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To ask what words make your teeth itch?

319 replies

scruffybird · 09/10/2011 20:32

Or sayings?

Mine are:
bolt hole
bespoke
Bless

OP posts:
peeriebear · 09/10/2011 20:43

It annoys me greatly when people say 'a scissors'.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 09/10/2011 20:43

leetle and 'lil' - in equal measure
yummy-mummy, mummy-milk
'deconstruct'

peeriebear · 09/10/2011 20:44

Hahaha tasty gusset :o

squeakytoy · 09/10/2011 20:44

boden
babysling
baby led weaning

apologist

Shinyshoes1 · 09/10/2011 20:45

Bespoke and it's to die for

I'm sure it's really not to die for is it Hmm

GloriaSmud · 09/10/2011 20:46

Credit Crunch ~ don't think it's used so often now but was a few years ago, at the beginning of the recession. Not only made my teeth itch but made me want to throw something at the TV everytime someone said it on the news.

RiffRaffeta · 09/10/2011 20:46

Portion

NorksAreMessy · 09/10/2011 20:47

The fashion singular 'the autumn trouser', 'a low heeled pump'

AAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGHHHHH!

Uppity · 09/10/2011 20:47

Hubby

scruffybird · 09/10/2011 20:47

Oh and,
love them to death

OP posts:
MrsMilton · 09/10/2011 20:47

I hate broody.

And babe.

And thanking you for thank you.

And trouser for trousers.

Pieces for clothes.... yuk.

NorksAreMessy · 09/10/2011 20:48

And the footballer's odd verb tenses

"so he's gone up to the ref and he's said something and the ref has said..."

I don't even know what to call that tense

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH

TidyDancer · 09/10/2011 20:48

I can't stand 'babywearing'. It's icky.

Thatawkwardmoment · 09/10/2011 20:49

My bad
Can I get (as opposed to "can I have")
Oh my days

Maisiethemorningsidecat · 09/10/2011 20:49

Juicy (I can barely bring myself to type it)
Moist
Baby led weaning
Play date
Hubby
Bubs/babby
Any form of management speak
Jobby (aka poo)
24/7
Closure
Journey (to mean life experience)

VikingBlood · 09/10/2011 20:50

Norks it's called past perfect.

madam52 · 09/10/2011 20:50

Awesome - no its not fucking awesome - its a fucking cheese toastie I've just handed you not a fucking long lost solid gold relic once belonging to Tutankhamun

sorry Blush

Maisiethemorningsidecat · 09/10/2011 20:50

Oh and space (to mean a room)

openerofjars · 09/10/2011 20:51

Chav
Tits
Hubby
Agree with "yummy mummy", horrible.
Horrid
Appropriate (as an adjective)
Dump (as in crap)
Mare, if used as abbreviation of nightmare.
Strategic. Makes me fall asleep. Why is a plan somehow more beloved by management if it is strategic? And who on earth intentionally makes naive, vague, pointless or disorganised plans? It is utter bollocks.

DuffyMoon · 09/10/2011 20:51

boobs

HowlingWereWolfBitch · 09/10/2011 20:52

Yummy mummy
Bub
Tighty whiteys
No

Pandygirl · 09/10/2011 20:54

"cute" and anything pronouced poorly "fink" "firsty"

MogTheForgetfulCat · 09/10/2011 20:55

Gah! Someone beat me to 'gusset'.
Also really loathe 'eclectic' - not for the word itself per se but for the way in which it's so often used, random sleb asked to define her personal style for fawning magazine article always says 'eclectic'
'Little man' - bleurgh.

MogTheForgetfulCat · 09/10/2011 20:56

Oh, and 'crash pad' - it's a bloody flat, ffs.

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