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what word can you just not stand , it makes you cringe?

539 replies

Picklemuncher123 · 23/05/2019 15:13

I cant stand the world nipple :')

OP posts:
JaneJeffer · 24/05/2019 09:49

That's ok Sausage Roll. I hate that word even more now!

Beamur · 24/05/2019 09:50

Moist.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 24/05/2019 10:35

JaneJeffer Grin Smile

YesimstillwatchingNetflix · 24/05/2019 11:43

'Run the Hoover around' it gives me a visual image of a 50s housewife dashing around exuberantly with a vacuum cleaner in one hand and the other in the air.

It also seems to be said on here by someone trying to make cleaning the house seem like a piece of piss that can be accomplished in a few minutes in order to put down a poster who has admitted she finds it onerous/hard etc

footchewer · 24/05/2019 12:07

Am I the only one who hates 'lappy' for laptop?

I just don't understand why it would ever occur to anyone to refer to something so expensive, mostly clever and important using a cutesy diminutive.

Happy to join the 'hubby'-hating chorus on similar grounds.

EngagedAgain · 24/05/2019 12:20

Flaccid does look a bit funny doesn't it? A bit like a limp willy! Suppose chicken could be described as tender, and surely there must be another word to describe a good cake. Scrumptious maybe? I bet some people cringe about that though. Or gooey?

YesimstillwatchingNetflix · 24/05/2019 12:20

@footchewer agreed 'hubby' 🤮

Hiddentext · 24/05/2019 12:29

Artisan
Engage as in everyone is engaging with something nowadays.
Calling someone out.
You got this
Source, as in "we sourced this from..." what's wrong with "found"?

Seeleyboo · 24/05/2019 12:58

Jaquie. Jackie. Jack.

MinesaPinot · 24/05/2019 13:33

Moist. Terry Pratchett (who I love) had a character called Moist von Lipwig in several of his books and I can't even read them because of the word.

I have absolutely no idea why, other than it makes me cringe.

RighteousSista · 24/05/2019 14:03

Perfect

MotherOfDragons90 · 24/05/2019 14:34

I know a woman whose surname is Moist Flowers

FunkyKingston · 24/05/2019 14:40

Engorged

julensaor · 24/05/2019 15:53

yummy
obvs
delicious
moreish
naice
twat (such an anaemic way of saying c**t)
cuppa
bespoke

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 24/05/2019 19:59

Passionate.

Why must everyone pretend they are passionate about ?

missmouse101 · 24/05/2019 20:12

I agree Buzzshitbag! Also when they say 'obsessed with'. No one can be very fond of something anymore, they have to be obsessed with it. The true meaning of the word is being diluted.

User7429001 · 24/05/2019 20:15

'Avo' for avocado😵

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 24/05/2019 22:21

Most of the above

Also

Kiddies 😬

Worst offender though...

Gawjus
Just fuck off 👊

greeneggsandhamsandwich · 24/05/2019 22:27

TheFaerieQueene
YES!

Jasging · 24/05/2019 22:33

Pamphlet.

It's a sodding leaflet!

Chippychipsforme · 24/05/2019 22:46

Baba
Bubba
Bubs

I hate "auntie Flo" - it's a period, just say period.

Gash. In the rude sense.

BugEyedBeans · 24/05/2019 22:47

Youngster - so twee and condescending and fake-old-fashioned.

BugEyedBeans · 24/05/2019 22:58

Oh - what is a famalam?
Actually, I'm glad to be so out of things that I don't know.

escapade1234 · 24/05/2019 22:59

Babe.

Yuk yuk yuk

whatisheupto · 24/05/2019 23:06

Bits.
As in 'I will drop off a few bits for you' or 'I got some bits for her birthday'.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!