Words I hate...I AIBU I know but I want to tell you mine and hear yours.

[FortunesFave]

Smellies.

What an ugly word for something as nice as beauty or bath products.

Booze.

So SLOPPY sounding. BOOZE...no...no...no.

Joining the 'resilience' hate. Such a misused buzzword, often used to mean 'shut up and get on with it' but with an edge of moral superiority. You're likelier to have better resilience if you're allowed to feel (and work through) your feelings. In a similar vein, 'be the best you can be'. The whole culture of 'encouraging aspiration' that thinks fancy words are enough to overturn entrenched disadvantage without addressing its roots and if they're not the fault must lie with the underachieving individual.

'Socially distanced', as in 'we met for a socially distanced walk'. Social distancing is a general concept (AFAIK epidemiologists prefer 'physical distancing' anyway) which just sounds odd applied to specific instances. How about just 'distanced'?

'Instil', as in 'we instil manners into our children'. Always sounds slightly forceful and threatening, and a bit Gradgrindian.

'Alone time' irritates me, but I get it's a distinct concept (i.e. time with just me and whoever I really want to spend time with).

Another unreasonable bugbear of mine is 'pesto pasta'. I like to eat it, but I call it 'pasta with pesto'.

You do you

But the word that describes something lovely while being a vile word is ... slumber. Omg

I can’t stand ‘dish’ used to describe a meal. As in ‘that salmon dish you made last week was delicious’. It is just too pretentious. Possibly ok used in a professional catering capacity.

Snack.

Don’t get me wrong, I like to eat. But the word. Especially when used without an article, like “What are you having for snack?”. Makes me want to punch.

‘Can I get?’ As in ‘can I get a coffee?’ When placing an order.

I must say if I was serving them I’d be pedantic AF and say back ‘I don’t know, can you?’

Hubby
Serviette
Moist
panties
Cuppa
...and starting a sentence 'I don't mean to be funny but.... '

People who for gifts buy "experiences rather than things" so that the recipient can "make memories".

"Austerity" when it comes to public spending. Living in a society with "free" (sort of) public healthcare, benefits and food banks to fall back upon if you lose your job, is hardly "austere".

Oh, and any twee euphemism for "vagina" like foofoo or flower.

Seems I'm in a minority, but I really can't get worked up about verbs morphing to nouns ('brew'), nouns to verbs ('action', even 'gift'), etc. I think it shows creativity with and ownership of language and also indicates where the (general) totality of speakers seems to feel the current uses don't cover a specific nuance or function. Even if the attempt to cover that function isn't perfect, one is being made.

Hubby.

Funky.

Any abbreviation that ends in "zies/sies", including but not limited to mensies (periods) and mozzies (Morrison's and mosquitos).

Soz.

Bin lids instead of kids (why? It's longer to both say and type, no logic).

The hashtag #fibrowarrier.

There are many more but I will spontaneously combust in a furious rage if I dwell on it any longer.

@BullshitVivienne

I hate brew as well, and also pack up. I know it's probably regional terms but it's a packed lunch!

I also hate 'simples' and think anyone who uses it in 2020 should lose internet privileges.

Yes all of these as well.

Delicious
Tender
Moist
Intercourse

"Vibe" 😑

Hun. I absolutely loathe it.
I also dislike naice, boils my p*ss and another vote for starting posts with "so"; it's a connective SO it needs something before it.

Yy to whoever said “pack up”. I know it’s regional but still gross.

Also horrendous: “mash potato”(usually with an e on the end), “pack lunch” and anything else missing its suffix.

Funky when used to mean a bad smell. Or ‘in a funk’. Where did this come from?? Funky (if you must use it) is a good thing!

Hubby, Dove (in place of dive), invite, guys, Babe, Hon, Registry Office instead of Register Office. Horseriding. Golden labrador - they are yellow! Basically, Myself/yourself. If that makes sense. Gifting.

Funky when used to mean a bad smell. Or ‘in a funk’. Where did this come from?? Funky (if you must use it) is a good thing!

I think that sense of funky is American, isn't it? (anyone else remember the 'funky spunk' sequence from an episode of Sex and the City?)

'also dislike naice, boils my p*ss and another vote for starting posts with "so"; it's a connective SO it needs something before it.'

Yes

@IntermittentParps Yes I suppose it must be and I do remember that episode and how annoying it is used in this way. No disrespect Americans but it doesn’t make sense to me, please keep it to yourselves!

Is Miranda Hart on here? My input is bargainous there's already a proper word.

'Tummy' when not talking to a small child, especially in medical situations as an adult. I find it really off-putting when medical professionals or how the NHS and similar websites feels the need to use tummy rather than abdomen. I'll even take stomach even when it's not actually the stomach, but why tummy? I do not get using that word in official literature or towards an adult at all. It seems patronizing to me. Also womb, not sure why the word gets on my nerve and I find it very weird especially when it goes "uterus (womb)" in medical texts - why use the rest of the terms and then pseudo-translate uterus?

Also, 'crotchet' and similar for music, I ended up printing out for my DDs a page that had the music symbols for notes and rests, the British terms, and the Americans ones because I'm going to keep calling that a quarter note.

And I fully agree on making memories. Most of things captioned with that are things plenty of people have done and forgotten about - especially little kids.

Not keen on 'guys' particularly when it's used in a motivational way, 'hey guys', 'guys listen up'.

I've never understood the tummy hate! I dont think I ever got the memo it wasn't to be used by adults as doctors/hospitals use it/books use it/school never taught us it was slang/ friends use it... so noone ever told me! At 40 I'm not about to stop using it. Tummy ache is a completely normal symptom herea

@Minky37

‘Can I get?’ As in ‘can I get a coffee?’ When placing an order.

I must say if I was serving them I’d be pedantic AF and say back ‘I don’t know, can you?’

Aha! I've found another one! My dad used to hate this too and would always correct me if I used it.....needless to say, I don't use it anymore!