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To have such hatred for certain words? Which words make you shudder?

274 replies

littlemisssunny · 04/09/2012 13:36

Am I unreasonable to hate the words

Congealed

Treacherous (think that's the right spelling)! I know the meaning of this word isn't nice so can kind of see why I don't like it, but I cringe when I hear it!

Which words do you hate?

OP posts:
NellyJob · 04/09/2012 20:08

why thank you alexreidslonelybraincell - like your nick too..Smile

Vagabond · 04/09/2012 20:14

dump

grow a tail

Both are awful. Poo is just fine!

AmIthatbad · 04/09/2012 20:16

Yum
Yum
Yum

oh, and Yummy

Why?

limitedperiodonly · 04/09/2012 20:21

notjustamummy I see your thee-etter and raise 'an 'otel'

I like slacks though. I use it with frock in an ironic way which is possibly ironic only to me.

All of tassissss's especially uni. Can you sort out your apostrophes btw because it's bothering me.

vagabond I find the sort of person who says footie far more distressing than those who say rugger. It must be the company I keep Wink

crackcrackcrak · 04/09/2012 20:22

Mamma. So twee.

firawla · 04/09/2012 20:30

another horrible one is when people say

me likes or me love that - its I!! me sounds so wrong, don't know why people would say it, clearly they know its wrong but just say it anyway Confused

dont like 'methinks' either

Ilovedaintynuts · 04/09/2012 20:34

Bubs. Flange. Moist. Areola. Vulva. Glans.
"anal glands" makes my stomach flip.
Nub. Nom nom is hideous.

olibeansmummy · 04/09/2012 20:35

That thing on the end of your boob that starts with N, see I can't even type it!

maddiemostmerry · 04/09/2012 20:39

Vigour, I don't know why but I know I don't like it Hmm

Agree with flange and moist.

Titter and fingered.

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 04/09/2012 20:46

Oh and medieval-isms - Tis, T'was, Methinks. You don't sound witty or clever, you sound like a twat.

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 04/09/2012 20:47

Oops sorry Firawla, cross posted. :)

Creamtea1 · 04/09/2012 21:00

Also BABYDANCING or bd'ing

Cringe!!

Dawndonna · 04/09/2012 21:18

Crepuscular.
I have no idea why.

Alligatorpie · 05/09/2012 05:47

Man friend ( one word - iPad keeps auto correcting) hate it!

StealthPolarBear · 05/09/2012 06:13

Buggy, sleeps and "school night" from an adult

MarchelineWhatNot · 05/09/2012 06:21

femininity... I always imagine someone in a long flowery skirt wiping her fanny with a perfumed 'feminine wipe'

Nelly Grin. I laughed so much at that, I thought I was going into labour!

peedoffbird · 05/09/2012 06:32

Making love - can't say it out loud and want to squeal when I hear it!

Also titties. Imagine it being said by a dirty old man.

The kids at school say "I got belly ache".

twolittlebundles · 05/09/2012 06:42

jiz
moist
chunk (makes me want to vomit just thinking it)

marriednotdead · 05/09/2012 06:44

Maggots

AViewfromtheFridge · 05/09/2012 06:51

Using myself instead of me. ("Come and speak to myself"...eeeuuch.)

Fanny.

Mint, when used as a replacement for good.

Similarly, beast - not sure if this is just particulate to the school I work in, but it really grinds my gears. "Ah, that's well beast!"

AViewfromtheFridge · 05/09/2012 06:52

And the word I appear to have just invented, particulate.

TheFillyjonk · 05/09/2012 07:32

Seep is the worst, most disgusting word I can think of. NOTHING good seeps.

Words like or 'experimentalise' or 'historicologist' - what's wrong with experiment and historian?

I loathe the word 'toddler', it just sounds really stupid.

Sprog, spud, preggers, fab, cum, nip as in 'just nipping off to Tesco' and pop as in 'pop it in there, dear'. All irritating.

Shodan · 05/09/2012 07:46

Definitely agree with spittle, panties, serviette (it's never a serviette, it's a paper napkin) and hubby.

My pet hate is the word cunt though. So unnecessary and vile.

But I do love the word moist, especially in conjunction with the word towelette. Nothing beats a moist towelette, imo. Grin

limitedperiodonly · 05/09/2012 08:06

I say 'nipping' and 'popping' here and there Sad

The Toddler was our nickname for a boss. It was very accurate on many fronts and not affectionate.

About 25 years one of my first bosses was enraged by 'hospitalized'. She told us we were not living in a US made-for-TV-movie and were never to use it even if we spelled it with an 's'.

She's lost the battle. God knows what she would make of 'experimentalise' or 'historicologist'.

I hope for her sake she's now hospitalised in the Twilight Home for the Bewildered and spends her days trying vaguely to remember what it was she used to get so het up about.

greencolorpack · 05/09/2012 08:10

Chav.

It's a word used to define in crowds and out crowds. If you use it you assume everyone else agrees with you about the term, like it's an acceptable term for your fellow human beings. A bit like how certain racist words were used to make you feel you are part of a certain crowd who hates another crowd. I have one friend who uses it all the time and it grates with me. I reject the role of being part of the in crowd implied by the word.