Words/phrases you never say…

[Hairybaker]

I see a lot of language on mumsnet and other places that I just can’t imaging myself ever writing/saying.

Some that spring to mind:

Batshit crazy
Yummy
Hubby
Super (as in “that was super tasty”)

All of the above make me shudder. What words/terms do you see used a lot that would never come out of your mouth?!

Bits
Hill To Die On
Host/Hosting
Mental Load
Life Admin

Change your bum - not the nicest way to tell a child you want to put a fresh nappy on them. I hear it from nursery assistants as well as parents.

I’m guilty of using some of these (super, cross bit simultaneously can’t bear others being used (e.g. lived experience).
there doesn’t seem to be any logic to it. We all use idioms to an extent I suppose

I realise I write "Super" a lot in response to work updates in Teams. In my mind, I'm using it in a non-serious way.

Agree with pretty much all of the rest posted so far. I don't use any cutesy/faux caring language at all 😃. Struggle to even add a x at the end of a genuinely sad text message.

So many....

Cringe
Bits
Hols
Holidays
Wow just Wow
Tummy no problem for a child, for an adult it's so wrong
Little cry
Lovely
Nice
Curate
Red lip or any fashion singular REALLY annoys me

Hun
Bestie

Kid/Kids

@Begoniasforever If lush is not your thing, perhaps you should avoid Wales ... it's well lush 😁

@Marigoldandivy but dogs aren't as educated as their human folk and they can't pronounce chicken properly, that's why they call it chimkin. At least my old fur baby did before he crossed rainbow bridge 😊

Can I get...
To die for.

These threads always get the same responses.

Mine are:
'super' to mean 'very'. Someone posted on a language thread that it's all over MN and I noticed they're right. No idea where it's come from.
'Vile'. That one's all over MN too. I'd say 'horrible' or 'disgusting'.
'That's on you (her/him/them etc.)' What happened to 'that's your (etc.) fault'?
'Fall pregnant'
Being pregnant/having children 'to' (as opposed to by) someone
'We're hot on manners in this house'

"Reach Out" - FUCK OFF!!!!!!!

Breastfeeding mums saying "I was giving him boob" or "I was boobing him to sleep."
Also breastfeeding mums saying "titty milk" or "tit feeding"

Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off. If you say that in real life, just know that at least 50% of the people who hear you are judging you with narrowed eyes and prickling skin.

'Sought-after'. As in 'My dc goes to a very sought-after school' or 'We've bought a house in a sought-after area'.
'Flying', 'thriving', 'flourishing', 'top of their class' (in said sought-after school). If my children are happy/doing well I say they're happy/doing well.

Little man
Little'un
I seen
Heart of hearts
What was (instead of were)

I love hearing a Welsh person say lush.

Almost all of the above and more.

I am so out of sync with the modern world.

Ick.

The word drives me up the wall!

Buggy for a pushchair. Hate it.

Belly.

And most of the twee, cutesy things already mentioned.

Crotch Goblin
Moist
And Then Some
Hubby/Hubs/The Husband

'I'm so cross' I've never said it and I haven't heard anyone else say it. I can only imagine a teacher saying it??

There seems to be buzzwords on MN
Cross
Misogynistic
'Pop' - pop her an email, pop her a text
'Oh do fuck off dear' what kind of insult is that I couldn't take it seriously if someone said that IRL
Could've of / should of
'Offer' everything to a newborn. Offer the nipple, offer the breast, offer some veggies, offer water etc. i have no idea why it irks me so much!

Oh and the excessive use of 'challenge.'

'Why didn't you challenge him?'
'I would always challenge them'
'I challenged her when she said xyz..'

Fuck off with your challenging!!!

Oh
Last ones I promise

'I'm crying and shaking' - well, you're not..
'That's so funny I spat my tea out' - again, you didn't.
'I laughed so hard at that, my DH asked what's so funny' - that didn't happen.

Does anybody ever say bubbles when they are serving real champagne? I always assume that when someone says bubbles it's because it's prosecco or cava rather than champagne.

I say yummy a lot when taking about delicious food. It never occurred to me that there was anything wrong with it. What words do people use instead?