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What words really annoy you?

168 replies

KitschBitch · 14/12/2018 07:03

At work the other day, was told that an exclamation mark was now called a 'pling'. Now every time I see or use it I am reminded of the silly renaming and for an unknown reason it is bugging the hell out of me! Grrrrr!

OP posts:
IncorrigibleTitmouse · 14/12/2018 22:55

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Meal
Topic
Portion
‘Topped with’ or ‘atop’ (when on a menu/food blog shudder)
Brought instead of bought
Aksed instead of asked

I get very squirmy about some words and I have no idea why.

Rocknroller85 · 14/12/2018 23:22

Crimp Gran was correct. Take away the friend and it’s I went out not me went out.

Nenic · 14/12/2018 23:36

Vulnerable
Horrid
Can’t remember the word right now but mn uses it all the time and it grates
Precious. As in, my weekend is precious because of family time and hell mend anything or anyone that comes between it

CrimpBrunette · 14/12/2018 23:47

I know, sorry - trying to be annoyingly incorrect/humorous... knackered and wine on board, sorry Blush😆

ThistleAmore · 15/12/2018 00:08

I have the usual aversions to hun, the grammatically incorrect of, moist etc, which I think are all fine and completely rational reactions that any right-thinking person should have.

I am, however, baffled by the fact that the word 'tasty' makes my teeth itch. Seems normal enough, on the face of it, but it makes me want to scrub my mouth with metal wool.

icannotremember · 15/12/2018 00:17

Frankly

I don't know why I hate it. I just do.

badlydrawnperson · 15/12/2018 00:20

Misnomer used to describe something being incorrect instead of its actual meaning.

Adverse used when it should be averse.

“Bear with” used in any non-ironic way

And why the fuck have some people decided to reverse the proper meanings of worse and worst?

Darkestnight · 15/12/2018 00:22

Yummy
Lush
Naice
Snacky

Madmoggie · 15/12/2018 00:23

Haitch instead of aitch
Gifting instead of giving
Brought instead of bought
Super instead of really/very
Literally because it literally drives me mad!
110% just no no no

LaurenDisorderAtChristmas · 15/12/2018 00:25

Hollibobs!
Does my swede in!
You know who you are!

DeepanKrispanEven · 15/12/2018 00:26

Sorry gran, but it's, "my friend and me"

Definitely not,CrimpBrunette, in the context of the sentence gran quoted - "My friend and I went out". You wouldn't say "me went out" so there is no reason why adding "My friend" would change that.

PrickWhittington · 15/12/2018 00:26

Well, I suppose some are phrases not words but:

'you/ we've got this'
'smashed it'
'quality time'
'discusting'
'rediculous'

The worst one of all though has to be ... 'intercourse' [shudder}

PrickWhittington · 15/12/2018 00:28

Actually - just thought - 'making love' is probably almost as bad as 'intercourse [double shudder]

ProfessionallyUnoffended · 15/12/2018 00:34

Breakfasted e.g. I got the children dressed and breakfasted. It ANNOYS me!

OkPedro · 15/12/2018 00:39

As usual someone has a go at how American people speak and the words got/get/gotten. Have you never met an Irish person?
Just waiting for the Aitch Haitch thing now

Tottie · 15/12/2018 00:56

Words that annoy me are those that have been made up ie:
Brexit and moobs.
Or words that are said incorrectly. Such as:
SomethinK, anythinK, mischievIous, concoPtion, ridicLEous, arks....I could go on.
And any Americanisms that are being used more and more, like: normalcy, Paycheck, cell, pissed, panties, salon,
Season instead of series and many more!! AngryAngry

PrickWhittington · 15/12/2018 00:59

As usual someone has a go at how American people speak and the words got/get/gotten. Have you never met an Irish person?

Huh? What does 'having a go' at how American people may speak got to do with ever meeting an Irish person?

Just waiting for the Aitch Haitch thing now

Wait is over - it's already there.

BrylcreamBeret · 15/12/2018 01:10

Dip Angry as in 'Can I get a dip to go with that' ARGHHHHH. Any verb used as a noun. Fucking stupid menus and their stupid 'Caramel latte crunch' bollocks

OkPedro · 15/12/2018 01:11

Someone made a comment about how Americans say x with a "oh how terrible that is" attitude
Another poster said gotten is an Americanism as if that's such an awful thing. Where I live "Can I get" isn't wrong, it's how we speak. Same with haitch, this isn't wrong. The English attitude that words can only be pronounced a certain way according to them, makes a lot of us irritable to put it mildly

ThistleAmore · 15/12/2018 01:25

Social media hyperbole also rips my knitting - you know, when somebody's bins aren't collected or a kid misses a bus or something and all the comments are about how 'discusted' or 'dispicable' or 'horrorfied' (all sic) the posters are: I do sometimes wonder how language will serve them when something genuinely terrible happens.

SleepingStandingUp · 15/12/2018 01:32

My 3 yo likes ! and says "eh uh a a ah" when he spots one. It is NOT being renamed. They already took Pluto from us!!!!!!

chocolatebox1 · 15/12/2018 01:33

Them instead of those
Adulting
Methinks
Super
Amazeballs
Banter
Yummy
Putting "though" at the end of sentences when it doesn't make sense
Bae
This one - meaning boyfriend/friend etc
Got my hair did - what?!!!

SleepingStandingUp · 15/12/2018 01:36

110%, 1000% etc in reference to something where you can only go e 100%

I tired 110%!
No you didn't. You tried your maximum, which is 100%

FissionChips · 15/12/2018 01:39

bicornuate- makes me feel physically sick every time I read that word.
Plug, Moist and Flanges are all repulsive too.

PrickWhittington · 15/12/2018 01:45

The English attitude that words can only be pronounced a certain way according to them, makes a lot of us irritable to put it mildly

Right. But what does that have to do with whether we have ever met an Irish person? You'd rather we criticise how they may speak do you mean? Hmm.

(Sorry for derailing btw but wtf?)

Besides, it isn't just an 'English' thing - I have quite a strong regional accent, and people have often made comments over the years about phrases I use or how I pronounce things (house as 'arse' being the most common - I'm posh me see Wink ). I don't find it offensive, should I?