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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:
proudfoot · 10/10/2011 10:05

Oh I agree about moreish

ImperialBlether · 10/10/2011 10:11

Oooh good question.

Sorry, OP, but "make your teeth itch" is one that I reall hate.

Also:

  • I'm liking (if ever there was a phrase that indicated you have no knowledge of grammar, this is it)
  • Enjoy (that puts me off my dinner if a waiter says that)
  • Lil (reminds me of the early chatrooms for some reason)
  • Moist (disgusting word)
DharmaLovesDraco · 10/10/2011 10:11

Nom, nom, nom - I hate it and it makes me want to punch something (usually the person that has used it)

Moist

LMAO

I am sure there are many, many more.

ImperialBlether · 10/10/2011 10:11

Oh and when people say "OMG" or "LOL."

chinateacup · 10/10/2011 10:11

Twinge
Gutted

FourEyesGood · 10/10/2011 10:25

Devastated (when used about something more trivial than, say, a death)
Hopefully (when used to mean "I hope" instead of "in a manner full of hope")
Pedant (when directed at me) Grin

MonaLotte · 10/10/2011 10:42

Onus
Pithy
Ickle
Nippy
Pokey
Pooey Nappy

and most of the ones mentioned already.

harrietlichman · 10/10/2011 10:42

awesome, bonzer, wicked 'well' instead of very or really (well annoys me)
man-shape, OMG, and 'you know what?....' before being told something (I think Posh Spice uses this affectation.) Drives me bloody mad.

ImperialBlether · 10/10/2011 10:46

Oh yes, manshape is awful. Sorry, I know why it's used, but it's really, really awful.

Thingumy · 10/10/2011 10:47

Fanny.

MonaLotte · 10/10/2011 10:48

Forgot, I also hate

"His Nibs"

TakeThisOneHereForAStart · 10/10/2011 11:07

Babs (used for babies or for people called Barbara)

Tog (for quilts and duvets etc)

Thanking you

Hun or Chick or (worst of the worst) Shugs

Anyone calling a magazine a book. Especially my IL's calling the TV guide from the newspaper the "telly book"

TakeThisOneHereForAStart · 10/10/2011 11:13

I forgot some.

Chillaxin' - SIL puts this as her facebook status a lot.

Bored.com/drunk.com/tired.com etc - also favourites of SIL's.

MothershipG · 10/10/2011 11:29

Fecund

ReebleBeeble · 10/10/2011 11:37

For me its;
Criminality (or any other word ith -ality at the end made up by polititians)
gusset
Poo, stool or faeces (its poop in our house, I dont care how much the nurse at the docs laughs at me)
Hun/hon (especially when I dont know them)
And technically not a word but I HATE when people put kisses at the end of posts or statuses (ie: Burt Reynolds is having a nice cuppa xxxxxx) Fuck you, and fuck your kisses.

IvyAndGold · 10/10/2011 12:03

Oh god, yes, when people say how they're feeling with '.com' at the end. What? Just... what??

loveglove · 10/10/2011 12:05

"close of play"

beakinthebeeswax · 10/10/2011 12:14

Guesstimate
coil
basically this basically that

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 10/10/2011 12:15

meal as in 'going out for a meal'
chillax
babbie instead of baby
matinee (makes me feel sick and embarrassed, that one)
fanjo (sorry, know it's an MN one but it makes me cringe)
portion

TakeThisOne, I am WITH you on people calling magazines books! I have only ever heard it from members of my family from the West Midlands. Is it the same for you?

Pendeen · 10/10/2011 12:15

Can teeth itch?

GoodAndBluts · 10/10/2011 12:20

Slack(MIL uses it to describe her bowel movements )
Sarnie

And I loathe loathe loathe text speak from grown women, especially on here and on Facebook, there is just no need for it! Acronyms yes, text speak nooooooo.

GoodAndBluts · 10/10/2011 12:21

Oh and "a coffee" instead of "a cup of coffee" grrrrr

PetiteRaleuse · 10/10/2011 12:22

"making teeth itch" is my most hated experssion after 'mumpreneur" and "mummyblogger" and "yummymummy" and "slummy mummy". Oh, and WAG.

There's a theme there isn't there

HellonHeels · 10/10/2011 12:23

Have we had arks yet? As in "I arksed him to do it" Grrrrrrrrrrr

RIZZ0 · 10/10/2011 12:24

"Minge"
"Shocking pink"