Poorly

Absolutely!

OP, lots of people use words or phrases that make me clench my jaw, (I work in hospitality so hear accents and expressions from round the world) and people have words that are particular to their area. It doesn’t make that word “wrong”

I come from the West Midlands and we have all sorts of funny expressions, but it’s part of the great tapestry of life. I like hearing different phrases and words.

“Poorly” is a word I grew up with, it tends to mean somebody is unwell, not severely ill, but very much under the weather. I can’t see what’s so bad about it🤷‍♀️

I literally cannot see anything wrong with this.

At all.

I cannot stand the word.

I'm aware it's regional dialect, but I think it's a horrible word. I never use it. I don't use 'sick' either, unless I mean vomit. I say 'not well' or 'ill' or 'unwell'. Never, ever 'poorly'. I don't even like typing it and I'm aware how ridiculous that sounds.

"Pissed" irritates me because it often grammatically suggests from the context that the OP was drunk, not annoyed, so leaving out the "off" interferes with immediate understanding as you then have to back track as you realise there's an inconsistent use of an Americanism that's out of context with the rest of their vocabulary.

YANBU OP

It's awful.

We had a P4 teacher who happened to be English and we couldn't understand what she meant by being "pawly".

a pp nailed it - it's on par with "hubby". 🤮

It’s a perfectly acceptable word.
TBH it’s not even an issue for me. OTOH Brits saying ‘pissed’ when they mean ‘pissed OFF’, and ‘obligated’ when they mean ‘obliged’, make me want to give them a good slap.

A poster on a thread about herpes the other day said that someone had a poorly vulva. That was a new one I've not heard before

DS was poorly last week. Tired, lethargic, bad throat, really phlgmy. He wasn't sick. "Sick" would mis-lead someone into thinking that he'd vomited. Nor was it an identufiable illness such as a cold or flu.

"Poorly" was a good description of someone not being generally well enough to function for a few days. He had been "under the weather" the previous week, but had managed to cope with school at that point.

Of course YABU. Nothing wrong with saying 'poorly' if you feel unwell/ill.

I say it. It's so ridiculous to slate and bash the words people use. Have you never heard of regional dialect?

Do you also get annoyed when people say 'mom' (in the UK) too?! I have heard people saying how 'annoying' it is when people say 'mom.' (And claim they should be saying 'mum!'

NEWSFLASH! People across the UK, have different ways of speaking, and use different words to you for the same thing.

And of course poorly (meaning unwell) has a place in the English dictionary. Google it! It says 'poorly,' means 'unwell.'

Get a grip @Everythingisnumbersnow ! 😆

Sick is vomit. Poorly is unwell. In my world! :)

So you are upset about the use of the word poorly but are OK with the phrase 'Under the weather'

That makes no sense to me but I'm not bothered by either

"The word "poorly" when used to mean "ill" comes directly from the word "poor" with the addition of the suffix "-ly," essentially meaning "in a poor state" or "not well," with its earliest usage tracing back to Middle English where "poor" could also signify a state of ill health; "poureliche" being an early form of "poorly" signifying inadequacy or a bad condition. "

Off you pop back to the 1100's then to have a word with the people who started it.

If you're going to be a needless pedant at least do it properly.

What's incorrect about using it to refer to someone being unwell? Many words have two meanings, or similar meanings that can be used in different contexts. 'Poorly' is one such word.

I cant stand the word ‘poorly’- its on the same horribly twee level as ‘hubby’ to me 🤢

YABU

If someone says sick, I'd think they'd been vomiting

I agree - Americans often use "sick" to mean "unwell", whereas Brits more commonly use it to mean "vomiting".

I agree OP. I appreciate it shouldn’t have this effect, but it makes me think the user is a bit of a wimp.

Well if we're going to show our intolerances for interesting variations in use of the English language in the UK, I will throw back the Scottish use of the word stay.

Unless the question is about which hotel or other temporary accommodation you use when travelling, the word is 'live' and we English find your question 'where do you stay' and expecting to be answered with the location of one's home extremely confusing.

It neans you feel in poor health. Don't see the issue with it.

I hate it when people say 'I'm sick' it's so American and awful. Sick is vomit so if you tell me you're sick I'll assume you mean a sick bug or similar and run away from you. If you've got a cold you're ill or poorly etc but not I'M SICK. It's so jarring. I much prefer poorly.

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"Poo-er-ly" actually! Ideally with upward inflection on last syllable 😁