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What words make you cringe?

427 replies

Bintymcbintface · 05/03/2022 16:47

Just that really. What words make you kinda recoil.

Mine are:

Treats
Creamy
Hubby
Furbabes/furbabies

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CambsAlways · 05/03/2022 18:00

Panties makes me want to vom! As do furbaby hubster hubby, and the worst one ever bloody moist

Onlyhuman123 · 05/03/2022 18:02

Hubs. Hubby.
Rant over (hate that phrase)
Holibobs...gah
Cilaaaaaaaantro...no, its coriander over here (and tastes like bogeys ) Grin

grapewines · 05/03/2022 18:02

[quote Toottooot]@grapewines kiddlwinks are children 💁🏻‍♀️[/quote]
Thanks. I definitely agree with you.

Libertybear80 · 05/03/2022 18:03

Gotten- because it's not a word but is used all the time 🥵

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 05/03/2022 18:03

@Helpimfalling

Today I read somebody put "mama bear to three boys"

Errrrm no your not your a human, you have the wrong specie love!!

Ugh cringe mama bear.

Your when it should be you're. Angry
FrangipaniBlue · 05/03/2022 18:05

Pretty much any made up word that doesn't appear in the Oxford English Dictionary.

SymbollocksInteractionism · 05/03/2022 18:05

Gutted, when used to describe any minor disappointment.
Poorly
Hubby or hubster or any of that pish.
Stay safe.
The wow factor.

Lamerexo · 05/03/2022 18:06

'Din dins' for dinner. 'Yum' in the sense of 'that was so yum' and 'amazeballs.' Call me miserable but I dont care !!!

TroysMammy · 05/03/2022 18:09

Tummy
Panties
Making memories
You melt our hearts
Love you to the moon and back

SymbollocksInteractionism · 05/03/2022 18:09

@bideshi

I always thought fugly was short for fucking ugly. I am old though 😄

TroysMammy · 05/03/2022 18:10

Reach out
Shout out

FayCarew · 05/03/2022 18:10

Gotten is a word @Libertybear80

containsnuts · 05/03/2022 18:11

Job adds looking for someone "dynamic".

ShowOfHands · 05/03/2022 18:11

Fugly does mean fucking ugly.

hangrylady · 05/03/2022 18:11

Hubby
Moreish
Playdate
Also made up words like wankbadger and cockwomble, which people say to be hilarious and fail miserably.

Jools67 · 05/03/2022 18:11

Running errands.
Atop.
My world/rock.

Lamerexo · 05/03/2022 18:11

[quote SymbollocksInteractionism]@bideshi

I always thought fugly was short for fucking ugly. I am old though 😄[/quote]
Fugly is definitely fucking ugly .. either way not very nice GrinGrinGrin

Fairislefandango · 05/03/2022 18:12

Of course 'gotten' is a word Confused. It's mostly used by Americans, but that doesn't mean it's not a word! Confused

DementedPanda · 05/03/2022 18:12

Fil says okie dokie everytime we answer a question. Drive us insane for some reason.

HoneyItIsntGoodLuck · 05/03/2022 18:12

@Libertybear80

Gotten- because it's not a word but is used all the time 🥵
‘Gotten’ is a word, in regular usage in other English-speaking countries.

Yes to many of these.

Someone recently referred to ‘knicks’ on a thread, meaning underwear. They used the word three times in a short post. I was like, ‘FFS, stop saying ‘knicks’’.

Lamerexo · 05/03/2022 18:12

'Let me get' when ordering something, or 'Gimme a..' I don't know why it just really grinds my gears.

Doihavetogotoworkdotcom1 · 05/03/2022 18:16

Honey

Bintymcbintface · 05/03/2022 18:17

@Supdog

What makes me cringe is the constant judgement & snearing superiority of all the threads like this. People use different vocabulary get a fucking life.
My god lighten up, its OK to dislike things. Doesn't mean anyone is being judged or that anyone feels superior
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cobblers123 · 05/03/2022 18:18

Din dins!

This made me laugh as my nan used to say this to their dog when dishing up his food. It was about 60 years ago though 😃

"Laddie, come on, din dins!"

PukkaP · 05/03/2022 18:20

Phlegm
Mole
Nom nom
Smear
Picky bits