To be fed up with terms like shitshow and cockwomble.

[Lunificent]

They’re the sort of words that would be humorous and horrifying if they were rarely used but they’re so widely used on here, Twitter etc that they just come across as old hat and excruciatingly twee to me.

I didn't realise shitshow was seen as twee or humorous that one doesn't bother me but yes i agree the rest of them are shite. Don't hate them as much as the word super though. That's super shite.

I love ‘shitshow’. I don’t use it to be humorous - it’s just a great, descriptive phrase.

I’ve never heard cockwomble used in RL. I don’t use cute/funny insults or swear words where a ‘fucking arsehole’ will do.

Or when someone receives a message from an ex and they aren't sure how to reply someone tells them to reply "who dis" and then everyone comments how this is the best reply ever.

As a big fan of Uncle Bulgaria, Mme Cholet & Co. I identify as trans-womble and find the term highly offensive to my bi-race.

It's OK trussterfuck is moving in.

"Not my circus, not my monkey" is an old (Polish?) phrase. Nothing to do with mn. I think it's a great verbal shrug for "not my shitshow".

Cockwomble is twee. And I really hate that "Get to the far side of fuck..." sentence. If you're dull, best not to flag it up that often.

Do you know him?

Yes. I agree.

Do you believe the bumbling clown act then OP?

Shitshow is OK. I prefer FUBAR though.

I don't mind shitshow. Hate all that cutesy twee swearing though so I'm with you on cockwomble and the like.

Shitshow is just a normal swearword.

And not my circus not my monkeys is an established phrase

Neither of these are being used by people trying to fit in with the crowd. They are just standard words/phrases

And cockwomble is more of a MN term, methinks is a tumblr term of 2010ish. They are not said by the same people at all. Methinks was young teenagers, cockwomble was more twitter/MN adults.

Cockwomble's a perfectly normal Scottish word, neither humorous nor horrifying in nature. I think it began to be used much more widely after "Trump is cockwomble" (and similar) posters and banners went viral after one of the one of the anti-Trump protests when he visited Scotland after he became US President. I don't see how it's any different from using prick or dick or arsehole or whatever, which are all a lot more widely used.

Shitshow's an Americanism, widely used for decades. I don't think it's fair to single out these words and say they should be off-limits to people who've always used them.

Cockwomble is a very specific person. I only use it to refer to him.

Shitshow, clusterfuck, pile of wank etc - I'd say I use those daily

I am going to add Twinkletwat.

Cock wombling?

“Radio silence” is the one that gets me!

I live in an area where swearing is frequent and have never heard anybody say cockwomble out loud. Its v middle class.

Wank cheese is one I use.. If the occasion/person in question warrants it! 🤣

And clunge features…

I don’t like the word twee. I have a physical reaction to it and it makes me feel sick.

Echoes of The InBetweeners.

YABU about 'shit show', it's a perfectly normal phrase used by most people.

'Cockwomble', yeah fair enough it's normally said by people who still think it's funny/rare.

@BIWI 😂 currently doing a few extra hours of work at home to catch up, clearly my mind is in must not swear work mode! Apologies, cockwomble 😂

I’m sick of hearing my own child say ‘slay’ drives me mad

Cuntychops I saw quite a few times on here at one point.