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What words do you hate?

243 replies

jelly79 · 05/12/2022 20:21

I'll start

Fiancé
Genre
Moist

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NotDecemberYet · 05/12/2022 21:25

Phlegm
mucous membranes
keep your eyes peeled
by the skin of your teeth

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 05/12/2022 21:25

Going forward. As opposed to what? Going backwards?
Starting a reply with "Look...." usually by a media-trained twatty politician.

Swapshopped · 05/12/2022 21:26

now you mention it @jelly79 ’fiance’ makes me squirm too!

other than that:
hun
foul
hubbie
babe
goals (#goals)
making memories
got your back
living my best life

jelly79 · 05/12/2022 21:26

RemindMeAgain · 05/12/2022 21:25

Oh god ‘hubby’ is so annoying

The hubster 🙄👋

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RambamThankyouMam · 05/12/2022 21:27

When posh elderly people say homosexual as "homma-SEK-sieuill."

PlantDoctor · 05/12/2022 21:27

Anything ending "SPS", like "crisps" and "wasps". They sound horrible!

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 05/12/2022 21:28

Love the bones of.....makes me heave. Awful.

50but17inside · 05/12/2022 21:30

Oh but ‘Dessert’ gives me the cringe, the correct word is pudding. And don’t start me on ‘sweet’ 😬 or ‘Afters’.

Meal. Piping hot. Gland. Toilet. Tissue when people say tiss-yoo, a wine, belly, cuppa, I fell pregnant, serviette, lounge, settee, living room, evening suit

WingingItSince1973 · 05/12/2022 21:35

Lol
Hubby
Drizzle
Moist
Give you head a wobble (sorry more than 1 word) 😂
Furbaby
Holibobs
Panties
The missus

havemybreakfastthen · 05/12/2022 21:35

Hubby
Famalam
Holibobs
Bestie

Mrsjayy · 05/12/2022 21:37

Yes it is definitely pudding and not dessert! Oh I hate the phrase sweet treats. I've seen it from online bakers they will make cake and sweet treats '!

WingingItSince1973 · 05/12/2022 21:37

AriettyHomily · 05/12/2022 21:15

Can I add 'we're pregnant'

Yes I hate that too!!!

s14a · 05/12/2022 21:39

Toothy pegs 🤢

Everytime I see/hear about it I want to vomit

ObjectionSustained · 05/12/2022 21:39

Chocs. Especially posh chocs, it's chocolate.
Same for toms, pots..

Hubby

Poorly

Tummy

User129867588 · 05/12/2022 21:40

Our lass!!

plsbekind · 05/12/2022 21:42

Double down
Touch base
Carte Blanche
Yoke (as in you call something you can't remember the name of Yoke but EVEN more annoying when you're not even from Ireland and you use the word!)
Baps

ObjectionSustained · 05/12/2022 21:43

Festivities when talking about Christmas activities too. It sounds so pretentious and too much like 'making mems' to me.

Clubbing - as in 'we're going out clubbing'

Whack, bang, throw, chuck when used to describe cooking.

I'm such a grump I could go on.

plsbekind · 05/12/2022 21:43

Little man

The endless FB posts.... my lil man got his first tooth today. Oh SHUT UP!!!

LeonardoAcropolis · 05/12/2022 21:47

Gland, vacuum, continuum and ottoman, when referring to the furniture item.

NibbledSwitch · 05/12/2022 21:47

'My bad'

Just admit you're wrong or say sorry

myusernamewastakenbyme · 05/12/2022 21:48

Hun
Buggy
Gifted
Influencer

WhenDovesFly · 05/12/2022 21:48

Snack
Alone time
Boob

StarDolphins · 05/12/2022 21:48

Anyways, anywho, bubs, hubs, babe, hun, yum, mint, sick & awesome (ok if said by age 16 & under) & any cheesy nick names.

My worst one that isn’t even a proper phrase/word that my ex used to say is beacon track….like off the beacon track. Every time he said it, I wanted to leave.

C1N1C · 05/12/2022 21:49

Sketchy

Watchthesunrise · 05/12/2022 21:51

I hate modern wankery. Like,

  • when designers/architects say "space" instead of room. E.g. "this is an airy space."
  • "curate" instead of assemble
  • "artisan" instead of handmade
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