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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

OP posts:
BaldricksWife · 18/07/2017 16:00

Snack

Space when referring to a room- no.

BlackStars · 18/07/2017 16:00

Cuppa
Bubs
Babba/bubba
Frock

IAmTheWorwax · 18/07/2017 16:01

Husband. I just feel like a twat whenever I say it.

ConstanceCraving · 18/07/2017 16:02

Portion.

Poorly sick

Enjoy - when a waiter brings you your food.

Batch cooking

Hubby

Hun

MrsMoastyToasty · 18/07/2017 16:03

"you guys".....unless I have had gender reassignment without noticing last time I looked I'm female .

Sunshinegirls · 18/07/2017 16:04

Hate. Really dislike this word

Shopkinsdoll · 18/07/2017 16:07

Hubby
Kiddiekins
Hubster
Meal
Sweet( when someone says that's nice)
Holidaybobs
Lush

MagicMarkers · 18/07/2017 16:07

I could do with never hear hearing the word "Brexit" again.

HappyAxolotl · 18/07/2017 16:15

Calling a buffet-style tea "picky bits" makes me think of scabs. And calling a buggy a "travel system" is by far the wankiest thing I've ever heard.

TonicAndTonic · 18/07/2017 16:18

Panties
Pantyhose (so glad we don't get this one much in the UK!)
Gusset
Banter
Poorly
Entitled (never heard it outside of MN, personally I prefer 'being a twat')
Meconium (giving it a weird technical name doesn't stop it being poo)

Girty999 · 18/07/2017 16:23

Guys as in 'hey guys'
The curly C word
Wobbly - I am not wobbly I have anxiety and panic attacks, call me spaz head, call me special but do not say I am wobbly or I am having a wobble
Enthusiast = spotter, you know who you are
When someone asks for a 'word' I automatically feel in trouble x

Lucisky · 18/07/2017 16:38

Oh yes, Brexit, I really hate that word, in fact I hate most contractions.
Anything .......gate (as in the original Watergate), just so lazy.
Tots for children, only used in low rent newspapers, I never hear anyone else use it.
Panties- I don't know any women who refer to their knickers as panties, it's a titillation word (see low rent newspapers).
Gobsmacked, it's such an ugly word, or even fugly, yet another contraction. All yuk.
Pones for ponies.
Beamer for BMW.
I could go on but I am winding myself up.

Gotanewusernamenow · 18/07/2017 17:31

mrsmoastytoasty haha yes I hate that " hey...what can I get you guys?" And there are females present

MsLexicon · 18/07/2017 17:55

Miniseries.

I just hate it

ethelfleda · 18/07/2017 18:00

I hate the word 'tummy'
It makes me wince.

And also 'simples'
STOP ending sentences with it!!

MsLexicon · 18/07/2017 18:06

' Meal'... honestly?good grief.

loaferloveforyou · 18/07/2017 18:11

Poorly

Gives me the rage for some reason.

Not technically a word but I need to get it out. The phrase "my gast is flabbered" makes me cringe too.

Wheelycote · 18/07/2017 18:21

Ta

Grates like nails down a blackboard....whyyyyyy

IJustGotHitByADeer · 18/07/2017 18:23

I agree with so many of these, especially slit and poorly. DH goes to America fairly frequently and 'deplane' gets right on his nerves.

I'd add 'gulp' to the list. I once heard a mum saying to her toddler "have a big gulp of your drink" and felt instant inner rage - what's wrong with "have a drink" or "have some water"?

Wotrewelookinat · 18/07/2017 18:30

Hun, I. Hate. It.
Holibobs. I mean, WTAF is a grown adult doing letting that word pass their lips. Just no.

Notmyrealname85 · 18/07/2017 18:38

Holibobs?! Nooooo! Never was a word, who's using it?

Also dislike...fellatio. Just sounds grim! Fell-at-io

kennycat · 18/07/2017 18:38

Ooh I lve a thread like this!

Panties is absolutely unacceptable. I saw a whole stand labelled as such in Victoria's Secret and so very nearly threw up the and then, yuck.

Babe/Hun
Hubby
Ickle.
Puds. My husband says it daily and I want to smack him.

Oh there are so many more I just don't have time to list them.

ConstanceCraving · 18/07/2017 18:39

Grabby.

WhatALoadOfOldBollocks · 18/07/2017 18:42

All the ones I hate have already been mentioned...

Panties
Moist
Titties
Those 3 are usually said by middle aged or older men who think they're being sexy but in reality just sound sleazy, and who also tend to wear...slacks, another word I hate. I bet they also "make love" and say "succulent" with a twinkle in their eye [boak]

Smeg
Clunge
They just sound horrible

TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth · 18/07/2017 18:43

I'm a bit confused by the meal and moist hate bandwagon . Those are common everyday words, not like some of the more unusual words or slang contrivances also mentioned.

If I have 3 meals a day, what do you have? Confused

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