To hate it when tomato ketchup is called Tommy K?

[Itsgottabebags]

Like in the ASDA advert?

YANBU I have never heard that until i saw the advert, annoying and bloody stupid!

It's tomato sauce. Tommy K/ketchup drives me mad

This is a bit off the point of the thread but Worra and others. Re the abreviation ASPIES I can understand concern at this term if it was being used in a derogatory way, however, my DS who is 15 and has a dx of Asperger's self-identifies as an "Aspie" and particularly he identifies with the Aspie movement and the idea of "Aspies for freedom" - ie that they are differently normal, don't need or want a "cure" (but need understanding) and have many valuable strengths, ideas and talents which can and do enhance the lot of humanity at large.

Lots of that kind of thing round here,

Yorkies for yorkshire puddings.

Morribobs for morrisons

Primes for primark

Yolo for you only live once

Hanging for hangover

Voddy for vodka

Lecky for electric

Jollys for holiday

Makes me want to move away.

Holibobs.

Anyone who uses this word care to enlighten as to the point? Is it to make you sound cute? A bit zany? Do you think you're being original or 'out there' by using it? What??

The word is holiday! Same number of syllables and everything...

Eurgh quadrupled to holibobs. Am vomiting as i type. Wtf. Holifuckingdays would be more asseptibble (as supernanny used to say) than that holibobs bollocks.

Oh and 'nom'.

Nom makes me want to nom you over the head.

Don't even get me started on nom nom nom nom nom.

I had not come across Tommy K until this thread. I have given the monitor a sharp slap. Let it be no more.

Aww you guys are all harshing my mellow :(

Using slightly different than the convention words is fun honest

I've never heard this, and I've certainly never heard an American say catsup.

I think Brits have a monopoly on silly abbreviations/slang. Brekkie, din dins, walkies. All cringe worthy.

Still incredulous as "morribobs". Speechless

My MIL calls ketchup 'Blood' to my kids- it's revolting!!! As in 'Would you like Blood on it?' referring to their dinner. Even when they tell her that it 'grosses them out'. YUCK!! Tommy K not as bad as this!

tequila Is it a northern fing then?

i now live in the south-west- that would splain it....

In our house it's affectionately known as "chippy sauce". In polite company it is simple tomato sauce. Red sauce is just wrong as is tommy K. . Maybe because we are Australian and we slather it over everything, we are protective of what it's called? I also really dislike the word ketchup even though I much prefer it to tomato sauce; and that is all we buy (the product not the word).

And McDonalds is "maccas". Or "golden arches" when talking in code in front of the kids- when deciding if we are going to go there. Just sayin'

Oh and they have "noogies" up their nose (snot)(not Australian- just what my 4year old calls it and everyone in the family has adopted it).

In my part of Wales Ketchup is known as "Sauce Marty"

I never say brown sauce, always HP. can't be doing with that Daddies shite.

The only nickname we seem to use is "chippies" occasionally.

I think YABatinybitU because I do love the way Liverpuddlians find an alternative word for things, like Leccy and scratchies.

I find it quite amusing.

emsyj I think you're conflating Tommy Steele and Danny Kaye...

I had never heard of Tommy K before clicking on this. What a sheltered life I lead.

YOLO for 'you only live once'? REALLY?

it'll be Totes Amazeballs Que?

YabentirelyU

Tommy K is a perfectly legitimate descriptive name for my most favourite sauce.

love minceyPs......

"Preggers" is another word that needs to be banished. Along with "hubby". Although I save a particularly scornful level of scorn to anyone who thinks that words need to end with "pops". Babies, for example, have wind. They do not suffer from "windypops".

Has anyone noticed that the have changed the wording in the asda ad tonight from tommy k to Heinz ketchup?

It's probably some awful northern dialect thing. You wouldn't hear it called "Tommy Kay" in Waitrose.

I'd never heard of it and I live up north and they seem to have loads up here (Although, recently I have seen my midland friends using some, so its obviously heading south!).

Tommy k is now added to my list! What a ridiculous thing to say.

WTF @ the "morribobs" and "sainsbos" people.

My other hated words inclue; Preggers/preggo/preggie/pregs.
Fammo/Fambo (family)
Amazeballs
Totes
Jel
Mint (that game is mint... Wtf)
Me duck/duck/duckie (I don't go QUACK)
Bird (for woman) nor do I chirp!
Sket
Scrating (crying)

I have more!

Toppers to refer to topshop, although I have never heard anyone call it this in real life just seen it in shitty magazines.