To politely request MN stop using...

[Chifi]

The phrase "get your ducks in a row"

Ffs.

I like that phrase!

On a more serious note, CF will always stand for cystic fibrosis first and foremost. Get confused seeing it to mean a cheeky fucker

Meh it annoys me more when people diagnose people they don't like as narcissistic and any child whose playing up a bit as autistic .

Not even clear what it means. Get your affairs in order? Never heard anyone say it in real life. What annoys me more is 'give your head a wobble'. I even heard somebody on TV say this. Never in real life though. I wouldn't association with such people.

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I got attacked by three -standard- ginormous mallards when i was a chlid.

Are you sure they weren't geese? Geese are bastardly.

You're quackers making such a suggestion.

(Sorry)

Why don't you log it with 101?

My ex used to use it. It's fairly common amongst the older generation. I hear it fairly regularly at work.

Don't tell me is racist, sexist, disablist or offensive in some way and that's another thing I shouldn't be saying.

(It does originate from hunting I guess, or fairgrounds(?), so maybe has horrible connotations)

I love ducks.

I self identify as a duck

Sixteen - you should read the link posted further upthread - apparently it's a shipbuilding term that has now moved across into aircraft building and is to do with weights holding splines in place - nothing at all to do with shooting or anything else dubious.

So I can't really see the problem with it, except perhaps a little overuse on the Relationships board - but really, it's very obvious what it means, so why use anything else?

I meet with my colleagues before the pitch to the client so that we can get our ducks in a row pre-pitch.

I have a heavy week ahead of me and need to get my ducks in a row before the mayhem starts on Monday.

Selling the house. Dreading it. Still haven't got all my ducks in a row as can't find my Building Control certificate and the solicitor I was going to use has not got back to me on any of my initial questions

Not your circus, op, not your monkeys

Thumb - sorry - I should have read that - I just skimmed the first bit. Apologies I was being lazy.

I have always liked the phrase as it is simple and visual.

That duck looks like his mum shagged a swan but didn't dare tell his dad....

I prefer getting my ducks in a row than keeping my powder dry. I like ducks.

I love the worldly wiseness of mn. Geese are bastardly Haha. That’s deep

It gets trotted out all the bloody time. Along with 'the script', 'free half-hour', 'red flags', 'when someone tells you who they are, listen', 'FOG' and 'Lundy Bancroft'.

I must be reading a different MN because the only phrase I've ever seen in 'red flags' but that is common usage in a lot of contexts.

I have no idea what those other phrases mean.

I find the phrase offensive, suffering as I do from duck's disease arse too near to the ground

There's a lot of red flags on this post. I only asked a question.

Classic gaslighting. Narcissistic traits all around. I'm going to LTB.

You’re not “politely” asking if you add ffs to your request. That’s rude.
Walks of whistling, completely missing the point.

TerfsUp - I imagine you don't spend much time on the Relationships Board then, as they are very common on threads about abusive relationships, with good reason I might add!

Sixteen - don't worry about it at all - it was a good read though, I enjoyed it! :)

I also like the phrase for its simplicity and obviousness.

I find the phrase offensive, suffering as I do from duck's disease

That's a nasty mallard-y

The one that's puzzling me at the moment is the word "bepenised". It comes over as incredibly pretentious and is usually used in a pejorative way, i.e. to imply that the person in question must be dangerous, as opposed to sharing a physical characteristic with around 50% of the world population. We don't refer to women as "beuterused" or "bevaginaed", after all.

I don't mind it and I'm vegetarian. But anyone who uses the phrase 'Disney Dad' is a twat at best.