To ask what words make your teeth itch?

[scruffybird]

Or sayings?

Mine are:
bolt hole
bespoke
Bless

Gobsmacked.
Guestimate.

I hate - 'they did it two times' no they bloody didn't they 'did it twice'

Playdate and Self-soothing. Both words frequently used on here that make me want to scream

Anything involving the phrase "he gave 110%"

"sorry, but...."

people that should know better (that's you Paul Hollywood) pronouncing creme patissiere "creme patisserie". The patisserie is where you BUY the creme patissiere, you simpleton

OhdearNigel, I think I love you. I'm so pleased to hear that it wasn't just me shouting at the telly every time he said creme patisserie!

Isnt it funny how we all seem to dislike similar stuff?

Great minds think alike!

Oh, now I am here

Sanitary
Yucca
Chutney
Boggle

Refusnik
Panties
Heart , as 'I heart cream cakes'
Bright

Oh my god, sleepyspaniel thank you so much for posting "Luxe". It's so utterly pretentious and crap - clearly the mags were overusing the word luxury (and so was everyone - I mean "luxury soap" to describe an ordinary bar of white soap from the supermarket - ditto luxury toilet tissue - actually come to think of it, toilet tissue needs a whole post of its own) so decided to just go with a french word instead. And in Woman & Home (yes I am that age, spiritually at least) they say things like "treat yourself with a luxe hot chocolate".

Also joining the mourning for the loss of the word twice - to be replaced by two times (the Fugees started this!) and the generally horrific use of language in evidence on all Dove products. "contains 1/4 moisturising cream". It doesn't contain 1/4 moisturising cream in the same way that my family does not contain 2/3 women and 1/3 men. What they mean is that 25% of the cream is made up of moisturising cream but it ends up sounding like one of the ingredients is something called 1/4 moisturising cream which sounds as though it has the same relationship to moisturising cream as skimmed milk has to full fat milk.

And finally Pamper. Horrific.

o.m.g

'Faux' leather/fur. You mean plastic!

or pleather, surely - another teeth-irritant!

Pacific instead of specific! Grrrrrr

Gillett, it's a bloody body warmer get over your self.

"help yourself/I'll help myself/helping himself"

It just sounds really limp and I can't put my finger on why.

I hate it when the staff at my dd's nursery call me 'Mum'. Makes my skin crawl and I want to shout 'no I am not your Mum, I am dd's'. I have held my tongue, but I still hate it.

"make your teeth itch" hate it.

'Resonate' ie used to justify impulse buys -'it really resonated with me so I had to buy it' I used to hear this frequently when working in a jewellery shop.
'Play it by ear'.....arghhh!
Colour pop eg 'the hot pink eyeshadow will make your eyes pop' (really?! How messy! Do i need an umbrella then? ! or brolly, that word must annoy some of you!?
A 'spot of lunch' - my friend hates this so much she nearly dumped a guy over his request for a 'spot of lunch' date! He used 'lush' frequently too! (They are no longer together!)
'Will that work for you?' instead of saying for example, 'Could we meet at five?'
Colour block (i've just had this today ,again, at a retail meeting. What's wrong with 'one colour', 'all red', etc!)
Cheeky (I know this has been said earlier) One of my customers uses this for everything eg 'any new cheeky shirts in for me?' 'I've got a hangover after a few cheeky ones last night'

'Coffee morning'
'I'm going to treat myself'
'Hubby'
'I just had a Starbucks'
and the fashion magazine favourite...'think' as in - 'think 80's Madonna but with a Gaga modern twist' 'think preppy student' 'think granny chic crossed with Alexa classic'

yes agree with Playdate! and Dress Up! Used to be plain old dressing up in my day!
Girlie night
Girls night in (or out)
Family time/ family meal

Adding ...tic/istic to the end of - well anything really i.e. My lady garden needs specialistic treatment. What is wrong with just "special", I have heard someone say "that is really economicalistic"

SiL has just apologised for being late by saying "You know me, I'm always lastminute.com"

I hate haitch instead of aitch.
I also hate pacific instead of specific and expresso instead of esspresso.

Then I saw this and realised I was not alone

bubba
buggy
awesome
whatever
lol
yummy mummy (oh, do fuck off)

Just thought, I loathe and despise stupid women's magazine articles that say things like 'Fast forward to June 2011 ...' or 'Cue much excitement.' Not sure why. I think it's because it just seems like lazy writing.

"... and the rest is history". Well maybe to you.