One word in English you don't like

[Alondra]

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.

‘Mouthfeel’ makes me want to gag, I hate it.

’Preggo’ for a pregnant person makes me homicidal as well 😤

Curated, as in 'a curated ear'.

I can honestly say I've never heard anyone say ""she" looks appropriate". Do you mean people whose first language is not English say this?

Yummy unless said by a parent trying to persuade a small child to eat. Uttered by anyone else, it makes me shudder and want to scream ‘you are a grown adult! Converse like one!’.

I also hate ‘we’ when saying whether someone does or does not like something. ‘We love cheese on toast’ or ‘We love telly in our house’. Speaking in one voice is nauseous.

I have many. Very intolerant 😕

Ginnel. Northern word for a small alleyway
Hollibobs
Hubby
Other half ffs
Cheeky 'anything'
Moist
We are pregnant

I'm sure I will think of more very soon

I KNEW there was a word I’d forgotten!

Belly! It’s just awful, so uncouth. I really judge when I hear or read it.

Oh me too. An adult saying Belly ache. Just no.Ffs you have stomach ache.

I’m going to go for another one. ‘Cute’ when referring to a grown-up or something belonging to a grown-up. A cute guy. Cute clothes. 😣

Snog

Re the “we” - I cringe when a couple says that while looking around in a property programme, “we don’t like…” without consultation, and not big things but tiny, when they are clearly speaking for their partner

I associate moist with cake so don’t get the fuss.

All of these.

See also panties 🤢

Phlegm

Men using ‘Sir’ when talking to select other men as in a compliment. 🤢

Like - used as a filler rather than descriptor or comparator

Naice - as used on MN

Limerance - as used on MN

Indie schools - rather than private or public

Picky bits

Agree holibobs / Hubbie / hubster / moist

We got pregnant.. we had a baby 🙄🤢

Completely agree. I find it both controlling and twee. Awful.

Close

only in the context of it being humid though. otherwise it’s fine

Similarly when someone more senior at work says “we should do x” when she’s basically telling me what I need to do

It's not offensive used soley in this context, but because it's been used in the news recently with regards to steelworks and the need to "let the slag run off", on some comedy panel shows this has been followed with phrases like "like in a Jilly Cooper novel" or "like a bad hen do".
It's as if it is OK and even funny to use the word in a derogatory way if it's a play on words.

I agree! Also hate hubby! And slightly different Mumsnet contributors who write ‘Ddog’ why??

pump 😖

Also hate ‘we are pregnant’ . No, you’re not both pregnant.

Yummy

specifically when spoken by an adult 😣

Also "fell" pregnant. It's so passive - take some ownership!

I think I need to step away from the thread because I'm actually getting wound up.

Men using ‘Sir’ when talking to select other men as in a compliment. 🤢

Hahaha I have complained about this in the past, it’s so cringeworthy 😆

Also 🙄 whenever I see people earnestly discussing ‘limerence’. In 20 years, have only ever seen it used on mumsnet