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?

‘Living my best life’ Makes me want to vomit...

Then he leaned close and said 'Oooh, he wants it. Can you feel him?' I must have looked puzzled, as he went on to clarify... 'Mr Penis, he wants you to touch him. Go on, touch Mr Penis,' in this creepy, soft voice that just turned my stomach.

This has put me off my tea. 😂

Famalam and holibobs are two non-words guaranteed to make me never want to see or speak to you ever again.

Snap

Maybe find a family you like to be a nanny for?

@Wroxie my children call my mum a twee version of Grandma, my eldest is 19 and they all still call her it. Horrible little kids shouldn't spoil that bond for them

From assorted members of the family......

Referring to someone be it shop assistants, colleagues, anyone, as a lovely lovely man/woman. Strangely negative words aren’t used. They are always gushingly lovely lovely.

Asking, usually me... Do you want to turn the fire off, do you want to push the door too etc. I’d far rather be asked to do it, plain and simple. The logical answer is either yes or no with no change to the state of the fire or the door. But that’d cause upset.

Asking me to do something (not like above) but then adding please an awkward 1/2 second later.........
If you can’t bring manners to the initial request then don’t bother.

#BeKind. Usually posted by the nastiest cow on your FB friends list..

Omg..I hate hate hate 'cuppa'. I always read threads on here about what people are up to on the weekend and the op is always 'sat at the kitchen table with a cuppa listening to the birds' or some shite. Also dont like supper, hubby, and hate it when people refer to breastfeeding as 'boobing' or 'giving baby the boob' 🤢

@FrankButchersDickieBow

Sup sups is fucking awful. I thought 'supper' was horrid enough, but sup sups ffs.

I don't get why supper is horrid, that's just a normal word used by lots of people, isn't it? I use it interchangeably with dinner.

The grammar pedant in me wonders if it shouldn't be "you've got this"?

It should be 'you have this'. The inclusion of 'got' is incorrect and unnecessary.

Not read the full thread but used to use beddiebyes as a child too OP . Sorry!

Hate things like hollibobs, hubster, famalam and silly hashtags like #makingmemories #blessed and all the virtue signallers who post that they are so "lucky" for whatever reason it is.

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

If you employ a nanny then you need to accept that they may not agree with the way you are bringing dragging up your kids. And you are a parent, you don't "parent". That's another of my pet hates, too.

@LucieStar, I'm very sorry. Even just writing it made me wince. The wording is burned into my memory because my friends randomly quoted him for years afterwards.

And yes, to the other poster mentioning being on first name terms! Though I dread to think what Mr Penis' first name might be.

@Cheeeeislifenow

Anyone who puts on a stupid sing song accent for their kids! Nauseating

For young children this is an important vstage for development.

Is it? I spoke quite normally to my ds and he still learnt to talk just fine.

Okie dokie in conversation particularly business!!!.

My 3 year old loves it when Alexa says it and thinks it's hilarious - to the extent where we get it start things we don't even want so we can stop it on the hope that it'll say it

I think it's OK to call your parents Mummy and Daddy, to their face and largely in private. It's completely different if you are talking to the GP, for instance, and saying, "Mummy's coming out for the day with me"....
You say " My mother is coming out for the day with me" etc..
The former comes across as over intimate and a bit precious and yes, I've said it, "twee"

@Frazzledd

*RoastChickenLastsForDaysonMN

Okay, this one is definitely cringe, and I hope that very VERY few people have experienced it.

Way, way back, I had a few dates with a man I'd met at work. We got on really well, loads in common, etc etc. On our 5th date, I invited him back to mine for dinner. We were kissing on the sofa and he started moaning.

Then he leaned close and said 'Oooh, he wants it. Can you feel him?' I must have looked puzzled, as he went on to clarify... 'Mr Penis, he wants you to touch him. Go on, touch Mr Penis,' in this creepy, soft voice that just turned my stomach.

I can't remember what lie I made up to get him out of the house, but I managed to hustle him out on some pretence, and then told him I didn't think we were a good match. I think he's married now...*

YikesApart from anything else, if he wanted me to touch it, I would not be calling it ‘Mr’. If I’m touching it, I should at least get to know its first name.

🤣🤣🤣.....!!

Gary.

Its first name is Gary.

@pilates

When a man says “the wife” instead of my wife and “smashed it”

I have a Facebook friend who refers to his wife as ‘The Doris’. I looked it up and apparently it’s a known slang term (not just something he’s made up), but I’ve never heard anyone else say it. It’s just odd.

@thepeopleversuswork

There’s one of these threads on here every day and they are just snobbery or bitchiness masquerading as social commentary. It’s a new socially acceptable snobbery to laugh at people for saying “hubs” or “hun” or “sup sups” or whatever. It just makes the people doing it look small minded and unkind.

I honestly think if other people’s family words for things rile you up this much you either need to get out more or find another job.

Life is too short to get this invested in stuff which is none of your business.

😂

We have a 'family' term for what you just posted: It goes 'Do the Wokey-Cokey then you turn around...'

😂

Hun🤮

As a family

As opposed to that .

We all went out.
We all went out together, if you must
We all went out as a family, just no.

@MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously

Every family has their own words - agree with a pp that it's part of the family bond. I'm glad I don't have a nanny judging me for the soppy things I've said to my DC over the years. I also don't think you should be undermining your employer to her own children or criticising her on Mumsnet.

Agree 100% @MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously

@Libraryghost

#BeKind. Usually posted by the nastiest cow on your FB friends list..

Well it seems quite a lot of them are on MN too, if this thread is anything to go by!

We have a 'family' term for what you just posted: It goes 'Do the Wokey-Cokey then you turn around...'

Might have to nick that one

@Bellver888

I have an auntie that went to Alcudia in 2019 and uploaded a pic of the beach with #scorchio 🤮 Refers to Christmas as crimbo, can’t stand it

You weren’t a fan of The Fast Show, I’m guessing.

‘poorly’
NHS leaflets etc referring to ‘tummy’ ‘water infections’ ‘poo’ infantilising people
teachers who refer to ‘mum’
and latterly everyone saying ‘stay safe’ aaaaargh!!