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?

I’ve got one ........peeps!! (People). Can’t stand it!!!

ot quite the same but my DH use to change everyone's name slightly , so Tony = tone
Karen = kaz
Billy = billy bob
Paul = pauule 0r paulie
David =davy-do
My name has two very common abbreviations both of which I am fine with but oh no he has to make up his own

Oh I know someone like this!
Even bloody Anne became Annie. Why the hell would you make a nickname longer than someones actual name?!

"stoppit" wtf is this? "stop it" is not one word.

I think we found the mother.

Original did you think that one up all by yourself? Clever poppet.

Ok note taken about ‘horrid’

Seriously though, I’m ‘only the nanny’ but if a 9 year old is asking me ‘what’s for sup sups?’ I am ALWAYS going to say ‘do you mean what’s for dinner?’

Because part of my job is creating well rounded individuals and not ones that will speak in baby-tongue for the rest of their lives...

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.

I'd have resigned long before you got the chance.

When I was five, I remember having boiling fury at being called "poorly". I was poorly, I was ILL.

Grown up to hate "leccy". I get that it's shorter, but it's just so childish.

I was also really happy as a teen that my name doesn't lend itself to being "zedified" or "xified" - e.g. Becca to Bex, Vicky to Vix, Cheryl to Chezza. Impossible with my name, thank god. (don't mind other shortenings, but z and x ones are so tabloid)

@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.

And right on cue, someone opens a thread knowing what it would be about, reads and then moans they don’t like the subject.

You would have hated me when DD was a baby. All this baby talk just poured out of me. DD was a cuddle-wuddle who wore vesties and nap-naps.

I did try to curb the baby talk after I heard myself calling her blanket her blanky-wanky.

'And just like that..... I have a teenager/ she's 3' blah blah blah. 🤯

@sst1234 I think if it was the mother, she would be threatening to fire OP's condescending bot-bot.

I think it's both twee and cute tbh

But one woman took it to another level years ago when I picked my DS up from nursery.

She said to her DD...

"Shall we go see auntie Cal Cal for some bic bics and lom lom?"

Turns out she meant auntie Carol for biscuits and lemonade

“Veggies” - I know IABU but I hate it.
Also, ‘Crimbo’. 🤮
My DS calls our DM ‘Mumsy’, which I think she started doing to be annoying but she’s 48 now and it makes me nauseous.
‘Picky Bits’ is a term I have only ever heard on MN. It makes me think of pocket fluff, bogies and the bits that lurk down the side of sofas. Grim

@Brownteddybear I thought exactly the same

Oh, and the one that makes me cringe is ""refreshments".
Had an aunt who used to ask "Does anybody want refreshments?" at regular intervals. Just ask if anyone wants a drink FFS.

@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.

What’s that? Condescending arse, you say?

Sorry ‘creating well rounded individuals’ actually sounded horribly wanky

But you know, I do have a bit of influence. It’s a bit shit to imply someone who has worked with them for four years and knows them inside out doesn’t!

@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.

Sounds as though you're trying to help the dc way more than their ridiculous parents! How cringeworthy that an 11 year old would be encouraged to say such rubbish, poor her when she has friends round

I hope the family you nanny for are not on here.

Are you joking? Both DH and I are from families who use lots of silly slang. We are all adults in our thirties!

You are the nanny, a paid employee. It is a absolutely not your place to try and prevent this and if you did it my home you'd be out and fast.

I think it's a great thing that the OP is teaching them it's okay to say 'sup sups' to family, but not to her (or hopefully anyone else). Imagine if they dropped a 'sup sups' at school or a friend's house - great way to make yourself look like an absolute twat.

One thing I don't like right now is grown ups saying habs for vaccine. Its just baby talk and dumbing down.

I presume that was a typo for jabs? I don't personally have an issue with that, when it's a colloquial short name for something longer - not really a baby word (others may disagree). Surely it's just like everybody saying 'car' instead of 'domestic vehicle' or even just 'bike' instead of bicycle?

How cringeworthy that an 11 year old would be encouraged to say such rubbish, poor her when she has friends round confused

Have you met any 11 year olds? They voluntarily use tons of slang like this.

I dislike the word twee. I find it patronising.

Baby talk doesn't bother me. Its the boss babe, mumpreneur etc that grinds my gears