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AIBU to get visceral ick from...

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Chopbob · 07/10/2025 14:42

People using the word gosh, or golly gosh.

I have never in real life heard anyone other than MN posters and Disney princesses use gosh. It's absolutely vile.

It can get in the bin along with moist, supper and plonk (wine).

(Lighthearted of course)

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BauhausOfEliott · 07/10/2025 17:36

SonicBoomInTheRoom · 07/10/2025 17:34

Hollibobs and panties ughhhhh

‘Panties’ is so repellent. If a man used the word ‘panties’ to me, my legs would snap shut immediately, never to part again in his presence. It’s so prissy and unsexy.

BauhausOfEliott · 07/10/2025 17:35

ruethewhirl · 07/10/2025 17:29

Especially if it was 'tasty'. #cringes I don't know why, but I really hate that word! (I hate 'flavoursome' too though, so I'm kind of stuffed really when trying to describe nice food.)

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Where do you stand on ‘delicious’? I don’t mind it to describe food, but if people use it for anything else I consider it a flogging offence.

SonicBoomInTheRoom · 07/10/2025 17:34

Chrimbo as well

SonicBoomInTheRoom · 07/10/2025 17:34

Hollibobs and panties ughhhhh

BauhausOfEliott · 07/10/2025 17:32

DreamTheMoors · 07/10/2025 17:23

This makes me laugh - in a good way.

We used to substitute the word “lush” for the word “drunk” — as in, ‘Mrs. Miller* is a lush.”

I don’t know how it started or why or who started it or if it was contained to our small community, but we all used the term.

*Miller is imaginary

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’A lush’ is an established word for a drunk - usually a specific kind of drunk, the type who is a bon viveur, maybe someone quite theatrical, rather than a bog-standard alcoholic. So definitely not confined to your community - and it’s been around since at least the 1800s!

OceanSafari · 07/10/2025 17:31

ObtuseMoose · 07/10/2025 14:48

People declaring anything and everything absolutely vile gets right on my last nerve.

I was going to say this 😂

ruethewhirl · 07/10/2025 17:29

CoolFineDoneWicked · 07/10/2025 15:22

The very worst would be a hearty nourishing soup. Ideally consumed out of a mug held with both hands, like a giant toddler.

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Especially if it was 'tasty'. #cringes I don't know why, but I really hate that word! (I hate 'flavoursome' too though, so I'm kind of stuffed really when trying to describe nice food.)

BauhausOfEliott · 07/10/2025 17:29

VictoriaEra · 07/10/2025 16:27

I agree. Didn’t it come from Miranda Hart?

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No, people have hated it since long before that. There’s a Canadian grunge band called Moist. My friends and I saw them live once or twice when they toured in the UK and everyone - everyone! - said ‘Eww, what a horrible name for a band, I hate that word’ when we told them about it. That was over 30 years ago.

TessTickle0 · 07/10/2025 17:27

Hate when people say "give your head a wobble" Hate it so much

ProfoundlyPeculiarAndWeird · 07/10/2025 17:24

blimmin heck is another lovely one.

I might make that my signature swear.

Peppaisrude · 07/10/2025 17:23

Also, irritating twee words and shortenings eg

Cuppa
Choccy biccy
Strawbs
Pots/toms (as in potatoes/tomatoes) - this is particularly prevalent on MN!!

DreamTheMoors · 07/10/2025 17:23

themerchentofvenus · 07/10/2025 15:03

I cringe when people use the word "lush" to describe something that's nice. "Ohhh that's lush..." . 😫

It just sounds so tacky.

This makes me laugh - in a good way.

We used to substitute the word “lush” for the word “drunk” — as in, ‘Mrs. Miller* is a lush.”

I don’t know how it started or why or who started it or if it was contained to our small community, but we all used the term.

*Miller is imaginary

Nannyfannybanny · 07/10/2025 17:20

Never heard anyone's outside of Mumsnet say "ick" thank goodness. Bearing in mind it means something that makes you nauseous. Must be some very delicate stomachs.

PersephonePomegranate · 07/10/2025 17:20

Gosh seems to have really gained popularity on recent years as a substitute for God. It doesn't bother me in the least but I really hate 'tasty'! Completely irrational!

Tekknonan · 07/10/2025 17:20

I get it from people saying 'I get the ick.'

BitterSweetBirthday · 07/10/2025 17:19

I'd rather hear someone use the word "gosh" than ick!!!

Givingitago99 · 07/10/2025 17:19

themerchentofvenus · 07/10/2025 15:03

I cringe when people use the word "lush" to describe something that's nice. "Ohhh that's lush..." . 😫

It just sounds so tacky.

Avoid South Wales then!

AbbeyGrange · 07/10/2025 17:18

'Crowd pleaser', always to be found in a magazine recipe area

TessTickle0 · 07/10/2025 17:17

ProfoundlyPeculiarAndWeird · 07/10/2025 15:35

The very best 'toy swearword' is blimey. I bet loads of you hate it but I love it.

An American heard me say blimey once and he was thrilled - a bit like he had just met the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins in real life.

You have to say Cor Blimey.
I also like Blinkin Nora!
I also say Gosh.

AInightingale · 07/10/2025 17:15

The expression I hate most atm is 'matchy-matchy'. It makes me squirm so much my skin almost falls off. Anyone over the age of five using it should take a long hard look at themselves.

Shodan · 07/10/2025 17:14

Moist is a splendid word, one of my favourites. I especially like it in conjunction with the word towelette. Moist towelettes were very popular when I was young.

One word that should be banned is munch or munched. And Jamie Oliver should be prohibited from using turmeric, as he pronounces it 'chewmeric'.

Cardiaga · 07/10/2025 17:12

FancyCatSlave · 07/10/2025 17:01

I swear like a trooper but also use Gosh, don’t give a flying fuck if others like it or not.

DD and I are big Enid Blyton fans and we needed an alternative to saying God for school (she is Y1 in a CoE) so Gosh has stuck.

But I also say Fuck and Cunt a lot which appear less often in The Faraway Tree.

Love this! I'm now imagining where it might appear.' "Jesus Christ Connie, we're stuck in Dame Slap's School Land again!' wailed Dick 'We should never have trusted that cunt Moon face'. 'Well if you hadn't been so much of an arse to the Angry Pixie, we'd have been home fucking hours ago' Bessy cut in. The argument was interrupted by another bucket of suds from Dame Washalot's house landing on their heads.'

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 07/10/2025 17:12

I absolutely hate that 4 letter c word you all seem to love. I flinch n cringe each time I hear it.🤑

AbbeyGrange · 07/10/2025 17:10

This fad to describe October, November and December as the "ber" months
Fuck off....

nutbrownhare15 · 07/10/2025 17:09

I use it quite a lot as an alternative to 'god' when I'm talking to the kids

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