What words grind your gears?

[RebeccaRose92]

For me it’s
plump
moist
clot
plunge
slosh

Hubby
Wifey
🤮

Ick
Bubba
Hubby
Wifey

Belly (shudder)

Delicious
Scrumptious
Succulent
Famalam (twats)

Hubster
Hun
Chick
Chuck
Babe
Baby Daddy
Babe
Hubby
Wifey
Holibobs
Lil Man
Lil Princess
Cheeky

Regards (on email)
Nom nom
Foodie
Panties
Hubby
Staycation (to mean an actual holiday without foreign travel)

Hearty - as in hearty food what does that actually mean?

Evidently

I was in tears
I'm in floods of tears
I just burst into tears
Full of cold
Stinky cold

All unnecessary

you can be crying or start crying
You can have a cold.

Invite (still not a noun to me even if the dictionary has moved on)

My Little boy
My Little girl

When describing own child. Poster might say my little boy is 3.

Your son is 3. The little bit is awfully twee and unnecessary

his size /age is covered by the age ref.

@Grumpyoldpersonwithcats
Totally agree - not a word, but the phrase ‘grind my gears’ is a cringey as f**k.

AnywayS why the s??

jump the shark - I know it’s an expression rather than a word but it’s on every other thread on mumsnet at the moment.

Certain phrases like “change his bum” for a poo.

And pretty much any word that means fart. I also don’t like fart but for some reason all these are worse: trump, pop, parp, toot 🤢 I know, I know you can’t win

Get Brexit done

It sounds like you need help learning to speak.

Slippy.

No. Slippery.

Reach out - contact
Shout out - mention - Thank God I don't have to listen to Steve Wright saying "shaaa ou" anymore
Tummy
Peckish
Panties

It...is...what....it...is....

Say again?

I’m not being funny but - followed by a nasty comment
Smashed it - reminds me of my annoying ex-neighbours who liked to boast

Yes - and another popular MN phrase
‘boils my piss’ is just as bad

Definitely 'grinds my gears'.

Belly

High needs baby - it doesn't mean anything, all babies are needy, it's what they do.

My son is at a special needs school and the county we are in calls them 'Moderate learning difficulty' or 'Severe learning difficulty'. It used to be 'disability' which was much more appropriate.

'Difficulty' really doesn't communicate anything about a child's needs. At all.

Toppings - just about OK when it's used in the context of pizza, but it makes me cringe so much when I hear "toast toppings".

Reach - usually used in the context of lifestyle interviews in Sunday papers - "I'll reach for a handful of almonds", "I'll reach for my comfy wellies before taking the dogs out for a walk across a muddy field". Just move closer than arms' length away to your items, then you wouldn't have to keep "reaching" for them FFS.

Share - in the context of parents (usually "celeb" parents) sharing children, often used in online celeb news/gossip- "they share two children together". And it's not always used when the parents have separated. You don't share children like they are toys or sweets to be handed out. You have children.

Two words I’ve seen used on MN recently.
Dumb and lame.
Disgusting to drop these casually into conversation.

Vile
Grim

Bestest
Innit

Going forward
To partner with (eg a merger, collaboration)