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Words and phrases you would like to see vanish

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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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ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 17:37

Eurgh...

Thumbnutstwitchingonanopenfire · 13/12/2014 17:35

Going back to the pimp one - I heard Absolute Radio once do a competition for Mothers' Day called "Pimp your mum". I mean, seriously, no one bothered to check? It did make me snort with laughter at the idea, but OMG.

Thumbnutstwitchingonanopenfire · 13/12/2014 17:34

I'll go for pamper as well. Stupid.
Pimp - as in "pimp my ride" - should be fucking pRimp you twats, a pimp is someone who sells women's bodies for money. Twats.
24/7 just gives me the unholy rage.
Misappropriation of words meaning "bad, awful" to mean "great, fantastic" - the worst being "sick" (so far, I'm sure it's now out of date and replaced by something equally inappropriate)
YOLO
Sanpro can piss off as well.

ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 17:32

I do quite like bubble bath...Blush

But posho stuff at least please!

trackrBird · 13/12/2014 17:29

Me time. Ugh. Imagine a bloke saying 'It's my me time.' Hmm
And I thought Career Woman/girl had long gone, but it still pops up now and then.

mypoosmellsofroses · 13/12/2014 17:16

Bluestocking Do not google Pamper Hamper, there is no end of them, all pound shop bubble bath and chocolates, and erm, maybe a teddy cos thats what women like right? Hmm

vesuvia · 13/12/2014 17:09

I recently read the book "Never Marry A Women With Big Feet:Women in Proverbs from Around the World" by Mineke Schipper.

This book gives many examples of how women are described in very negative ways. It seems so difficult for too many cultures to stop using problematic words and phrases about women.

Bluestocking · 13/12/2014 17:06

Pamper. Pamper, pamper, pamper. I think it was SGB who said that washing your face isn't a treat. It's such a stupid concept and the whole industry that's grown up around it (stupid bloody spas, pamper evenings at home, pamper parties, pamper parties for little girls) is so dreary.

Hamper. Hamper, hamper, hamper. It's not a hamper, it's a horrible collection of cheap tat in a receptacle of some sort. Just stop it.

If anyone had the temerity to make a Pamper Hamper, that would probably give me a massive infarction on the spot.

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 17:01

"Mother of three" when used in a similar context to "glamourous" above -"mother of three Joan Dark explains how she led a shareholder bid for Acme Corp"

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mypoosmellsofroses · 13/12/2014 17:01

Oh and the term WAG, your relationship is not an occupation or any other way to be identified. Have never heard HAB used in the same way.

ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 17:00

Working mother. Do they say working father? No they do not.

Anyway, which mother does not work in different ways - and work very hard at that!

SnowSpot · 13/12/2014 16:59

Mypoos - YYY!!!
It's always women in Red magazine who are referred to as that hideous word. I can't even bring myself to type it.

It's obviously totally sexist as you'd never hear a man having his parental status dredged up like that.

BlandandInsipid · 13/12/2014 16:53

The phrase 'real woman' or I suppose a 'real man'.
What does it even mean anyway? Like when you see 'real women have curves' does this mean less curvy girls are unreal? Holograms? I don't get it.

mypoosmellsofroses · 13/12/2014 16:53

Mumpreneur. Hate it with a passion. Always hear "baby making machine manages to dredge up enough brain cells to do something else...what a clever little woman" Angry

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 16:47

Vesuvia, THANK YOU!

Can I stick "indulge yourself" and "have some me time" in Room 101 with "pamper" when they are being used in the same way (especially the latter)?

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vesuvia · 13/12/2014 16:42

Pamper.

If "pamper" doesn't vanish, then perhaps, in an attempt to reduce its too strong link with feminine frivolity, pamper could be used more often for activities of men and boys e.g. men pampering themselves by going to a football match.

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 16:36

Ah, no worries.

"It's things like X that give women a bad name"

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ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 16:35

Gash actually. That's pretty vile

SnowSpot · 13/12/2014 16:34

And now you'll never un-hear them. Sorry about that one! Xmas Wink

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 16:29

Holy moly, snowspot, not heard those!!

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SnowSpot · 13/12/2014 16:23

Ladyboner. Only because it's very yucky and implies that we don't have our own way if being aroused.

Also - frothing at the gash. For oh so many reasons.

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 16:20

Barely legal (boak)

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ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 16:20

Dyke ( used nastily rather than as a term of endearment)

NormaStanleyFletcher · 13/12/2014 16:19

Little madam.
Strident
Tart

Borka · 13/12/2014 16:18

Prick tease
Jail bait