What words make you cringe?

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Just that really. What words make you kinda recoil.

Mine are:

Treats
Creamy
Hubby
Furbabes/furbabies

Bestie (for anyone over the age of 10)
Hubby
Kids
Babe
Hun

People must be able to see me recoil when they call me Hun.

Natter
Meal
Tea (when used in place of dinner)
Comfy
Poorly (used as an adjective(

Oh yes completely agree with belly and holibobs.

So many on here so I won’t repeat them.

A new one I came across yesterday on another thread - ‘vajeen’ instead of vagina.

Tea used in place of dinner is the norm in swathes of the UK.
Cringing at that is the least of your problems!

Little man for a boy - drives me nuts - I don't know why.

I used to absolutely cringe at hun or babe but have got used to them. Would never say them myself.

There is an interesting distinction to be made between slang or “cute” words that people loath, like “hubby” or “holibobs” because of the way they are used and “proper” words which are disliked for likely quite different reasons. I can’t stand the word “tepid”. It makes me shudder. And I don’t really know why.

Can I HAVE

Or even 'May I have X, please?'

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Forgot to add "Bits"

As in someone buying "a few bits"

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Pamper
Grub (for food)
Bubbles/fizz for champagne or prosecco
Super in front of everything eg super cool, super fun
Girly/girlies/my girls when used in reference to female friends
Bacon roll instead of bacon sarnie/butty
Moreish
Pmsl/rofl/creased.. No you're not. It was mildly funny at best
Picky on
Ickle
Smellies instead of toiletries
Smoky eye or nude lip
Love it/love this (usually said in response to something mediocre someone has posted on social media)

Sure I could think of a lot more🤔😂...

'Delicious'

Cannot. Stand it

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Yes I hate hosting. I also hate people referring to children as 'little ones'.

I also hate the phrase 'running around after the children', like it's a form of aerobic exercise.

Date night ! 🥴

People referring to their dog as "my boy" 🤢

I thought I was a bit strange with my dislike of
Topping
Slice
Portion
and Treat, but other people have mentioned them, so I’m not as weird as I thought.
I also hate ‘cunt’, but that could be more due to my trying it out on my DM when I was 8 and she chased me round the garden wielding a shoe, rather than the sound of the word.

Little people when referring to children.

Spag Bol - Italians would cringe so much!!

When someone says “me three” (as in, a person says something, a second person agrees and says “me too” and then a third says “me three”) - cringe!

My husband HATES it when people say “hubby”; I’ve come round and agree it’s weird.

People who don’t laugh properly but keep saying “that’s so funny” in a sort of fake/non laughing kind of way. Just laugh! Or don’t but don’t say “that’s so funny”. The worst one I’ve ever heard was when a person said “LOL” (another word I hate) - she just said (out loud) “LOL”. Aaah

Could/would/should of instead of could/would/should HAVE!

NAICE.....cringe
Babe
Hun
Furbabies
Scrummy
Yummy

Poop - sounds so childish
Pooh - looks so childish

Kid used in the singular - 'my kid' sounds so dismissive.

Another vote for 'myself', especially when used to start a sentence.

Super. Makes you sound like a cu*t.

On instead of 'of'. On an evening. No, it's of an evening.

Pack up. It's packed lunch.

Completely wrong grammar. The child needs fed. No, it's the child needs feeding. Or to be fed.

I'm sure there are more.

On the weekend instead of at the weekend.