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

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Smellies.

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

Booze.

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

I moved to Oz five years ago and still can't cope when people say "Oh he's such a spunk!"

I'm like...NO!

Can't get worked up about 'tummy' either. 'Abdomen' is no more specific. If, as a doctor, you need to understand what's wrong quickly, insisting on 'abdomen' and confusing a patient in the process may be dangerous. 'Tummy' for 'womb' (or 'uterus'), though, winds me up something terrible.

Seeing another thread has reminded me how much I (irrationally) dislike 'pick' to mean 'choose'.

Supper
Legend - when used to describe a person
Epic - when used to describe something
Uber - when not used as part of the German language
Clog/Clogs (unless what you might wear on your feet)

@cologne4711

Tbf meal covers the whole country and beyond. If someone said they wanted to meet me for dinner, I'd think they meant midday

I think I would say meal unless I meant a particular time of day. For me lunch is around noon/1pm and dinner is an evening meal.

Except for Christmas dinner which is any time of day after mid-day (same for Sunday roast dinner).

That's what I mean. Christmas and Sunday dinner is a during the day thing. So why lunch for the rest of the time?

It's breakfast, dinner and tea where I'm from.

Pupper for a dog. Puts my hackles up and also the pupper language when talking for a dog.

Just stobbit.

Pupper is a disgrace.

Clog/Clogs (unless what you might wear on your feet) How else DO you use it?

When people say anything over 100%
E.g I'll give 110%
There's no such thing and it's annoying!

As many PP have already said, hate ‘meal’, ‘belly’, ‘off of’

Also, ‘gawjus’
As in ‘Aw, that’s gawjus hon!’
WTF? Do people actually think this is the correct spelling of ‘gorgeous’?

'Hubby'. Yuk!

'Sweet treats' now said deliberately by DH with massive grin as he knows how much I hate it. If you want a biscuit call it a fucking biscuit!

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

Yes this too. And as another pp said, "grab a coffee".

Hun.

That's what I mean. Christmas and Sunday dinner is a during the day thing. So why lunch for the rest of the time

I don't know, but I would say "shall we meet for lunch" for erm lunchtime, and if I said "shall we meet for dinner" I would mean in the evening. Completely inconsistent I know

@CatteStreet

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.

I do get this to an extent, but in so many cases there's a perfectly good expression already.

For example "gift".

I gave you a present.

I "gifted" you a present. Just why.

‘Role’. What’s wrong with job??
‘Pregnant’. I don’t know why 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also ‘picky bits’ makes it sound like you’re eating
scabs.

Also ‘scab’.

If a doctor asked about my tummy, I'd think stomach, which would be fine but I've seen it used for pretty much anywhere in the abdomen. I've heard it used with pregnancy as mentioned, when having intravaginal scan with concerns about cancers and POI going on, and with a family member with bowel cancer where the pain is normally significantly lower and not unusual to be felt around the back (which is where he felt it so getting medical information with 'lower abdominal (tummy) pain' both felt like they didn't understand their audience and gave him and some of our family false hope since he didn't have any stomach pains).

Doctors have to match their patients' language, but I find 'a pain in [locations] abdomen' clearer and I find it patronizing when I've said 'a pain across my lower abdomen' to have it repeated back as a tummy pain, but then maybe I've just had more than my fair share of HCP who think my disabilities or appearance means I need to be talked to as a child who doesn't fully grasp English as they're the main people who've wanted to talk about my tummy so they all sit in my ire list together.

@IntermittentParps - as in to clog something up/clogged pores (just realised clogged is even worse...) - not envy

Hurryup, ah, I see.

'Can I get a coffee?’ really winds me up too.

A very Covid-era one: when people on Zoom talk about 'jumping on/off' e.g. 'Sorry but I've got to jump on another call'/'I've been asked to jump on this one.' Why do they always fucking 'jump'

Panties
Sleeps
Girl when referring to a woman over 18.
Kid when referring to anyone over 18, unless you're actually their parent. 'My kids' - fine. 'College kids' - not.
Misuse of reflexive pronouns.
Weird use of singular nouns in fashion pages. 'Pair with a red lip' - what, only one?

Self-isolation bothers me not only because the 'self' is unnecessary but because it's only isolation if you know you're infected. If you've been in contact with an infected person and there's only the possibility you now have the illness too, it's quarantine.

Diaper
Literally
Baby momma
Baby daddy.......
Hate hate hate those words with a passion!!

"Brannie" (sp?) to mean brand new.

We were talking about buying our next car the other day, and my husband asked if I "fancied a brannie?"
I asked him never to say it again!!

Also "Ally Pally" for Alexandra Palace. Perhaps just a local hate. But It's grand enough to deserve it's full name!

'My one' instead of mine.
'Yourn' instead of yours.

'Baby mama or Baby dad' Thanks Maury Povich!!
And a swear - c u next Tuesday. Vile Vile word

A very Covid-era one: when people on Zoom talk about 'jumping on/off' e.g. 'Sorry but I've got to jump on another call'/'I've been asked to jump on this one.' Why do they always fucking 'jump

Oh goodness yes "can we jump on a call" - NO. It predates covid though.

I love this thread!