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I hate the word 'stink'. What words do you hate for no real reason?

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wellthatsfuckedup · 27/08/2023 18:33

I dunno if it's just because I dislike it so much, but 'stink' or 'stinky' or 'stinking' seems to be written regularly on different posts. I hate it and no idea why really it's just a word Grin

It's not even like it evokes an unpleasant memory, like of an awful odour or something. I have no logical reason for my not liking the word. Maybe just the way the k looks kind of sharp at the end, and abruptly finishes the word? And of course it does mean and unpleasant thing, whereas the word 'slink' does not necessarily...See, I told you it made no sense.

Also, belly. Again I can't really say why I don't like this word. I don't have such a violent dislike as in I don't mind other people using it, but would never use it myself.

What words do you hate for totally illogical reasons?

OP posts:
UncleHerbie · 27/08/2023 20:40

“Stutter” irritates me. Stammer - not at all

Dinnerlady12 · 27/08/2023 20:40

wellthatsfuckedup · 27/08/2023 18:44

A grown adult describing something as stinky makes me feel sick.

@Dinnerlady12

Yes, especially if they say it about blue cheese! It actually affects my enjoyment of the cheese if somebody says that!

Like yeah the cheese might be pungent but please don't say that s word in relation to the beautiful cheese, it's not fair Grin

Yes I totally get you! I'm not a blue cheese fan but I often read on here someone say they are having stinky cheese as a treat and it just makes me think wtf how can you enjoy something you describe as stinky 😂

SuperiorM · 27/08/2023 20:40

When people call a burger a patty

caramacyears · 27/08/2023 20:39

Again for no particular reasons:

Holibobs - Just yak
United - Invariably a misnomer.
Literally - So overused and usually superfluous to sense

Goatymum · 27/08/2023 20:39

IHateLegDay · 27/08/2023 19:46

Gout.

If someone says they have gout, it makes me retch. The word just makes me feel physically ill.
Sorry to anyone with gout 😂

This made me 😆

Goatymum · 27/08/2023 20:37

Also…
Atelier - pretentious wank

Goatymum · 27/08/2023 20:36

Nourish
Comfy
Fart (I use it but I don’t like it 😆)
Hollibobs - do me a favour!!!
Nom
‘im
‘ going to get comfy and nom some nourishing food on my hollybobs’

Nanny31 · 27/08/2023 20:35

'Lush ' 😤

user1477391263 · 27/08/2023 20:34

”Bits” to describe pointless cluttery shopping where someone’s impulse-bought a huge pile of crap.

CurtainsForBea · 27/08/2023 20:34

PurpleChrayne · 27/08/2023 18:54

Mumma.

Makes me think of mediaeval minstrel shows.

God yes and this. My mother called her mother 'Mumma'. It annoyed me hugely because her mother was violent and alcoholic and got her children taken off her regularly fir beating them and on more than one occasion strapping them to the radiator while she went out to drink.

My mother calling her 'Mumma' used to make me feel nauseous. She was no mother and she deserved no cutesy nickname.

LyricalGangsta · 27/08/2023 20:33

" I have a bunch of stools you can borrow"

LyricalGangsta · 27/08/2023 20:32

Bunch when used to describe a lot of items
"I did a bunch of jobs"

user1477391263 · 27/08/2023 20:32

Pamper (horrible sticky-sounding word, used by grown women who are undergoing cosmetic treatments and feel the need to justify it)
Poorly (I want to scream when I hear this word. Just so embarrassingly wimpy, whiny and babyish. It’s like seeing an adult coughing like a toddler with their tongue sticking out to try and get sympathy)

CurtainsForBea · 27/08/2023 20:31

'bloods' as a plural.

It is blood.

'Youse' as a plural. It is You (although I understand many European languages have a plural version of You which makes Youse in English less nonsensical'

'Et' as a past tense of ate.

That is the full extent of my irritation. Anything else i dion't care about.

LyricalGangsta · 27/08/2023 20:29

Runny
Sopping
Meal
Moist

saltrocking · 27/08/2023 20:29

Chunks
Din dins

Fizbosshoes · 27/08/2023 20:28

I also hate belly and poorly!

But also
Youth or youngster (when describing a young person)
And
Nourish

BrendaMcPherson · 27/08/2023 20:25

Veggies
Brekkie
Cuppa
Plop

escapingthecity · 27/08/2023 20:23

Panties actual shudders

Gameoflifeloser · 27/08/2023 20:21

Picky tea

HarpieDuJour · 27/08/2023 20:19

Eldest. I can't say it and I can't read it without hearing my parents voices. It makes me shudder.

AmoebicSquid · 27/08/2023 20:13

I have a list - but obviously no life 😁

Here is mine:

Pop of colour
Holibobs
Picky bits
Using singular - eg a lip, a trouser
Snack
Picnic
Beverage
Hubs
Hubby
Hun
Darling
Belly
Chuckle
Spends
Lush
Tasty
Meal
Platter
Snaps
Nom nom
Indulgent

WhootDaFook · 27/08/2023 20:09

Digit
cahoots
apoplectic
disoriented

i also hate the way dh says ‘tooth’ - I can’t even write it phonetically, it’s like ‘tuuf’

my favourite word is cacophony

Pottedpalm · 27/08/2023 20:07

So many of us hate ‘meal’
A lot of these words are to do with food/eating.

NotMadeOfStone · 27/08/2023 20:05

When people add 'ass' to words, like 'grown-ass adult'.

WTF?!