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?

HUBBY. Cringes me out so much; whenever an OP writes it on here I have to actively resist making fun of them.

@SozzledSausage

Someone on social media who regularly posts #boom #goals #dropthemic.

She's mid 40s and a bit overweight but seems to think she is fit, hip and trendy. I really like her but absolutely cringe when I look at her social media.

What does her weight have to do with anything she says?

I have two toddlers and I'm trying to start using the right words. For example, we say 'peepies' instead of sleep. Haven't read it here yet as being a hated word . I say snacky snacky for a snack but that's because I sing & make a big deal about it as it's usually to calm them down from some sort of tantrum. Can't think of anything else we say really.

Words I hate:
Hubs/Hubby/Hubster
Wifey
Work Wife
(Any straight female calling another straight female their wife really - they are your friend!)
Hun
Babe
Babes
Furbaby

@wusbanker

HUBBY. Cringes me out so much; whenever an OP writes it on here I have to actively resist making fun of them.

I see your hubby and raise you hubz or hubba

Boak!!!!

Other half
Feeling blessed
Making memories

@MeowPurrGrr

I hate the word lunch, Sunday lunch, spot of lunch, packed lunch!! Makes me feel strangely queasy!

Fresh fruit and vegetables, why add the fresh?!

Give your head a wobble! What does that even mean?! Such a gammon thing to say.

Well, because some fruit and vegetables are tinned, dried or frozen. It not hard to comprehend.

Furbabies

The grandfather thing we have is my Dad is Barbar to the kids. Great when she was stopped at LHR and questioned for travelling to school by herself at 13 and forgot his real fucking name. Immigration were not sympathetic but did still release her to him eventually. She was mortified. We do laugh at it now~nearly 2 years later~.

Little man and Mister. (Referring to their child sons).
I need a wee wee. (Gag )
Minky (Pet name for vag).

BAE was awful but seems to have died now thank goodness.

‘this one though’ 🤢🤢🤢🤢 what about them?

When people on here describe their toddler as a ‘37 month old baby’ (yep, that happened recently)

I used to be a reception teacher and parents were always amazed when their child wasn't getting where they should be in communication and language. One mum asked me why and when I said ' in all my observations he is calling animals by the noises they make (moo moo) cars (broom broom) and he can't use tenses correctly'. She said ' well yeah, but he's 5. He won't do it forever'. Funnily enough I can't assess a child on what he WILL do one day.

I've read of something like this as an anecdote but this actually happened. My Grandma took my 4 yr old son on bus to care for as new born at home.
Look Name all those moocows.
No Nannie that's a herd of Friesians.
She told it against herself laughing.
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An acquaintance regularly posts photos of her husband and son on Facebook captioned ‘Dad and lad’ and it makes my skin crawl.

Similarly calling your family your tribe, or declaring you are making memories.

@Zancah

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’

Lol. You're the NANNY, not the parent. I'd fire your condescending arse out of the front door if I got wind of you trying to belittle and undermine my parenting like that.

This! ^

Oh shit, I've already posted in this thread but I've just caught myself referring to my dog as "my bebby boyyyy..." and singing him a waggly dog song.

@EssentialHummus

I imagine the 11 year old is not far off doing the teen thing of suddenly deciding that he/she only speaks in [affected dialect that has nothing to do with their area or heritage], which I expect will be met with utter delight by the famalam.

I live in south London and seeing the local middle class white teenagers suddenly start conversing in Jamaican patois is an annual highlight.

😂😂😂😂😂 I told my teenager he sounds very provincial and white speaking in a Jamaican twang!!

I loathe it when people moan about other people saying horrid, cringey things tbh.

Personally, it you can’t take cringe, you shouldn’t be a nanny. IMO.

Making Memories
Live Laugh Love
Hubster
Husbot
Hubby
Famalam
Holibobs
Love you to the moon and back
This one (i.e 'Out for the day with this one' aka their child)
Blessed
Furbaby
Nom / Noms - I think that last one grinds my gears more than anything else on this list. It makes my teeth itch with irritation.

Has anyone else notice the ‘when’ thing on social media? To describe an event?

Like ‘when flowers arrive unexpectedly’

‘When you spend all day baking brownies’

‘When you your hubby brings home a bottle of bubbly’

Accompanied by a picture of said brownies, flowers or ‘bubbly’.

Our teens still call us Mummy & Daddy, of their own volition and I hear their friends using those terms too. Though DD has also called me Maman since taking A Level French which I quite like. My own Mum called her parents Mummy & Daddy till they passed away and it never seemed odd, it was just what we were used to.

My Mum rarely called me by my Christian name (if she did I knew I was in trouble) and instead called me by a string of endearments e.g. sweetheart, cherub, darling etc. Again it seemed totally normal and natural to me. And I'm the same now with my own children, calling them various pet-names that they happily answer to. I can't remember the last time DH actually called me by my Christian name, as he always uses a couple of endearments that he's used for nearly 30 years.

As a family we have our own private vocabulary that is meaningless to outsiders but enriches and strengthens our relationship and bonds.

I was thinking there's no-one I know that says anything that makes me cringe...then I read this and realised that's because I'm the one who says them all.....😯

I'm a cringey cringmeister...

I've never heard of sup sups before but it would really give me the rage to hear it on a regular basis.

But as the hired help you should totally know your place OP and not pass comment

The word supper kills me inside every time I hear it

Hubs, hubby, hubster etc., kiddos, kiddies, as someone said earlier spuds and jackets and veggies as in get your veg, are you veggie, plenty of veggies. Fuck that's annoying.

@Keepmekeeping

Doggo and furbaby or I'm a dog/cat mum.

I say loads of annoying thing too so I never say anything but they drive me crackers

Oh god yes. I am not the dogs' fucking mother.

See also The Dodo and other social media about animals, which refer to two animals in the same household as siblings. CRINGE - especially when they are prey and predator, e.g. "This puppa was so psyched to meet his chicken brother".