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What's your least favorite word?

138 replies

medicmummm · 23/04/2022 23:05

I'll start off...

Claggy

Clergy- just sounds like a disease

What's yours?

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medicmummm · 24/04/2022 09:53

WhatTheFlap · 24/04/2022 09:47

Purse
Cross (as in “I was so cross”, it’s just such a meh way of describing an emotion)
Hubby

Hubby was cross when he couldn't find my purse. 😛

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LeftieLucy · 24/04/2022 10:01

Apoplectic, when they mean a bit cross.

Bostonten · 24/04/2022 10:12

Not singular words but hate the following

chicken boobs - chicken breast 🤢
snag list

Bostonten · 24/04/2022 10:12

Also -

lush and hun ugh

NightmareSlashDelightful · 24/04/2022 10:14

Never been a fan of ‘mound’. Couldn’t tell you why.

medicmummm · 24/04/2022 10:18

I hate being called love...

Especially by men and especially at work.

I just find it so condescending

Hun 😉

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ShoveItUpYerArse · 24/04/2022 10:21

Brekkie
Cuppa
Yep/Yup/Nope etc
'Smellies' for toiletries

1000yellowdaisies · 24/04/2022 10:40

Thejoyfulstar · 24/04/2022 01:55

I'm a Christian and when I hear people use the words 'Jesus' or 'Jesus Christ' as a swear word, it's like nails down a blackboard for me. It gives me such a serious ice and makes me so uncomfortable in a way that nothing else does.

Same here. .

MistyGreenAndBlue · 24/04/2022 10:49

Slut. Just stop it.

Also dislike the words lush and meal. Lush is just annoying but meal makes me shudder for some reason.

idontknowdoi · 24/04/2022 10:53

So many words on here that I also hate, and hadn't thought of!

Supper
Brekkie
Lush
Hun
Leccy
Process when pronounced 'prawcess'

Definitely 'meal'. Especially a 'hot meal'.

Pebbledashery · 24/04/2022 10:54

Squelch
Moist
Raw
Cnt (can't bring myself to spell it fully)
Sh
t
Faeces

You see where I'm going with this.

Pebbledashery · 24/04/2022 10:55

idontknowdoi · 24/04/2022 10:53

So many words on here that I also hate, and hadn't thought of!

Supper
Brekkie
Lush
Hun
Leccy
Process when pronounced 'prawcess'

Definitely 'meal'. Especially a 'hot meal'.

Laughing at brekkie, I don't know why but it made me laugh 🤣

medicmummm · 24/04/2022 10:55

idontknowdoi · 24/04/2022 10:53

So many words on here that I also hate, and hadn't thought of!

Supper
Brekkie
Lush
Hun
Leccy
Process when pronounced 'prawcess'

Definitely 'meal'. Especially a 'hot meal'.

Prawcess... I read that in a Yorkshire accent 😬

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idontknowdoi · 24/04/2022 10:59

@medicmummm To be fair, I'm in Scotland, and it's one colleague in particular who says it like that. She's as Yorkshire as a haggis.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 24/04/2022 11:04

I admit to saying 'Jesus Christ' etc without thinking as not a swear word, but so realise I shouldn't be saying it as it's not nice. There's no escaping swear words though kids hear them everywhere, just need to explain where and when they can or can't say them

To people of faith, blasphemy is far worse than swearing, though - not just 'not nice'. It seems like a double insult when people who would likely balk at the thought of discussing thoughts or opinions about the object of your faith nevertheless use that as their go-to whenever they want to express disgust/hatred/anger/whatever. If a faith/belief system means nothing to you personally, then fine; but just ignore it as irrelevant in your life. Buddhism is simply not a part of my life, so it wouldn't ever occur to me to shout ''Gautama Buddha' as an expression of anger. Even if I were somehow minded to do that, I still wouldn't, as why would I want to aggressively upset Buddhists for no reason at all with an offensive throwaway insult?

If you must, at least shouting a 'regular' swear word - most of which tend to revolve around defecation or sex - is 'neutral' and not (originally) calculated to insult or offend anybody's sincere personal beliefs.

If people everywhere routinely used the name of your Mum (or somebody else you consider very precious to you) whenever they were disgusted or angry about something - hit their thumb with a hammer or stepped in some dog poo - and their very first instinct was to screw up their face and shout "Edna f*ing Philips", I can't imagine most people wouldn't have an issue with that.

To clarify, I'm saying 'you' here in a general 'including everybody' sense - not referring specifically to you Smile

bridgetreilly · 24/04/2022 11:07

Panties.

I used to write romance novels and my American editors wouldn’t let me use knickers or, obviously, pants. You had to call them panties or underwear. Actually, underwear to specifically mean knickers is even worse.

OlympicProcrastinator · 24/04/2022 11:08

‘Hubster’ makes me die a little inside every time someone says it.

Also, ‘vulva’ ‘labia’ and ‘vagina’. Why give them such cringey words?

bridgetreilly · 24/04/2022 11:09

Oh, also, any word wth a * in it. If you literally can’t type the word then don’t use it at all. Same for other euphemisms for swear words. If you don’t want to swear, don’t (I don’t). But the prissiness of swearing but pretending not to absolutely does my head in.

bridgetreilly · 24/04/2022 11:10

@OlympicProcrastinator Because those are the actual medical and scientific names? Why give them cringey names like foofoo, front bottom, fanny, or whatever?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 24/04/2022 11:11

Sarnies. Just why? It's not like the eternal bath/barth or scone to rhyme with gone or bone disagreements: nobody ever pronounces it 'saaaarrrndwiches', so where does the 'r' come from?

Also, clearly related, common pronunciation of the word as 'samwidge'.
"Shall we stop off at the cafe for food?"
"I'm sorted, thanks - I've got some samwidges in my hambag."

OlympicProcrastinator · 24/04/2022 11:13

bridgetreilly I’m quite aware they are the correct names. My point was that those words are my least favourite because they sound cringey. It’s a light hearted thread.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 24/04/2022 11:14

Oh, also, any word wth a in it. If you literally can’t type the word then don’t use it at all. Same for other euphemisms for swear words. If you don’t want to swear, don’t (I don’t). But the prissiness of swearing but pretending not to absolutely does my head in.*

That's a very fair point. I personally do it when referring to what other people choose/have chosen to say, but I wouldn't use-it-but-not-use it when speaking for myself, if that makes sense.

SocksAndTheCity · 24/04/2022 11:30

'Snack' when used as a verb. It's eating.

Also 'frumpy', which infests the S&B threads, is only ever applied to women and always in a pejorative way. See also 'slag'.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 24/04/2022 11:32

'S'mores'. It's on a par with 'nom-noms', but at least everybody still realises that the latter is a silly babyish word; somehow, 's'mores' has made its way into the official vocab lists.

Any adult who describes something as 'yummy' or, even worse, 'scrummy'.

TreacheryPepper · 24/04/2022 11:33

Vulgar