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This won't be popular and I will probably get flamed but...

125 replies

Salmotrutta · 22/12/2013 22:28

AIBU to hate people using "ick" or "icky" as an adjective.

It is not on. Unless you are three years old.

Stop it.

AND which is it anyway? "Ick" or Icky" - stop interchanging them. At least be consistent.

Yes, yes I realise I have indulged in many a word hating/loving thread but so what?

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DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 23/12/2013 07:47

How do you know that someone is saying 'gawjuss' rather than gorgeous ?

Because I can see it. Look, you used it right there in your own sentence along with the correct spelling!

Follyfoot · 23/12/2013 07:52

I've got loads (being a miserable git).

People who start sentences with 'so'. If you listen to interviewees on TV/radio, especially politicians, they do it all the time. It's a fairly new thing but is entirely pointless. I guarantee you'll notice it every time now (sorry).

'Nom, nom, nom' drives me stabby mad too.

And I know its not a word, but people who fan their eyes when they are a bit upset. Why?

FunnyLittleFrog · 23/12/2013 08:05

luffs
stabby
nom nom
cheeky (as in cheeky drink)

agree about so. especially when a thread starts with it. 'So, DH and I decided.... blah di blah'

GodRestTEEMerryGenTEEmen · 23/12/2013 08:06

Icky is in the dictionary, so, yes, it is a word. Has a definition and everything.

Origin Merriam Webster 1929: perhaps baby talk alteration of sticky

Origin Oxford English 1930s: perhaps related to sick or to the child's word ickle

So American and British. Although, apparently, one of those dreaded Americanisms you lot dread.

::wipes hand together in most annoying manner::

Next!

sockssandalsandafork · 23/12/2013 08:11

'Nom, nom' .. 'lets have some lovely NOMMY food'. WTAF Angry Angry Angry and I second the 'gawjuss' urgh, just fucking urgh Angry Angry

Moln · 23/12/2013 08:18

I do find it irritating when someone writes 'yum' or 'yummy' after listing what they have made for dinner. I don't know why beacuse I don't feel so eye rollingy irritated by it in real life.

Buzzardisnotina4birdroast · 23/12/2013 08:30

Anyone for 'crimbo'?

MyMILisfromHELL · 23/12/2013 08:33

I've heard breastfeeding being described as icky.

That word gets on my tits. No pun intended.

Hassled · 23/12/2013 08:33

I'm not fussed by "icky" but yes, "nom, nom" is just wrong.

"rant over" is the phrase that winds me up most at the moment. I can tell when the rant is over because you'll have stopped typing.

MyMILisfromHELL · 23/12/2013 08:35

Crimbo? Why TF people can't just say Christmas! Am jolly well pissed off this morning.

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 23/12/2013 08:51

Yum, yummy, yucky, horrid. If you are above the age of 12 or so, just NO.

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 23/12/2013 08:53

Oh god yes, "Rant over". Very often followed by a "lol".

So it wasn't a rant as such then, if it's so funny? Make your mind up.

Xmas Grin
Mignonette · 23/12/2013 08:58

Agnother

Brilliant description of vomiting cats. However my cat used to shoot backwards when it vomited so putting anything in front of it would have missed the mark Xmas Grin.

He did a kind of Moonwalk in reverse.

As for words I hate. Menus or recipes with 'crispy', 'crunchy', 'tasty'. Hate that.

'Like'. At the end of a sentence. Hate that.

The use of the term 'curate' or 'edit' when all they did was choose stuff. Museums curate. Editors edit.

Follyfoot · 23/12/2013 09:02

Thought of a couple more:

'Crusty' bread. Mainly on here, when people are describing a meal they are going to have. What they mean is 'not sliced bread'.

'Pan fried'. What else would you fry something in?

LightsPlease · 23/12/2013 09:04

I hate the word SELFIE !!
ITS erupted from nowhere and really pisses me off.
Along with the word bling. Very irritating.

Other annoying words
Moist
Minge
Fag
Pompous
Cack
Totes amaze balls

LightsPlease · 23/12/2013 09:05

Also the name sally pisses me off. Not sure why.

PheasantPlucker · 23/12/2013 09:09

I don't like Ick or Icky.

I also hate Ickle ('Ickle Bubba' ... etc)

ScarletLady02 · 23/12/2013 09:28

I'm not a fan of "popping" either....especially used in a professional capacity and when you're asked to do it "for" someone.

"Could you just pop your name on there for me...just pop yourself onto the bench for me...I'll just pop you on hold"

STABSTABSTABSTAB!!!

LessMissAbs · 23/12/2013 09:58

Its bad. I also despite "nawty" and grown up who post FB updates about their "doggy" etc..

DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 23/12/2013 10:08

RE the vomitting cat sound, I always think it sounds like you've got a 2litre bottle of water and have upended it over a sink. That combination of glugging water and the noise the plastic bottle makes is just right.

LineRunner · 23/12/2013 10:41

'I can't wait', in the context of discussing meals. Well you will just bloody have to.

And starting a sentence with well.

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Salmotrutta · 23/12/2013 10:49

SoupDragon - that's genius that is, your description of a cat vomiting!

And "I can't wait for my tea" - yes, those people should be made to wait for the longest waiting time ever.

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TheSmallClanger · 23/12/2013 10:54

I hate "hamper" as well.
And cack, but that's mostly because my mums says it when she's trying not to swear. Shit or shite is a much better word.

akachan · 23/12/2013 10:54

My cat sounds like she's sneezing with intent.

Original poster
Salmotrutta · 23/12/2013 10:56

I love that :-

Also the name Sally pisses me off. Not sure why

I actually LOLed at that...

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