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Someone in a work meeting today said 'jizz it up' instead of jazz it up

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MrsBertMacklin · 02/12/2014 22:54

...and I was the only person who laughed.

That was the highlight of my day. Shit.

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cogitosum · 02/12/2014 22:55

We use a software called bizagi and I always call it bijazzle! Genuine mistake but brightens many a day!

Peedie · 02/12/2014 22:59

A colleague in a team meeting I was in suggested we have a golden shower. Shock Turned out she meant 'thought shower' aka brainstorm.

SaucyMare · 02/12/2014 23:02

There a weeping willow called golden shower, i cant handle it with a straight face.

MrsBertMacklin · 02/12/2014 23:24

I'd be more embarrassed to say 'thought shower' tbh, sounds like a parody of business jargon!

Did someone have to tell her, or did it dawn slowly?

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greyhoundgymnastics · 02/12/2014 23:26

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Valpollicella · 02/12/2014 23:31

Mrs I would have pissed myself - kudos for notGrin

I oncw got told to "spunk" something up. nearly bit my own tongue off

AwkwardSquad · 03/12/2014 05:24

I once said in a meeting that a (male) colleague could knock one out pretty quickly. I meant that he could make a webpage quickly. I could hear Frankie Boyle in my head as soon as I said it.

IDismyname · 03/12/2014 05:48

I was at an auction a few weeks ago with a gf. A large box of china figures came up. It was mainly cats in various poses, different sizes, shapes etc.

Auctioneer (doing 200 lots an hours) titles them "a box of pussies".

We didn't know where to look we were laughing so much. We seemed to be the only ones in the room that found it funny.

isitsnowingyet · 03/12/2014 05:55

Oh my Grin that is funny awkwardsquad

All of these are are funny actually, but that really made me laugh

minkymuskyslyoldstoaty · 03/12/2014 06:12

my cat has a nickname. my mother has adapted that nickname. she doesn't know about the j word.

mother- 'here jizz, come on jizzy jiz jiz'
Blush Confused

echt · 03/12/2014 06:13

This is not a gaffe, but there's an iced lolly in Australia called Golden Gaytime, with the catchy tag: "it's hard to have a Gaytime on your own."

So far as I'm aware Australians do not think it's funny.

MistyMistletoe · 03/12/2014 06:33

Blush what's the J word as in Jizz?

MistyMistletoe · 03/12/2014 06:34

I really don't know ... Mind you I say this as someone who after having a night out with the girls returned to the office next day and asked what a MILF was!

I've led a sheltered life.

juneybean · 03/12/2014 06:46

Jizz is sperm

MistyMistletoe · 03/12/2014 06:51

Really Shock Blush Thanks ... scurries away...

MistyMistletoe · 03/12/2014 06:52

Since when? Just curious June

OhMyActualDays · 03/12/2014 06:53

My mum still calls cats "pussy". Show me your pussy is guaranteed a laugh at Christmas!

OddBoots · 03/12/2014 06:55

Misty Since I was at school at least and I'm in my mid-thirties so at least 20 years.

juneybean · 03/12/2014 06:55

At least a decade, we used it in school Grin

LittlePhobia · 03/12/2014 06:56

In a team meeting a few weeks ago my boss drew a diagram on the white board which to me looked exactly like a giant cock.

Cue vigorous sniggering from me and me only Confused

DeadCert · 03/12/2014 06:59

I once signed off an email "Kind Retards" instead of "Kind Regards."

I honestly don't understand how that happened as I would never, ever use that word.

Mistake was made all the worse due to the fact that at the time I was working for a learning disability charity. It was horrendous. And the error was pointed out to me by my boss.

I've gone red just recalling it.

MistyMistletoe · 03/12/2014 07:02

Thanks June and odd . That one went totally over my head. You learn something nes every day.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 03/12/2014 07:02

Are you sure they didn't say "zhuzh it up" (many other spellings are available) and you misheard?

spidey66 · 03/12/2014 07:04

I work in a Community Mental Health Team. One of the GPs in the srea is called Dr Giles. Informally we refer to him as Farmer Giles. I was in an important meeting once within another department and accidentally referred to him as Farmer Giles. Cue much laughter, and me all embarrassed going ''Dr Giles, I mean Dr Giles.''

Iristutu · 03/12/2014 07:04

KiNd retards

That is the funniest thing I have read for a long time. just spat on iPad