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 have sups sups, wearing my jimmy jams and slip slips, I love using those words, and so do the kiddly winks

No, 11 year olds don't normally use phrases like beddybyes and pop pops.

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland

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.

Plenty, I work in education! I think you're getting confused with the slang kids make up themselves, not the embarrassing toddler talk their parents can't bring themselves to stop using!

I doubt the 11 year old will be using 'sup sup' around her friends

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

'Jab' is an acceptable alternative word for any injection where I live, it's definitely not baby talk/dumbing down.

I actually quite like funny made up names, they often show affection and fun. Sleep was always BoBos when I was little, and dummies were dodies! Babies were babbas. Those words now bring back nice memories. As for words for poo, my neighbour's little girl called it "doing dirt". I thought that was a bit grim!

"Oh, shush! People are allowed to find their boss annoying, and sup-sups IS bloody annoying"

@JesusInTheCabbageVan it's not about the finding it annoying part, I find plenty of things annoying - it's the actively trying to "correct" the parenting (and sharing it on the web!) It's not a nanny's job to say how, what or why the Parent parents the way they do.

@SmidgenofaPigeon

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...

Your job isn't 'creating' anything. Your job is taking care of other peoples creations and subtly belittling their parents isn't helpful to them.

I quite like 'horrid'. It reminds me of the poem about the little girl who had a little curl :)

I used to be a nanny. Moo moo was milk. Found myself saying it myself one day in tesco

@YetAnotherSpartacus

Also - heffalump and flutter-by.

Nothing wrong with some heffalumps and woozles

1. Beaut.
2. Gorge.
3. Biccie.
4. Babes
5. The saying 'To be fair'. A couple friend of ours say it all the time.

Fanjo - only ever seen it on MN. I assume it means vulva or cunt.

My MIL's friend asked us one Christmas if we enjoyed our chrissy dins! 😳

@LemonSherbetFancies

1. Beaut.

1. Gorge.
2. Biccie.
3. Babes
4. The saying 'To be fair'. A couple friend of ours say it all the time.

I don't know where you are from... but you would hate to live in Essex 😂

Fucking hell, she absolutely should correct a 9 year old asking her 'what is for sup sups'! I can see the point about posting this online, but of course that needs correcting. I'm genuinely shocked anyone disagrees with that.

@Nuitsdesetoiles

Friyay instead of Friday Only x amount of "sleeps" until a particular event.... Holibobs "Making memories" on social media. All guaranteed an unfollow..

Now i realise why I can't listen to Sara cox

Hubby.

Would any woman refer to herself as wifie? Or stand by while her husband called her wifie?

OP, you're the hired help. You're not supposed to have opinions, OK?!

I absolutely hate this twee shit. It reminds me of a family who used this sort of rubbish because they were all completely repressed around sex, bodily functions and visceral pleasures. You couldn't say you were full after a meal, you have to say you were replete. No bugger or fuck, but "oh bummies"... Going to see them was like visiting Ned Flanders.

XDH said "beddyboes" (boes not bies) even before we had DS. I hated it.

Came from his DM who insisted on lots of stupid childish names for things when talking to DS, based on what her son had said as a child

so we had Soldiers for Shoulders, Effunt for Elephant etc as well as the usual Doggy, Baa-Lamb, Moo-Cow, etc etc

It made my teeth itch

Grown adults saying "doggie" is a personal bugbear of mine - just say dog FGS. DH is quite a manly type but invents puke-inducing phrases just to make me cringe - the worst being "snuggle-pops" for bedtime. My mother would turn in her grave, she despised such things.

My 84 year old father got remarried at 78 (just don't ask), and his newish wife, whilst lovely, has a habit of shortening words so some things become a bit silly. So "professional" would become "profesh", and so on. I can't recall any other examples but it's bizarre to hear an 84 year old inventing a new twee language with wife #53.

Bae

I don't even know what it means.

My cousin was brought up by our grandparents. He was 17 when I heard him utter the words, "Nan, what's for sup-sups?". I was about 14 and it left me open mouthed. Mind you, I found out much later that she was still bathing him at that age so I guess there was more to be surprised about than I knew.

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

For some reason, this brings to mind another thread where a man had been told that his grandad had been taken into hospital, went to the hospital and asked to be able to see him - BUT this grown adult gave his grandad's name as 'Grandad' and was really unpleasant to the receptionist when she couldn't locate a patient of that 'name' on their lists

I know it's divisive on MN, but we know somebody who insists that their children still call them Mummy and Daddy, several years older than their friends have reverted to just Mum and Dad. They want to use the less babyish terms as well, but keep getting 'corrected' as if they are being rude if they forget, just for wanting to use age-appropriate terms.

Reminds me of someone I knew, aged 32, who didn't know his parents names. They were just mum and dad. Their parents called each other mum/dad too.

'We're pregnant'.

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.