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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:
CBear6 · 09/10/2011 22:08

Wifi deliberately mispronounced as whiffy.

"Are you feeding your baby?" instead of specifying breast/bottle. Always makes me want to reply that I thought I'd let her starve.

Dongle.

Vajayjay. I'm pretty sure that if I used this word in an anatomy or biology exam I'd fail.

Asparagus.

littleacceb · 09/10/2011 22:09

Some American ones that are creeping over -

Owie
Amazeballs
Awesomesauce
Woot
Squee

RueTheDay · 09/10/2011 22:09

Utilise. Why when you could just say use?

depob · 09/10/2011 22:13

Beverage, purchase.
I'mm not being funny but ...
I can't get my head round ...

ramblinrose · 09/10/2011 22:14

Enjoy!
Cheeky red.

margoandjerry · 09/10/2011 22:18

Veggies. Really irritating. It's veg. As in meat & two veg. Or vegetables. Not veggies. Sounds wannabe US/Australian.

tifflins · 09/10/2011 22:18

'no brainer'
Omg I really hate it.

peeriebear · 09/10/2011 22:20

Oh god when people say they are going for a cheeky pint. AAAAGGHHH
Just go for a fucking pint. Nobody is going to wag a finger and say "Oi... Cheeky!" That's why the fucking pub is open, for people to go in and buy a drink! Aaaagh.

babycham42 · 09/10/2011 22:22

soiled

(goes and scrubs hands and puts knickers in a boil wash)

cannot tolerate it.

Muddlewitch · 09/10/2011 22:23

"My bad" that is awful.

Also when people start a sentance with "I'm sorry, but..." When it is something they are clearly not remotely sorry about.

Similarly with "I'm not being funny/rude but..." for the same reason.

"Blud" Used by DS and friends. Shudder.

FlumpsRule · 09/10/2011 22:24

Could of , should of .. have HAVE
omg
Literally - when it's not
innit

Bellared · 09/10/2011 22:25

Hunni bunch, hun, hunni
LOL
Ikkle
Flange - dont know why it just sounds rude.
Yeah man
Innit
Y'know what am sayin'? - In wannabe gansta accent. Innit.

Soups · 09/10/2011 22:28

Pumps. You mean shoes? The word grates anyway, but pumps sound like they should be plimsolls, or sneakers, or none technical trainer. Not ordinary shoes, these do not look like the word pumps

www.marksandspencer.com/gp/search?node=42967030&field-keywords=Pumps&extid=ps_ggl_WomenShoesStyle_PumpsGeneric&kwid=sGneU7H8q|pcrid|6667415139

they are shoes.

I have a love hate with "Awesome". I worked with someone recently who used it in such a lovely way. Odd, everyday things were "awesome" but said with humour, and a weird mixture of dryness and genuineness.

madam52 · 09/10/2011 22:30

'Later' or 'Lay err'

Not happy with replacing a whole sentence with one word you moron - oh no -you have to drop the fucking t from it aswell.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - and I was getting so much better - mustnt think of any more.

BarkisIsWillin · 09/10/2011 22:35

'sat' as in I was sat there - no you were not, you were sitting there

redexpat · 09/10/2011 22:37

Poorly.
Panties.

Driftwood999 · 09/10/2011 22:41

Phlegm

UKSky · 09/10/2011 22:43

Using "space" when you actually mean room or "outside space" instead of garden. It totally ruins my viewing of Grand Designs.

Oh and "Wow factor".....................

Now you've got me started.

clam · 09/10/2011 22:51

Belly.

Driving up standards

Worst of all: UNI. We are not in an episode of Neighbours, we are in the UK. It is uniVERSITY!

CBear6 · 09/10/2011 22:52

Stupid text-speak acronymns like pmpl and roflmao and whatever the hell else people use, also words with numbers in them like l8r.

Text-speak in general. When I read it I was to slap that person with a dictionary in the vain hope that they will absorb some of the words written within.

MichaelBooblie · 09/10/2011 22:57

Oh yes definitely 'wow factor'
'moreish' is probably my most hated though.
And on x factor/bb etc when they talk about their 'journey'

Catonkey · 09/10/2011 22:57

I know it's more about the spelling than the word itself, but I hate when "loose" is used instead of "lose".

Slurp - awful
Minge - makes my skin crawl

Catonkey · 09/10/2011 23:07

Lil man/lady/princess etc

Sexy, when it's used to describe a baby or child.

CBear6 · 09/10/2011 23:11

Catonky, yes! Sexy babies is just vile. When DD was born I was in theatre (EMCS) so had loads of staff pottering about and I overheard one of the surgeons comment that DD was really petite while another said she looked bigger than her actual weight, the midwife looking after her replied "she's lovely though, she's a sexy girl".

She's bloody lucky I was paralysed from the chest down.

CBear6 · 09/10/2011 23:12

Ooops, Catonkey (missed an 'e')

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