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

[DarceyBissell]

...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?

As in the lyrics of "Penny Lane" a fish and fingered pie : )

What's a m*nge?

I've never seen a word spelled with a * before - how modern! What does it mean?

Mange, it's a skin disease in animals. It's pretty upsetting to some people I guess.

Baw bag

Handkerchief sounds disgusting to me.

And I'm sorry, but I always cringe when I see the poster wankerchief on here. I'm sure you're lovely but your name makes me boak, sorry.

Panties is a horrid word. It makes me shudder.

I don't like 'scanty' because it makes me think of the description 'scanty discharge'.

But my all time least favourite word is 'besoin' in French. The combination of those phonemes just makes me want to gag.

Anything twee like ....popped instead of put, veggies instead of vegetables. Also the phrases "of an eveni g" and "just the one".

So many awful words have been mentioned, but the one word I literally cannot bring myself to say is 'snot'. Gah, that makes me feel bad even to type it.

Gobsmacked just means shocked beyond words or stunned. How about flabbergasted, then? I think the former is more descriptive.

Sourced ..as in "such and such sourced this sofa from ikea" makes me feel bleugh

Panties

I think the only rational hatred I have is for a word that isn't actually a word but seems to be written on Facebook and such....

Omnomnom

Clunge.

We have The Inbetweeners to thank for that wee gem

Titties :(

Agatha

'On trend' makes me feel so, so stabby. Anyone who says this is a vacuous cunt.

Also 'can I get...?' instead of 'can I have...?'. I hate hearing people order food or drinks in this way. No, you can't get it - that would involve you physically going into the kitchen and bringing it back. I know this makes me a pedant but it's grammatically incorrect, goddammit.

Not sure why but the word 'darling' makes my toes curl.

'Puke' is an awful word though I use it occasionally when I forget how much I hate it

Nowt wrong with a lovely cuppa or a nice butty lucky you dont live uuupp nooorth then!

Stabby. Gah. Boak. Nethuns. Oh wait.... [Hmm]

lovelies I agree can't stand when people "source" things.

Also hate panties, and when people call cling film "cling"

Moist, thought it was the worst word ever until I met Moist Von Lipwig - who I actually have a slight crush on...

Chairman - being a pedant, grammar-wise, is a good thing.
We have our own corner on MN.

Oh good darcy. Can I take a seat?

I suspect this thread will draw me back again and again. Other pet hates: 'product' for anything beauty related (I mean, anything can be a product. Dog food is a product but you don't smear it in your shitting hair do you?); and 'vintage' as in 'I love buying vintage'. Vintage what? We used to call it second hand in my day. Get over yourself!

I enjoy gobsmacked and gutted when they are used to mean shocked/stunned and - well - I can't even find a way to describe the way gutted feels as it's such a perfect descriptor in itself.

Can't abide titties or panties as words, though. Eeeeew.