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...to think this is the ugliest word in the English language?

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DarceyBissell · 24/06/2013 19:18

...gobsmacked.
I have heard even BBC types say it, politicians even.
Every time I hear it I want to puncture my own eardrums. Ugly, crass, lazy, crude.
Also hate nouns as verbs - mothballed, torched etc.
Think I am too sensitive for this world.
Any other words/phrases make you see red?

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Primadonnagirl · 24/06/2013 19:39

Mince. In both senses of the word

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ScarletLady02 · 24/06/2013 19:40

I'm loving (Grin) the thought of melodious vaginas!

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Lovecat · 24/06/2013 19:41

Panties and Belly.

Makes me go funny even typing them

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DarceyBissell · 24/06/2013 19:42

Saying vagina when referring to labia and the other bits.

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snooter · 24/06/2013 19:44

Urgh MOIST - agree JRY - like damp knickers
Minge is pretty bad too

Favourites include Buttock, Pillock & Flounce

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froubylou · 24/06/2013 19:44

Crevice.
Moist.
Minge.
Knobsack.

All horrible.

Fanny is ace though and massively underused.

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pinkandpurplesparkle · 24/06/2013 19:45

"sup" and "cuppa" ... really hate these words

Particularly hate it when my cousin says "I've supped my cuppa and now I'm going to ....". Gah! Cannot cope with supping cuppas. Can't. Won't. Makes me all tetchy and seriously cross.

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sleepyhead · 24/06/2013 19:46

Succulent.

Luckily this mainly appears in the Lakeland catalogue (where all "roasts" are made thus via the use of a Remotska), so is fairly easy to avoid.

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DarceyBissell · 24/06/2013 19:47

I had an Aunt Fanny and she was well-used.

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TheFallenMadonna · 24/06/2013 19:48

But succulent and moist are such perfect words for what they describe.

And how could mucus be called anything else. I love them.

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mrsjay · 24/06/2013 19:48

Mucus and sputum are URG words

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Mabelface · 24/06/2013 19:49

I was gobsmacked to hear that having a chip butty with my brew whilst planning the roasties and Yorkshires for our Sunday dinner was considered vulgar.

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JRY44 · 24/06/2013 19:50

I also hate it when people use their instead of there .... Oops that was me!!

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missgrainger · 24/06/2013 19:50

'Tasked with' = 'Asked to do' Enrages me every time - may lash out and lose my job if they carry on

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FamiliesShareGerms · 24/06/2013 19:50

Scurf is a new one to me that makes me wretch.

yy to moist, mucus etc. Not onomatopoeic as such, but evoke some kind of similar literal feeling

Hate panties, scab, faecal, cum

Gobsmacked - I'm fine with that Smile

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TheFallenMadonna · 24/06/2013 19:51

Sputum too. It's a perfect.word!

My phone wants to autocorrect both mucus and sputum to doughnuts. Dough is another great word BTW...

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travellingwilbury · 24/06/2013 19:51

The worst is piece

But only when used by some knobber ( good word by the way ) when they are talking about a bloody shirt or a vase or some rubbish .

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Optimist1 · 24/06/2013 19:54

'Sparse', 'pus', 'phlegm'

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peeriebear · 24/06/2013 19:58

Ugh to succulent. Sumptuous is dreadful too.

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pollywollydoodle · 24/06/2013 19:59

buttock pillock &flounce would be good names in that rowan atkinson sketch where he reads out the boys names in school...Grin

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KnittedWaffle · 24/06/2013 20:01

Gusset and panties are both words that make me feel a bit queasy.

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littlehandcuffs · 24/06/2013 20:02

M*nge or Seepage

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ShatnersBassoon · 24/06/2013 20:03

Eggy is worse than any other word.

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pollywollydoodle · 24/06/2013 20:06

carking it isn't pleasant
cunt/minge/scrote/hole/arse biscuit are crude but have their place
lady bits/outsourcing/bubba/hubster are just wrong and have no legitimate use imo

partial to merkin thoughSmile

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Primadonnagirl · 24/06/2013 20:08

My friend calls pyjamas "piggies"as in "can't wait to get into my piggies " and it makes me want to smash her in the face,lovely as she is.

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