To hate it when people shorten the names of food?

[muminthecity]

Strawbs is the worst one I've heard recently. Veg, spag bol and pots also set my teeth on edge. I don't mind so much when they are written down, it's when they're said out loud that I find it fills me with rage irritating. None of these are particularly difficult words to say so why? Why do it? Anyone else feel my pain, or am I just weird?

(In case anyone asks, I know it isn't the biggest problem in the world, and yes I do have better things to worry about .)

I call porridge 'podge'. Can't be doing with a whole other second syllable. Too much eff.

It's hypocritical in this house. I say spag bol and veg, but biccies, pots, strawbs etc give me the rage.

No idea why spag bol and veg don't bother me but pretty much every other shortening drives me crazy.

Jackets, pop, sarnie... Yuk!

Veggies for vegetables gives me the rage. Don't know why.

What about mash? Is that dreadful too?

Biccies, brekkie, choccy, all vile words!

Used to call vodka voddy.

I hate you all. (Except those of you who have agreed with me, of course )

Biccie, cuke and toms are just awful. Sarnie is another bad one. I think strawbs and pots are still the worst ones. "Who fancies jacket pots for dinner, followed by strawbs and cream?" Just stop it, speak like an adult you bastard!

DPs cousin recently wrote on facebook that she was having cuzzy (custard) for a treat.

She is now referred to as cuzzy in our house.

My mum doesn't even say spag bol, she says 'spag bag'. It doesn't even make sense!

I'm on the fence with mash. Wouldn't use it myself but don't think I'd be too upset if someone else did.

I say Tommy K. And when I say it, I say it loud and say it proud.
YABVVU. I reflect with some degree of satisfaction the amount of time I save by utilising this contraction.

I am so glad there is a thread about this!

Agreeing with the spag bol, biccies, choccy, brekkie, Tommy sauce
Also don't like chippies (chips)
Never heard any one refer to potatoes as pots, or strawbs, Vicky sponge. Find them strange!

Don't mind veg, and narna (for banana) is ok for children

heard a dad in lidl looking for the 'tommy k' the other day....cringe

I often type out veg, spagbol and pots.

I don't say them out loud though.

Hate the word brekkie.. that makes me cringe, choccy too.

Vicky Sponge?!? FFS

Damn you Burberryqueen. Damn you I say.
Tommy K for ever.

I hate this too! One I keep coming across online in various forums/Pinterest/blogs etc lately is 'sammy' for sandwich. I thought sarnies was irritating! Really bugs me!

Is there any strength of feeling about lengthening the names of food items? For instance, if I were to offer DS a bananaramanoonoo in a public place, how many limbs would I stand to lose?

Just out of interest

Finally I have found someone who agrees with me!

OH and his entire family do this shit. I get twitchy and sharp objects have to be removed from my hand for the safety of everyone.

I hate all of it. It's made me irrationally angry just reading this thread.

What else I hate is Cockney rhyming slang. I am a cockney, as is OH. We're common as fuck, east end born and bred and all that. But dear lord I cannot accept rhyming slang when it comes to food. I say stuff like "Are you having a bubble?" when annoyed, but cannot accept food related ones.

"I'm making a cup of Rosie, do you want one?"

"I fancy a Ruby tonight, what do you want?"

I WANT YOU TO BURN WITH THE POWER OF 1000 SUNS. THAT'S WHAT I WANT DICKHEAD.

Thankfully, OH is almost completely trained out of it now. Now to work on the in laws...

YANBU

In our house we sometimes use Spag Bol & veggies. Some others are tatties (potatoes), flakes (any type of breakfast cereal), hmm thought there was more.

Definitely hate biccies, mayo, choccy, chix.

Abbreviations are fine for writing shopping lists etc but not to be said out loud.

Tommy k, veg, pots, jackets, mayo. You name it I use it.

I may or may not use them while shooping now to see if theres any twitchy MNers about.

Ooh! I once heard someone refer to Victoria Wine (are they still around?) as Vicky Wine and I had no idea what they were on about.

Mash doesn't bother me, but voddy does - its not even any shorter than vodka!

"I WANT YOU TO BURN WITH THE POWER OF 1000 SUNS. THAT'S WHAT I WANT DICKHEAD."
LalyRawr - I think you and I could be soulmates .

PelvicFloor - Just reading the example you give makes me want to chop off at least one of your arms. If you were to say it out loud to me I'm afraid you may not have any limbs left at all.

I don't mind toms. I say 'shrooms.