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Hatred of certain words/phrases

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Querypost · 16/09/2023 19:37

In a supermarket and heard a middle aged woman say 'OH! You've got back off your holibobs then!?'

What is wrong with saying 'holiday'? I actually cringed when I heard it.

Feel free to add your own...

OP posts:
Mapletreelane · 16/09/2023 21:54

And just like that...when starting out a post on social media, mainly a child's birthday.
Hun
Babe
Fuming
Nom nom (when talking about food)
Whoop Whoop
Holibobs
Hubster
Chrimbo
The verb "to gift" as in "is anyone gifting" or "I was gifted"
Literally
Proper (as in "it was proper raining"

Oh god and as for #making memories
I'm not sure if I get annoyed at the phrase itself or that the writer is so oblivious to how awful it sounds.

Americano75 · 16/09/2023 22:12

'Methinks'

Fuck off.

ilovepixie · 16/09/2023 22:14

StrongandNorthern · 16/09/2023 19:50

Hollibobs, hun, 'making memories', train station.

What's wrong with train station? That's what it is!

Cowlover89 · 16/09/2023 22:16

Alltheparmesanplease · 16/09/2023 20:10

'picky tea' makes my blood boil

When people review an item they have bought and describe it as a 'great bit of kit'. Just pisses me off.

I say picky tea Blush

Cowlover89 · 16/09/2023 22:16

MadCatandBirdLady · 16/09/2023 20:12

I am Entitled
tummy
Plate up
picky bits

Nothing wrong with tummy

Cowlover89 · 16/09/2023 22:17

punnetofcherries · 16/09/2023 20:47

Hun

Awesome

Furbaby

Rainbow bridge

Belly

I say belly and furbaby Blush

ilovepixie · 16/09/2023 22:18

Going for food gets on my tits. Just say going out for dinner!

menopausalmare · 16/09/2023 22:19

Gobsmacked.

RyanGoslingsTan · 16/09/2023 22:22

Nanny instead of granny. You're not an old goat

honeyrider · 16/09/2023 22:26

RyanGoslingsTan · 16/09/2023 22:22

Nanny instead of granny. You're not an old goat

Agree with this.

Also you'll never regret the children you do have, only the ones you don't

Lapsedcataholic · 16/09/2023 22:40

Palaver. Often misspelled on here as palava.

Gusset. I know its a noun, I know it usually refers to the bit of knickers in the middle, I hate that M&S knickers have such skimpy gussets these days. I just wish there was another word that I could say that didn't make me feel a bit sick!

Agree with most of the others already posted. "The ick" and "boundaries" in particular.

RobertaFirmino · 16/09/2023 22:52

People who 'prep' lunch. No, you made a sandwich.
Dippy eggs. Unless talking to a 3yo.
Ending a question with the word 'no'. As in 'Surely everyone changes their bedsheets three times a day, no?'

TrishM80 · 16/09/2023 22:53

I hate "grub" instead of food. I know someone who always says "we'll get some grub" and it drives me mad! Makes it sound like farm animals at feeding time or something.

"Gastropubs" - for pubs that serve food to be called something that reminds people of gastroenteritis is not a good idea.

"He passed" instead of "he died" or even "he passed away". So fucking poncy.

Don't like the words meal, pudding, supper.

As has been mentioned before, "living my best life", fuck off. Also hate "you do you".

TrishM80 · 16/09/2023 22:55

Oh, and when people use "cheeky" before anything. "Popped down the road for a cheeky fish n chips", what's all that about?!

EverythingYouDoIsaBalloon · 16/09/2023 23:01

'Warrior' to describe a person with a health condition. I don't like its implications that recovery is contingent on how well one can 'fight'.

RenoDakota · 16/09/2023 23:02

RyanGoslingsTan · 16/09/2023 22:22

Nanny instead of granny. You're not an old goat

It's personal preference / family history / cultural / regional.
Both my grandmothers were called nanny and I will be too when my children have children.

IsleOfPenguinBollards · 16/09/2023 23:19

I haven’t just seen “hubster”; I’ve seen “hublet”. It was used by a woman who didn’t just do a countdown to her wedding on social media, but a “count up” afterwards. E.g. “it’s now 100 days since I married the lovely Richard Sopwich 🥰”. Stop it now.

MrsHughesPinny · 17/09/2023 00:52

Ghastisflabbered · 16/09/2023 19:44

“Need gone” gives me the rage. Generally in an advert so you get the double whammy of “chester draws, need gone”

Holibobs, Sainsbos and Sarnies also elicit similiar levels of rage.

I know it’s unreasonable.

I’ve noticed this being added to the vernacular too, it’s awful.

KettleOn919 · 17/09/2023 01:06

Probably alone here, but I cannot stand the word "boobs" for breasts. It's such an ugly word.

MrsHughesPinny · 17/09/2023 01:10

I hate the words ‘meal’, ‘topic’, ‘browse’, ‘selected’, ‘sumptuous’ and ‘portion’. They all inexplicably make me shudder.

I’m also irritated when someone pronounces ‘milk’ as ‘mulk’, says ‘brought’ when they mean ‘bought’, or says “I been” or “we was” instead of “I’ve been” or “we were”.

This is definitely a regional one, but the pronunciation of ‘handbag’ as ‘ambarg’. 🤢

To conclude my list of annoyances, 😆 beginning every sentence with ‘so’ is also rage-inducing.

Afterrain · 17/09/2023 01:25

Fur baby
Hun
Enjoy

StHilarion · 17/09/2023 01:25

Hun, making memories, kids, super, whatever, having a giraffe, motor,

echt · 17/09/2023 05:46

ilovepixie · 16/09/2023 22:14

What's wrong with train station? That's what it is!

It's railway station. The train bit is the carriages pulled by the engine at the front.

Pack lunch
Off my own back
Low and behold

greyhairnomore · 17/09/2023 08:52

Hubby
Kick off

TheChippendenSpook · 17/09/2023 08:56

A new one I've heard recently and I really don't like is 'this hits different!'
It's completely wrong for all sorts of reasons.