AIBU about the word ‘horrid’

[VivienneHolt]

I’ve seen this on about 4 different threads in the last couple of days. AIBU that it gives me the rage?

Terry Pratchett said it best in the Hogfather:

‘That’s horrid’.

Horrible, thought Susan. The word is “horrible.” “Horrid” is a childish word selected to impress nearby males with one’s fragility, if I’m any judge. She knew it was unkind and counter-productive of her to think like that. She also knew it was probably an accurate observation, which only made it worse.

I don’t think I’ve ever encountered it in the real world save for in some of Enid Blyton’s more saccharine efforts, but suddenly it seems it’s invading mumsnet. It’s so twee and prim! It’s one of those words that immediately changes my whole perception of the post, regardless of what else it says.

Am I unreasonable to have such a visceral reaction?

What other words give people instant rage?

Good news about frock Peitho.

Sore is just too...self indulgent. It belongs with "poorly-sick" and other vom-worthy phrases or words.

I have endo and sore is the best way to describe how I feel some days. When you always hurt then you find you need to differentiate between the types of pain.

love this thread. Can I add ‘super’ when used in the context to mean ‘very’. I think it’s been hoovered up by people who watch YouTube videos of people who are trying to appeal to a US as well as UK audience but it sounds ridiculous (IMO). E.g. ‘super-pretty’, ‘super-cheap’ or the worst ‘super nice’. Argh!

I am super guilty of doing this 😬 I picked it up working in America for 9 months and now I can’t shake it.

I am definitely a mimic - if I am close to someone, it’s only a matter of time before I start picking up their verbal mannerisms and even an accent now and then. I lived abroad as a child and even now if I am with people from the country I live in I slip back into that accent.

Re ‘frock’ I find it old-fashioned and rarely used but it definitely doesn’t repulse me like ‘horrid’ does.

I probably use 90% of the words above, and have gone on to live a fairly normal life.

But has anyone said 'delicious' in any context other than food, yet?
I.e. when someone gets their just desserts, or some stunt backfires and commenters start saying 'oooh that's delicious'.
Bleugh. It made me boaky just typing it then. 🤮

Flyinggeese (lovely user name) the welsh for dress is ffrog, so I think frock is used a lot in Wales while it has died out in England.

Yep, agree with Nourish giving me the rage.

Even worse is a nourish bowl. It's a fucking salad love!!

Even worse is a nourish bowl. It's a fucking salad love!!

It’s a well known fact that the body cannot be nourished by food unless it contains 3 rare Peruvian grains and some açai berries.

Tum as well as tummy. Especially when said by an adult . I'm looking at you DP! You do t have a tum ( although you do ) it's a stomach ffs

Horrid is just an in word. My teens say it a lot.

Ghastly is a glorious word.

Definitely will start using beastly now.

@StillCoughingandLaughing the midwives at my birth laughed and said I was so very polite because I didn't swear, but I did say 'oh, goodness!' Rather a lot.

Just thinking of the word 'foyer' makes me squirm - but having to say it is worse. And I really hate 'boom!' (when used victoriously by someone who has/thinks they have won).

I don't object to words as such, rather their mispronunciation. 'Anythink' or 'somethink' when it should be 'anything' or 'something' drives me wild. It's a thing not a thought.

I haven't rtf because I'm sunbathing, and I dislike the following:
My hated words are as follows:
nom
horrid - Violet Elizabeth
the name Amelia - reminds me of mealy-mouthed
webinar - what’s wrong with online seminar?
onboarding - it's an office not a ship!
belly - because it sounds wobbly - stomach sounds taut (unlike my own stomach)
Absolutely love Terry Pratchett though

there was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead, when she was good she was very very good but when she was bad she was horrid.

‘Poorly’ is a northern usage. ‘Wee’ is fine for Northern Irish as well as Scottish people. My pet hates: ‘sourced’ when you mean you bought something from a posh shop but want to make it sound as if you scoured the most obscure distant lands in earth and ‘gifted’ when you mean gave. Horrid, supper and pudding all fine.

'Materiality' is a ridiculous new word. 'Material quality' will do. Ditto 'functionality'.

'Materiality' is a ridiculous new word

Any accountant will tell you, its not a new word.

Horrid doesn’t bother me. It is a word that has been around for a long time, around the time of the Tudors at least.

I do get annoyed by hear people say should of and could of. No! It’s should've as in short for should have. Instant rage.

@OddHoleySocks that's interesting.
However, I would add that the context I refer to is when 'materiality' is used instead of 'materials' by designers and architects as a new trend, where 'materials' used to be used.
For example, 'The materiality of my proposed building is brick and timber' . 'The functionality of the building is a house.'

When people say “methinks” it makes me cringe a tiny bit.

Sorry to keep going on about “sore” being a hated word. Self-indulgent? Do people really say “my throat hurts” instead of “I have a sore throat?”

@dementedma 'sore' is totally fine in my view.

"That's a bit of a sore point"
"Sore throat"
"I stumped my toe earlier and it's still really sore"
"He is a bit of a sore loser"

I was an avid reader of Enid Blyton, Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Angela Brazil, Brent-Dyer et al so I'm well acquainted with 'horrid', 'beastly', 'blast', 'the beak', 'raaaaaather', 'bally', 'brick' etc. etc. but I'm Irish so can only use them ironically. Otherwise I'd sound like an insufferable seonín.

My Dad and I do refer to things as being 'a rum do'. This has become an in-joke between us over the years. Love a bit of Wodehouse!

I like listening to people who have a rich vocabulary. As long as they're not using words to make someone else feel less educated more power to them!

Maybe they don't approve of sore in the 'sorely missed' kind of context rather than physical pain.