AIBU to ask what words you'd ban?

[1066vegan]

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?

Inappropriate use of 'myself' and 'yourself'. I can think of very few instances where these words are appropriate, just say 'you', 'me', or 'I'.

A friend insists on using 'myself' as in, "Myself and DH are going out tonight." Grrr😬

"Poorly" doesn't annoy me, but I'd rather NOT hear about anyone being "Poorly, sick and jobbing"

'Reach out' instead of contact. As in 'I'll reach out to him'.

And 'parent' as a verb, or parenting. I know it's a very normal use of the word now, but I hate it. Parent is a noun. You raise a child.

cis & using the word mermaid for anything other than an imaginary sea creature who looks a human mix
& snot its always been a word that makes me cringe

Precious, I get very irate when I see 'precious little family'.

Business Babe

Jane I'm with you there, also hello and how are you. It's none of their fucking business.

Naked transcenerting really irritates me in meetings, it's just unnecessary.

Bliss.

I hate it (irrationally) when people make a statement describing something mundane and mildly enjoyable, end the sentence with a full stop, and then write "bliss" as a full sentence.

Mortified when the speaker was actually only mildly embarrassed or actually felt very little but thinks they look better if they claim to have been embarrassed to the point of paralysis by some breach of etiquette.

Generally I dislike it when people devalue strong descriptive terms by misusing them, and completely stop using more appropriate milder terms.

If you were mortified by your child whispering to you that they needed the toilet during a matinee of a children's film at the cinema, you're left without vocabulary to describe how you feel when you spill your drink on your crotch just before being called in for an interview, or do a major presentation to hundreds of colleagues and clients with your skirt tucked into your knickers and are told by your red faced male colleague as you walk out...

"so fun"

As in, "Appearing on Love Island was so fun." No it wasn't! It was possibly such fun, but not so fun! Grrrr.

I heartily agree that "verbing" words is irritating, as in "Barry hopes to medal in the Women's Heptathlon" or "AIBU not to parent like my mil?"

Myself, I cannot stand an intrusive comma.

Sometimes though, you have to use these 'most hated' words, especially when there isn't another word that would do, so when i use redisperization, in a meeting, well, that's what i mean.

"Moving forward"

I had a boss that started nearly every fucking sentence with it, and the sentence was usually ended with pointless drivel that he thought was of vital importance. It was usually complete bollocks and impossible to achieve anyway.

"Moving forward, can we stop using the phrase moving forward, I may combust if I hear it again"

Hun and Babe when referring to your friend who is a 45 year old woman and neither of these things

Just as I expected, xenophobic idiots leaving every other comment. If you hate Americanisms so much then stop consuming American culture - television, movies, books, music, all of it.

Obviously

It’s now an almost meaningless word in the same vein as ‘like’ and ‘so’.

Examples from work:

Q. How was your weekend? A. Obviously my MIL was a pain so the barbecue was crap.

No it’s not bloody obvious.

Q. What is the return policy on the product? A. Obviously we give a six month return on stock under 50% of total order quantity.

Not industry standard so not sure how it’s obvious.

The word is being used like a buffer so people can be seen to bump their gums while the real answer is forming.

Mummabear and Daddio

Autism-Cos every second child has it apparently and i don't agree with it. Your child May be slower or different but doesn't necessarily equal autism, everyone goes at their own pace

'Deliver' as used by politicians and managers: 'delivering outcomes' etc., and worst of all, 'we must deliver Brexit': Brexit is not a parcel that's been stuck in the post. 'Think outside the box': such a cliche that it's now in a box! 'Happy birthday' if said to me: I don't mind anyone else's birthday, but I wish to totally forget the very existence of mine (and no, it's not today!)

HairyDogsInUnusualPlaces what does redisperization mean? In fact what does disperization mean?

@BernardBlacksWineIceLolly I love you.

@Elision it's so predictable. Very sad how people seem to think it's fine to slag off anything American.

Cray cray
Little one
Cuppa

Words I wish had never existed....

Brexit
No deal Brexit

Not ban.... but 'really' is fairly meaningless & overused. Very is a much better word.
(JRM banned "very" but not "really" )

"Few" is never used correctly any more. I could place temporary ban that one for meaning nothing.

The Americans are very nice about quaint "Britishisms" it does seem a bit mean to criticise a word just because Americans use it.