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Mundane words you hate the sound of....

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MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 12/04/2023 21:02

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.

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halfsiesonapotnoodle · 13/04/2023 07:01

cakewitch · 13/04/2023 00:37

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 agree with the tummy thing, but a stomach is a specific organ. Its utterly cringeworthy when pregnant women refer to their stomach. Unless they've eaten a baby, it's wrong! The word for men and women is abdomen, to cover that general area.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 13/04/2023 07:04

Meal or mealy. Absolutely horrendous. To then name a child with that embellished word is just awful. (A/Emelia) Envy

Riapia · 13/04/2023 07:56

Sibling.
Tummy.
Snuggle.

newtb · 13/04/2023 08:00

I've read the whole thread and plenty of panties, a moist but, no gusset. Horrible word.

ChufftyBadge · 13/04/2023 08:00

Lovewineandchocolate · 12/04/2023 23:33

I didn't realise there were so many words I hate until I read this, however my contributions this great debate are snack, snacks and even worse, snax😖

There's a sandwich shop near where my gran lives called Snax's!! 🤦‍♀️

bellac11 · 13/04/2023 08:02

Toebeans1 · 12/04/2023 21:47

Thief. Too much th/ f sound in one word

Similarly 'sixth'

I cant even say it right.

SunnieShine · 13/04/2023 08:08

CurlewKate · 13/04/2023 05:39

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

Me too. I read it as "stupid, annoying and not in the least funny".

yano · 13/04/2023 08:09

Another one for "yummy". Also meds, as in "I've got to go pick up my meds". Totally irrational irritation.

"Meal" - no idea why, makes food really unappealing if it's referred to like this though!

RagingWoke · 13/04/2023 08:11

'meal' makes me feel weird too. Can't articulate what it is about the word.

Also takeaway. Just gross

ChufftyBadge · 13/04/2023 08:13

I can't stand it when people say 'In any way, shape or form."

Such a waste of words all meaning the same thing. Angry

yano · 13/04/2023 08:13

LunaNorth · 12/04/2023 23:00

I struggle with ‘Lily’. I can’t get my tongue back into place in time for the second ‘l’. I always sound pissed when I say it.

Same thing with calpol - never manage to pronounce it properly. (And 'rural' comes out like "ruhhhhl")

mylittleyumyum · 13/04/2023 08:24

Almond. I HATE the proper pronunciation, I can't bring myself to say ahmond for some reason so I avoid saying it altogether.
Also, I never realised how much I hated the word 'meal' until this morning!

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MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 13/04/2023 08:36

LunaNorth · 12/04/2023 23:04

Even worse, pantyhose.

Yes, horrible word!!

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MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 13/04/2023 08:38

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 13/04/2023 07:04

Meal or mealy. Absolutely horrendous. To then name a child with that embellished word is just awful. (A/Emelia) Envy

Meal makes me think of grub worms that you feed to animals like chickens.

See also: mealy.

I hate when Americans say Grits, whatever the feck grits are but it doesn't sound the least but appetising. Again, sounds like chicken feed.

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RideACockHorseToSunburyCross · 13/04/2023 08:44

Superb 🤢

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/04/2023 08:49

@Fetchacloth, pantyhose in the 1950s??
Stockings and suspender belts more like - even in the early 60s.

Cattenberg · 13/04/2023 08:57

Pud. I remember a TV food critic who’d say “good pud” and look pleased with himself, as though he’d said something profoundly witty.

Cuppa. Silly word.

Bits. As in “I went to Tesco to pick up some bits” or “I had a few bits left to do”. I don’t really like the word for private parts either.

Backinntheroom · 13/04/2023 08:59

SwedishEdith · 12/04/2023 21:43

Also meds.

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Jabs instead of injections!

purpledalmation · 13/04/2023 08:59

Womb.

Backinntheroom · 13/04/2023 09:01

HorribleHisTories15 · 12/04/2023 22:05

Pudding

Only know baby adults who say this. All others say dessert or Afters.

Pudding is a classs thing. The landed gentry say pudding and lavatory
Middles classes - bathroom/loo ad dessert/afters

Pudding not a baby word!

Petesbowtie9 · 13/04/2023 09:03

Full English, belly , Fanny, meds

PuttingDownRoots · 13/04/2023 09:04

@HorribleHisTories15 what would you call the dough balls, from Yorkshire, that you have with your Sunday roast without saying pudding?

Backinntheroom · 13/04/2023 09:04

LunaNorth · 12/04/2023 22:56

Another thing I hate is the term ‘switch out’ or ‘swap out’.

’Looking for low-carb breakfast ideas? Why not swap out your waffles for some eggs over-easy and broiled bacon?’

argh

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knackeredcat · 13/04/2023 09:05

Agree with so many of these. Poorly, brew, mumma, bubba, should of, etc. Pantyhose can get in the bin.

Adding posset and fuddle to the list. Fussy, old fashioned sounding words. I'd never heard of fuddle until I moved to West Yorkshire and knowing what it means now it is something I'd happily avoid like the plague 😧

Backinntheroom · 13/04/2023 09:09

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/04/2023 08:49

@Fetchacloth, pantyhose in the 1950s??
Stockings and suspender belts more like - even in the early 60s.

Pantyhose used commonly in America and New Zealand (at least in the late 70s for the latter place)!