What completely inoffensive words can't you stand for no good reason?

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

I cannot stand it when people say spuds instead of potatoes. No idea why, I just hate it!
Will the spuds be ready soon?
Just pick some spuds up while you're at the shop.
The spuds need peeling.
Etc etc 🤮 Awful!

Synonyms for trainers, such as sneakers, runners, training shoes, running shoes, tennis shoes. Just call them trainers!

I hate the word "trainers" . I agree that it is a new invention and/ or not even the same as sneakers, plimsolls etc.

Granny.
Please use Nan."

I'm the total opposite, HATE Nan, it sounds so cheesy

I hate "Nan" or "Nanny" for a grandmother. Gran, Grandma, Granny are all fine.

@Thighmageddon I know, there are trainers and there are trainers, for different activities. But the thread title does say "for no good reason".

Picky tea
Dreamy (“that would be dreamy”)
Tummy
Kids
Kiddies
Boob
Lush
Boobies
Hun
Hubby
Mumma
“Doing the deed”
Caught or catch when talking about pregnancy
“I fell on my last cycle”
Baby dance (basically any of the infantile twee expressions used during conception and pregnancy)
Naughty
Bless
Maid when referring to a female child. I grew up in Cornwall where it’s common to say things like “she’s a pretty maid” when talking about a child, or “awww poor maid!” If said child has fallen over and is crying. Used to really bother me as a child when people would say this around me.

@ElectricTonight, alongside 'cottage cheese' and 'consistency'???

Oh and gender. But that’s actual offensive in a lot of contexts.

@lotusbell I'm out of here 😂

@ElectricTonight, couldn't help myself, sorry.I'm going to Hell!

But you wouldn't wear the same shoe to go for a run and play tennis

We did in the old days :)

A 'cheeky' anything, the faux naughtiness makes me squirm. Also 'pad' either for home or for walking sexily to the fridge. Also par-taaay, sex-aaay etc etc.

I have a dear friend who uses these relentlessly because she thinks they make her sound young and down with the kids. She's 49, they don't.

But you wouldn't wear the same shoe to go for a run and play tennis

We did in the old days

Yes, when did trainers even become a thing? I left school in 1977. We wore "gym shoes" or "plimsolls" - basically a black or white cotton shoe with a rubber sole, either lacing up or with an elastic inset for slip on, for everything. The only exception was those who played football wore studded football boots and even then only if they were serious about it.

When did ridiculous, over- engineered trainers appear as standard footwear?

I must admit my loathing of the word "trainers" is because I loathe the item of footwear too. Trainers look bloody daft outside of an actual athletic/ sports context.

'Bum change' grinds my gears.

Any word that should have a ‘SH’ sound but said with a ‘SS’ sound.
EG Tiss-you instead of Tishoo.
Grrrrrr.

*Fresh hell
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It comes up all the time on here. It's so awful.

Female boss. My friend actually hashtags this in her social media!

Lush.

Fink instead of Think.

Any fink
Some fink
Nuffink (shudders!)

I even hear it from presenters on tv now! It drives me insane!

Hi, I feel it coarsens the language and puts a person in the wrong. In my case it prevents me from listening to them.

People who miss verbs out when speaking - "the sofa needs gone" or "the thief needs prosecuted". How difficult is it to say "to be" before the last word? It really annoys me.

Kid
Someone on a FB page the other day wrote 'we are expecting our first kid'. I find that really distasteful. Kid sounds such a careless word to me.

Poorly. When an adult says it it makes me cringe. Hate it.

Meal!! Don't ask me why. I shudder every time a nature programme talks about some animal or bird 'looking for an easy meal' (a phrase which tends to crop up a lot). Or 'going out for a meal', or as a friend once said to me when at the last minute she was joining us for an event, 'Will I be able to get a meal?'

My teeth are itching just typing it.

And I'm not much better with 'going out for something to eat'. I tend to say 'shall we go out?' and leave the reason hanging.

The get-go.

What is the rationale for that phrase? It doesn't even make sense.

" Just that really "
As the opening post after the title, only seen seen it on MN
So overused

It makes me want to crush things in my hands when I see people misspell bolognese as "bolognaise". It hurts me to type it.

I know I've already said but it's worth saying again

Yum or yummy.

Therese a nice wee thread on bovril but I've had to stop reading because posters, who are presumably over the age of 5, keep using yum.

And yum is not a complete fucking sentence

@turquoiseplates - I watch a series where some of the women call their children - that has to be even worse than kids!

Chums and belly