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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:
JimmysMum1988 · 16/11/2012 10:43

Toutes amaze

ToffeeCaramel · 16/11/2012 11:04

hubs

HenriettaChicken · 16/11/2012 11:49

'Can you action that?' No, but I can do it...

Also, and rather randomly, my mum says 'Ta' instead of thank you. Drives me irrationally wild.

Maybe I should just chillax.

HullyEastergully · 16/11/2012 11:51

yes

kerala · 16/11/2012 11:56

Hubby and cuppa. I could never be friends with anyone that used these terms more than once.

Hennycluckington · 16/11/2012 11:59

Mega
Happy bunny

They actually make me feel violent ill

Sidge · 16/11/2012 12:10

I detest 'sexy' in any reference to a child, eg sexy li'l man, sexy legs etc.

Just GROSS. Children are not sexy. Stop it. It's horrid.

Iceaddict · 16/11/2012 12:19

Agree sidge. Vile Angry

MonaLotte · 16/11/2012 12:21

I fucking HATE hollibobs!

Svrider · 16/11/2012 12:22

Then she turned round and said

Then he turned round and said
And then they both turned round and said

WTAF
Weren't they both dizzy at this point??

Svrider · 16/11/2012 12:23

Also agree with sidge
Children are NOT sexy
1day old babies are NOT sexy

DameEnidsOrange · 16/11/2012 12:29

YY to the sexy.

A friend refers to her GSD as a sexy beast. Most horrid worrying

TENDTOprocrastinate · 16/11/2012 12:31

There is Nothing wrong with horrid. It sounds much better than horrible. Dropping the "h" bothers me though- "orrible"

Saying "I done this, I done that" instead of "I made this, I did that" etc.

SecretSparkle · 16/11/2012 12:32

ooooh how about forward?

but in terms of
"Lets move forward with this"
"Once we have all the information we'll be able to decide how best to move foward"

With all this forward moving I wonder why I bothered buying a sat nav!!

JessieMcJessie · 16/11/2012 12:33

Another one against "yummy" here. It always makes me think of the hapless Clare Swires.

Mandy2003 · 16/11/2012 12:37

Out of an adult's mouth when directed at a child -> stupid. Or indeed idiot.

Mrsjay · 16/11/2012 12:50

I say horrid. I also say jolly and ghastly. As I have an RP accent, I just sound like I escaped from the 30's not like a small child

Grin is your hair set in a wave and are you wearing a felt hat and some pearls and frightfully posh Wink

daddyorchipsdaddyorchips · 16/11/2012 12:59

YY hubs! I read a thread with this all over the OP's post and it bothered me so much I had to close the thread Confused

snoozed · 16/11/2012 13:09

I've heard people round here describe food as 'fit' as in attractive.... E.g. That's a fit sandwich.

Yy to nom nom, .com, simples, boak, holibobs, can I get,.... actually this thread has got me quite worked up.

Oh and mil calling dd 'boofuls'...aagh!

FestiveDigestive · 16/11/2012 13:18

"somebloke" - I chuckled at the idea of staff being called for the evening huddle. It makes me picture all the staff having a big group hug and getting emotional. How dissapointing that it wasn't the case Sad

loopylou6 · 16/11/2012 13:29

Grin me and dh say leggies (legs) eggies (eggs) our DC are 13 and 8 Blush it just comes natural now.

Its especially funny in the supermarket when one of us says, ' I'll go get the eggies' and people look at us like this »» Hmm

Plomino · 16/11/2012 13:57

' Basically ' , when used as the first word of a long and involved tale of someone's uncle's cousin by marriage's next door neighbours cat being dissed on Facebook innit.

As soon as I hear that word , I tune out . No one's noticed yet .

Goofus · 16/11/2012 14:02

ickle DH has said this a few times. You can only imagine how hard it is for me to not hit him! The evil glare I shoot him obviously is not enough of a message! Hmm

panties just bloody.....

WineGoggles · 16/11/2012 15:41

Any form of text speak unless it's in a text (and even then it's often stupid)

Panties. Especially spoken by posh middle aged men in sexy mode [boak]

Whoopsie
Uber
Simples
"Are you done?" instead of "have you finished?"

Starting sentences with "So....". There's no need for it.

CinnabarRed · 16/11/2012 16:37

What's wrong with "oblong"?