What words really annoy you?

[KitschBitch]

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!

Knickers- I just dislike the word
Minge
My bad

Hoover/hoovering.

I think I've said this before elsewhere on here that it is called vacuuming. Not 'hoover'ing. Hoover is (apparently, I have never in my life come across an actual vacuum cleaner that is a Hoover make, only Electrolux, Volta, Dyson, Kirby, Shark etc) a MAKE of vacuum. For example, I drive a Toyota. I don't say;
"I'm going for a Toyota!" Or "I'm Toyota-ing this time!" (substitute drive and driving for those two examples). I am going for a drive. I am driving to work, I am not Toyotaing to work.

It would be also like saying "turn on the Samsung" or "I was watching my favourite show on Panasonic last night", or "turn the Panasonic down". Instead of TV.

Hoovering is a brand of vacuum cleaner. It is not a verb, it is not an action. You are doing the VACUUMING. Or vacuum cleaning. Not 'hoovering'.

Panties
moist

'Babysit' when used in relation to the male parent and his own children

I agree on babysit. How about “doing his job as a parent“ lol

I do not like the word phyrric because I have a hard time both spelling and pronouncing it. Also I think it sounds like a sort of illness: Sorry but you have got phyrric. You have only four month left to live.

@everybody else: Some if you did not mention why the hate the words they hate. Why do you?

I quite like ‘moist’ and also ‘meal’ but not in the same sentence.

Gifted. No, you gave someone something. It wasn’t ‘gifted’.

Similarly ‘costed’ - I blame The Apprentice for that one.

‘Banter’ or even worse ‘bants’. Shorthand for ‘I’m a cunt.’

Hoovering is a brand of vacuum cleaner. It is not a verb, it is not an action. You are doing the VACUUMING. Or vacuum cleaning. Not 'hoovering'.

It’s a brand name that has become generic. Like googling.

'Obviously' - when used to give new information

@Okpedro I'm Irish, so use gotten and haitch You might enjoy this

Belly/tummy - I work in healthcare, most people do not know where the stomach is

Folk

Gas is short for gasoline. They aren't taking about literal gas.

Hope you never use Sat to mean Saturday

Crimbo

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

When people use the word sick as slang for cool/ awesome, not sure if it's still a common thing tho

Saying tea instead of dinner

rosebud "I will in me bleedin hole" pmsl..Thanks for that!

OK - here's mine

'Authored' - it's written FFS
'Medalled in' - how about got a medal in
'Up for a gong' really really annoys me - what's wrong with nominated

Parented

Adulting

Full fat coke- just say coke

Tipsy

Nom nom

Holibob

Crimbo

'Lovely lady/ladies

I'm really old, I have never heard of 'pling'.

I never hear sic anymore, well my teens didn't not say it anyway.