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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:
Rimmer08 · 28/08/2023 20:37

Tasty
hollibobs
famalam
clunge

KnobbingtonKnobberson · 28/08/2023 20:28

MistsofAvalon · 28/08/2023 20:20

Meal
Smelly
Smellies
Whiff
Ostensibly
Pamper

I know of someone who married a Mr.Smellie and took his name. Absolutely mindboggling.

'Hello my name is Jane Smellie'

MistsofAvalon · 28/08/2023 20:20

Meal
Smelly
Smellies
Whiff
Ostensibly
Pamper

Witchbitch20 · 28/08/2023 20:15

Moist

NotMadeOfStone · 28/08/2023 20:14

'Offer' when related to food - so insufferably smug and I've only ever heard it used on MN.

We always offer crudités before a meal. If the children finish their meal we'll offer fresh fruit.

Offer? Fuck off. I don't offer. I make the tea and they can eat it or find themselves hungry around 9pm.

LyricalGangsta · 28/08/2023 20:00

Another one came to me today and I remembered this thread.

Pick

"He needs to go and pick which one he wants"

Choose! Choose!! 😖

Wingedharpy · 28/08/2023 12:12

Panties.

Pants, knickers or even kecks, if you must, are all fine.
Just no panties please.

EmmaPaella · 28/08/2023 12:09

I hate the phrase ‘grown adult’. It basically implies the person saying it it sooo much superior to this person who can’t make good decisions or should automatically know what to do because they are over 18.

TheFretfulPorpentine · 28/08/2023 11:52

Brexit. Hate the word, hate the thing.

DemelzaandRoss · 28/08/2023 11:38

Turd.

AffIt · 28/08/2023 11:35

I cannot abide the word 'tasty': it literally makes my hackles rise and I have absolutely no idea why.

GrandHighPoohbah · 28/08/2023 11:34

Percolate. Especially when used for ideas, as in "Let that percolate for a moment". So pompous.

116a · 28/08/2023 11:30

I need time to prepare / process.
Yawwwwn.

116a · 28/08/2023 11:30

Meal
Pork
Portion
Flannel
Flan
Cock
Supper (boak)
'As a family'
'We're pregnant'
Curd
Boobie monster
Offer - as in everything you give to a baby / young toddler is offered. Offer the breast. Offer the nipple. Offer some water.
Small. EVERYTHING on MN is small. A small treat, a small glass of wine, a small portion (boak) a small amount of alcohol. A small gift. A small gathering. A small about it ice cream. Unclench and indulge ffs!

Violinist64 · 28/08/2023 10:50

I also don’t like the term staycation when referring to holidays taken in this country. It is still a holiday if you go away and stay somewhere. In any case, relatively few people went abroad for their holidays when l was a child. If we went away at all, most of us had a holiday in this country.

I think many of the phrases to which we object are originally American in origin and have crept over here, gotten being the worst offender. Passed is another as is the childish train station. What is wrong with the correct term of railway station?I However, there are plenty of bad examples from this side of the Atlantic too. Hubby and belly have been mentioned a lot. I don’t like the word poo, either, as it sounds childish.

Theoriginalmrscillianmurphy · 28/08/2023 09:46

@Daynightx probably a different thread, relax.

Tangerinedreams3 · 28/08/2023 09:21

Holibobs
Hubster
Cheers

Daynightx · 28/08/2023 09:19

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MadCatandBirdLady · 28/08/2023 08:17

And meal and picky bits

MadCatandBirdLady · 28/08/2023 08:17

Tummy
yum
nom
plate up
entitled

Greenpolkadot · 28/08/2023 07:36

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

Theres a cheese called Stinking Bishop

user1477391263 · 28/08/2023 07:29

Oh god, “poppy,” I forgot that once. Such a bloody stupid sounding word. Can’t believe there are people who use it as a name!

FinnRussell · 28/08/2023 07:14

Chums
Bubbles when referring to champagne.
The phrase "on the regular". Just saw it on another thread and was immediately biased against their AIBU.

Howlongdoesittake · 28/08/2023 06:39

Piss

I hate it in all the ways it is used - a truly awful word

winteriscoming2022 · 28/08/2023 06:38

Plate up