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

Colourway

Baby led weaning
co-sleeping
minge

Not the words so much as the way they are pronounced now...with American emphasis on the first element, eg:

Ice cream
Apple pie
Grown ups

They all used to have the stress on the second element. I don't mind American usages (when used by genuine Americans...) such as 'gotten', which is 17th century English taken over to America where it survives. Here it's died out. But the parroting of American speech annoys me. Other PPs have mentioned the dreaded 'Can I get...?' when requesting something in a cafe or shop, when people mean 'Can I have?'

People can tell me I'm an old dinosaur till they're blue in the face. I won't argue with them! But in this thread aren't we all letting off steam and having a therapeutic rant about quite irrational things which annoy us?

Also, dessert - used in an American sense for all kinds of sweet things and....ugh! that reminds me 'sweet treats', again for anything from a chocolate bar to what British people used to call a pudding. In fact, throw in the word treat anyway. It implies childish self-indulgence somehow.

Veg...I hate this word but have absolutely no idea why. Veg out.. prep the Veg...aarrgh. also supper feels very pretentious... and what is a kitchen supper? Is supper only to be eaten in the kitchen? I think I don't understand as I feel its probably for posher folk than me...

I hate “bits” when it means something to eat. “We aren’t doing a proper dinner, we’re just having some bits”. I have no idea what this means … and it seems to mean something different to everyone who uses it.

Same with “picky bits”.

Op - I DO know why I don't like the following words, so a bit off your original question, but:

belly -(crude, gross and vulgar)
bum (twee- I'm fine with arse, butt, backside etc)
kids/kiddies - twee
I don't like the consonant group 'shr' I give a little shiver when I say words containing that sound!

These I don't understand my dislike for:
brew for a hot drink
roast for a roast dinner - in fact, even roast dinner annoys me. Don't know why - sorry.

I don't understand the problem with moist but it always features somewhere in these lists.

Excited FOR, when exited ABOUT is meant. You can't be excited for an inanimate concept such as a holiday. Excited for a person who is having a baby or whatever, then of course.

Snot
Moist
Panties
Gusset
Boobs
Hubby

Hate them all.

Came here to say gusset and someone already got there - solidarity!

Also can't stand:
Cuppa
Bubba
Loo
Sweater (if your jumper makes you sweaty take it off FGS)
Sick (I'm a bit vomit phobic so I hate the word especially when used in place of "ill" when "ill" would be fine. As for "sick" meaning something good - just no!!!)

Oh and "bust". Just say breasts/tits/ boobs.

Not a word but a phrase so I may be going off topic but I really hate the recent trend of "hating on" something. What is wrong with good old hating? What has "on" got to do with it?

Moist.
Dump.
Gusset.
Brekkie.
Famalam.

Yes, I tend to read it as meaning wanking, which often confuses me.

'Foster'

As in, "It's important to foster positive relationships"

'Pool'

As in, "We pool our finances"

'Narrative'

As in "Whatever fits the narrative"

'Agency'

As in "You have agency in this situation"

Self-care

I absolutely hate the word 'smelly' I'm fine with with 'stink' , buy 'smelly' just makes me want to curl up in a ball.

A man once said to me that he'd like 'to explore my body'.

🤢🤢🤢

Explore is now verboten.

Grown women using baby words. Eg, “yummy”, “hubby”, “swimming cossie”, “choccy biccy” 🤮🤮🤮

Boak! Yes I have also found it in those short story magazines like Take a Break Fiction, Women's Weekly etc. It's so cringey. I know I'm not a expecting Doestoevsky or Proust when I'm reading one of those but even so...

Famalam

Holibobs

Grope

Cheeky (when in the context of pizza hut or nandos or a glass of prosecco)._I hate all this apologetic, self justifying language about food "oh, I really shouldn't ." Eat it. Don't eat it. But stop with the cringey " naughty me, I'm eating a treat" kind of language.

Surreptitiously ... a housemate at uni who had delusions of grandeur would try and shoehorn it into random sentences all the time, still irritates me 🤷🏼‍♀️

😂

Smiled - “What would you like?” smiled Katy. Ugh, horrid

Ooh I was reading a very low brow "chick-lit" book where everyone grinned .

"D'you fancy a drink" I grinned at Matthew
"Oh yes" he grinned

Not asked /replied/queried . Grinned ..

Smiled - “What would you like?” smiled Katy. Ugh, horrid.

Mooed - there’s a Times columnist who, when she doesn’t like someone, describes them saying things as “mooing” them. It’s a shame because I might like her stuff but this is quite irritating. It’s the first thing I look for when she has a column.

I hate “refresh”. Mainly because I used to go out with someone who would ask me to “please refresh my water”.

I also hate “pop”. I think it’s because it’s used when someone wants you to do something that is inconvenient but doesn’t want to acknowledge that it is. “Why don’t you pop over here?” / “Can you just pop round with your ladder?”

Re kids - I see what you mean about goats but it isn’t euphemistic or offensive. John Lewis has a kids’ section on their website. I once overheard a woman telling her child (in a rather look-at-me way) that it was “children, not kids!” after someone else had said “Kids! Go and sit down”.

Drained, when referring to drinks, as in "she drained her coffee cup". Bleurgh.

Sense check