To hate it when people shorten the names of food?

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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 .)

Yes you're right. I've clearly been waaay too subtle. Maybe a whack on the bonce with the red lead bottle.

Brekkers, roasties, shrooms, bloobs, Tom purée, tinned toms, mayo, spag bol all in common usage here.

I cannot bear it at all with non-food items though. People who used to refer to their phones as the moby for example. Or compo for compensation.
Fine for food though, I'm fond enough of it to give it nicknames :)

She also says coff not coffee. Leads to problems with her accent- 'yu can come fu' coff'... (run it together)

parmigan, not parmigiano
proshoot not prosciutto

Sometimes she gets tired and just goes for past not pasta.

My boyfriend says 'Rasps' instead of Raspberries... grrrr, makes me ridiculously annoyed, to the point that I've made it clear it irritates the shit out of me and he seems to have stopped saying it lol.

Someone said "med-veg" for Mediterranean vegetables the other day. It made me cringe.

Spag Bol is one thing, but I know someone who writes it (on twitter/facebook/instagram) as "spag BOWL". That annoys me. Irrationally. So do her never ending photos of mediocre food.

nitrox don't be embarrassed! See it as your civic duty!

You and you alone are the reason your boyfriend hasn't been brutally murdered in the fruit aisle of your local supermarket.

Fy and chy.

(Fish and Chips)

Jacket Potato = Baked Potato - to the person that asked.

Also, although not food related. 'Kip' annoys me.. as in 'do you want to kip at mine tonight'.. grrrr....

Vicky wine: fine

Vicky sponge: no no no no no.

I particularly hate 'spag bol' but then I loathe spaghetti anyway, and the vile evilness that is bolognaise sauce makes me hurl.

So I rarely have to refer to that particular student friendly mince based pasta dish.

"OnTheNingNangNong Sun 30-Jun-13 22:47:44
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."

I am picturing you dancing along to Cher in the Tommy K, mayo, picky Os and dried spag bol mix aisle :o

LalyRawr Thanking you I shall continue to Police his vocabulary

We say:

Spag bol
Vicky sponge
Mayo
Sarnies
Weetybix
Mash taters
Jacket spuds
Veg

Never realised I was so aggravating

Bumpstarter - good point

My DH is always asking me to 'prep the veg'

Makes me want to insert peeler.

I should point out that the term is from my father in law.
DH appropriated it briefly during the early 2000's but it died a swift death when I threatened to rip the head off his teddy if he uttered it again.

The only shortened food word that makes me stabby is sarnie. Makes me simmer internally. Even typing it out gives me the rage.

Sriously, am I the only one who PMSLed at the Cher reference?

Cheif if he ever says that again, please LTB

Thevehicle - Now that you know how aggravating you are, will you change your ways? If so I shall leave your limbs intact you off the list.

I have a friend who says 'guac' to rhyme with 'quack' for guacamole, among other things (she's a 'cuc' and 'strawbs' offender too). It drives me demented. It's like a familiarity, nickname thing, like she has to be best bloody mates with food items. Fucking ridiculous.

Oh dear I had no idea this caused irritation! In my house we use

Cuppa cha
Biccies
Sarnies
Mayo
Bangers and mash
Jacket spuds
Fizzy

Sorry!

we have tommy sauce on chipperley wipperleys

soz

chipperly wipperleys??

Delish. Especially when pronounced deeelish. Or worse, spelt out that way shoots self