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Words you don't like

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Anewnamejustforthis · 11/12/2024 10:56

With thanks to @DebbieTheCat for the inspiration, how about a list of the words you really can't be doing with?

Top of my list would be "problematic" - the whole beige, head-tilted, be kind-ness of it just annoys me!

OP posts:
AlwaysGardening · 11/12/2024 22:15

Gifted - as in gifted a present.

LisaJohnsonsFacebookMole · 11/12/2024 22:17

Virus
Texture
Subordinate
Health

SprigatitoYouAndIKnow · 11/12/2024 22:30

Rope

Just hate the way it sounds

Jewelanemone · 11/12/2024 22:34

Munch
Tummy
Sicky
Pus
Picky (bits)
Sac

LimeCookie · 11/12/2024 22:37

Veggies

don’t know why, makes me shudder. Even more so when restaurants use it on menus, I just can’t.

squeakandbubble · 11/12/2024 22:38

SpeculatingRooks · 11/12/2024 21:31

Belly
Queasy
Supper
Meal
Dish

Don't know why they are all food based words

I was coming to say meal. Can’t stand it

I also hate nourishing and nutritious

GinJeanie · 11/12/2024 22:39

"Pooped" for tired.

A relatively new boyfriend once wrote this in an email and I almost couldn't get past it. I didn't tell him as we were in the first flush of our relationship.

Manchesterbythesea · 11/12/2024 22:40

whirlyhead · 11/12/2024 20:50

Safeguarding and soft play are words that make me feel like screaming. Though fortunately I only ever see/hear them in mumsnet.

soft play sounds like something a prostitute would do with a client in need of viagra.

Oh god yeah..softplay. And playdate.
They are awful words. Give me the willies.

Oldnproud · 11/12/2024 22:42

Merch

Manchesterbythesea · 11/12/2024 22:43

Oh and tummy. Especially when a whingey brat says it. ‘I have a sore tummy’ or ‘my tummy hurts’ in a whingey babyish voice makes me want to commit murder.

RestitutionGranted · 11/12/2024 22:43

Ah my people.

Portion
Whoopsie
Picky bits

SereneCapybara · 11/12/2024 22:45

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 11/12/2024 11:43

I hate pud for pudding and chocs or choccy for chocolate. Especially on Mumsnet, when “posh chocs” are suggested for any occasion! I don’t know why, I just hate it.

Your post made me realise I hate the word 'posh'.

HansHolbein · 11/12/2024 22:46

Can I have two words?

Sunday lunch

TwinkleTwinkleTwinkie · 11/12/2024 22:47

Picky tea 🤢
Baby Daddy
Should of/Could of
#makingmemories
#blessed

abracadabra1980 · 11/12/2024 22:49

diversity
they (in the context of gender)
gotten (😡😡😡)
nah
Anything from Vicky Pattisons mouth - worst Geordie accent ever.

ClydeBank · 11/12/2024 22:49

cheesing

belly

mucous

phlegm

slay

yous

I done that

nipples

TwinkleTwinkleTwinkie · 11/12/2024 22:49

Gastro Pub (Gastro makes me think of stomachs and digestion)

MuddyPawsIndoors · 11/12/2024 22:50

'Frock'.

I bought a beautiful dress once and my MIL said, "Oh what a lovely frock".

I immediately wanted to rip it off and burn it 🤣🤣

I don't know why, but it conjures up and image for me of old fashioned frilly dresses.

MrsMitford3 · 11/12/2024 22:50

I have come to loathe the word "Myself" which in itself is inoffensive but the misuse is so widespread it infuriates me-such as:

Give that to john and myself
tom and myself were asked to come early
susie and myself are opening a business

Myself is often used where "me" or "I" goes and I don't know how it happened but it's so prevalent now

Huonneyywisshful · 11/12/2024 22:53

I can’t bear the word intimacy. I have no idea why. Vulva is a horrible word and penis isn’t much better.

RosePepperRose · 11/12/2024 23:09

Sampled
Clocked (ie noticed something).
Besties
Belly
Pity
Preggers
Judder
Shudder
Bladder
Smelt
Smelled
Chuckle
Muck
Brolly

Tel12 · 11/12/2024 23:10

Biscuits. It just annoys me

CookiePookie · 11/12/2024 23:16

I have found my tribe.
supper
moist
ointment
portion
baps
poorly
lotion
slather
ample
’a piece more?’ Meaning another piece.
drumroll for… ‘mouthfeel’

Thevelvelletes · 11/12/2024 23:19

What's mouthfeel?

WGACA · 11/12/2024 23:20

Social media

I also hate hubby, holibobs, making memories and all those kinds of things.

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