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Words and phrases you would like to see vanish

111 replies

YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 10:18

Inspired by a couple of other threads...

Cat fight
Bimbo
Glamourous (in the context of, say, Glamourous Lawyer Amal Clooney)
Maiden name (birth name is preferable, I think)
Losing of virginity (any other firsts like first house, first pay packet etc are not depicted as losses)
Busty

Open to suggestions and discussions on my choices!

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Original poster
YonicSleighdriver · 14/12/2014 11:05

BD, anything in mind for the end if that sentence?

I'm a feminist but I don't like celery! (This is controversial on FWR Xmas Grin)

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ocelot41 · 14/12/2014 10:57

'The curse' for period

BreakingDad77 · 14/12/2014 10:55

I'm a feminist but.......

Thumbnutstwitchingonanopenfire · 14/12/2014 02:19

Oo and following on from that, can we permanently dispose of "bubbly" as a descriptor of anything other than fizzy drinks? When applied to females of varying ages, it just makes me cringe. That and "ditzy".

TooOldForGlitter · 13/12/2014 22:24

Feisty. I've yet to hear a man be described as feisty. It always carries an undertone of 'slightly hysterical woman possibly on her period'. Hate the word.

TheWanderingUterus · 13/12/2014 20:46

fishwife
amazon
bunny boiler

MarrogfromMars · 13/12/2014 20:37

Flaunting as in "Flaunting her curves"

BreakingDad77 · 13/12/2014 20:31

Slut - by both men and women.

Amethyst24 · 13/12/2014 20:26

(Although I make an exception for Cats That Look Like Male Models deshommesetdeschatons.tumblr.com/ )

Amethyst24 · 13/12/2014 20:23

Annie and add to that "male model", "male escort", "male nurse" etc.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 13/12/2014 20:16

Any version of 'have some me time' which involves having a bath. I can have a bloody bath whenever, it's not me time, it's usually to get some heat into my aching joints.

"Wife-beater" to describe beer. Or a type of dog.

The "Little woman".... anyone who has met me knows I am a woman, and not little. Not little at all.

You're quite clever "for a girl"... no, I am just quite clever, you know, like a lot of people are. My genetalia is not dependant on my IQ.

#ChedEvansIsInnocent... no, he fucking well isn't.

AnnieLobeseder · 13/12/2014 19:50

"Women's" or "female" in front of any other descriptor/noun eg women's football/rugby/cycling, female body builder/executive/bricklayer/in order to distinguish from the default of male.

FestiveChopinLizt · 13/12/2014 19:41

Ballbreaker

Bluestocking · 13/12/2014 19:37

"Most women love to pamper themselves ...'
I should have heeded your warning!

mypoosmellsofroses · 13/12/2014 19:27

Can I also add Chick Lit and Chick Flick to this fiery pit for shit words?

FreudiansSlipper · 13/12/2014 19:17

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

certain areas of the press love this term, yet sadly when I read about awful crimes committed out of revenge it tends to be done by men they are not scorned

nounauthorisedparking · 13/12/2014 18:57

"You know what men are like" - in the context of a tale of complete domestic/parental inadequacy.

"He's such a boy.", when a toddler with a penis exhibits typical toddler behaviour.

nounauthorisedparking · 13/12/2014 18:52

Did anyone say "Busy Mum" yet?

Ashwagandha · 13/12/2014 18:41

Miss and Mrs

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 13/12/2014 18:27

Related to 'displaying her pins' - "showing off her baby bump" AKA appearing in public while pregnant

Amethyst24 · 13/12/2014 18:03

Okay, beauty therapy can stay for the time being so long as we ritually slaughter pamper NOW.

SconeRhymesWithGone · 13/12/2014 18:02

Great thread.

"girl" for an adult woman
"Mrs."
all ageist terms, like "old biddies"

FestiveChopinLizt · 13/12/2014 17:49

Sorry, just spotted the feminist topic, so mine are not that relevant.

Mutton dressed as lamb

'Treatments' referring to completely unnecessary beauty procedures on perfectly healthy women

SunshineBossaNova · 13/12/2014 17:47

frape

FestiveChopinLizt · 13/12/2014 17:46

To be honest

I'm not racist but

To die for

Must have

Displaying her pins..DM