To ask what words make your teeth itch?

[scruffybird]

Or sayings?

Mine are:
bolt hole
bespoke
Bless

Minge-- vile word

It already has a mention but it is so awful it is worth another mention: oftentimes

"electric" as a noun e.g. "they cut off her electric". Grr.

'school run'
'girlie lunch'
'pamper time' (no! you are having a bath!)
'Me time'

When people say 'think' instead of 'thing' - as in 'anythink' or 'somethink'. And 'we was going to...' instead of 'we were going to'. Sorry Birmingham, just my personal prejudice.

bubbly to decribe nondescript fizzy wines
plonk to decribe alcohol
moreish as wanky culinary description

'learning curve'.... (grits teeth)
'He's been on a journey' (no, he's been in the Big Brother house for a few weeks, he's not been beyond a few walls and a very small fake garden)
'At the end of the day.....'
'Proactive'
'Work station' for desk
Beverage (another teeth gritter!)
'I did a bad' (an ADULT said this recently in my workplace!)

'Boho' 'folky' or 'ethnic' eg a skirt with a few tassels on it, or embroidery
Preppie / Preppy look
'Jesus wept!' ( a very NON religious colleague of mine says this constantly with a big sigh...I actually prefer her foul language to this one! (not because of blasphemy...it just winds me up)
'Yeah, I'm good' instead of am fine/ ok etc

Nom nom nom - when that advert for Nom yoghurt comes on with all the simpletons saying nom through mouthfuls of yoghurt it makes me want to vomit/punch something/both.

Pacific and expresso

I'm not being horrible but . My DSis does this all the bastard time.

This is really local, but I hate it when newsreaders pronounce the river Nene as Neen, I can't bear it. Oh, and nucular instead of nuclear, I heard someone on Radio 4 do this and it nearly made me cry.

I'm going to stop now as I'm getting carried away!

"relish" and "refreshments". Refreshments sounds like it should be chilled sherbet pop (not unlike the flavour of those the refresher sweets) but its always instant coffee, watery tea and catering pack biscuits.

Nom, yes. Refreshments/beverages.

Nibbles/bits. I've just put some nibbles out. I'm just serving some bits. Sounds hideously twee.

This is a brilliant thread and so many of my particular hates have already been mentioned:-

playdate - eugh
moist, gusset, panties

and yum, yummy and any variant of these. I remember being on a date (many, many years ago) and I had made dinner and he sat down and actually said "oh, this looks yum" Well, that wasn't the main reason we broke up, but I did remember, with disgust, him saying that.

I also hate tabloid words - "stunned onlooker" - aye right. "crisis talks" - yes Jude Law is having problems again, and I absolutely detest call for/calling for - as in "parent calls for review of ...whatever" or "Stunned passengers call for overhaul of the bus/buggies systems . Called for - just sounds so entitled, as if (hard to explain) they just need to call for something, and the world obeys.

Also with the posters who said "admit" - like it's a dirty secret , emotional rollercoaster and journey, Feck off, knobs.

Oh, and did I mention gusset - the worst word in the world, ever

Oh god yes - nom nom nom.

Nom off you moronic nom head! [hangry].

oh, I forgot...."awwwww, what's up hun/hunni" All of these words together = bleugh

'lets draw a line in the sand'

and

'it's in your gift'

and the improper use of the phrase 'alluded to' -if you are going to use a word in a speech, at least understand what it means!!!

May have already been done but:
Ignorant - when the person means ignoring. For example, somebody walks past you, doesn't stop to chat and then later says 'I wasn't beinbg ignorant' Yes, yes you were.

His - as an alternative to he's. 'His going out' Makes me want to scream

Needs done - no, it needs doing or it needs to be done.

I'm sure there are loads more, I'm a fussy thing.

I've come back for a second go. Not a word this time, but the way some people will insist on the use of 'equally as' - eg. 'it's equally as important'.

No, it's not! it's just 'equally important'. Gaaah.

And while I'm at it, why do people say 'you have two choices' when in fact, you have ONE choice? You either do one thing, or the other thing - that's a choice. You can choose between two alternatives. Double gaaah

Fab.