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I fucking HATE this word (light hearted)

259 replies

FuckingNoise · 28/05/2022 13:25

... delicious.

It gives me The Ick. Hate it. When I am Queen it shall be executed. Ironically I don't really mind the worst moist, which is universally hated. What words do you hate? Don't really like the word "meal" either. It's just so... weak.

OP posts:
myuterusistryingtokillme · 28/05/2022 13:45

Lickle (used instead of little) and Bubba. Lickle Bubba makes me want to throw something at whoever says it

BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 28/05/2022 13:45

Platter and medley 🤢

MrsLargeEmbodied · 28/05/2022 13:45

also hate when people say 'run the hoover around' because it makes me think they'll be running around with the hoover doing a slapdash job and hitting lots of furniture.

ha ha ha Grin

stuntbubbles · 28/05/2022 13:48

Far rather delicious than tasty.

CounsellorTroi · 28/05/2022 13:48

Pic.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 28/05/2022 13:52

not keen on
moob

LaMarschallin · 28/05/2022 13:55

Ah!
I thought you meant you fucking HATE the word "lighthearted".
Which I do, a bit. It has a little "<tra-la-la> Hello, birds, hello flowers" ring to it.
But it is, I understand, helpful as shorthand for "For God's sake, don't turn this into a bun fight, I'm obviously just starting this for fun".

I don't mind "delicious".
I also don't mind "moist" and "gusset" which will turn up pretty soon (if they haven't already while I'm writing this) as they always crop up on these lists.

I really hate the 😋 emoji used to indicate that something is delicious.
It reminds me of someone I knew who used to run her tongue wetly and noisily around her lips and say "Schluuhp!"* to indicate she liked something.
Made me feel sick.

*No idea how to write the exact noise.

darisdet · 28/05/2022 13:56

Don't mind delicious

Similar:

Lush
Nom nom

HighlandCooOnTheLoo · 28/05/2022 13:57

Scrumptious
Gob
Chops
Yummy
My friend has also taken to calling COVID ‘Co-vee’ 😣

prettyteapotsplease · 28/05/2022 13:58

Squidge, squidgy

Squish, squishy

Vacation

prettyteapotsplease · 28/05/2022 13:58

I've another - gobsmacked

Daenerys77 · 28/05/2022 13:59

Yummy.
Brexit.
I'm fine with delicious meals though.

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 28/05/2022 14:03

Quid
Ta
Tara/tata

Sparklingbrook · 28/05/2022 14:04

'ick' can go in the bin as far as I'm concerned.

Spaghag · 28/05/2022 14:04

I've said this before on past threads but - grab.

As in grab a coffee, grab a sandwich. A grab is a short, sharp snatching action. It gives me a mental image of someone covered in hot coffee or running out of a shop with a stolen sandwich.

Also unique in situations which are certainly not unique. Unique means the only one. It does not mean rare!

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 28/05/2022 14:04

(Tara/Tata in the sense of "bye for now")

BlueKaftan · 28/05/2022 14:06

Membrane
Most words uttered by Nigella 😆

LaMarschallin · 28/05/2022 14:06

myuterusistryingtokillme · 28/05/2022 13:45

Lickle (used instead of little) and Bubba. Lickle Bubba makes me want to throw something at whoever says it

Oh yes!

And "boob" plus any derivation thereof: "boobing", "boob monster", "boob to sleep"... with the latter, I always picture somebody slapping LO around the head with a tit and knocking them unconscious.
Hate LO too.

AnElegantChaos · 28/05/2022 14:08

Agree with 'succulent' it's a hideous word

I've got a weird distaste for the word 'portfolio', not in the artist's sense but when people use it do describe their massive range of investments, totally makes my toes curl

Daenerys77 · 28/05/2022 14:09

Any standard mumsnet abbreviation.

TrufflesForBreakfast · 28/05/2022 14:11

I think some people on here are putting forward words they find annoying, and some are saying words they find ick.

There are some words I find so ick that I'd probably have to divorce Dh if ever I heard him utter them. They include cheesy, moist (sorry, a cliché), gusset (ditto), and preferably never in that order. Argh. Vulva and nipple also give me the creeps. I can never bring myself to use them.

TrufflesForBreakfast · 28/05/2022 14:11

Delicious, scrumptious and succulent are horrific.

Trulyweird1 · 28/05/2022 14:16

Doggy - he’s 30+kg of muscle, he’s a dog, not a doggy, nor worse a ‘pooch’
Lush
Heft and Girth when used by my US friends to describe people who are overweight

StageRage · 28/05/2022 14:19

Meal
Therapy
Punish

SiobhanSharpe · 28/05/2022 14:20

Adults using baby talk when talking to other adults, like the examples above - biccy, ickle, lickle, bubs or bubba.
Similarly, anyone over the age of about eight using the term 'dippy egg'.
All cringeworthy.
I also strongly dislike the term 'picky bits', it brings unpleasant connotations to mind.