Sayings on MN that you cannot stand!

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Inspired/copied/due to lack of my own ideas

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

"I have loads of friends from the NW and have lived in Liverpool. Not once have I encountered the expression 'give your head a wobble' other than on MN."

Me too. I was born in Manchester and lived in Lancashire my entire life. Never heard 'give your head a wobble' til I read it here.

Munch. "My toddler was munching on a slice of toast". Just say eating toast!

Snack. Except for "snack plate", which is what we call a picky tea. (Obvs "picky tea" is out.)

When people say please, as in 'Please don't get another dog' or 'Please don't come to Cornwall this summer'. Sounds so PA.

My other pet hate is when people use the emoji to describe something gross and the helpfully tell you that this does not mean envy. "My dog just ate a rotten bird carcass (not envy)." In fact has the green emoji ever been used to show envy and if it had do people think the context wouldn't make it obvious?

Me too. I was born in Manchester and lived in Lancashire my entire life. Never heard 'give your head a wobble' til I read it here.
I'm in Lancashire and it was used a lot about 10 years ago.
I dont hear it anymore.

@ArcheryAnnie, agree and I also hate "lashings" as in crusty bread with lashings of butter. Usually followed by "food of the gods"

When someone posts about finding things stressful with their baby and are told "enjoy your baby"

Or when someone posts about finding things stressful with their 4 year old. Someone replies "He's 4." Then about 40 replies saying "He's 4."

[quote bangingbins]@ArcheryAnnie, agree and I also hate "lashings" as in crusty bread with lashings of butter. Usually followed by "food of the gods" [/quote]
Oh but...lashings of ginger beer! Oh I loved the Famous Five.

Also, the frequent recommendation that, if you object to your neighbours having thrice-weekly 24 hour raves in the garden of their inner city terrace, the only solution is for you to move to a detached house in the countryside, ‘cos people can do what they like in their own homes, innit.

Twinkly laugh.

I’ve met people in real life who do twinkly laughs. They are always massive fucking arseholes who think they are far more intelligent than they are.

Twee.

It gets misused a lot on here, usually be Hyacinth Bucket types when they are trying to say common without sounding obviously snobby.

It’s Tinkly

Hth.

@ArcheryAnnie

Munch. "My toddler was munching on a slice of toast". Just say eating toast!

Snack. Except for "snack plate", which is what we call a picky tea. (Obvs "picky tea" is out.)

There's a live one on another thread about potatoes - sorry "pots. There's a bung and a Chuck in one post

@JayAlfredPrufrock

It’s Tinkly

Hth.

It’s still a twatty way to behave.

@Kanaloa

It’s not tongue in cheek though, is it. It’s seen constantly on posts where certain posters will jump in to insist they ‘just had to’ point out that someone has misused ‘gifted’ or some such. Every time I see it my first thought is that the person posting it is not nice and doesn’t end up looking clever at all.

I was being tongue in cheek and the examples I gave were much more basic than "misusing gifted." However, my general observation across several social media platforms is that people speaking English as a second language seem to take more pride in learning and using the langue properly than native speakers do. I find that depressing. Additionally, making grammatical errors could be limiting on a number of fronts- if pointing out basic errors is prohibited, where is the writer going to get the opportunity to improve?

'Don't mean to be rude but' then proceeds to be rude
'Grim' annoying childish awful word

People excusing their mental state or actions on 'being hormonal'.

Starting posts with “so”

Spat my tea/coffee on keyboard

Darked on and spider willies

I just spat out my tea/coffee

🤔 I doubt it because if you did that for everything then you’d be replacing a lot of laptops….

I love spider willies and darked on 😂

I hate the mumsnet biscuit though. It boils my piss (and there will be some who hate that phrase too sorry!)

Adding to my hate of "munch": "nibbled".

I nibbled on a biscuit. The chocolate torte was too rich to do anything but nibble on. Nibble. Nibble. Nibble.

You ate a biscuit. You aren't a gerbil.

Bimbling and pootling about.

Never heard it in RL only on here

@Squiz81

Starting posts with “so”

Spat my tea/coffee on keyboard

Darked on and spider willies

'OK so' is worse.

Screaming.

All the MILs who scream.

"She screamed at me" actually means "slightly raised her voice" and does not bear any actual resemblance to screaming like in the shower scene of Psycho.

I've never heard of bimbling is it rude?

@Port1aCastis

I've never heard of bimbling is it rude?

People seem to bimble rounds shopping centres

So I'm guessing no

Although you never can tell

Bimbling and pootling about.

Never heard it in RL only on here
We use " bimbling" a lot!
It usually describes a casual unplanned walk.