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to think there are certain words that should never come out of an adult's mouth?

175 replies

GretaGip · 15/11/2012 22:19

Mean.

'Snot fair

Bobbies

I'm sure there's more...

OP posts:
Iceaddict · 16/11/2012 07:38

My friend and I say totes amaze only as a piss take I couldn't imagine actually meaning it.

meddie · 16/11/2012 07:39

Amazeballs, totes, well jel.. any of the essex word contractions.

Really grates when people add a K to hospital and little... likkle and hospikal.

DameEnidsOrange · 16/11/2012 07:40

A combination of wha Chaz and mummytime said.

Only a parent can use the in words ironically to wind up their teens.

ThatBastardSanta · 16/11/2012 07:40

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DameEnidsOrange · 16/11/2012 07:41

Actually can I add words where D is used instead of TH.

As in "dem kids wot said dat"

MissRabbitsCV · 16/11/2012 07:42

This has made me laugh. A group of women in our circle of friends say amazeballs, go on holibobs and one refers to her mum as Mumsie.

They also go on fairy weekends where they make fairy wings.

You're all 42 fgs!

DameEnidsOrange · 16/11/2012 07:44

Santa you haven't met my "trying too hard to be cool" 29yo cousin.

Can't delete from fb without causing wwiii but even though I hide his shite from my feed, I still see the other stuff he posts to other family members.

flow4 · 16/11/2012 07:44

The words are sickening... But making fairy wings is under-rated. You should just try going to Morrisons wearing fairy wings! Grin Grin

Absy · 16/11/2012 07:50

I would like to defend AMAZEBALLS. it does have it's uses, in limited circumstances e.g.
"David Hasselhoff will be performing in his underpants"
"amazeballs"

SuffolkNWhat · 16/11/2012 07:54

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SecretSparkle · 16/11/2012 08:01

ok can I add a string of words?

Anyone who ends anything (other than a web address/email address) with .com.

"I'm confused.com"
"Thats amazing.com"
"I'm excited.com"

Well I'm pissing annoyed.com!!!!

SecretSparkle · 16/11/2012 08:03

oh and I think if we're cringing at the work bub, we should probably do the same for bab/baby (bab-ee)

frantic51 · 16/11/2012 08:07

I used to call my dear, departed mother, "Mummy" and, "Mumsie" and I'm a lot older than 42! I think you're all being just horrid! Wink

ExasperatedSigh · 16/11/2012 08:11

workshy

benefit scroungers

I'm voting Conservative

Any of those idiotic contractions of names that Grazia seems to apply to public figures in order to infantilise them i.e. R-Pattz, K-Stew, K-Middy.

IceBergJam · 16/11/2012 08:17

We ask DD if she wants 'booby juice'.

I can't actually pronounce 'th' or hear the difference.

WorraLiberty · 16/11/2012 09:08

Anyone who says "Hash tag" before another word needs a poke in the eye.

Hash tag angry Angry

Trills · 16/11/2012 09:11

Scrooge was mean with his money.

The mean average can be more easily biased by outliers than the median.

Do you understand what I mean by that?

Some Victorian freakshows included a "snot fair" where interesting specimens of nasal discharge were displayed.

Bobbie in The Railyway Children is a girl yes, it's short for Roberta. Bobbies were quite common around that time.

mummytime · 16/11/2012 09:12

IceBergJam, were you raised in the UK or with English speaking parents?

Just curious, as I know all baies are supposed to be born with the ability to hear all sounds used in all languages, but gradually lose the ability to "hear" the ones not in their mother tongue, or the languages used around them as a baby.

BTW I agree.com :)

WorraLiberty · 16/11/2012 09:14

Trills, I have no idea why I read your post like a Kevin Bacon ad Grin

Anniegetyourgun · 16/11/2012 09:15

I use quite a few of those in a sort of ironic, post-modernist sense. And you can't stop me. So there. (Never "bubs" or "hubs" though, I have my standards.)

Kalisi · 16/11/2012 09:17

Lully instead of lovely. Infact lovely is pretty shit as well Hmm

stifnstav · 16/11/2012 09:20

Worra I have never heard anyone actually say hashtag but if I did I would probably die. It would be like a scene from The Ring.

lottiegarbanzo · 16/11/2012 09:25

Softlysoftly, i think you'll find that 'much more betterer' is perfectly acceptable Smile

I do think people here are wrong about horrid. It's old-fashioned rather than childish. I used it the other day and had one of those moments of realisation that I sound more 'posh' than I think I do.

YeahBuddy · 16/11/2012 09:28

Yy to the .com shite!

Also soz and simples make me slightly stabby Angry

Marzipanface · 16/11/2012 09:28

Oh dear. I say horrid and mean. I got the piss taken out of me the other day because I said 'ghastly'.