I hate the word 'stink'. What words do you hate for no real reason?

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I dunno if it's just because I dislike it so much, but 'stink' or 'stinky' or 'stinking' seems to be written regularly on different posts. I hate it and no idea why really it's just a word

It's not even like it evokes an unpleasant memory, like of an awful odour or something. I have no logical reason for my not liking the word. Maybe just the way the k looks kind of sharp at the end, and abruptly finishes the word? And of course it does mean and unpleasant thing, whereas the word 'slink' does not necessarily...See, I told you it made no sense.

Also, belly. Again I can't really say why I don't like this word. I don't have such a violent dislike as in I don't mind other people using it, but would never use it myself.

What words do you hate for totally illogical reasons?

I hate the word gaping , like a gaping wound or hole.

My Mum hated "Pressie/Bikkie/Peckish/Snack"

(She would probably hate Picky Bits/Picky Tea as well )

My Dad and I would wind her up (good natured not nasty)

Me "I'm a bit peckish , I fancy a snack"
Dad" "Me too , maybe a bikkie . D'you someone will bring some as a pressie"

Mum < explodes>

Mum said "'Urbs" for herbs .
"No you're not American, it;s herbs "

Digress.

The festive period.

bad boys.

As in 'you take these bad boys (e.g. tomatoes) and chuck them in the blender.

Just going to fix these bad boys to the wall.

Etc

Cringe

Outfits, but not outfit - I have no idea why
Bubba
Hubby
doll - when used to describe a woman

My list would consist of:

Crumpet, as in 'she's a lovely bit of crumpet.'

Dog mama

Methinks

Wank, or worse, 'pile of wank'

Schtum

Gullet

Spanner, especially 'he's a right spanner'

Bloke

Any variation on the thingy/thingybob/ thingummies theme.

Pregnant (for non pregnancy)

Eg my boss used to call out half baked ideas saying "you can't be half pregnant."

The women of the office cringed and we had to have a little intervention

A sweet nod to......
Grinned
Grabbed or grab, as in 'grab a coffee'
Happy days
It is what it is
Portion
Fresh fruit
That's all I can think of for now but I'm sure thete are more.

Not a word, a phase ‘clever girl’. It is always used condescendingly in my experience.

The phrase 'well done' when applied to something where the person hasn't actually done anything well.

So for example, person wins a competition by picking a random number, and their number is chosen as the winner. Then people say 'well done (name)'. They didn't bloody do anything, and if they did it could possibly be described as difficult anyway😠

Discharge.

'I'm going to discharge the patient now' makes me boak

Weirdly, I hate the words “nurturing” and “hothouse” when describing schools. Mainly because they don’t mean the same things to everyone - what one person describes as nurturing, another will describe as stifling.

Supper to me evokes pretension, poshness, smugness, infantilism.

I can't watch or read Nigel Slater talking about having a bowl of pasta for supper. Insufferable.

And then my Yorkshire in-laws use it in a totally different way, as a biscuit at bedtime. But that's because they've eaten their tea at 5.30. Also insufferable.

So, "supper".

Minging. When someone says it I relate the awful word to them rather than what they calling "mingin,"

Supper is also very hard to hear 🤣🤣
If you're truly posh I can just tolerate it otherwise it sounds dire

"Makes my teeth itch"
Fur babies
Using an adjective of nationality as a singular noun, e.g. referring to Christiano Ronaldo as "the Portuguese", or referring to Roger Federer as "the Swiss".

Nourishing

And 'supper' as others have said.

Penis. The word is just disgusting imo. I do like the thing itself, just hate the word

Bookish.
Poorly.

All the usual suspects here although I’ve never seen ‘unprecedented’ or ‘ramekin’ on one of these threads before.
Glad to see a few people speaking out about ‘supper’ (shudder).

Mum, when teachers or nurses use it as a name, rather than saying "her mum" or "his mum".

Setting, as a noun, like a nursery setting.

Glands.

‘Wee’ and ‘pee’ both make me boke. I can actually smell urine in my nostrils when someone says either. If someone announces they are going for a wee or a pee, it puts me right off them. No need to announce it, and the words are both eeuwwww 😱