What words make you cringe?

[Bintymcbintface]

Just that really. What words make you kinda recoil.

Mine are:

Treats
Creamy
Hubby
Furbabes/furbabies

Just to add ...'making memories' gives me the rage as it's used indiscriminately for just having a nice time .

Gifted ...absolute no-no

Needs baked/done/bought or any other past participle of a verb attached to the word 'needs.'

@ButtockUp

I've always thought it odd that so many people ( usually women) who take exception to the word 'moist.'

I'd love to know why. A number of former colleagues would recoil at the word !

Because it became a trend to dislike the word moist. Then everyone and his dog started saying they hated it. I now cringe when I hear people say they hate the word.

"Bestie"

"For sure"

“Curated” as in “finely curated taster menu”
Remit
Bespoke

moist plinth (hopefully someone will get the reference)

I actually really cringe at the words “magic” and “ace”

Bliss.

Triggered - allowance if something is personally triggering but you can’t just say it about everything

Pieces - instead of saying 'skirt, shirt etc.
Slimey
Sneaky
Smelly
Soggy
Moist
Mouldy
Flesh
Bulbous
Nasal
Vertebrae
Peroxide
Meaty

Pause
Loungewear
Meal

Cum

Pudding
Just typing that made me want to cry-I hate it

Fugly-my daughter had to explain its a cross between fat and ugly
Hangry-eh?your just hungry so please eat something
In fact please don’t put two words together to make a whole new word-it’s just wrong

Hubby/wifey/other half-other half to what?your a whole person in your own right

Boils my piss lol

Snuggles
Boozy lunch/boozy weekend

Kiddos
Slather
Holibobs

haha some of these sooo good.

Some of my words would be awesome, babe (sorry not a piggie)
when some women keep going on about 'my husbandddd'
The most annoying one here which our government used during pandemic was 'Staycation' jesus did everyone's head in. Gives me that feeling like chalk on a blackboard.
Am sure is more, love these threads.

@InvisibleDragon

Nommy as a cutesy term for delicious.

Recent moved to Scotland and my workplace has an obsession with the word "outwith" both literally "outwith the region" and figuratively "outwith our remit". Not keen on that either but I think it's a regional usage rather than work jargon so I'm trying to get used to it. Never heard it in England though!

It’s definitely a Scottish word.

Massive - as in heart attack
Passed away - as in dead/died.
(Gives me) rage. It makes me angry.

Irregardless - nope.

‘Poorly’ to describe anyone over the age of five when feeling ill.

‘Decadent’ as it’s so over used it’s really lost it’s meaning.

Bloke
Snog
Tissue

Many of the above, and, since I’m a grumpy old pedant,
plurals spelt with apostrophe plus S, when they should replace the y with ies.
Family’s, party’s, baby’s, etc., all often seen on MN.

Ditto the reverse when it’s a possessive, e.g. ’My babies dad’ when they mean ‘My baby’s dad’

Those all make me wince.

another one is 'seemingly'
also minge or fanny eeeww just sounds gross
just typing it makes me feel yuk

Pamper, can’t stand it.
Hubby might actually be worse.
Breasts, too many s ‘s clustered round the t I think.

Don’t get the hate for moist though.

Also annoying are ‘ hence why’ . Hence means why so don’t use both.

And ‘Myself’ in place of I or me.
Both of the above seem to make people think they sound formal or professional. “ just fill out the form and return it to myself”.

Whatsboutery (seems to be the latest massively overused buzz term),
Give your head a wobble,
Peeps (as in 'peeps through a window')
Poorly

@Bintymcbintface

Just that really. What words make you kinda recoil.

Mine are:

Treats
Creamy
Hubby
Furbabes/furbabies

Urgh, totally agree on creamy and hubby. Or anything like hub, hubster etc.

Don’t like juicy either

When said by grown adults -
Ewwww
Gross
Yuck.