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Words and phrases that you can't stand...

633 replies

DilemmaADay · 18/10/2020 14:57

What words and phrases irrationally (or rationally!) annoy you.

Mine are:
'Doggo' - DP uses this all the time, why make the word 'dog' longer
'No is a complete sentence' - just sounds so dismissive and I doubt anyone IRL would talk like this
'That doesnt work for us' - just sounds rude
'Little man' to describe a boy
'Hubby' - this is irrational as loads of people say this
'Boils my piss' - conjours horrible images in my head Grin
'Move on' when talking about a bad situation - yeah, because the person with the problem really hasn't thought about that Hmm...
'It is what it is' - one if those phrases that seemed to spawn from Love Island, I dont know why I hate it.

Any more?

OP posts:
TheVamoosh · 27/10/2020 00:49

"I have teens."

Don't be so lazy. You have teenage children.

chrislilleyswig · 27/10/2020 09:13

Another one I've seen loads over the last few days

Greedy pig

It's such a horrible name to call someone and usually used for someone who has a second biscuit

Another thread has a poster calling her own child a greedy pigShock

ninninannonoonoo · 27/10/2020 17:28

I've read "bum hole" in 3 different threads over the last couple of days.

Is this the terminology that grown adults use these days.

The first thread was lighthearted so it is possibly acceptable there, but the other two are referring to their child's bum hole Confused

keepgoingorstop · 27/10/2020 19:24

Anything referring to a vagina as anything else than a vagina

Like

Moo moo
Mary
Hee Haw
Foo foo

FFS grown women "embarrassed" to use the word canine, vulva etc!

Angry
keepgoingorstop · 27/10/2020 19:33

omg where the fuck did canine come from (hilarious), it should say vagina Blush

Feellikefrighteningyeah · 27/10/2020 20:05

"ickle"
"Ultimately"
"we're doomed "
"mad"/"sick"/"man"/"bro"

ddl1 · 27/10/2020 21:51

'New normal': it may be a necessary adaptation, but it's not normal.

ViciousJackdaw · 28/10/2020 02:30

I eat like a bird
That's your cue to ask them where they get the worms from!

Educate yourself
Always said to someone who is asking a question - therefore trying to be educated!

acerred · 28/10/2020 02:34

Come hither is vile

FatimaMunchy · 28/10/2020 07:24

And so it begins

Onwardintotheunknown · 28/10/2020 07:32

These make my teeth itch...

You Got This...
Hun
Just do you
Doggo
Yarp
Holibobs
I literally just can’t
Can’t cope

therarebear · 28/10/2020 07:40

"It's all good..."

becca3210 · 28/10/2020 07:48

'We are pregnant' .. awful!!

user1494050295 · 28/10/2020 07:51

We’re pregnant. Ergggghhhh. “She doesn’t have to work” grim

Lorddenning1 · 28/10/2020 07:56

I can't stand, Hand, face, space, get a test.

Flatten the curve.

Protect the NHS

Lorddenning1 · 28/10/2020 07:59

I also hate the word Mash

LaMarschallin · 28/10/2020 08:20

I also hate the word Mash

Reminds that "juice" gives me the conniptions in some contexts.

"Fruit juice" and "meat juices": fine.
Not keen on eg "mushroom juice" in recipes about frying mushrooms (prefer "the liquid from the mushrooms").

Absolute worst use is "bean juice" for the sauce baked beans come in.

ninninannonoonoo · 28/10/2020 09:53

@LaMarschallin

What about bin juice? runs away

LaMarschallin · 28/10/2020 10:10

@ninninannonoonoo

Envy
Ivy455 · 28/10/2020 10:15

It is what it is
Stay safe
Unprecedented
Spag bowl instead of spag bol

ninninannonoonoo · 28/10/2020 15:33

Really, Ninnin, did you mean to be so rude?

I just couldn't help myself!

I think I'd quite like a bracelet though please Grin

Meepmeeep · 28/10/2020 15:38

Tesco’s and Asda’s. You don’t go shopping in Topshop’s or Superdrug’s. Don’t know why it annoys me - it just does.

TeamLucille · 28/10/2020 15:57

^did you mean vulva?" everytime someone wrote the word vagina.

I know basic anatomy, I am choosing the word vagina. Stop being a patronising twat (pun intended), I am still using "vagina".

ninninannonoonoo · 28/10/2020 17:17

I am still using "vagina".

Sits on hands to avoid the temptation of making @LaMarschallin's head explode.

GrinGrinGrin

chrislilleyswig · 28/10/2020 17:20

Hate all the"action" posts although they are less frequent

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