To wonder why mumsnetters

[Aprillygirl]

find it impossible to put things in a pan or the oven in a normal manner. They're always throwing,lobbing,chucking,bunging and hurling things around in the kitchen. It's so unnecessary and quite frankly dangerous! Do they have signs on their doors 'Keep out flying joints of meat about' or 'Risk of injury by potato.Enter at your own peril.' Do their family have to don hard hats before entering? What IS this phenomenon that causes these people to be so aggressive towards their food?

The one that bothers me is in baby weaning discussions when stressed parents who are wondering whether to puree or blw etc, are told they are overthinking it and just to 'chuck some of what your having on the babies tray'. It's said a lot, and I always have a visual image of someone flinging food at a 6 month old. It's such a weird way to describe feeding a baby and assumes everything you eat is suitable for them.

My DM hates 'get', as in 'can I get a double shot Americano'. She's always hissing 'it's have, can I HAVE' under her breath in Starbucks

@BlueRaincoat1

That one has really made me giggle! Might just hurl spoonfuls of cereal at my 8mo in the morning. But yeah, it’s also massively patronising.

I actually think the idea is to communicate just how efficient and competent the poster is in the kitchen (and sometimes, by extension, as a parent). ‘Easy weeknight meals? I just throw together a lasagne, bung a massive salad in a bowl and whizz up a fresh dressing. The DC wolf it down

For some reason I read that with Joanna Lumleys voice.....

I always say it but ....nude lip. As in, I’m going to wear a bit of eyeliner today so I’ll do a nude lip to keep it casual

Also, chunky / fine knit..... going to throw on a fine knit with this wrap skirt.

And... casual tee....think I’ll just wear a casual tee to dress down these jeans.

These are things I say but also hate myself for it.

MN phrases/words I hate ... NAICE instead of nice sets my nerves on edge. Who the fook says that in real life?!

And 'picky bits.' shudder...

'Can I get a latte?' is annoying, but I have to admit that I do that myself sometimes.

'I always batch cook' gives me the rage. I cannot say why!

And I have never heard of a 'pop of colour' ... But I have heard of popping somewhere. Doesn't bother me really, as 'pop' does mean to go somewhere for a short time.

One thing that REEEEEEEEEALLY pisses me off though is not a mumsnet thing; it's a weird 2010's thing ... This newfangled way of saying something new coming out has 'just DROPPED!'

'The new Taylor swift album just DROPPED.'
'The new trailer for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood just DROPPED.'
'The new single by Ed Sheeran drops on Monday.'

What.

The.

Actual.

FUCK?

What happened to saying the new album/film trailer/single is RELEASED?!

Dropped doesn't even make a remote fraction of grammatical sense

From Google...

dropped

adjective
1.
having fallen or been allowed to fall vertically.
"I have been trying to keep this area free of dropped apples"
2.
made low or lower than is usual.
"organza dresses with dropped waists"
3.
to let someone go/free yourself from them.
I dropped Maria as a friend as she kept letting me down.

Where in the name of SHIT did the idea come from to use the word DROPPED/DROPS for a new single/book/album/film trailer being released?

Gives me the rage!

I also hate that people now say "Can I get?" when ordering something. No you cannot get it or I'd be out of a job fool!
Just as irritating is the expression "comes in at" as in 'This dress comes in at 29.99' What's wrong with the word costs ffs?

I was told by an English teacher that got is the only unnecessary word in the English language and we were banned from using it.

"I also hate that people now say "Can I get?" when ordering something. No you cannot get it or I'd be out of a job fool!"

Better not come to Scotland anytime soon, Mr T.

Is a lot of it due to wanting to sound American?
When I was a teenager we lived in a predominantly American community for a couple of years. For ever after my mother called "minced beef" "ground beef". Obviously, she'd 40 odd years of saying "minced" but claimed she just couldn't break the habit of "ground".
She went through a brief phase of asking me if I'd like milk or juice and cookies when I got home but that was quickly nipped in the bud