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'Sarnie' is the worst word in the world.

246 replies

SugarnetMum · 15/06/2017 21:52

Makes me cringe anytime I see it on here aaaaagh. Sad

Only me?

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 16/06/2017 11:01

Oh , another thing I don't like ( apart from the word "hate" it's too strong to be bandied about)

Inanimate objects that are personified:

Supermarket trollies - Please return me to the store
Food items Try Me, Love Me or your money back
Toilets Please leave me as you wish to find me

And those rib achingly funny (not) notes left in staff rooms "Please tidy up after yourself it's the Maids Day Off/ Cleaning Fairy's Day Off"

SugarnetMum · 16/06/2017 11:04

Surprised no one has said "maccies" yet for McDonalds! Urrrhghh makes me feel sick Grin maccy D's! Ew

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WaitrosePigeon · 16/06/2017 11:05

Leccy is dreadful too

Flippetydip · 16/06/2017 11:06

play date - no idea why but it makes me so cross
I hate the word toxic as used on here almost constantly
I also hate the word yummy - I have banned anyone in my family from using it and I hate tummy when used by adults.

And finally invite as a noun - it's an INVITATION - you can't say "I'll send you an invite" without sounding rough as arseholes.

MumBod · 16/06/2017 11:15

Worst words:

'Romp' as used by the tabloids to describe people shagging.

'Chezza toms' for cherry tomatoes. Fuck off.

'Cheeky' as in 'a cheeky prosecco'. Why is it cheeky? Has it just borrowed your car without asking?

'Eccentric', 'unique', 'crazy'. Generally used by women to describe their friends, who are exactly the same as any other woman you've ever met in your life.

'I'm like Marmite. You love me or hate me.' No, actually. I haven't formed an opinion of you because believe it or not, I hadn't noticed you exist because you're not that fucking important.

Desperad0 · 16/06/2017 11:18

preggars
Sainsbo's
and sanpro really gives me the rage Angry

StatelessPrincess · 16/06/2017 11:23

Please can someone tell me wtf ''picky bits'' actually is?

SugarnetMum · 16/06/2017 11:26

When people say jezza kyle. Omg

When people say musha.

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Imbeingunreasonable · 16/06/2017 11:27

Can I ask what sanpro is? Blush

Imbeingunreasonable · 16/06/2017 11:27

Sounds like a brand of migraine medication....?

Loyly · 16/06/2017 11:37

'Picky bits' is the worst.

I also hate 'clean plates all round!' and any sentence beginning 'In this house...'.

OhOurBilly · 16/06/2017 11:38

My Dh inexplicably shortens words which don't need shortening.

The other day I was talking about ordering some dungarees*, "ooh, getting some dungers are you?" No, I'm not, because dungers isn't a word, it's not a thing, stop trying to make dungers happen, it's not going to happen

But he does it ALL the time, Aldi becomes 'Alds'. Lil becomes 'Lids'. But then sainsburys, he'll say sainsburys, not sainbos (which equally would get on my tits but at least it's a recognised shortening!) Argh!

*don't judge me, I just really want some.

Mulledwine1 · 16/06/2017 11:41

I hate the expression "squeaky bum time".

Not keen on most abbreviations.

Not sure about "upset tummy" though - I might not actually know why my tummy is "upset" or "off", I just know that it is!

Desperad0 · 16/06/2017 11:43

sanitary products

MumBod · 16/06/2017 11:44

Tell you what else I detest.

Those mindless portmanteau words made out of two non-entities who happen to be shagging.

I saw 'Chiam' on the front of a magazine the other day. I think they may have been referring to Biffa Cole and that lad she appears to be babysitting.

onesilencetoofar · 16/06/2017 11:45

Vulva

Moist

Gobble

For some reason I can't say the word cock out loud.

OliveSoap · 16/06/2017 11:50

I hate the expression "squeaky bum time"

What does that even mean??? Shock

Your ass is squeaky clean? You are on one of those leather sofas that making farting noises when sat on? You are in mid-colonic irrigation?

I have never in my life come across anyone who actually says, aloud or in writing, 'fam-a-lam', so I am going to continue in my belief that it is an Mumsnet invention for these kinds of threads.

Can I join the increasingly large cohort of the people who hate 'picky tea' or its sinister variant, 'a few picky bits'? 'Picky bits' sound like something excavated from between cheesy toes.

MumBod · 16/06/2017 11:53

onesilencetoofar go on, I dare you. Do it now.

mrsBeverleygoldberg · 16/06/2017 11:54

I prefer sanpro to sanitary towels. Sanpro sounds like a period super hero. Blood soaked towels. 🤢

Changebagsandgladrags · 16/06/2017 11:56

Sammidge can I say sammidge?

BorisTrumpsHair · 16/06/2017 12:12

Ok I'm going to say it - I blame the Ozzification of the English language for most of these horrors.

Grin

The word doona has been making me feel like vomiting since 1988.

LaLaLolly · 16/06/2017 12:27

"We need to change your bum"

"Moist crevices"

Hotheadwheresthecoldbath · 16/06/2017 12:47

Lush and that people who use it seem to need to stick it in every other sentence,makes shopping a nightmare.

Birdsgottaf1y · 16/06/2017 12:47

""Ok I'm going to say it - I blame the Ozzification of the English language for most of these horrors. ""

Some of them were taken out to Australia, died out 'Down South',but retained in the North and then were branded as Aus/US bastardisations.

Do you realise how many posters you've just 'given the rage' to by using Oz Grin

""I hate the expression "squeaky bum time"
What does that even mean???""

When you are nervous, or scared, the primal physical response is to poo, before pooing is farting, so there is sound coming from your bum.You are also profusely sweating, so it's all getting a bit noisy.

Even though you are acting as though you aren't bothered. Steven Bear loved using the expression on Big Brother at nomination time.

TheMysteriousJackelope · 16/06/2017 13:06

'Boozy' and 'girly'.

Sometimes I feel a bit down about my limited social life, but when I consider that I might be having a 'boozy lunch' or a 'girly night in' with someone who uses those words, the fact that I'm not cheers me right up.

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