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One word in English you don't like

171 replies

Alondra · 28/04/2025 12:46

Mine is "appropriately". It's commonly used by people explaining their thinking or belief, without giving consideration that the word has different meaning to millions of people with different cultures around the world.

OP posts:
Justfreedom · 28/04/2025 13:32

I have to many to add.
but will add 2.
Mental load and boundaries ffs cant stand it.

1Strawberrycat · 28/04/2025 13:56

Veggies. Hard to even type it!

IdaGlossop · 28/04/2025 13:58

ruethewhirl · 28/04/2025 12:57

Tasty. I don’t know why but I just HATE it. Good job I’m not a food critic though, as I also detest ‘flavoursome’. 😄

I hate it too. I think it's because it's imprecise and twee.

IdaGlossop · 28/04/2025 14:00

Hubby and hubster. Apologies because I see hubby on MN.

TokyoKyoto · 28/04/2025 14:02

Goblet. Just an ugly word. Not necessary.

derxa · 28/04/2025 14:02

Lunch

CuttedPearPie · 28/04/2025 14:03

"Kindly" as in "i mean this kindly", but actually leading with this usually makes whatever the person says next feel crueller for some reason

SoOxon · 28/04/2025 14:06

IdaGlossop · 28/04/2025 14:00

Hubby and hubster. Apologies because I see hubby on MN.

or ‘Hubs’ - shudder

Malvala · 28/04/2025 14:07

Pudding. Especially when it’s used to mean dessert.

Lentilweaver · 28/04/2025 14:08

Transphobic.
Ally.

DiscoBeat · 28/04/2025 14:10

derxa · 28/04/2025 14:02

Lunch

How do you describe your midday meal then?

YesYesAllGood · 28/04/2025 14:12

Chuckle

TronaldDumpsalot · 28/04/2025 14:13

Malvala · 28/04/2025 14:07

Pudding. Especially when it’s used to mean dessert.

I dislike dessert being used unless it's an actual dessert course which I suspect very few people have. Pudding is correct (almost) every time 😂

I also hate toilet, pardon and serviette 😉

DiscoBeat · 28/04/2025 14:13

MoistVonL · 28/04/2025 12:55

I’m using the frequent contender for Most Hated Word as the start of my username, so I’m clearly unreliable on this.

Would a slang word count? I absolutely hate Maccies for McDonalds. It sounds awful.

Although I do like one nickname for that place. My childhood best friend had quite snooty grandparents on one side who were convinced their son had “married down”. He was a good laugh about it, and used to tell his parents he took the children to dine at The Golden Arches. It went on for a good few years before my pal’s little brother let slip “Daddy means McDonald’s”

I hate all those shorted words: Maccies, sarnies, hubby, veggies, veg, ciggies, anything like that!

ticketToRyde · 28/04/2025 14:13

Tweak

because the first time I heard it was in a bad context - as in nipples - and it a word I associate with sexual abuse. I can't stand it in any context because of that mental association.

LindorDoubleChoc · 28/04/2025 14:15

bitch

SkibidiSigma · 28/04/2025 14:18

I dislike lots already mentioned but also can't stand the word gotten. My DS uses it instead of got sometimes and it makes me 😡

Love the word moist, has a great sound to it

coxesorangepippin · 28/04/2025 14:18

Raw

WinterFoxes · 28/04/2025 14:18

ruethewhirl · 28/04/2025 12:57

Tasty. I don’t know why but I just HATE it. Good job I’m not a food critic though, as I also detest ‘flavoursome’. 😄

What is it about food vocabulary? I don't mind the ones you mention, but hate reading restaurant reviews where the critic uses the words 'toothsome' or 'eatery'. What does toothsome even mean? Chewy?

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 28/04/2025 14:19

LuckyCharmz · 28/04/2025 13:00

I can hardly stand to type the word I hate as I hate it that much.
pamphlet 🤮

How do you feel about ‘amphitheatre’?

Aprilweather · 28/04/2025 14:20

Endeavour
Shrugs

GeorgianaM · 28/04/2025 14:20

Mansplaining and manspreading, both nasty man hating words.

Kardamyli2 · 28/04/2025 14:20

@AlondraI'm probably being dim, but what different meaning does the Englush word "appropriately" have?

notgoig2careanymore · 28/04/2025 14:22

Toilet..I actually cringe when I hear the word!
Actually I think it's a french word.

BeNiceWhenItsFinished · 28/04/2025 14:22

Not originally an English word, but commonly used in English for the sort of retail shop frequented by women of a certain age buying grandmother of the bride outfits:

Boutique.

I think it is probably since the adverts for 'Discreet Boutique' incontinence pants. Not only that but Saga run what they call 'Boutique Cruises'.

Eww.

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