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

Myself, when you mean I or me.

No, it does not make you sound well-educated but quite the opposite.

Shook

Discharge. In any context, but obviously when used in the "discharged from hospital" context, where I would most often hear it, makes my face go red!

Boobs
willy
hubby
holibobs
poorly

• they are all so bloody babyish

I also dislike "give me the ick (what the fuck does that mean) awesome - for anything that's not at all awesome crotch gusset super

Pronouns

I know what you mean! I'm a language teacher though, so I pretty much have to talk about pronouns sometimes. Is that allowed?

Moist
Bants
Honey (affectionate term)
Hun
Benchmark
Touch base
Deep dive
Guff

The words 'stay safe'. Heard a woman on the bus say it the other day, after 2 years

Greedy

I don’t know why!

Boobys I hate it when people say it. Makes me cringe

Thanks! Famalam seems right somehow for sprawling extended family/friends. Holibobs sounds like an old word made new. Why are they annoying? Is there a connotation, or they just are?

Practicable
Realistically
Babes
Hun
Hubby
Lad(s)

Weep
Tearful
' Thank you ladies.. " in WhatsApp group chats
Hubby

Erm ... there's loads .

Myself - when it should be I or me !! My eyes roll so far back they nearly fall out.
Me too! I'm really easy going but when a cold caller mentions some hideous plastic window or something that would benefit 'yourself today' I feel almost murderous!

@Fairislefandango

Pronouns

I know what you mean! I'm a language teacher though, so I pretty much have to talk about pronouns sometimes. Is that allowed?

Haha of course 😁

Kids
Afters
Tea when used instead of dinner.
Belly
Drinking chocolate

All make me cringe.

Poo and jobby. I don't mind ut when kids say it but it makes me gag when adults say it especially my dp.

vulnerable (85% of the population seems to be vulnerable)
revised (as in revised prices - increased is more accurate)
axed (nurses get axed, doctors get axed, police get axed)
hard-working families (are they also vunerable?)

Nom nom
Hubby/hubster
Date night
Hun
Babe
Stay safe
Best life
Goals
Foul
Amazeballs

Did you mean to be so rude - followed with a head tilt and ‘tinkly laugh.’
You really don’t say that in real life - just makes you look like a fud.

Holibobs
Babe - reminds me of MIL
Panties 🤢

Nom

And then certain combinations such as “off of” (just say off) and “baby girl/baby boy” (just say “baby”).

The word snowflake used as an insult. As though being sensitive to other peoples feelings is a bad quality. Anytime I see someone on these boards use it I immediately think they’re a cold hearted c*nt.

Pamper

ANT AND DEC

Hubby
Hun
Babe
Eek