Words that other adults use that irritate you?

[Mangosmoothiesprinkles]

Some examples that seem to irritate me (yes I know it’s totally irrational!).

First is someone calling the tumble dryer ‘the tumblee’ (written phonetically to explain how they pronounce it). Second is ‘homee’ rather than home. I know there is no reason for these to give me the rage but they do.

AIBU to feel irrationally annoyed? What words that other adults use give you the rage?

Oh, the one that will one day move to some desperate act that’ll lead to a lengthy jail sentence…

People using the French word ‘homage’ - pronounced ‘om-arrzhe’. There’s been a perfectly good word for that in English for about three hundred years, and it’s ‘homage’ - pronounced ‘hommidge’.

Brufen instead of ibuprofen. Even heard a nurse saying it.

And breathe.

Erm, I actually think I haven't stopped breathing, thank you. And neither have you.

So why say it?

'Cool beans'. I bloody hate that one.
Oh, and also 'Indeed' when used as a reply to something. Drives me mad.

Pic instead of picture or photo sets my teeth on edge.

Babe 🤨

@DilemmaDelilah

I HATE invite instead of invitation. It's NOT an invite. It has never been an invite. It will never be an invite. The word is INVITATION!!!!!

I'm with you on this. Similarly quote/quotation, which I remember my English teacher moaning about back in the 1970s!

I also hate curated and gifted.

Awesome sauce!
Bring(ing) your whole self to work
Kitty as a generic term for cat: “Please take your kitty to the vet!” “How many kitties do you have?”
Poo (for shampoo)
Wind your neck in
Wrong side of history

Also dislike the casual and trivialising (mis)use of established MH terms. You didn’t “get PTSD” from watching the news, and unless you do have some kind of trauma, you’re probably not “triggered” by routine everyday occurrences.

Potty - I refuse to use this with my DC.
Choc/Spag bol/Lippy
Babes
Picky bits
Maccy D's
Gin o'clock
Holibobs

Babes (from a man or a woman)

I can't stand it.

I’m with the PP who cringes at ‘pussy’. I’m very fond of ‘fanny’ though.

I rather like quim.

Kitty as a generic term for cat: “Please take your kitty to the vet!” “How many kitties do you have?”

Similarly pup as a generic term for dog. A pup is specifically a newborn, young or not fully grown dog.

@Mantlemoose

Brufen instead of ibuprofen. Even heard a nurse saying it.

Brufen is a brand name like "Nurofen". My mum was a nurse and she says Brufen. Maybe it's a 60s/70s thing!

Super

As in "I was super excited"

As in "That is super cool"

Whhhhhhhyyyy?!?

“My bad”

@Sn0tnose

As petty as this sounds (and it does), I once dropped someone I had recently befriended at a toddler group because he kept referring to me as mama bear and himself as a 'papa bear'

That’s not petty at all. He deserved it. I’m assuming the mother of his child had left him because of it?

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@wonderpants

Gifted- it is given. In the same way it is received not receipted.

And gotten. Where has that suddenly appeared from?

Fucking America that's where

Many of these lists really hows how middle class mumsnet is

Your round.

Fur baby

Din dins

Hunny

Hun

This one

Primarni

The ick

Snowflake…uneducated and limited vocabulary!

I don’t mind spag bol. Saying “we’re having spaghetti Bolognese for dinner tonight” sounds a bit wanky. It’s hardly cordon bleu.

Resilience. I hate that word.