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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:
chubbysquid · 27/07/2019 23:40

Fiscal

Cottaging

Katinski · 27/07/2019 23:40

methinks.???
and I'm not keen on "grab" as in "grabbing a quick sandwich"
Yewni

barryfromclareisfit · 27/07/2019 23:42

Panty and panties. Urgh!

SexFarmWoman · 27/07/2019 23:43

Although I’m a cunt for the less/ fewer thing, I wouldn’t ban any of it because I like words, and I love language.

MarthasGinYard · 27/07/2019 23:43

Nom nom

Batshit

Hubby

'Basically'

Boobing

MarthasGinYard · 27/07/2019 23:45

Oh yes
And....

Belly

LittleAndOften · 27/07/2019 23:45

'gifted'

I abhor this trend for turning nouns into verbs. Every time I hear that word I get the rage!

gnomeisland · 27/07/2019 23:46

Jacob
Rees
Mogg

GreyhoundzRool · 27/07/2019 23:47

Grr
Rant Over

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 27/07/2019 23:49

Myself
As in “they came over to jane and myself”
Angry

HairyFloppins · 27/07/2019 23:50

Hubster
Hun
Wifey

Ihatesundays · 27/07/2019 23:50

Cis

Hubster

Mummy if not used by a child. Like grown women taking about ‘mummy time’ etc - just fuck off.

jessicawessica · 27/07/2019 23:52

climate change.

haggistramp · 27/07/2019 23:53

Non binary. Who isnt non binary to some degree (which renders it utterly meaningless). It's just look at me I'm speshul and I need a label but more importantly I need everyone else to know how cool narcissistic I am.

HandsOffMyRights · 27/07/2019 23:55

Menstruator

MarthasGinYard · 27/07/2019 23:55

Hyperbole

A fave on MN lately

DdraigGoch · 27/07/2019 23:56

'Woke'

TashieWoo · 27/07/2019 23:58

Pee
Dewberry (when people can’t think of the word for something)
Awesome
Rock up
Mumma/Mama and Dada
“Can I get” instead of “Can I have”
Mac and cheese instead of macaroni cheese

recklessruby · 27/07/2019 23:59

Always hated the words jamboree and hullabaloo for some reason.
Also hun, tummy ache in anyone over age 9,
Bae, boo, hubster, doggo etc.
The phrase because as in
"Why are you finishing early?"
Colleague "because Friday" ...no no no you mean "because IT IS Friday" (breathe)

Justme1234567 · 28/07/2019 00:04

Moist

Katinski · 28/07/2019 00:05

Sorry, little and often but you've used another expression I really don't like...."the rage"

recklessruby · 28/07/2019 00:05

Gin o clock.
Wine o clock etc
Nibbles

jessicawessica · 28/07/2019 00:08

Also WOKE, even though I don't get what it means, but it sounds ominous.

missmouse101 · 28/07/2019 00:13

Incentivise

SamBeckett · 28/07/2019 00:16

Starting a sentence with So

Literally, when its not meant , I LITERALLY died . No you did not !

Cunt

Umberolly , I don't mind Brolly or umbrella we do not need another name for it