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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 :')

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whatisheupto · 24/05/2019 23:13

@chiararimini Spot on!! Insanely irritating. Pop of colour especially.

whatisheupto · 24/05/2019 23:14

A red lip.
Lips. They are lips.

Whisky2014 · 24/05/2019 23:15

"Freak"

whatisheupto · 24/05/2019 23:20

Oh and yes as pp said, 'he text me' as past tense. SO annoying. It is 'texted' surely?

jcyclops · 24/05/2019 23:25

"vulnerable" - mainly through overuse.
Things nowadays only seem to affect the vulnerable. It seems to have replaced "hard-working" as the preferred politically correct adjective to insert randomly into sentences as often as possible. When I read about proposals to help hard-working families I think "Great - but what about the rest of us?"

chandylier · 24/05/2019 23:27

Rattan

happymummy12345 · 25/05/2019 00:13

Any sort of baby talk, I just can't stand it at all.

escapade1234 · 25/05/2019 00:33

Support. Used for everything now.

AlexaAmbidextra · 25/05/2019 01:33

Little ones
Heavily pregnant
Undercrackers

LoveYourHome9 · 25/05/2019 01:38

Bubs!

I know quite a few parents who call their kids “bubs”!

Really irritates me!

GiGi18 · 25/05/2019 01:39

"Boobing" for breastfeeding

FictionalCharacter · 25/05/2019 02:03

Boobies
Titties
Scrummy
Comfy
Glad other people hate nom nom nom too. So stupid.

TORDEVAN · 25/05/2019 02:20

Fab

BetsyBigNose · 25/05/2019 07:55

Axe wound
Beef curtains
Fandango
Fanny
Cunt
Vajayjay
Basically lots of horrible either graphic or twee euphemisms for Vulva.

When someone has had too much to drink and says or posts something like "Urgh. Too many wines last night", as if sticking an s on the end of wine entirely replaces the need to say 'glasses of' or 'bottles of'. You fucking lush, Hannah. Gin

People using the phrase 'addicted to' to indicate they really like something; "Totally addicted to Costa's new strawberry non-dairy frappe!" Nope, you're addicted to the opiates you've been begging your GP to continue to prescribe to you for the last 5 years, in spite of the facts your 'chronic pain' doesn't exist and that you spend most days in a codeine-haze...

Pk37 · 25/05/2019 08:03

“Hubby” and when people talk about taking “pack-up” I assume this means packed lunch but it just sets my teeth on edge

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 25/05/2019 09:54

"Really"

When used by politicians or company spokesmen to (usually) say sorry for a fuckup.

E.g. "we didn't achieve our usual high standards and we're really sorry about it"

They use it to sound more human and less corporate but it always comes across as twee and try-hard.

JustDanceAddict · 25/05/2019 10:01

Twee nicknames like holibobs, hubs tee, famalam (please, no!)
Also could of - its could have ffs!!!
People who spell ‘fazed’ as phased. I know someone who professes to be amazing at English and does this!!!
‘Can I get’ is an American phrasing that’s caught on here annoyingly enough,

I don’t hate any normal words but I agree moist and gusset are pretty grim. I think it’s the meaning behind them - who wants a moist gusset?

JustDanceAddict · 25/05/2019 10:40

Forgot ‘journey’ as in x-factor. No, it’s life not a journey ffs.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 25/05/2019 11:38

Not a word but a phrase in constant use on Facebook:

Admin please delete if not allowed

Every group I'm on has the rules and "about" bits for that page clearly visible and accessible. So all these people are either too stupid or lazy to have internet access; or know full well what they are doing and are just being shitty.

Xxalisoncxx · 25/05/2019 14:56

The words ‘epic’ ‘awesome’ everybody I know seems to use awesome- except miserable me, apparently.

GibbonLover · 25/05/2019 15:21

Nom
Yummy
Lush
Tummy
Mumma
Pudding (unless used to describe an actual pudding, like sticky toffee)
Scrummy
Stunning (especially when used to describe children. Just wrong)
Little man
Fanny (especially when used during sex)

PushkarKali · 25/05/2019 15:43

People who start sentences with an inappropriate “So”. Seems to be an affliction of all BBC interviewees.

“Gift” used as a verb.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 25/05/2019 16:29

Bad form to reply to my own pp, but I was on fb just now ago and saw a post selling a food mixer with Admin please delete if not allowed on it.

...The post was on a buy/sell household goods page.

AngryAngryAngry

haverhill · 25/05/2019 16:33

Panty
Hubby or hubs
Referring to perfectly ordinary garments as ‘pieces’. Several YouTubers I otherwise like do this all the bloody time.

moonfacebaby · 25/05/2019 16:34

Awesome - every fecker uses it these days and it just makes me cringe...