Slang words you hate!

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Around my way people sometimes say "scran" meaning food. "Great scran here" "let's get some scran first".

I hate it. No idea why but the word goes through me.

Also hate when people say "ickle" and holibobs

Yy to brew and cuppa. I know it is irrational.

Also hate picky bits for food. Picky bits are what people dig out from under their toenails.

Anything food related.

Yummy. Scrummy. Nom nom. Picky bits. Bubbles. Choccy biccy. Din Dins. Elevenses.

When people are doing a home renovation and they start referring to the tradesmen as "chippies" (carpenters) and "sparkies" (electricians) as if they're Kevin McCloud.

Cossie livs for the cost of living crisis. Grow up!

Funnily enough, I don't mind 'leccy'.
But I hate, hate, hate, "brekkie, biccy, hubby".
Totally illogical.

I have never seen this one. I'd be furious if I did. Really?

Most of the Cockney rhyming slang especially those who are not from east London saying it. Boat race aka face is the worst

Cake instead of ass

“Pukka” makes my skin crawl. No idea why, but I hate it blame Jamie Oliver

It blew my mind to discover as an adult that english people didn't understand this Scottish slang. 'The back of' means just after the hour. So back of 10 means you will be there just after 10. Maybe 10:01-10:09 but it's not a fixed unit. 10:15 would be too late to use the expression.

Or ‘in my scratcher’ . Why? How unclean are you ?

I also hate Lush, NomNom, Picky Bits, Brew, Cuppa and Hubby. And a whole lot of other words that I can’t think of right now.

Basically, it I don’t use it, it’s wrong.

I don't like when people say 'we exchanged pleasantries'. For some reason I always imagine the conversation taking place in a slightly gross setting such as a dirty toilet. It makes me feel a bit ill.

But this doesn’t upset me at all. I use it frequently. Totally normal in my book

Agree with this. And the new one starting to creep in "Genny(e?)Lec" - just no!

Banter. Always just a shitty attempt at minimising bullying.

Scran - only when a woman says it though, no idea why!
Hollibobs - fuck off say holiday.
The wife - vile.
Hubby - don't be a fuckhead.
The missus - usually said by a div who's not even married but can't believe he's actually managed to get himself a girlfriend cos he's that much of a div, and now wants to make sure that everyone knows he's got one.
Lush - but when Welsh people say it it's 👌
Gaff - don't be a meff.

My husband hates 'the ick' but I quite like it 😂😂

Spud, for either potato or hole (in sock).
Lol
Totes

Lush, class or mint, meaning “good”. Usually said by the same sort of people who say holibobs and call people hun and dye their faces orange. Actually I think it’s the people that annoy me, not specifically the words.

Holibobs
Familam
Gash for rubbish
Bubs
Hubby
On the boob for breastfeeding
Lush. Woman at the kids nursery describes the kids as lush and it sets my teeth on edge.

I will confess to saying scran though.

Yes, English born although I have lived in Scotland for over twenty years. This phrase baffles me! Between 1 or 9 minutes past the hour is such a specific time frame 😂I guess I would say just past ten which is not all that different really!

Cuppa.

Mumma
Bubba or bubs
Hubby
Baby daddy

But... the back of, means the back of the hour- the bit between 10 and 10:30. Certainly not 10:01, more like in the middle 10:10-10:20, and anywhere up until 10:30 is definitely acceptable.

Glasgow & I use it ALL the time. It's not for all occasions, clearly, but for family/ good friends when specifying a time is a more casual affair : 'See you Saturday at mine, the back of 11, so we can chat before lunch", type thing. It wouldn't be for meeting outside, as then folk would be kept waiting.

Also, we need to be careful, OP, as many words are not 'slang ' but specific dialect. I'm very proud of speaking Scots, & don't like it being referred to as 'slang': we should be proud of our many, individual dialects in the UK.

Picky tea
Dippy egg
Hun/ honey/ chick/ chicken
Babe
Hubby/ hubster
Holibobs
Kip
Lush
Leccy

They're just a few of the words that make my eyes twitch!

Yeah, to me 'back of' means anything in the first half of the hour.