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AIBU to ask what words you'd ban?

358 replies

1066vegan · 27/07/2019 23:19

JRM's style guide made me think about this. Top of my list would be "hun", followed closely by "Crimbo" and "hubby".

What words would you love never to have to read or hear again?

OP posts:
Sukeyb · 30/07/2019 22:08

Baby Daddy & saying “right?” at the end of each sentence

Benjispruce · 30/07/2019 22:11

The c word.
Overuse of ‘like’
Inappropriate use of ‘iconic’

Benjispruce · 30/07/2019 22:21

Anal- I’m so anal about blah blah blah.
So many people say it without any recognition of what they’re alluding to. I don’t want to think about a person’s anus in general conversation.Why can’t they say uptight or fussy?

Instagrrr · 30/07/2019 22:22

Retard
Yummy mummy
Vino

doodlejump1980 · 30/07/2019 22:25

How are yous? Whit?

Igotthemheavyboobs · 30/07/2019 22:32

Waft 🤢

OkPedro · 31/07/2019 02:52

doodle yous is used widely outside of the uk.. obviously I wouldn’t ask one person how are yous...

Benjispruce · 31/07/2019 08:24

Was about to say ‘yous’ Is commonplace in Ireland. It’s not an affectation.

NorberErratics · 31/07/2019 08:58

'Yous' is regional dialect, but this thread is about dislikes which can be irrational rather than SPAG pedantry so I suppose anything is fair game here.

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 31/07/2019 14:13

Fucking "dippy eggs".

julensaor · 31/07/2019 18:22

naice
hustings
delicious

Benjispruce · 31/07/2019 18:44

Hun
Hun
Hun

NaturalBornWoman · 01/08/2019 17:20

Glass of wine (contents fine, but the "glass of" part annoys me so much)

That's an odd one. What would you offer someone? What about a cup of tea, does "cup of" annoy you too?

lotusbell · 01/08/2019 17:24

Holibobs, famalam, well jel, hubster, gusset and most, obviously.

SoftBlocks · 01/08/2019 17:26

Supper

PivotPivotPivottt · 01/08/2019 17:30

Stinky 🤮
Diddums

Read both of these on here daily.

PivotPivotPivottt · 01/08/2019 17:33

Poorly
Chap/bloke instead of man. Chap especially.

Both also from here.

IhaveALooBrush · 01/08/2019 17:38

Cuppa.
Tasty
Holibobs
Crimbo

ElizaPancakes · 01/08/2019 18:47

Flavourful
Addicting
Mouthfeel
Any of the hyperbolic adjectives used on this very site - terrified being my absolute top hated one.
Identifying as something. You are or you aren’t.
Garlicky and panicky. I don’t know I why the ‘cky’ part offends me so much. I think it conjures up the image of fingers being licked.
Confused by pp who says ‘sarnie’ is Scouse - I live in Liverpool and have never heard it used, but I grew up in Hertfordshire and used it all the time! There was (is?) a shop in Watford called Sarnies!
Don’t especially like Americanisms either, and think that people that think that is xenophobic are clearly thick as two short planks. Because if you’re allowed to make ridiculous generalisations then so am I.

BunnyJumps · 01/08/2019 18:55

Making love
Making memories
We are pregnant

ElizaPancakes · 01/08/2019 20:08

Oh yes, we are pregnant!

Benjispruce · 01/08/2019 20:49

Iconic when talking about something that isn’t.

NoTheresa · 06/08/2019 11:19

Twice in the space of a five I have stopped reading an OP because the poster wrote the noun “bias” instead of the verb “biased” - as in “I may be bias...”

Good grief.

NoTheresa · 06/08/2019 11:20

...of five minutes...

NoTheresa · 06/08/2019 11:21

I thought “I text...” as opposed to “I texted...” was the very worst it could get. Lol