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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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Hiddenaspie1973 · 26/05/2019 19:53

Good to go
Back of the net. Get in. Enjoy.

Ravenclawclassof84 · 26/05/2019 20:07

"Banter". Mainly because 80% of the time I hear it used, it's a cop-out when someone is being an arsehole, eg making sexist or racist comments followed with "yeah it's just banter, don't worry about it." Either that or two people making jokes while chatting is called "top banter" when it used to be simply known as a conversation. I have no banter, obviously.

Margorystewartbaxter · 26/05/2019 21:27

Goujon.....

SoftBlocks · 26/05/2019 21:30

Supper.

contentedsoul · 26/05/2019 21:36

ar'lass , in reference to girlfriend or wife... god I hate it
People who pronounce baby - babi or yung-un when referring to their children

Why can't they just use their names?

CherryPavlova · 26/05/2019 21:38

Apart from the usual toilet, serviette and patio -

Babe for anything other than a pig
Hubby
Kids unless goats
Like used inappropriately
Less when it should be fewer
Panties
Convo instead of conversation
Yo instead of Good morning or Hello
Sorted instead of ‘ Yes, of course’.
Brexit

Kernobhead · 26/05/2019 21:40

Cohort, when referring to a child’s year at school

Shortening of school subjects, eg,

CompSci
Geog
NatSci
Chem

And people going to university and finding their ‘tribe’

Inkanta · 26/05/2019 21:40

Hot Felon
Turnip
Spuds
Spangles
snog
Sup
Peg
Chinx

WinterWife · 26/05/2019 21:50

Fiancé 🙈😡 Hate it!

DaveCoachesgavemetheclap · 26/05/2019 22:24

Other sayings I can't stand:
'Work a job' instead of have/do a job
'Hate on' instead of hate
Waiting on instead of waiting for

Isleepinahedgefund · 27/05/2019 17:49

Flange

Jaxhog · 27/05/2019 17:53

'from the get go'. I mean , why can't people just say 'from the start' or 'beginning'? Use proper English please!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 27/05/2019 18:48

'from the get go'. I mean , why can't people just say 'from the start' or 'beginning'? Use proper English please!

Even worse, so many people think the phrase is 'From the gekko' (see Dave Gorman). I don't know where they think lizards come into it?! Anyway, that was a song by Elvis, wasn't it? Grin

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 27/05/2019 18:56

'In any way, shape or form'. It was probably originally a linguistically inventive way of categorically stating an unambiguous fact or viewpoint, but it's so tedious in its extreme hackneyed overuse now. It's as though, without their using it, a conversation would conceivably go like this:

"Do you agree with XXX in any way?"
"NO!"
"Do you agree with XXX in any shape?"
"Absolutely not!"
"Do you agree with XXX in any form?"
"Well, actually, now I come to think about it...."

Bwekfusth · 27/05/2019 19:16

Pamper 🤮🤑🤮🤑🤢

Scrapbookqueen1 · 27/05/2019 19:35

Fiancé

Bespoke

Any teen words ‘sick’ ‘bae’ etc

GrumioEstInHorto · 27/05/2019 20:45

Hun (FML)

Eclectic (interiors magazines, no excuse)

Meal deal (just NO)

MillStone · 27/05/2019 21:11

Brunch. And to prove it, would you say Linner?

Refilona · 27/05/2019 21:12

“Divine” unless you’re talking about religion of course.

stressedmum77 · 27/05/2019 21:15

Squelch 🤢

Fireinthegrate · 27/05/2019 21:30

Use of ‘myself’ and ‘yourself’ - it’s ‘me’ and ‘you’

C**t - absolutely hate this word

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 27/05/2019 23:20

Brunch. And to prove it, would you say Linner?

Homer Simpson has Lupper Grin

Bwekfusth · 28/05/2019 11:44

Totally unreasonable but I can't stand it when people say 'due to' when they're selling something on Facebook or wherever. 'Selling due to house move' I know there's nothing the matter with it but honestly, it makes me see red and I don't know why.

AlexaAmbidextra · 28/05/2019 12:08

Do one
Kick off

Both aggressive and common. 😄

AlexaAmbidextra · 28/05/2019 12:09

Estate agent speak - boasts.

The house boasts a large kitchen. Why not say the house has a large kitchen?