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To ask you for your list of words that you hate?

429 replies

MrsOverTheRoad · 18/07/2017 13:29

I know it's been done to death but I need to get this out

Scrumptious.

Fuck that word. Just fuck it.

It's a stupid, self indulgent sort of word.

"Oh isn't he SCRUMPTIOUS!" Angry

It's such a childish word somehow. So Mary Poppins.

Also

Meal

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FreakinDeacon · 18/07/2017 13:34

I'm not sure if this qualifies but a woman I work with calls everyone HONEY.

It makes my teeth itch😤

FreakinDeacon · 18/07/2017 13:36

And I agree the meal. My MIL says it. 'Shall I come round after I've had my meal?' Just say dinner!!!

I don't know why that annoys me so much!

MiddleClassProblem · 18/07/2017 13:37

Panties

I mean, is that meant to be sexy? It sounds like kids speak but then you're watching something American and it's thrown in there.

ExpatinBah · 18/07/2017 13:38

Absolutely cannot stand to listen to the word 'c&nt'

Aperolspritzer123 · 18/07/2017 13:38

My primary school headmaster used to called a packed lunch a 'packed meal'. Never forgot that. Still makes me cringe for some reason and it was 28 years ago.

PookieSnackenberger · 18/07/2017 13:40

Moist
Gusset (especially bad if combined with above)
Panties (I'm sensing a theme here!)
Issue (used in a management speak way)
ANY text speak abbreviation unless used in a sarcastic way
Uni as in 'I'm going Uni'

So many more - I'll have a think.

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 18/07/2017 13:44

Belly. It makes my skin crawl.

Also;
Sloppy
Catarrh
Pouch

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 18/07/2017 13:45

Oh and inclusiveness / inclusivity

So fucking patronising and right on

ExpatinBah · 18/07/2017 13:45

'Math' FFS - Its 'Maths'

MrMessy · 18/07/2017 13:46

Scrumptious. So Mary Poppins

Isn't it more Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

TheNaze73 · 18/07/2017 13:46

Cherish - Ghastly word/expression.

cingolimama · 18/07/2017 13:47

Journey
Empower

RedStripeIassie · 18/07/2017 13:47

Titties
Hate it!! It's meant to be sexy but isn't.

EzioAuditore · 18/07/2017 13:47

Agree with 'meal' - always makes me squirm. Also, 'tasty'.

GoldenHoops · 18/07/2017 13:48

Batch
The c**t word. Hate that it seems normal to say it now.
Playdate.

HattiesBackpack · 18/07/2017 13:48

Sanpro.

sowhatusernameisnttaken · 18/07/2017 13:49

Lush- especially if describing a baby
Belly

A load of sayings I hate too

BlackeyedSusan · 18/07/2017 13:49

hubby, crimbo, holibobs, etc.

and my mother's pronuciations of words that are OK when someone else says them. She hurts my ears. (sensory issues)

KoalaDownUnder · 18/07/2017 13:49

Munch
Tummy
Scrummy

Rockhopper81 · 18/07/2017 13:49

Chillax - absolutely detest it! Angry

sowhatusernameisnttaken · 18/07/2017 13:50

Pickle- as in "oh are you being a little pickle?" no, she's being f'in naughty

Rockhopper81 · 18/07/2017 13:50

'Belly' annoys me for an irrational reason?

Humbugington · 18/07/2017 13:50

Clunge

DandySeaLioness · 18/07/2017 13:51

moist Confused

HerBigChance · 18/07/2017 13:52

Prudish
It's a vile little word that's levelled at women as soon as we have even the remotest boundaries about our bodies.