How we use Monzo in everyday language šŸ’¬ (We want your thoughts)

Hey gang!

Our Press team is working on a bit of research about how ā€œMonzo meā€ has entered the vocab of so many.

So I obviously said it’d be worthwhile asking the people who helped name us :bulb:

So here’s the questions

How often do you think you use the term?
Why do you say it instead of ā€œpay meā€?
How often do you hear others saying it?
Anyone got a funny anecdote about it?

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Before my daughter was able to use a Monzo account, only a handful of times. Since then, 2 or 3 times a week.

ā€œMonzo me the moneyā€

I’ve only ever heard colleagues say it, while on a business trip frantically trying to balance expenses…

As above :point_up:

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All I think of when I read it is this…

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But I don’t think I’ve ever said it. Because I’ve split the bill a few times with people, I get ā€œYou pay and then do your fancy bank thing and we can just pay you back easilyā€ Errrmm actually it’s called Monzo Me… oh nevermind.

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Did somebody say ā€˜Just Eat’? No, they usually say ā€˜should we get something delivered?’

Also never heard anyone say ā€˜Monzo me’, and my entire family use Monzo.

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If I’m gonna use cool lingo when asking for money I usually pretend to be Stewie the baby asking Brian the Dog.

ā€˜Where’s my money, man?’

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We will say Monzo me in my friendship group when we are covering holidays/splitting bills etc

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I don’t use it and very rarely hear it. I don’t think I’m the right demographic or personality type to do so though.

I used to hear it way more when I lived in London. Whether that was more people density or a north / south thing, I’m not sure.

I did to begin with when I first got monzo and it was super exciting.

But then never, always ā€œbank transferā€

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Both my partner and I have Monzo, use it as our main banks, and regularly transfer money to each other.

We too never use the term ā€œMonzo meā€. We say ā€˜transfer’, or ā€˜can we sort some bill splits’.

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I think nearly all of my friends and I say ā€œMonzo meā€/ā€œjust Monzo meā€ when buying rounds/splitting bills/generally paying for stuff for each other.

If I had to examine it, I think we say it as a shorthand explanation that the other person doesn’t need my bank details because they already have my number, and therefore they know it’s going to be easy to pay me back.

Similarly, when with someone who maybe might not have paid me before, I might just say ā€œdo you have Monzoā€/ā€œI’ve got Monzoā€, to let them know the same thing re ease. And I certainly correctly assume that most people around my age and at least a friend of a friend will have Monzo. Always a surprise when someone occasionally doesn’t.

So I probably say it every week at least, sometimes many times a week.

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Never to be honest. If I was to hear it out loud, I would find it quite cringy. It is always ā€˜transfer me’. Then it covers ALL banks.

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For me it’s just an easy way of saying I’ll transfer them the money without needing to ask them for their bank details because everyone seems to have a Monzo account so it’s not required to faff around with account details.

But over time this has become less said as friends stop using Monzo over more traditional banks and ask for the money to go their Santander/HSBC/Lloyds account instead.

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Myself and my friends say Monzo Me for everything.

I’m the financially irresponsible one who never had enough cash in my actual account (all in pots) to pay for a meal/book tickets in the moment, so one of the group pays for the total bill and Monzo’s us for our shares.

Also way less embarrassing than asking a waitress to split it when we can do it in two seconds outside.

Still waiting on a payment for a Girls Aloud ticket though… reminds me to click ā€˜Send Payment Reminder’!

Me and my siblings often send Monzo requests for Ā£999999 just to let them know we’re thinking of them too :innocent:

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Never said it and never heard anyone say it, and I’m at uni where I’ve seen plenty of people with Monzo cards.

Never used it as not many people in my environment has :monzo: :expressionless:

So ā€œtransfer meā€ is still in place and stands solid :sunglasses:

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Ooft, I read that wrong. One’s enough for me, thanks.

Never heard anyone say Monzo me except ironically, sorry!

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Monzo me is synonymous with ā€˜pay me’ in my friendship group! There’s little point saying ā€˜transfer me’ or something similar anymore as everyone uses Monzo

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I think how much Monzo me is used is down to age and whether or not people within your environment have monzo or not

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