Mundane words you hate the sound of....

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Is there a word you hate? When you say it, it just grates on you just irritates you?

For me, its the word "bottle".

I hate what it looks like, I hate saying the word, to me it just sounds like a silly word and irritates me when I have to use it.

Probably makes no sense, but please tell me I'm not alone with an irrational hatred of a mundane word.

Another one here who hates flaccid
The word beautiful when describing a meal!

I’ve never heard this! I guess it means splash your face with water?

Trimmings (As in 'we had Christmas dinner with all the trimmings')
Scrummy or delish
Agree with adults using the terms poorly or tummy - they sound so babyish!

Any word only ever seen in adverts these days, like ‘stunning’ or ‘succulent’ (the latter done M&S style with dragged out consonants and exaggerated vocal fry).

Not as common as it used to be, but ‘You know what???’ in the context of one-to-one pep talks and bright-eyed positive thinking. ‘You know what - you have an AMAZING smile!’ or ‘You know what - I have realised I Actually Really Like plodding round cold streets at 6am to get in shape! You know what - it’s actually better than a bracing cold shower in the dark!!’

Vulgar. Absolutely knocks me sick

My MIL pronounces it Vac-yew-um. Between that and ‘would of’ it’s a wonder I haven’t strangled her. If we were French I’d probably have reported her to the Acadèmie Française. I’m pretty sure they punish people who are cruel to the language. 😈

Well, I think “globule” and “squirt” are fabulous, onomatopoeic words!

I do hate “flesh” and “skin” though. Shudder.

It goes without saying that “hubby”, “hubs” and <shock> HUBSTER are fucking horrendous words that need to go.

Actually.

It never actually alters the meaning of any sentence it is used in.

I also dislike 'belly' and 'tummy'. I don't like them on their own and I especially dislike them when people say 'a full belly'.

I keep seeing posts on social media referring to unhealthy but cheap foods and saying that it's good to give someone a 'full belly'. Why are people obsessed with being full? We're a nation with an obesity crisis.

Med-sin... no!!! For the love of God, DH!! The word is medicine!!!!. And while we on the subject.. you are a fully grown , middle aged man.. you have a stomach, not a tummy. Children have tummies. That is all.

I’m with you. Even references to Daniel Boon fill me with rage and horror.

The worst ever word, though, is ‘eatery’. In the plural it’s even worse.

All the euphemisms for women’s genitals. Especially “pussy”. I loathe that word. It’s destroyed a term of affection for cats; you can’t use it without someone sniggering now.

Mum and I have a game of counting how often Phil Harding says “actually” any time he speaks in Time Team.

@CountingMareep “would of” drives me insane! It’s “would’ve” as in “would have” you idiots!

Gotten. Drives me insane.

Another vote for mac 'n' cheese - it's macaroni cheese

(a hated family favourite, couldn't pay any of us to eat it🤢🤮)

hubby
serviette
pop socks😆
toilet (moist, foist, it's that oy sound)

Veggies. I hate the word and hated just typing it. No idea why.

My word is outfits - really makes my teeth itch and my hair stand on end when people talk about their outfit for the day, or how many outfits they're taking to wear on holiday for example.

I have no idea why.

I hate hilarious. Because it's usually used about something that isn't.

At least it's not "from the gecko"

Walla (voila)

Panties

Triptophobia if I recall correctly.

Also adding bottom. "sit on your bottom". Yes Hyacinth.

Belly
Hubby
Peeps, as in people, ugh.
Also ‘baby steps’.

Chat. No one talks anymore, they all chat… ick!

Also gifted. It’s gave, you gave them a gift after talking to them about it!

Cracking up at this too! Didn’t there used to be a TV show called “Boon”? I don’t know how the actors turned up each day for filming working on a show called BOON. Embarrassing as hell !

Unprecedented - seems to be used constantly since covid.