Horrid, cringey things people say

[SmidgenofaPigeon]

I nanny for a family that call dinner ‘sup sups’

It makes me feel ill. I’ve tried and tried to get the kids to stoppit and almost succeeded but due to lockdown, their mum is at home constantly and feeding them these twee little sayings as apparently it’ll be ‘a shame when they grow up and don’t say them anymore’

Sup sups is the absolute worst but we also have ‘beddiebyes’ and ‘pop pops’ (I can’t even write what that one means because Its nauseating but it’s a bodily function)

The children are 6, 9 and 11, not babies.

It sounds dramatic but the thought of hearing these stupid phrases again tomorrow for another weeks is spoiling my Sunday

Anyone got any to add to make me feel better?

“Spends” only ever heard it on Mumsnet and gives me serious rage.

@Mum497

That could get confusing if she starts nursery, because for a lot of people 'Bot-bot' is bottle and 'Nap-nap' sleep!

Also, women talking openly about their ‘women problems’ 😩
(Awaits flaming)

"“Spends” only ever heard it on Mumsnet and gives me serious rage."

"Pennies" does it for me.

I associate 'going on the toilet' with Bolton and the surrounding area, I have family round there who say it. I always think it makes it sound like a fairground ride.

Beautiful image there

It's just a bit TMI and one step too far, I think. Somebody going to the toilet just leaves you with the image of them walking away from you towards a private room; them going on the toilet forces you to, as Mrs Doyle would say, 'get a good mental picture' of them actually adjusting/removing their clothes, taking a seat and doing the necessary deed itself

DH and his family are full of these. Tweedle and drinkipoos set my teeth on edge. Everything is a 'little xxxipoo'. Gaarrrrgggghhhh!

Hollibobs. 🙄
Drinkypoos. 🤮

Some of these are cringe-worthy, but I'm always amazed that some people are so disgusted by the word "supper". "Sup-sup" is different, but "supper" is just an everyday word.

Then again, I never understood the squeamishness over the word "moist", either. It's just a word! (And sometimes it's the only fitting one available.) I always suspect people of exaggerating how offensive they find it, because it is (or was) a trendy, popular thing to find repellent.

@SplendidSuns1000

The overuse these phrases and words kills part of my soul; 'To be fair' 'At the end of the day' 'like' 'literally' 'genuinely' 'adulting' 'I did a thing'

Any cutesy names for spouses are the worst though- Hubs, hubby, wifey etc make me gag.

AND the overuse of the cry laugh emoji!

Yes!!!! Also the overuse of "fair enough" and "fair one". Some people seem to use "fair enough" as being interchangeable with "ok" and it's not! "I'm just going to Tesco" "fair enough". "DD's in the bath" "fair enough". 😤

@Peanutbutterandbananatoastie its a fair question.

Because of lockdown obviously I’ve been homeschooling for the best part of a year so that’s taken up a lot of time. after school homework. In the holidays obviously it’s full time care. When they’re at school it’s PA stuff, organising their uniforms/schedules/clubs, basically anything child related.

But I’ll be moving on very soon.

‘Hired help’ ?! Oh my Christ. It’s not 1923.

Re: the previous poster who said her dad referred to her dog's being on heat as being her periods, made me think of someone I know who refers to eggs as chickens ' periods!

Those sound very much like family specific words though not just slang that’s in common use.

Thanks for answering. I guess it’s the very same question that people ask housewives when the kids are in school, if you can afford it, why not?

My god there's some doozies on here! Agree with all of them.

OP, question my stepkids and I refer to cuddles as 'Chicken Snuggets', as in 'Come here for a chicken snugget' , 'Let's get chicken snuggie '

Don't put it on SM though.

Now I'm questioning everything. Is that okay??

Since becoming a grandparent, my dad has developed the habit of talking to all of us in ‘kiddie talk’. He’ll message the family chat saying ‘Grumpy Grandad wanted chips for tea, but Granny Gumdrops said we had to have pasta 🙁’ or similar such crap. She’s not my granny, or yours! Can’t you just call her by her name or say ‘Your mom’ as he’d been doing for 35 years previously?

Apparently next time I visit when the pubs have reopened we have to go for Sunday lunch to the ‘Apple crumbly pub’. It’s just a sodding pub that does Sunday lunch! My nephew called it that ONCE, years ago, because he liked the apple crumble! You can call it The Plough when you talk to me!

thatsgotit I make up songs that I sing to my cat

I’ve been torn a new one on here for hating the word ‘supper’ before but, good god, ‘sup sups’ takes the fucking biscuit. 😩

@Mum497

My ex used to refer to his family (Mum, Dad and brothers) as his 'famalam' it honestly used to make me feel ill and I think is part of the reason we aren't together now. He also used to call his Grandpa 'Gramps' I mean that one isn't so bad but I think the 'famalam' thing and 'Gramps' together was just too much for me to handle.

I must admit though I have a two year old and I do refer to her leggings or any type of bottoms and 'bot bots' I really should stop because it's cringe but it just comes out! I also refer to her nappy as a 'nap nap' don't ask me why! I feel ashamed.

Was he from Hull? 😱 surely there can’t be two of them .... 😬

@SmidgenofaPigeon

Ok some of you need to calm down. I love these guys and am a very good nanny. But I won’t have the children say I need a pop pop when they need the loo for goodness sake! I mean honestly.

You sound authentic, intelligent & I would not like it if I saw this as your employer but I would definitely laugh at myself, respect it and take it onboard !

@RelaisBlu

thatsgotit I make up songs that I sing to my cat

Someone else does this too 😁😁 I can't believe it ! My 4 year old DS and I do this too ! With our labrador when we come home and she wiggles to the song.... Avert your eyes OP...

"Oh wiggle bum wiggle bum wiggle bum Georgie... she loves to wiggle her bum and knock over everyone. Ohhhhh she's a big old wiggle bum"

Hun (just hate it)
#fitfam
Another one for "baby" rather than "the baby" or name, also "boy"

My in-laws' use of website names (if this was ever a thing, it surely died out a good decade ago). For example, they were looking at the strange elasticated slacks (also a word I hate) in the Telegraph magazine and were very confused.com about the sizing. Or, they would have remembered to pack enough cheese to stock the Selfridges food hall but they were too lastminute.com. Aargh.

She's mid 40s and a bit overweight but seems to think she is fit, hip and trendy. I really like her

Goodness knows what you say about people you don't like!

Not baby speak exactly but a popular phrase spouted by young people / Radio One DJs - '...and I'm here for it'

As in 'This new Netflix show has dropped and I'm here for it'

Makes. Me. Cringe 😬

OP you'd hate to hear me talk to my cat.

To be fair (ha! gotcha, posters who hate that) the cat is unlikely to embarrass herself by repeating "time for kittybyebyes" to her schoolfriends.

I have a fairly relaxed attitude towards cutesy phrases and shortenings, but "cross" really sets my teeth on edge. It's a very gendered word to me - when a woman (men very rarely use the word IME) says "I'm really cross about it" it actually comes across as "I feel angry about this issue but I don't feel that, as a woman, I'm allowed or expected to be angry, so I'm going to use this word instead and hope that people don't think I'm aggressive, bitchy, bossy, nagging or any other misogynistic word used to shut women up."

The only "cute" terms I really object to are those for women's genitals. I don't have a problem with vulva, vagina, vag, clit, flaps, twat, cunt, pussy, fanny, minge, crotch or even clunge - but "foo foo", "mimsy", "tuppence" or the repulsive "flower" make me want to die.