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!

Not a word but a phrase. When I see or hear the words 'jazz up' as in 'jazz up your shepherd's pie',or 'jazz up an old T-shirt' inwardly cringe.

Belly instead of stomach .

Portion makes me clench, whether it’s written down or spoken it makes me shudder.

Yes to traybake, where the fuck did that suddenly appear from?

Top and tail, especially when used as a verb

Boob, again especially as a verb

Mum, when not used by a child to its mother as in "how is mum doing?"

"Granny.
Please use Nan."

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

My pet hate ... when people say "init" at the end of their sentences!

What do they mean ... are they asking for agreement or is it just a habit?

Or in conversation, people fill up the pauses with aaaarm or words like "Basically", "Actually"

Or people who cannot have a conversation or express themselves or get angry without using expletives. So sad when there are so many words available to them.

Or people who speak in an oinky way, by this I mean missing out letters and sort of gabbling. (I dont mean if they have a speech impediment or an accent, I mean the sort of massacring of language.)

"Or people who cannot have a conversation or express themselves or get angry without using expletives. So sad when there are so many words available to them."

Why are swear words lesser in your mind?

I don't like 'kiddos' 'kiddies' 'hubs' etc. But I also hate the hashtags or phrases like 'boss it' 'you've got this' 'we've got this' 'girl boss' and 'let's do this'

They make me cringe! Stop flaunting how amazing you think you are, and stop trying to be inspiring!!

The phrase 'going forward'. Really, really grates on me

@CocoLoco87 Kiddos really annoys me, one of my friends always says it.

Also mommas, mamas, mummies and all that.

Hubby
Bangs instead of fringe
Bad (as in "my bad")
Uni
Brekkie

Tipple. Any use of. My mum used to say it all the time, it’s so cutesy and twee it sets my teeth on edge.

Moist

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

Just call them trainers!

FWIW in the old days, I think they were called tennis shoes or plimsolls. In the 60s and 70s, I remember them as sneakers or running shoes (runners) or sports shoes. I'm pretty sure that 'trainers' is a recent invention. It's actually a word that annoys me. I'm not training for anything. I prefer 'sneakers'!

Moist. It's just aww, I don't know why but makes me cringe

Just call them trainers
But I've never once trained in my trainers

Also pumps (is this what they are called in some Enid Blyton books?) and 'sand shoes'.

Brew

Wedding ‘band’ instead of ‘ring’.

It always used to be ‘ring’ - don’t know why so many people seem to think it’s a ‘band’ now.
Another import from across the pond. I wish it’d bugger off back there.

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

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

The shoes are entirely different so they have different names

A couple of summers ago we were going berry picking with my kids and DPs mum. She kept saying we were going to pick "strawbs" and "rasps" instead of just saying strawberries and raspberries.

I have no idea why but it filled me with a bizarre sense of rage.

Discharge. I didn't even want to write it.

Tummy. Belly (even more offensive than tummy).

But my most loathed phrase (if I am allowed multiple words) is "changing his bum" in reference to changing a baby's nappy. Oh my GOD I cannot stand it.

"Aw, bless, hubby just changed bub's bum. #blessed". My offering for room 101 of utter awfulness.

Indulgent
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