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?

Oh god I agree with every one of these (except possibly cocklodger, which tickles me for some reason).

I must be a misery, but it’s nice to know there are others wincing as they read. It’s got so bad for me that I will click away from an interesting thread if the OP uses a reflexive pronoun.

What have I become? (Rhetorical, I’ve always been like this).

I’d like to offer “scrimped and saved” for consideration. “Saved” alone is fine, you don’t need to sound like a character from a Dickens novel.

Snort coffee /tea / whatever over keyboard.

No one finds anything so amusing they snort anything anywhere.

I also hate it when a poster has written about something worrying that she has seen e.g. a woman swigging from a vodka bottle in the mother and baby group or parents standing idly by while a child dives head first off a lamp post and other posters say that "it's just a snap shot of their day"'.

@LukeEvansWife

Boob/boobing/boob monster

Bubs/hubs/hubby/baba

"Phone 101 to log it" - errrrr no, it doesnt work like that

I thought the first two were universally derided on here so hardly used

I’m seeing it more these days (particularly the boob thing)

@x2boys

"Am i the only one"? And then proceed, s to post something like, Am i the only one who hates wearing masks when out and about Yes Op you are the only one, the rest of us love them so much we wear them around the house 🙄

Oh yes! And "thanks, I thought it was just me who prefered chocolate to brocoli".

Also hate "we're pregnant" with a passion.

@ChrissyPlummer

“Can you pick up some shifts at a pub?” “Can you increase your hours?” “Can you get a better paid job?” If only life were so simple 🙄🙄

See also - have you got anything you can sell on eBay?

Oh yes, silly me! I forgot all the unwanted and valuable saleable items I have lying around my house!

I am currently in the process of clearing my elderly mums house. She's lived there nearly 50 years and is a terrible, terrible hoarder. I'm selling as much as I can on eBay to make some cash for her. So far 6 weeks of selling has raked in a massive £107.65p and it's a lot of work , photographing it all, weighing it, listing it, storing it, packaging it, walking down to the post office. I have the time for that but if someone is working and looking after kids it wouldn't be doable.

On the food threads where people say what their " naughty foods" are. And there's always someone on there raving on about "cheap" or " crap" white bread. What bread fits into that category? Warburton? Shops own brand? And proper butter is the only acceptable butter.

‘Gives me the rage’

Fuck off.

"I can't get worked up about......"

Also "what did he say when you said/did such and such" - when the OP has mentioned what happened with someone but has not said that they did or said anything about it. I don't think I'm explaining it very well but it would be something like the post was about someone's husband not pulling their weight in the house despite working part time from home when the OP is working full time in the office, and someone would say "what did he say when you asked him to start cooking every night?"

Put on your big girl pants

'I have found my people'

I don't really know why but I hate this - you've found a bunch of people on the internet who also like cashmere jumpers / reading books/ complaining in restaurants or whatever it is. That's all. I think it's just overused probably but I find it really irritating! So there.

All food threads

Toms
Pots
Veggies

and throwing and chucking food around

Yum
Yummy

Proper butter. Or really good bread.

there also seems to be a tendency to call people mean. I imagine that said with a petted lip

And I agree with a op

You win the thread

Err, says who?

@BrozTito

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

I hate that too, so glad I'm not the only one.

I’ve just thought of a few more…

‘Pop’ - pop the kettle on, pop to the shop 😠

‘Lighthearted’ - twee as fuck 😠

People who have to define how they would talk to someone eg, “I would ask them politely, calmly”. Also twee as fuck.

I know it’s not a saying but the over use of the words ‘rude’ and ‘uncomfortable’ which are applied to fecking everything.

The constants repetition of ‘new PJs and Hot chocolate’ as we head towards Christmas. Ffs most people drink it all ruddy year, it isn’t imbued with magical properties just because it’s December.

@StoatMilk

I know it’s not a saying but the over use of the words ‘rude’ and ‘uncomfortable’ which are applied to fecking everything.

The constants repetition of ‘new PJs and Hot chocolate’ as we head towards Christmas. Ffs most people drink it all ruddy year, it isn’t imbued with magical properties just because it’s December.

Or even worse

Hot choc

Usually a snuggle in there too

Or really good bread

C'mon - it' has to be really good crusty bread.
I loathe crusty bread

this is mine...

@AryaStarkWolf

Put on your big girl pants

I do this every day and that is because they are big :)

@VainAbigail

I’ve just thought of a few more…

‘Pop’ - pop the kettle on, pop to the shop 😠

‘Lighthearted’ - twee as fuck 😠

People who have to define how they would talk to someone eg, “I would ask them politely, calmly”. Also twee as fuck.

Damn.. I said 'lighthearted' the other day.

What a fecking let down

‘Oh, and…..’
HTH
As You Were
Supper.

If a man said that about a woman, there would be an OUTCRY on here.

Or any other stock phrase that people use to derail an amusing discussion about crap dates or awful online dating profiles.

I also hate it when people use the word 'host' as a verb especially when they only had Brenda from next door round for a cup of tea and a custard cream.