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To hate the words...

118 replies

flownthecoopkiwi · 13/09/2017 20:54

'Spends' as in for spends... it's not even English.

And 'leccy' as in gas and leccy. Oh dear god.

OP posts:
lindblum · 13/09/2017 22:44

Like are some of you for real?

Butty is regional slang for a roll or sandwich. My dad is from Yorkshire and uses it. It's not offensive.

"Leccy" is just a commonly used work especially among people who hve top-up meters. "Pay the leccy" etc. To the point that there's that advert with the cute little characters Gaz and Leccy reminding you about smart meters.

"Fam" is slang. It doesn't matter if you hate it, teenagers and young people are going to use it.

"Doggo" is cutesy slang like "doge" and "puppo". Common on Tumblr among young people.

A lot of this is classism.

Some is being confused about mums using terms that their kids used. Like "boc boc" for a bottle. Don't you think that might be what you or your sibling called that bottle? My brother called his dummy a "nana". That's what it was called for decades. Well after he'd grown out of it.

EdmundCleverClogs · 13/09/2017 22:46

Language changes and adapts. Get used to it!

Of course, but many examples here aren't of language evolution. It's either infantilising, unnecessarily combining words or personal reference to people with no real context (such as 'hun-ing' people).

BackieJerkhart · 13/09/2017 22:46

Also hate people who have to say "like" every farts end including starting sentences with it. Wink Grin

BackieJerkhart · 13/09/2017 22:47

Also people who miss the point of both AIBU and the thread. Grin

CornyCollins · 13/09/2017 22:47

For some reason I get all stabby when people say "fresh" instead of "cold". As in, someone asked me "do you want a cardigan? Are you fresh?"

EdmundCleverClogs · 13/09/2017 22:51

CornyCollins oh yes! That also reminds me, people who use the word 'flavour' when not talking about food - 'You really get the flavour of this book by chapter 7' (think I'm unreasonable here, but it does go through me).

FenceSitter01 · 13/09/2017 22:52

Gotten.

Borrow me your .... etc

The word 'literally' - I literally died.

Wanky words such as - SanPro

Areyoufree · 13/09/2017 22:54

Ginormous. It isn't a word. Just stop it.

flownthecoopkiwi · 13/09/2017 22:55

my DD literally woke up one day and literally every second word out of her mouth was literally 'literally'.

Is it some kind of virus?

OP posts:
CleopatraCatLover · 13/09/2017 22:56

Babe
Bubba
Hubby

Andrewofgg · 13/09/2017 23:25

I'm like for I said
Totes

poppym12 · 13/09/2017 23:30

Snack
Tummy
Nom/nommy
Yum/yummy
Hubby
Panties
Ciggie

LyannaStarktheWolfMaid · 13/09/2017 23:30

I hate it when people use the word feedback as a verb. 'The children feedback to the teacher'. No! The children can give feedback. Or they can feed back. 😖

Fucky · 13/09/2017 23:32

Crem pat

dnwig · 13/09/2017 23:32

Mouthfeel

Nettletheelf · 13/09/2017 23:36

What is a 'googey egg'? I must know!

tigercub50 · 13/09/2017 23:37

What's wrong with saying making love?

WhatsThisNow · 13/09/2017 23:40

I remember in my earlier Mumsnet days having no clue what sanpro meant. Can't imagine anyone saying it in real life.

I loathe "babe". Utterly wincetastic.

Shadow666 · 13/09/2017 23:41

"Dippy bits" or "picky bits" in relation to food.

It's not a rational dislike, just annoying.

Hadenoughtoday · 13/09/2017 23:42

One word that drives me over the edge is 'gunna' instead of 'going to'

Nettletheelf · 13/09/2017 23:44

What's RIGHT with saying 'making love'? It puts me in mind of Danielle Steel novels (not an endorsement) or 1980s soft focus mini series (ditto).

Longdistance · 13/09/2017 23:47

Holibobs
Hun
Famalam

AllToadsLeadToHome · 13/09/2017 23:55

Supper
Munching
Reaching out
At the end of the day (you have - night)

Coastalcommand · 14/09/2017 00:17

'Should of'
Click rather than clique
Jollibobs
Hollibobs
Yummy
Scrumptious
Tasty
Spending money (it's just money)
'Washing the pots'

Argeles · 14/09/2017 03:08

I agree with all the dreadful words on here so far, except for two of them.

I also hate:

Spuds
Jackets (as in potatoes)
Roasties
Choccy
Biccies
Fry-up
Fanjo
San pro
Pud
Yorkie puds
Chooks
Panties
Gusset
Moist
Scythe
Vessel