Hatred of certain words/phrases

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In a supermarket and heard a middle aged woman say 'OH! You've got back off your holibobs then!?'

What is wrong with saying 'holiday'? I actually cringed when I heard it.

Feel free to add your own...

I really hate the word “mamma” when applied to mothers. Particularly when coupled with the word “breastfeeding”.

Smug, twee and incredibly judgemental.

M1 motorway.
Everyone knows the M1 is a motorway. Unnecessary word.

'Smashed it'.
For doing mundane things in an average way.

Chrimbo.

Thinking outside the box (so overused that it's in a box by now!)

Managerial jargon; e.g. 'delivering' anything that doesn't literally arrive at your door.

'My journey' for anything that doesn't literally involve travel.

Lived experience (surely all experience is lived?)

Pre-loved (what's wrong with 'second-hand'?)

Woke as an insult, and especially derivations of it ('wokesters', 'wokerati').

'Resilience' when used to imply that it's a moral virtue.

'Happy birthday' if said to me (I am totally birthday-phobic).

I don't mind poorly, but I dislike the expression 'She's a bit fluey'. People are not fluey; they have the flu, and if they truly do, there's usually no 'a bit' about it!

'Was sat' and 'was stood'.

'I was sat on the bus when I realised I didn't have my bag'.
'I was stood in the queue'.

Nobody is sitting you down, and nobody is leading you like a horse and causing you to stand in these cases.

This automatically makes a person seem less educated, a person who isn't good with words and doesn't read or follow the news in any way.

And it is becoming more prevalent.

Fondle

Oh ok!

I hate the word cottage.

Reported for homophobia. 😂

"To die for". Seriously, nothing on earth is that good and it doesn't even make sense.

Fur babies.
Hubby or hubster.
Cheeky (insert name of food or drink).

I couldn't get through my dr's appointment without ref to one one these words - so much better than minge

The girls. As in boobs, tits, knockers. Call them what you will but not the fucking girls. Gives me the right rage. I see it all the time on Boob or Bust.

Ickle. I hate this word as well. Thankfully on Boob or Bust there aren't many ickle girls, there are mostly great big massive knockers so the two don't often collide.

Oh god, yes. “Play” makes me a bit sick in my mouth. Play is associated with children in my mind and that connection is just all kinds of wrong.

Also: overuse of the phrases 'stealth boast' and 'humblebrag'. Not saying these things don't exist, but the terms are often overused by people who seem to see life only in terms of competitiveness and boasting, and can't seem to imagine people having any other motives.

@IsleOfPenguinBollards isn’t Wednesday followed by Tuesday, if we are moving forward?

🤣🤣

Teen/s. "Out making memories with my teen".

"a lip". " a jean" " a boot" - no, no, no.

worst is 'a pant'

makes me think of some wheezy perv.

"Call him/her/it/them out" I think 'challenge' is the word you're looking for.

"slept with..." Yuk. It's 'sex', ffs.

"I am living in..." since when do you 'live' in a pair of fucking leggings, you numpty.

Awww. I instantly thought of George Michael when I read your post. God bless him.

😁

Edit: before anyone pounces, I mean because he was arrested for cottaging.

"Tummy" when used by adults- middle aged sis, I'm looking at you!! Makes me cringe. Just say stomach!!

I tend to use guts ache. Thinking about it, it sounds horrible.

In a little Dales tearoom someone came in and said Can I get a coffee, the Daleswoman looked at her and said No, sit down and I'll get it! The look on her face said everything about what she thought.

Robust

As used far too often by politicians or anyone to trying to defend something that went wrong, trying to convince themselves and others they're taking it seriously and will improve things in future. They think using the word to describe what they'll do automatically makes things right, when it really doesn't.

On a lighter note 😁 as others have said, anything described as 'cheeky'. Also 'meal' and not sure why but not a fan of 'moist' either.