Words and phrases that make you shudder

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We all know MN hates the word 'moist' and the term 'picky bits' but what other words or phrases do you dislike?

The word flesh gives me the creeps.
<involuntary shudder>

Or Choccies

Hot choccy
Posh choccies

Is 'Cutted up' better? 😂

‘Think’ does my head in. It’s ridiculously unnecessary.

I work with children - think nursery setting.

I have a high cardio hobby - think cycling.

I have food allergies - think lactose intolerance.

Or fizz, and biccies.

The words Shall and Poorly just irritate the life out of me. Also the word lounge. It’s a living room or a sitting room to me I find it odd hearing lounge but I totally get that it’s a cultural /regional thing. Describing your spouse as your “other half” also sets me off but what really grates on me is people calling some person they are barely dating their “partner”. There was a post on here a while back where someone referred to their schoolgirl daughter’s boyfriend as their daughter partner. I mean a teenage boyfriend isn’t a bloody life partner. Not saying they might not end up together long term but at this stage it’s her boyfriend. Also people referring to my “new partner”. If he is new then he’s hardly your partner at this stage . Partner to me is a longterm committed relationship.

Yes, i agree about ‘other half’. Nobody is the other half of me, and I wouldn’t want anyone to be, either.

Ride or die
Middle for diddle
This one
Win/win
Scoot
Sustenance
Shits and giggles
Slay
Sure I’ll think of some more

I’ve never heard of ‘ride or die’. What does it mean?

Oh yes; the misuse of ‘iconic’ when it really really isn’t.
’Grab’ a coffee
Can I get. No, it’s may I have

F knows.

Oh god, yes. It is something DH says when he has more than one item of information to impart.

"Things various"

AAARGHHHH.

crucified - not so much shudderable as monumentally offensive

"Pieces" for items of clothing, as in "I picked up a few pieces from M & S yesterday."

"Elevate"
"Glow up" - now being used about homeware.
"I'm loving. . ." or from "content creators" (which also makes me cringe), "We're loving. . ."

ect
hubs/hubby
pop - in all its patronising manifestations or
pop - in all its denotions of time savvy ness

it is what it is

to each his/their own - shudder - when used to close down a discussion,
double shudder

we don’t take cash

so many …

I'm 'excited for' Autumn..
No you're fucking not. You may be excited ABOUT it (if you're 5 years old) but you can't be excited on behalf of a season.

Can't we just say looking forward to, any more?

My particular bugbear is the word ‘perfect’. I’ve just been speaking to a medical professional who said perfect after everything I said.

The ever increasing normalisation of using 'f' instead of 'th'. It's not Mafs, it's maths. It's not free, it's three. It's everywhere and so lazy.

In a similar vein, 'anythink' and 'somethink'. There are no such words. Please speak properly. You sound incredibly thick speaking like that.

No it is not. Every time I reach for a pear I think of that phrase. 🙄

What's wrong with the word toilet? I hate people saying trouser for trousers, red lip for red lips, math for maths.
Also the latest mispronounced med-i- eval as med - eeval and mischievous as misch- eevious. Why are people missing a syllable from one and adding a syllable to another?

“Reach out” - you contact someone
”Cos” - its because
“Brought” - instead of bought
”Iconic” - is it a Russian idol?
”Curate” - are you a museum or art gallery?
”Kinda of” - either it is or it isn’t

I came across the word "Meekend" today, as in a weekend for "me".
It was mentioned in the i newspaper, as the portmanteau words that Gen Z tend to use, like "bromance, Brunch, Staycation, Chillax" etc..
Not keen.

I agree. It makes me cringe.

Meekend! That's the worst yet.

I don’t think Gen Z can be blamed for those words!

The number of people out and about who refer to their child as ‘baby’, ‘bubba’ or ‘bubs’.

He’s six FGS!!!!