What MNisms irrationally annoy you?

[wellBeehivedWoman]

I know IABU to complain about something so petty but I don't care. Come and share your trivial mumsnet annoyances! What phrases / abbreviations / MN colloquialisms drive you crazy? I'll start:

1. Any time anyone uses the phrases 'boobing', 'boobed' etc when referring breastfeeding. Not only does this give me a mental image of a clown squirting milk from a comedy flower in their lapel, it also has a kind of juvenile, jolly-hockeysticks false cheer that makes me want to die.

1. Pg as an abbreviation of pregnant. No idea why I hate this. Maybe because it doesn't really resemble the full word? Irrationally despise it.

1. 'Little one' instead of baby or child. Too twee to be allowed. V similar to the phrase 'our little family', usually used when someone has a new baby and wants the equivalent of a papal enclave to keep friends and family at arms length. Absolutely loathesome because I am a grumpy and unreasonable cow

Any others that really wind you up?

Hun. Just don't.

“I’m going to go against the grain here ...” it was probably quite useful the first time it was said, but it’s now over-used by people who sound a bit dim and think they’re being oh so brave and forthright, etc
And it just sounds SO self-conscious. “Oh look at me with my very own OPINIONS aren’t I big and clever?”

Erm no, if you have a look there are many different opinions on the thread. There isn’t a grain to go against.
Think of something original to say if you believe you disagree with the majority. Or just state your views. No need to announce the grain-going-againsting.

Sanpro
Naice
Waitrose " yes I drank 2ltrs of my water from Waitrose" etc

Yeah you shop at Waitrose. It's like a bizarre form of name dropping.

You sound stuck up/petty/like a drama queen tbh OP.

Or pretty much any use of tbh that is just dressing up a judgemental insult.

Tinkly laugh, breezy reply - with advice to passive aggressively manipulate a situation instead of being genuine.

Replies filled with expletives chastising the OP that it would be SO rude not to send a thank you card, offer tea or offer a plus one invite.

I was another perplexed by CF, thought maybe cunt face!

Of course you can feed a family of 9 on £30 a week, if you don’t agree you’re a snob/frivolous.

The famous Mumsnet chicken. Drives me bonkers.

Ridiculous exaggerations. I've never seen anyone suggest that you can feed a family on anywhere near £30 a week or make a chicken last more than 2 or 3 meals.

It usually goes the other way, if you suggest that normal basic shopping is not organic everthing from Ocado at £200 pw or that a chicken might just last more than one meal then people say it simply isn't possible and you must be eating a shit processed protein deficient diet.

Ducks in a row isn’t a Mumsnet phrase. It’s been around for decades in general conversation.

It’s much quicker to type DD that to type daughter, DH than husband. And the “D” thing is a convention on lots of forums, it’s not exclusive to Mumsnet. It isn’t supposed to be read literally, it’s just a signifier of the standard acronym.

Hubby is the antithesis of Mumsnet culture, no idea why people think that’s a Mumsnet phrase.

Personally (as someone with an interest in linguistic) I find it fascinating how a community develops its own language.

But it does annoy me immensely when people accuse everything of being a “reverse”. And I think that “I suffer with anxiety” is over-used.

Bibesia nobody uses Hun on Mumsnet. That’s kind of the whole point of MN, no get away from the “Hunners”.
Are you getting mixed up with NetMums?

To get away, not “no get away”.

I hate those really, really long first posts. He said and then she said and when there's a lot of different people involved who are classed as person A,B,C and D etc. Just break it down and don't go all around the bloody houses!

nobody uses Hun on Mumsnet

They do. I see it quite a lot. There's usually a hubby and xxx thrown in too.

Posting first word as 'erm...'

Those morons who’s advice for dealing with a difficult person or situation that involves parroting some rehearsed patronising, sarcastic and passive aggressive pithy one liner that will supposedly instantly stop the offending party in their tracks and force them to examine and their own behaviour rather then the more likely outcome of you just looking like a twat and being told to fuck off.

I totally agree PanGalactic. So many people also encourage posters to "have it out" with some poor soul who's looked at them sideways.

On the flip side some advise appeasing the most appalling behaviour e.g. "Neighbour just hurled dogshit at my head over back fence" are advised to "take round flowers, chocolates and a bottle of wine to smooth things over"

All I think of when I read ‘ the DC ‘ is Gemma Collins referring too herself as ‘ the GC ‘

I don't get the teacher/school worship on here. According to most teachers and schools do no wrong.

Poster: "My DC's classmate persistently whacks him in the face, this has been going on daily for the past six months, AIBU to have expected the school to have sorted it by now?"

MN - "There will be things going on behind the scenes that you can't possibly expect the school to tell you even though it pertains to the safety of your own child. Do you seriously want to be THAT parent?"

Poster: "I'm concerned that my well behaved, hard working DC is being singled out by their teacher. AIBU to complain?"

MN: "Oh great another teacher bashing thread. Children always lie about their teachers, and yours sounds like a little shit. Support the school. Do you want to be THAT parent?"

On the flip side a lot of people seem to really hate classroom assistants and are determined to get them sacked from a difficult, low paid job.

Carver16x

Since I started this thread I've seen 3 further uses of 'boobing' and I HATE IT SO MUCH.

Do these people turn other nouns into verbs the same way? Are they all saying magazining instead of reading? Glassing instead of drinking? Sofaing instead of sitting?

Or is this hideous grammatical convention saved exclusively for breastfeeding, just so that you can make sure everyone knows that not only are you breastfeeding (instead of just feeding) but that you're doing so with all the false gaiety and bland good cheer you can muster?

I hate it SO MUCH.

Maybe step away from breastfeeding threads.

People seem to find things breathtakingly rude a lot on mn. Stunningly rude, astoundingly rude, heartstoppingly rude. Nothing is ever just slightly rude. Have I said rude enough in this post? Rude.

CF really makes me cringe. It’s been done to death and makes my teeth itch.