To wish that 'hubby' was banned on MN?

[merrymelodies]

I see more and more posters are referring to their husbands as "hubby". I can't stand the abbreviation and wish it would disappear.🫥

Cheeky Fucker! 😂😅

I have a friend who regularly uses Hubby IRL. It provokes a hugely unreasonable negative reaction in me that I struggle to contain.

its definitely a me problem but the ick makes me want to retch

@Thepeopleversuswork side note- have you seen Jayde Adam's Serious Black Jumper? Whether people like her as a comedian or not, she does a great discussion about waves of feminism and whether Beyonce is really a feminist. It's fab (I teach social sciences so this whole topic is very much my jam!)

OMG and even worse than that is when someone else advises something and the OP says huffily "Well I'd rather listen to the nutritionist thanks!"

No, what you mean is you'd rather listen to the person you don't know from Adam, claiming to be a nutritionist! 🤦‍♀️

It could be worse: hubs or hubster.
I backspace out of any thread with hubby or the other two in the OP, then hide it.

Hubby and D-something should be banned.

Why is it even necessary

@Zae134

I haven’t but thank you!

DDog and DCat are my favourites, I think keep those and ban all the others.

The D in DH I always imagine stands for something else...

The worst thing people do on Mumsnet is “DD” “DS” especially when sometimes they’re referring to their sister and sometimes their son. Or sometimes their daughter or sometimes their dad, and you just have to figure out what the hell they’re talking about!

• Hubz
• the old ball and chain
• him indoors

All perfectly acceptable. 😀

‘DH’ is stupid since about 70% of the time posters are talking about their selfish bastard husband who they fantasise about leaving. Far from ‘dear’.

Ah OP, you just need some chill time on holibobs with the famalam.

How about DB - Dear Budgie?

Worse is 'holibobs' for holidays. That should carry instant MN ban. Then 'hubby', then 'little man' for a male baby.

'Naice' is creeping up behind.

On threads about money, earnings, feminism etc, anyone who comes on a thread without their own opinion or anecdote and says 'well my husband says/earns/thinks' should be perma banned from the internet.

But not as annoying as ”holibobs” “telly box” and “gawjus” surely? 😂

I only like the D prefixes when it's a DDog or DCat

Yanbu. It should be banned everywhere tbh (LIGHT FUCKING HEARTED)

Of course it's worse.

It's not Mumsnet

Definitely worse than dh. Dh at least saves letters <bangs gavel>

Yep ban all these phrases. Esp agree with ‘picky bits’.

"Picky tea" shudder

@Lastofthesummerwine The type of posters that use "h*y are also the type to use those other words

It triggers a visceral reaction in me

I don't mind DH, but only because it stands for dickhead when I use it.

What even is Naice? I always say it in my head in Borats voice. "I like it very much, Is Naice"

It's from a shopping list a MNer found years ago which included Naice ham.

Surely no one sees “DH” and reads it as “Dear husband”?!

when I see “DH” my brain just recognises that it means husband on MN and moves on, I don’t interpret it any more than that. I certainly don’t read the “dear” part.