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What words really annoy you?

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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!

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paintinmyhairAgain · 15/12/2018 07:54

hubby, belly, tummy, poo, dump, panties. all are eugh !

GraceMarks · 15/12/2018 08:16

I'm glad other people hate "meal" too. I was thinking about it yesterday and I think it's because it reminds me of mealworms or mealy-mouthed.

I also hate "portion". So ugly.

paintinmyhairAgain · 15/12/2018 08:22

pack and peace of mind also firm family favourite

missmouse101 · 15/12/2018 08:59

People being 'up in arms'. Sounds totally twatty.

RoboticSealpup · 15/12/2018 09:06

Bubba/Baba

I'm pregnant and people sometimes use this when when referring to the baby. Even midwives sometimes! I never understand what people mean when they say it and they have to repeat themselves. And it sounds really dumb.

moonfacebaby · 15/12/2018 09:06

I cannot stand the word awesome. It’s bloody everywhere...

Also, delish, hollibobs, anything of that ilk - they are awful.

RoboticSealpup · 15/12/2018 09:07

And meal. Gross, gross, gross.

MrsBobBlackadder · 15/12/2018 09:17

Glad there are so many fellow 'meal' haters on here.

For me, equally as vile are:

Sweet spot (shudder)
Bits (as in, getting a few bits)
Pop (yuck)
Deep clean (makes me feel funny)
Myself
Reach out
Cuppa (just fuck off)
Cosy (double yuck)
Hollibobs (gives me the rage)

I know there are more but my brain has thankfully blocked me from retrieving them right now.

DH, meanwhile, finds it amusing to use any and all of these as much as possible, whereupon I run away to another room and hide until he's stopped. Bastard.

TinaTurnipp · 15/12/2018 09:29

Any form of modern slang laguage Xmas Angry

Bae
Dab & Floss (??)
Fleek

You get the gist. I don't know what half of it means these days.

TinaTurnipp · 15/12/2018 09:31

Xmas or Crimbo as well.

Maybe it was the fact that I grew up in a religious household but it was always Christmas no abbreviations allowed.

xJessica · 15/12/2018 10:18

Holibobs
Famalam
Chrimbo gives me a full on rage!
Moist
Meal - like when my mum says "have you had your meal yet/what are you having for your meal?"
I also hate the woman on the calpol advert the way she says "as you do" - I don't know why I hate that so much but I can't bear it!
Lush
Delicious

WhiteDust · 15/12/2018 10:20

Yous.

It's YOU

SerenDippitty · 15/12/2018 10:20

I hate the word “pic”. Sets my teeth on edge.

WatchingTheWheels85 · 15/12/2018 10:24

Hubby
Hun
Lovely (as in hiya lovely)
Bubs/bubba/babba
Tummy
Poorly
This one
Bestie
Mamma bear

MogThoughtDarkThoughts · 15/12/2018 10:30

I’m trying to mount a campaign at work against the word “utilise”. IT JUST MEANS “USE”! And no, it does not make you sound more professional/authoritative. It makes you sound like a pompous arse.

Aside from that, +1 for hubby, bubba and any other word that makes grown women sound like 5-year olds.

Prestonsflowers · 15/12/2018 10:47

Obligated
Expiration
Hence
Said, as in said child,
Trump
Boundaries

xJessica · 15/12/2018 10:50

whiteDust yes!! And it's even worse when people write it as "use"!

Also "this one", as in "hot chocolate with this one"...

RetiredNotExpired · 15/12/2018 10:54

Holibobs
'Can I get...' instead of 'can i have...'
Tummy - just so twee, from which you can tell I don't dislike the word 'twee' :)
Crimbo
Awesome
'Reaching out'
Cis
Fleek
On-trend
Doggo
Pupper

Ohyesiam · 15/12/2018 11:03

Myself and yourself instead of me and you. It never fails to make the person who says it sound thick.

Annoying shortenings like crimbo and veggie, just WHY?

But I’m curious about the meal hatred. Someone said it was a class thing, is that it? If so which way?

user1490465531 · 15/12/2018 11:07

When parents refer to their children as little man or little lady.
It just sounds wrong.

ForalltheSaints · 15/12/2018 11:15

Overuse of

Big
Little
Super
Amazing

MrsBobBlackadder · 15/12/2018 11:15

@Ohyesiam for me, the meal thing is about the sound of the word itself - it just sounds ugly...

Actually I've been thinking about this recently (I'm a writer by profession) and a lot of the words I hate sound ugly to me - extended vowel sounds and so on. But then it could just be that I'm overthinking it Xmas Smile

blackteasplease · 15/12/2018 11:21

I have the word "opted" - he opted for a salad, rather than he chose a salad.

I hate it when the newspapers say someone is "set to" do something, rather than that they are going to.

Also;
Nom nom and that vile stuff

Mumshotel · 15/12/2018 11:26

When people say they are dying or dead. When they are in fact still alive and just a tit.
Hun pissed me off.
Chillax is horrendous

CoughLaughFart · 15/12/2018 11:28

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

But it IS wrong. You might not like it, but it is.