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What phrases irritate you?

232 replies

Hesma · 30/04/2022 07:41

Almost 5 year old…. they’re FOUR!!!!!

We’re pregnant… no, one of you is…

What other phrases really irritate you? 🤣

OP posts:
Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 02/05/2022 06:16

He/she's being a teenager. Um no, they're 12 and just been their normal downright rude self.

SierraSapphire · 02/05/2022 06:18

"I don't know who needs to hear this..." said on Twitter. Well don't say it then, probably no one.

Nom nom.

My bad.

Also super anything.

Fatarseflanagan09 · 02/05/2022 07:01

Cheeky, as in cheeky drink or something, a charity worker once asked if I had a cheeky minute, also yummy and tummy, I recently heard a grown man say yummy yummy in my tummy.

Choufleurfromage · 02/05/2022 07:02

Remainiac · 01/05/2022 20:25

“Reign it in”. Toddler in reigns.
Think about it for a nanosecond. How can it possibly make sense? It’s REIN it in ffs. REIN. As in, pull the rein/s and bring it back under control. It’s nothing to do with the fucking MONARCH.

'Bare' with me while I cogitate on that!
Excited for (Christmas, summer etc)
Aks
Recycled when used to mean worn again. Favoured by DM when referring to the Duchess of Suxssex wearing a coat she wore 6 months ago
Bye bye when used by newsreaders. I am not 6 feckin years old
Ditto - 'x' more sleeps until...

ThinkForAMinute · 02/05/2022 07:07
  • Lawyer up
  • I was just a bit sick in my mouth
  • Anything that involves spitting tea
  • Big girl pants
  • Being addressed as “Reader” on a thread
  • Any thread with “think” for example “DH and I have been together for almost a decade and have always been incredibly independent, think busy jobs and hobbies” - just say you have busy jobs and hobbies
  • No is usually not a complete sentence and you won’t look clever by using it
  • Gifting / gifted
  • Grow a pair
AndStand · 02/05/2022 07:20

"Let's give it up for" just before we have to clap and applaud someone.

Give what up? Sitting motionless?
What's wrong with asking for a round of applause?

CandidaAlbicans2 · 02/05/2022 07:34

As I often find people irritating I'm nodding at these

"We are pregnant" - no, only the woman is pregnant. A couple can be "expecting a baby" or "I'm/X is pregnant"

All Americanisms not said by Americans eg "I'm done" instead of "I've finished"

"So" at the start of most sentences. "So, I was in Tesco today..."

"Super" eg "I'm super excited"

Office wank speak eg "touch base", "reach out", and "going forward"

GADDay · 02/05/2022 07:40

Nom nom
Fur babies
Blessed
My bad

SoggyPaper · 02/05/2022 08:05

Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 02/05/2022 06:16

He/she's being a teenager. Um no, they're 12 and just been their normal downright rude self.

I think both of these things can be true.

The problem is that the former can too easily be used as an excuse not to do anything about it.

Rhubarb01 · 02/05/2022 08:47

Closure

veganmayo · 02/05/2022 10:01

I can’t believe I’ve made it to page 8 and not yet seen “my heart is so full” 😑

AllMyExesWearRolexes · 02/05/2022 11:00

"Shop" as a verb,
Curated if it's not in a museum,
"Welcomed" a new baby,

TheGirlWithTheGreyBunny · 02/05/2022 11:02

Christ on a bike
i just don’t know why I hate it lol

Labscollie · 02/05/2022 11:05

Adults who say "team whoever", when deciding they are on somebody's side. Leave that to the kids.

Literally being used in every other sentence. Some didn't pay attention to literary devices, in English classes.

PedantScorner · 02/05/2022 11:39

Awww!

LadyAddle · 02/05/2022 11:47

Tinternet
Uni

Thymeout · 02/05/2022 11:52

New York Yiddish speech patterns from American sit-coms.
e.g. 'Enough already', 'Stop with the...'
I'm not anti-American and I appreciate the shorthand of terms like 'helicopter parent' or 'redheaded stepchild' to freshen the language but when they're a new way of saying something. Can't see the point of pretending you grew up in Brooklyn. Just fake.

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 02/05/2022 12:00

Something the fashion experts keep saying on the Tv etc "A POP of colour" what does this even mean??

The other fashion-related one that drives me mad is everything being an ‘edit’. Even M&S were at it a while back. Big signs in-store directing you to ‘The Skirt Edit’ or ‘The Dress Edit’. It’s literally all your dresses - where does any editing come into it?!

I also saw on the Next website the other day ‘The latest in men’s shirting’. WTF is ‘shirting’? Aren’t they just shirts?

Woodsie54 · 02/05/2022 12:20

Amazing everything

tulippa · 02/05/2022 23:20

Phrases that rhyme pointlessly like 'on it like a car bonnet' or 'winner winner chicken dinner' do my head in. 😐😡

TheBigPeach · 02/05/2022 23:58

Another one for non-binary
Should of
Would of

TheBigPeach · 03/05/2022 00:02

I have noticed that ‘Imma’ is a new word used in sentences that’s been invented to replace

‘I am going to’. It’s an American trend I think. Awful.

GriddleScone · 03/05/2022 00:27

Zero instead of no, for example 'I have zero interest in...'

Fell pregnant. It implies an accident with a bad outcome.

doggiescats · 03/05/2022 00:37

Snowflake…I judge as limited vocabulary.

Afrodizzyak · 03/05/2022 01:23

Go figure