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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:
MrsLargeEmbodied · 29/05/2022 16:59

my local independent garden centre who i follow on instagram, have just posted a photo of a beautiful rose, with the caption that it provides a Yummy Smell Hmm

SweetAnnieRich · 29/05/2022 17:47

Poorly
belly
pee

LabiaMinoraPissusFlapus · 29/05/2022 18:13

Funny you say meal. My mum always goes on about having a meal, needing a meal, eating a meal, etc etc. Really bloody annoys me!

picassobride · 29/05/2022 21:34

Whilst some eejits make ignorant comments, one can but despair for their lack of proper education.🙄

darisdet · 29/05/2022 21:39

Tummy doesn't bother me, but belly does. Not sure why.

Curated - not in a museum, for example , context. I think people here will know what I mean.

darisdet · 29/05/2022 21:40

AirGirl · 28/05/2022 23:55

I can't stand it when people pronounce assume as "ashume" and when they use "whilst" instead of while. Every time I hear either of those things I think "tu es en retard" 😄😄😆

Oh dear!

BigOldBlobber · 29/05/2022 22:01

Toodlepip

pastypirate · 29/05/2022 22:24

Carlycat · 28/05/2022 23:56

Can I get instead of can I have Angry

People do this in the queue for the lovely independent coffee hut by my work. I wish one day the barista would reply 'sure' to 'can I get a latte?' And just stand there.

What's wrong with may I have? Nothing!!!

lolly07766 · 29/05/2022 22:44

Picky bits
Nom
And the ick or ick, also saying Right? Or No? after a statement or question 😡

HikingforScenery · 29/05/2022 22:48

Banter

OakAshBeech · 30/05/2022 01:09

pastypirate · 29/05/2022 22:24

People do this in the queue for the lovely independent coffee hut by my work. I wish one day the barista would reply 'sure' to 'can I get a latte?' And just stand there.

What's wrong with may I have? Nothing!!!

But 'to get' means 'to receive' as well as 'to obtain'.
What's wrong with asking if you can receive a coffee?
People aren't actually asking if they can go round the back and obtain it/ make it themselves, and I don't think the barista will be at all confused by the question.

Similarly, if you get a parcel in the post, there is no implication that you fetched it yourself, but if you get a new book in town, there is this implication.

The verb has more than one meaning.

youngwildandni · 30/05/2022 01:11

Uber (not the lift share service).

'I'm uber fussy about x/y/z'

'I wasn't uber annoyed' etc. I can't explain why, I don't know.

Gotanewlife · 30/05/2022 05:24

Jetting off
Do you propeller off in a small aircraft?

Lndnmummy · 30/05/2022 06:35

Curated 🙄

picassobride · 30/05/2022 08:42

@Oak, it's the question of politeness.

LaMarschallin · 30/05/2022 08:48

Gotanewlife · 30/05/2022 05:24

Jetting off
Do you propeller off in a small aircraft?

Yes!
"Jetting off" seems a particularly prevalent part of the clichéd and tiny vocabulary used by tabloid journalists.
People who "jet off" are often seen "stepping out" once they reach their destination.
Generally while "flaunting" some aspect of their body.
Both of which I dislike too.

As a by-the-by, sometimes on MN, "flaunting" turns into "flouting" (which has a completely different meaning). But that flaunting/flouting is usually a MiL, SiL or DiL showing off something expensive.

I've just discovered that I hate "on" as in "that's on you" instead of "that's your fault".
It sounds so primary school playground to me: "That's on you, Jane Smith, that is, I didn't do it!" or whatever.

Dianaofthelakeofshiningwaters · 30/05/2022 09:01

I'm all grown up and still say poorly, along with tummy. Proud to say that we also have supper too. 😁

picassobride · 30/05/2022 09:39

Of course it's supper, well, kitchen supper as in casual, family only, etc.
It's dinner when effort has been made, dining room, white tablecloth, etc. often with just family, always when entertaining.

stuntbubbles · 30/05/2022 09:43

I will defend poorly to the death. Sick is vomit, not generic illness. And doctors use poorly! “Quite poorly” is basically “might want to think about last rites” territory.

Can’t abide supper, though.

picassobride · 30/05/2022 09:48

Disagree with poorly, ghastly word. One is either I'll as in suffering from disease of some sort, or sick, as in vomiting.

picassobride · 30/05/2022 09:49

Fuck. Ill, ill, ill.

stuntbubbles · 30/05/2022 09:52

Great thing about poorly as a word is autocorrect can’t fuck you over with it…

picassobride · 30/05/2022 09:56

BlushWink

yumscrumfatbum · 30/05/2022 09:59

Rich as in "I can't eat that it's too rich for me" Makes me feel bilious!

OakAshBeech · 30/05/2022 11:05

picassobride · 30/05/2022 08:42

@Oak, it's the question of politeness.

Whatever about using the word may, I don't see what's less polite about saying:

'Can I get (in the sense of receive/come to have) a coffee, please?'

rather than

'Can I have a coffee, please?'
(which is the type of phrase @Carlycat advocated).