Words and phrases that make you shudder

[GreatUserName]

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>

@MargoLivebetter I've heard of it in this context

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20nook%20and%20cranny

It was rhetorical but thank you @GreatUserName . It often features in interior design magazines where they refer to an open cupboard or a small corner feature as a "nook". I am immediately repelled, outwardly shudder and have to cease reading. Sometimes you see museums or other public spaces advertising a "reading nook" or "hobby nook" or similar, where they've put a cushion and a few old books or a small table and some bits of paper. It is often accompanied by the word cozy, which should also be on my shudder list.

I probably need to step away from the thread now. I appear to have disappeared up my own nook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂

@MargoLivebetter now this is weird.
Just walked into the living room and Garden Rescue is on, the presenter just said "in every nook and cranny of your garden"! 😅

My bad, it’s a child’s saying not a grown man who work with who frequently says this

That is a regional dialect.

Squeaky bum time
Hubby
IYKYK
Curate
GRWM
Of instead of have
Yous
Eye, lip etc in the context of make up application
Gassed
Buzzing
My person
Feel a type of way
Vibe

Well, not exclusively. It's also laziness.

Buddy - when referring to a boy child in the UK.

Shut the 'bleep' up - I've been left the ex 26 years, yet it still makes me shudder. Yes 'bleep' is the actual f word

Pamper/pampering, particularly in relation to spa days - I’d run a mile.

Could somebody tell me why 'moist' is so hated? I'm a gardener and use it all the time - 'Cover with grit and keep the pot moist'. 'Well-drained but moist soil.' I must use it nearly every day. It means not wet, not dry, and I couldn't do without it.

It isn’t, really.

It’s just one of those pop culture things that people feel they need to buy into.
I think Stephen Fry was the first person to publicly say it, and people just hopped on the bandwagon from there.

“I’ve found my tribe/people” when people are merely agreeing with something trivial like a crisp flavour or type of coffee.

edited for grammar

Yes, I've no idea what the problem is. It's a fine word and great in regards to sponge cake too. It's just tedious jumping on the bandwagon I reckon.

Earliest use of "brunch" in print is apparently 1895 by British writer Guy Beringer.

I was born in the early 50s and "nook and cranny" was often used, especially if you were looking for something, you'd be asked: "Are you sure you've looked in every nook and cranny?"

There were "inglenook" fireplaces in cottages and farmhouses. They have a recessed space (or nook) next to a hearth, or benches built into both sides of the fireplace. The word has a long history.

You'll sometimes hear people use the Spoonerism - "Yes, I've looked in every crook and nanny".

I'm so old I can remember the tune to the song "In a shady nook, by a babbling brook" written in 1922 and recorded in 1944.

No it isn't.

‘Sweet spot’

For context

’I’m obsessed’
’it is what it is’

Defo

101%

1000000%

Ooh. That's "giving" Haiku!

Buttery soft, indeed.

Which leads me to the classic CRUSTY BREAD

Grrrr

I can't stand "a feed".
Give baby "a feed".
S/he has "a feed" every 19.5 minutes or something or other like that.