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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask what commonly used 'MN catchphrases' really get on your wick?

450 replies

bathsh3ba · 01/05/2020 11:03

For me, it's 'and rightly so'. It sounds so bloody sanctimonious and grammatically it just feels wrong! 😡

OP posts:
phoebemakesnoise · 03/05/2020 21:26

Narcissist
Toxic
FFS
The biscuit emoji

LolaSmiles · 03/05/2020 21:27

Is it just me who hears 'are you on glue' and instantly gets a throwback to the smell of Copydex from school?

Chestnut23 · 03/05/2020 21:31

Cocklodger

Russellbrandshair · 03/05/2020 21:34

copydex from school

Is that the one that would leave like a second skin on your fingers? I used to love peeling it off in lessons

LolaSmiles · 03/05/2020 21:35

Russellbrandshair
That's the one. It had a really distinctive smell too.

Russellbrandshair · 03/05/2020 21:38

Male opinion here” oh fuck off

Yes this too. So what? Omg a MALE has arrived! Well in that case, we should all gather at his feet and listen to the manly wisdom that us poor women couldn’t possibly understand because our feeble brains are too distracted by anything shiny!

suchclearwater · 03/05/2020 21:42

Red flags and entitled

Seetheprettysnowdrops · 03/05/2020 21:49

Russell. As bad as "DH says" or in posts about earnings "DH earns". Be your own person. No one GAF about what your DH thinks

And Wolfgirl don't know how she does it but she just does. Accompanied by lots of emojis and strike throughs 😂😂😂😂. Quite sad really

Sootyandsweep2019 · 03/05/2020 21:49

Not a phrase exactly, but when somebody is pregnant in anything other than ideal circstances and clearly made the decision to continue the pregnancy, random strangers on the internet think it's appropriate to harangue her about why she should actually have an abortion.

Wolfgirrl · 03/05/2020 22:34

@Seetheprettysnowdrops

Can you subtlety direct me to a thread or would this make your MN life difficult?😂

Seetheprettysnowdrops · 03/05/2020 22:39

Wolfgirl. I'm not bothered about my life being difficult Grin

Usually found on a Scottish thread

AdaColeman · 03/05/2020 22:47

The ick.

Thisisworsethananticpated · 03/05/2020 23:05

Hoiks bosoms
Naice ham
LTB
Biscuit

As everyone has said
the reality is they're two cheeks of the same arse

And thanks for that little addition !!! I also like

BettyUnderswoob · 04/05/2020 10:04

I'd forgotten "I bloody love..." especially when directed at another poster who happens to have the same opinion on something. "I bloody love you DullPoster"

"You OK, Hun?" to put someone down. Another dull, witless cliché used by dullards.

And "People" as used by condescending twonks who think they know everything. "It's time to blah blah blah, people!" They're saying there's me, who's right and knows everything and then all you idiots who know nothing. So arrogant.

bluebluezoo · 04/05/2020 10:10

"I am going against the grain".

Especially when they then post something 50% or more of previous posters have said!

Seetheprettysnowdrops · 04/05/2020 14:19

Ooh can I join......

Well, it's a public forum so you don't need to ask for permission to comment

AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff · 04/05/2020 19:03

Be kind/#be kind/be kind didn’t last long Hmm

Usually said by people having a little bit of a virtue signal to the masses.

And who has been quite happy to be an arsehole on other threads.

Neron · 06/05/2020 08:14

Call your union/Call ACAS/speak to HR

Always see these and smile. The majority of employers aren't stupid, and will know exactly what they can and cannot do to employees. The majority of time, ringing the above will get you nowhere, and it's quite unlikely blue chip employees will have a union anyway

ExpletiveDelighted · 06/05/2020 08:30

Boils my piss - gross
Gifted as in "my mum gifted me this book" just say "my mum gave me this book".
"I have no fucks to give" - just say "I don't give a fuck"
FOTTFSOF etc just say "fuck off"
Dippy eggs, aargh, say soft boiled eggs
Picky tea = no, just wrong.

"hands OP a grip" / just say "get a grip".

katakata · 06/05/2020 08:43

'AIBU to not understand...'

Almost always used when someone just wants to have a smug bitching session about something, usually with many references to their own superior life choices:

AIBU to not understand why women marry abusive men
AIBU to not understand why people don't have savings
AIBU to not understand the appeal of fast food

BeyOnceBeyTwice · 07/05/2020 07:34

'Welcome to mumsnet' usually said when the poster is dubious about the OP.

Snowjive2 · 10/05/2020 16:54

Ooh.

zukiecat · 10/05/2020 17:39

"Virtue Signalling"

Only ever heard it on here, and I just hate it.

Namechangervaver · 10/05/2020 17:40

''I live in a naice area"

"My kids go to a school in a leafy area"

Namechangervaver · 10/05/2020 17:41

'woke' used as an insult