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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:
Aquamarine1029 · 27/08/2023 20:03

Trope.

Sends me into orbit with rage.

Sittingonthefence83 · 27/08/2023 20:02

Lunch
Hot 'meal'
Glass of 'fizz'
Super, as in super nice, super hard etc

CaptainJackSparrow85 · 27/08/2023 20:02

I clicked on the thread intending to say ‘meal’ and ‘supper’ thinking I was really original. I see I’m not.

TheNameItIsAChangin · 27/08/2023 20:01

bananaboats · 27/08/2023 19:59

Glad to see a few mentions of poorly already! Not sure why it just gives me the rage!

Poorly pronounced Pauly is tolerable, but some people I know pronounce it poo-er-ly and that makes me think of diarrhoea etc 🤢

bananaboats · 27/08/2023 19:59

Glad to see a few mentions of poorly already! Not sure why it just gives me the rage!

Shadowchaser · 27/08/2023 19:57

Meal 🤮

alongtimeagoandfaraway · 27/08/2023 19:57

I dislike the word ‘posh’. It seems to me to be the vocabulary of envy. Things can be expensive, or tasteful, or traditional etc but ‘posh’ is very othering and I perceive it as saying more about the world view of the person using the word than whatever they are talking about.

IfICantHaveYou · 27/08/2023 19:56

Also, the word FART!

NuttellaAndPuppyLover · 27/08/2023 19:55

How can CAVEAT not be mentioned?

IfICantHaveYou · 27/08/2023 19:54

Op...Thankyou,Thankyou,Thankyou!!!

The words stink/stinky are the same for me!! Hate them but don't know why either!

So off putting if someone uses them!

NashvilleQueen · 27/08/2023 19:54

Butty
Sarnie
Brew (for a cup of tea)

And al
l of the twee holibobs, hubster ones.

Hopingforagreatescape · 27/08/2023 19:53

Horrid.

I cringe when adults use it. It's a childish word.

samestyle · 27/08/2023 19:52

Banter
When people say they want to 'read a good book' it makes me cringe how unexciting that sounds.

Pussy, never sounds sexy, especially in the moment.

Tessisme · 27/08/2023 19:51

Agree with pension pot.
Also hate the word tits.

guzzleandstuff · 27/08/2023 19:51

Agree - hate veggies, leggings - cannot actually say either!

Franklet · 27/08/2023 19:51

I so agree about "tasty" 🤮

Also "abode" sets my teeth on edge.

UnsolicitedOpinions · 27/08/2023 19:48

I hate it when people say “sweet treats” which seems to be all the time these days.

Lilithlogic · 27/08/2023 19:48

'Excellent' known a few people who describe nearly every as Excellent and it truly scratches my crow

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 27/08/2023 19:48

Engorged.

PsychoHotSauce · 27/08/2023 19:47

Moreish . I can't stand it. Especially when followed by a 😋emoji, bleugh

Nightynightall · 27/08/2023 19:47

Rank
Lush
Veggies
Gutted

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 😂

BlueKaftan · 27/08/2023 19:46

Smelly

TheNameItIsAChangin · 27/08/2023 19:45

Cheese (love the stuff, not the word)
Meals / meal
knees, knelt, kneeling 🤢
leg (plural legs is ok)
leggings / jeggings
legged it
sleep, slept, sleepy, sleeping
jeans
cheeks / cheek
bottom
mealy-mouthed
panties
knickers
gusset
sorry (Elton was right, it is one of the hardest words)
the phrase “it gives me life”
the phrase “all the feels” / “gives me the feels”
Chin

bluesky45 · 27/08/2023 19:45

Chopped. When people suggest chopped salads, involving chopped lettuce, chopped cucumber, chopped tomatoes, chopped peppers. What the hell else would I do with it? Just chuck a full lettuce, cucumber, pepper and tomato in a bowl and eat it whole? But there's also something about the word I don't like, for no apparent reason.