUCK?

WorraLiberty · 21/12/2017 00:14

"Did you mean to be so rude?"

I can't believe people are still advising MNetters use that as a 'comeback'.

It's the wettest most embarrassing offering ever and the obvious reply would be, "Well yes. Are you thick or something?"

Slarti · 21/12/2017 08:06

"Does he have form for this?"

IntoTheFloodAgain · 21/12/2017 08:13

Raging/livid/other exaggeration on your behalf.

needmymouthsewnup · 21/12/2017 08:24

"are you on glue?"

"this would be a huge red flag for me" (used, for example, when a DH has left a plate on the side instead of putting in the dishwasher - he CLEARLY has no respect for you etc etc)

"LTB" (similar scenario to above)

"this may be triggering" (because someone described a random scenario which might have happened to someone else. Surely life is potentially 'triggering'?)

"they're gas lighting you" (when two people appear to have had a mild disagreement where both parties are convinced they are right)

"livid", "incandescent with rage" and similar

"go NC with MIL" (because she invited them to a party when she KNEW they had something else on. She is OBVIOUSLY trying to manipulate the OP...)

And my pet hate "cancel the cheque". It stopped being funny on the original thread after about page 3, and it's definitely not funny now.

Plus most of the above ones already mentioned. If people genuinely lived their lives based on what I read on MN, no one would be with their partner because they would have LTB and they would have no family because they've gone NC. Do people giving this advice genuinely act so rashly in real life, or do they actually do what most people do in the first instance and talk to people?!

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 21/12/2017 08:29

I really dislike “Each to their own but...” because it seems to mean exactly the opposite. Whenever a poster uses it, what they’re actually doing is judging your actions like they’ve never been judged before.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 21/12/2017 08:30

And yy to “narc”. As if every single relative on here has clinically diagnosed NPD.

k2p2k2tog · 21/12/2017 08:34

Totally agree with NewCross that "each to their own" is as about as passive agressive judgy as you can get. Dreadful expression.

Greenshoots1 · 21/12/2017 08:38

yes, "narc" just means "I don't like this person, so I'm going to say they are pathologically selfish and manipulative to justify that"