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?

Hun
Chav
Babes
Tuppence - for girls genitalia
And #teamworkmakesthedreamwork - while brown nosing on Twitter

Omg just thought of another one.

It's drives me NUTS when people say 'pacific' instead of 'specific'.

I used to have a manager who would give our team a daily briefing every morning and always say stuff like 'if a customer is after a pacific product...'

This happened Every. Morning. For. Years.

Even thinking about it now pushes my buttons.

I feel sorry for people who DON'T have words, songs, inside jokes, etc. with their families. I'm far too much of a stone-faced bitch to everyone but my family and closest friends to let any of these actually leak out into my public-facing life, but when I see someone use a silly word in public I just think it must be nice to be a bit relaxed and open with the world.

I’ve got loads of stupids words I say, you’d all hate me. I call my dog a doggymuss.

I can’t seem to help myself.

I’m always telling people I’m squiffy as well. To the extent that I get people messaging me now saying “0oh I read a book the other day and somebody said squiffy” and I thought of you.”

My sister calls children “chillun” all the time. That one gives me the rage - but I’m one to talk I know.

This reminds me of thread on here ages ago where a woman was posting about being rather miffed that mutual friends of theirs were inviting her ex (or soon to be ex) husband around to kitchen sups and not her. Well, the thread descended into farce very quickly, totally ignoring the issue at hand focussing exclusively on the dreadful, twee use of kitchen sups, so yes, use that language out in the wild and you won't be taken seriously.

I’m guilty of a lot of baby talk sometimes I make myself cringe 😂

I say 'milky pops' for my toddlers cup of milk. 😂

They are way way too old for that though op. You're absolute right not to be indulging that shit at their age.

Elderly neighbour would ask if my mum wanted a 'cuppy' for a hot drink
She would aslo ask her grandson if he wanted a 'pokey' i was like wtf is a pokey? A poke of chips apparently

I think the ones that irritate me most are deliberate pseudo-childish mispronunciations 'see pitty puddy-tat' and the like.

YANBU for your view and indeed concern. If a child repeats these stupid nicknames for things when at school it opens them up to ridicule.

Perhaps mention this tactfully to their mum.

You sound horribly unprofessional to be honest.

You know what word I hate 'twee'

I used to work with someone who did constant baby talk (I work in a very corporate setting). Every sentence out her mouth was something like “Vicky-Wicks, I’m just going to get a drinkypoo. Do you want a coffee-woffee?”
And every time the phone rang it was “spookily-wookily” as she was JUST about to call that person. So glad I quit that job.

My ex used to use 'famalam', 'holibobs' and 'bimble' (as in "I'm going for a bimble", meaning "I'm going for a walk").

Our son started to use them when he was young... and I quickly put a stop to it. None of his friends who're of the same class (and it is a class thing, I'm afraid) use the terms and I was worried he'd have the shit ripped out of him if he did. Ex thinks I'm unreasonable - but he's nearer 50 than he is 40, for crying out loud, and referring to a walk as "a bimble" still...!

My father called his grandfather "Gramps". Nothing wrong with that. It's a moniker/term of endearment. In my opinion, it's no different to "Gran", but each to their own (as it ought to be!).

People who stick lol randomly into posts or at the end of sentences as if it is a form of punctuation, especially jarring when there is nothing remotely in the post or sentence to lol at.

I have a parent who did a lot of this. Think they were trying to have (what they saw as) nice, fun, inside phrases, words etc. They still it, mainly with the GC, who seem OK with it.

Cringed so much, especially as a teen, and even now! One sibling got/gets the rage over it!

OP, I fear you lost cringing rights when you posted "her and her peers are VERY vehemently not Mumsnet people." If you say that around your employer, she's probably thinking "I wish she'd bloody say "she and her peers are..., FGS"

The word "horrid". It's awful.

I also hate people abbreviating the names of foods for no reason, so things like:

Cherry toms
Hot choc
Choccie bickies.
Greek Yog
Roast pots

It just makes the food sound really unnappetising!

I employ a nanny and completely agree with OP on her role and her right to be annoyed at cringe baby speak.

I wish people on here would get a grip on saying the ops unprofessional. So many snooty people on here. Looking down at other peoples jobs. I bet if you had to hear that day out at your place of employment it would annoy you. The kids aren’t babies, can you imagine the children going to school and saying that at lunch time? The ops having a rant nothing wrong with that.

I saw a buggy with the brand name Ickle Bubba.

One of my friends called her baby's bottle her 'milky bokboks'. 🤢

Someone else I know calls her brother/parents 'bruv/the 'rents' in both speech and over text and it makes me cringe.

@Mylovelyhorsee

I can’t stand hearing twee versions of grandparents names especially when the grandkids are tweens. For example, gong gong for grandad or some other made up nonsense.

That's not made up, Gong Gong is actually a Chinese name for Grandad.

@sunflowersandbuttercups

The word "horrid". It's awful.

I also hate people abbreviating the names of foods for no reason, so things like:

Cherry toms
Hot choc
Choccie bickies.
Greek Yog
Roast pots

It just makes the food sound really unnappetising!

You are so right it doesn't make the food sound appealing at all. I equally detest veggies or describing a vegetarian as a veggie.

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.