The word 'Lush' :shudders:

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AIBU to really dislike that word and be sick of everyone (mainly chavvy people, sorry...:gets ready for backlash:) banding it around on FB all the time?!

Maybe I'm just unlucky and it's only people I am friends with, but it seems to be the only adjective a lot of people on my FB can use nowadays.

It's always 'Lush meal out for our anniversary' 'Lush day out with the kiddies today' 'Look at my new dog, isn't he Lush'

Arghhh, I just hate it! Also on the list at the moment is 'Bubba' 'Kiddies' and 'Little Man'

Yes, I probably am BU!

Definitely a general Welsh/surrounding areas thing. Not chavvy at all. People from elsewhere may have picked it up from Gavin and Stacey.

There we are then

Is scram not a universal word then? Well, duw duw.

It was definitely in the north east before G&S aired. I dont use hubby/princess/prince etc but some phases that seem to be hated on here are just the way people in my area.

E.g. "Just have a cheeky wee vino a cheeky chow mein"... No Susan, you're 42. You're having a glass of wine with a takeaway and no one cares

Surrey born here tho I now live in Wiltshire. I hate with a passion bordering on a frenzy the word "daps". They are plimsolls, end of. My girls had a PE bag, NOT a dap bag and they were banned under threat of death from using that word. Just writing it gives me the rage.
"Hun" is another one, just don't.

But why, Wash? How can "daps" cause so much ire?

It's like getting cross about Americans referring to sneakers? Or French people referring to les tennis (I think that's correct - my French is pretty rusty)?

I still refer to plimsolls or pumps, not daps, as it just sounds odd. Everyone just ignores me, though

My weird ?s are pretty annoying mind

Also from South Wales. Lush is used by me daily, several time a day in fact. I am not a chav. How rude.

Daps are daps, but gutties in certain parts of Scotland I believe?. Pumps are like court shoes. Or dancing shoes. Plimsoles are something to do with ships aren't they?

Blige, Wash 'ark at yew, innit, mind. I'll order you this t shirt . It's gert lush my luvver .

beastclothing.myshopify.com/collections/t-shirts/products/theyz-me-daps

It's been used in the north east for years, I'm in my 40s and definitely used it as a kid. Sounds good with a geordie twang 'aye man, that dress looks geet lush on you'

I loathe lush, it sounds horrible. It's on even footing with "Devine" for setting-teeth-on-edge.

Reckon we Bris MNers needs a meet up. That'd be gurt lush. We best wear our daps mind.

When I mov d to Gloucestershire from the Midlands I was mystified to hear my kids school referring to "daps" eventually I worked out they meant pumps (as I've always called them).

Reminds me of an old school rhyme.
Well Oi can't read and oi can't write but that don't really matter, cos I comes from the West Country and I cans drive a tract'err.. ..me 'andsome.
Now 'I'm up the road alongs a bit' in Scotland, we chap a cat .

greentea, I could bring some genuine Bridgwater manchips for those with a sweet tooth?

@Toysaurus
In Paignton we've always called it Brizzle.

Manchip

Maybe we could all meet up and drink Zider at a Wursels Gig? Sound Gert lush innit?

Daps is a Gloucestershire thing to- was on DD's uniform list, I had to ask my. Active friends wtf daps were. Plimsolls, people. Plimsolls...

Wurzles normally top billing at the Cider festival on Weston pier, perhaps we should make an evening of it?!
HemanorSheRah , for some reason I thought you were American, but you are clearly a local!

Oh Jesus- that should read "too", and "my native friends" ffs

In my 80s youth any fit boy was described as 'elluva lush'.

I'm in Dorset.