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To HATE made up new words

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mommymooo · 17/01/2019 11:20

For example the first choice holiday advice go MAHOOSIVE with the family VAYCAYS. BIG KAHOONAHS ON THE BEACH.
oh my god it makes my skin just crawl. Arrgghhh

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delboysskinandblister · 18/01/2019 12:22

passed (as in died) passed suggests they walked straight by you into another dimension

just say 'died'

DarkDarkNight · 18/01/2019 12:29

Someone beat me to Holibobs, I can’t bear it.

Preggers or preggo for pregnant. I don’t like up-the-duff but my ultimate hate is up-duffed. It’s ugly and awkward.

Not a made up word as such but I hate on Instagram or Facebook where people use the phrase my little/littlest loves: ‘lovely walk with my littlest loves today’ Envy turns my stomach.

AlrightBabby · 18/01/2019 13:22

t's my bastarding choice to invent words which suit me. Bastarding is a favourite of mine. Look at this bastarding weather. It's bastarding cold. Bastarding kids. I'm bastarding furious. Ahh. Bastarding.

I like swineing for the same reason Grin

AlrightBabby · 18/01/2019 13:23

Argh!!! Why does my bold never work on the phone app?!

Breakawaygirl · 18/01/2019 13:34

I just hate any weird that becomes overused and forms part of the zeitgeist. Privilege is a fine word, but it's overuse drives me insane. There was a time when everyone I knew said 'literally.' 'Woke' is another modern buzzword. I really just hate when everyone uses the same word or uses it in the wrong context.

Breakawaygirl · 18/01/2019 13:34
  • word, damn autocorrect.
DontCallMeCharlotte · 18/01/2019 14:18

On the subject of "literally", I remember one of my sixth form tutors (back in the early 80s) begging us not to litter our A'Level exam answers with "basically" Grin

snowybird1 · 18/01/2019 16:18

'Chillax' Sad

SushiMonster · 18/01/2019 16:19

Famalam needs to seriously fuck off.

Also "famjam" as in "having such a nice christmas FamJam" ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

hackmum · 18/01/2019 16:24

permanently - "thinking" can be a noun. It's a gerund, which is a word that's formed from a verb but acts as a noun. So you could refer to "the eating of the cake" or "the singing of the hymn" or "the fighting of the cats". You get the gist.

In the examples you cite, "We need to flip their THINKING around" seems fine, but "We're going to apply some THINKING to that" would probably work better if it was "thought".

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