Sayings on MN that you cannot stand!

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What phrases/come backs/irritating things do people say on MN?

Mine is not a saying; more a term. Wedding breakfast. Intensely irritating. It's the self-regarding, performatory class-signalling of it. It hasn't been a breakfast for many decades. It's dinner; possibly lunch, in a few instances. Nobody gets married before breakfast anymore. I can tell you now you're impressing nobody with that kind of talk.

Wow. Just wow.

@SoftDay

Think you’ve misunderstood the term Wedding Breakfast.

Global pandemic. “Global” is redundant.

I see a lot of people saying “he’s a grown-ass man”‘when responding to someone complaining that their husband can’t boil potatoes or clean a bathroom. Makes me cringe. I think thrh think they sound American or something. In reality over here the only people who use “grown-ass” are certainly not the kind of people that 6-figure income, huge salad-eating, MNers would aspire to be. I feel embarrassed for them using such words.

@SoftDay

Mine is not a saying; more a term. Wedding breakfast. Intensely irritating. It's the self-regarding, performatory class-signalling of it. It hasn't been a breakfast for many decades. It's dinner; possibly lunch, in a few instances. Nobody gets married before breakfast anymore. I can tell you now you're impressing nobody with that kind of talk.

It's the correct term. It's from the times when the wedding party would fast beforehand, so the first meal as a married couple would indeed be breaking a fast.

[quote DesdemonaDryEyes]@SoftDay

Think you’ve misunderstood the term Wedding Breakfast.[/quote]
Have I, Desdemona? I am interested to know. I assumed it was because weddings were traditionally, many years ago, in the morning. You know what they say about "assuming"! I will look it up. I reserve my right to be irrationally and unreasonably annoyed by it in any case!!

"The meal that follows your wedding ceremony is known as the wedding breakfast, the name comes from the past when traditionally the wedding ceremony was held after mass, the whole wedding party would fast before mass and so for the bride and groom this was their first meal. Today the name is kept as a reminder that this is the first meal for the newly married bride and groom, the first meal after the ceremony, as a newly married couple and so the name breakfast is kept."

www.devoncatering.com/why-is-it-called-a-wedding-breakfast/

Dr. Sbaitso: "It's the correct term. It's from the times when the wedding party would fast beforehand, so the first meal as a married couple would indeed be breaking a fast."

Oh, thank you for the info. That'll soften my cough for me. It still annoys me intensely. I'm in the sort of mood where I find I can live quite comfortably with my unreasonableness.

@SoftDay

Dr. Sbaitso: "It's the correct term. It's from the times when the wedding party would fast beforehand, so the first meal as a married couple would indeed be breaking a fast."

Oh, thank you for the info. That'll soften my cough for me. It still annoys me intensely. I'm in the sort of mood where I find I can live quite comfortably with my unreasonableness.

It is a bit of a clunky phrase!

Since this is a class of "things that annoy us about Mumsnet" thread, I have to say this is one of the things I love about Mumsnet - learning new things, having my ego tempered just enough to give a useful cop-yourself-on check, and being reminded of the value of a dose of humility. I'm still never saying "wedding breakfast" though as it just sounds like it has notions.

I don't think anyone would judge you for not liking the term! It does sound a bit antiquated, which I suppose it is.

@BrozTito

I thought picky tea was a myth but it was said the other month

I saw it on here too but in real life, have often heard 'picky food', or 'picky meal', which generally means bits and pieces served on plates buffet style, to which you help yourself. I actually love picky food if I go to an event! I wouldn't have thought tea was a big enough deal to have lots of plates/ie be 'picky', but obviously some people do.

Well it depends what you call your evening meal, and that could start another never-ending thread.

I hate when people @ another post and respond to it in a vague way which means you have to trawl back to find it. Just quote the post or a part of it.

But also, those who respond to an OP, quoting the OP, as if we were unsure what their comment would be in reference to.

"Am I just being hormonal" Men already blame our every .move on being hormonal. We don't need to do it to ourselves.

Plate up......who says that in real life.

Saying you were ‘horrified’ when you actually mean mildly shocked.

Vege.

They mean “veggie”.

But it sounds like veej.

Has anyone said baffled yet?

I always feel it's so disingenuous when people claim to be baffled by things that are really quite straightforward or obvious.

You do you
I am shaking
Wow, just wow

The load or the mental load
Life Admin
Host/Hosting/Hosted
Bits, whether it's clothes or food, I hate it.

Sure there's more that I can't think of right now.

Posting a gross phrase - such as I've just seen above which I am not going to repeat - just because you've seen it on the internet. Apart from that, four-letter words, particularly s word and copying everything else American. And the scourge of abbreviations. I don't just mean the most common ones, like OP - though the ubiquitous DH(Darling Husband) etc is mildly annoying. It's not compulsory, is it? I don't know what several phrases mean, e.g. cocklodger or darked on. And I do like the phrase 'get your ducks in a row'.

@Abitofalark This is a site that allows swearing though - it’s one of the few that allows words like cunt and shit. What’s worse is the twee habit of putting asterisks instead of letters

To those that hate "Give Your Head A Wobble"

It doesn't bother me, but much prefer the Scottish version,

"Awa an bile yer heid"

Karen Karen Karen Karen Karen is the most offensive thing in the world!

I hate it when you disagree with someone and they say “I’m entitled to my opinion”

Well yes, and so am I. My opinion is that I disagree with your opinion.