To hate the word "spenny"

[SpeedyBoarding]

"I have a great hand cream, it's a little bit spenny, but totally worth it."

It makes me cringe. Especially when prefaced with "a little bit".

Not sure why I hate it so much. Possibly because people who use it always buy the thing anyway - and it's usually in reference to a luxury item. Normally the thing is pretty darn expensive for what it is (£100 face cream). It conjures up a certain image in my mind: Someone who thinks they're posher than they are. They have to tell everyone how expensive everything is they have bought.

• Was my council tax bill or rent "a little bit spenny" this year? No.
• Is my Soho House membership, or a dinner at Nobu, that I'm telling you (bragging) about "a little bit spenny"? Yes.

@MagnetCarHair

Genny lec = general election
Menty b = mental breakdown (I think!)

It's spendy 😂 Spenny is short for Spencer

Thanks. Menty B though 🤣

I was thinking mental block.

Before I rtft I thought it meant spend a penny ☺️

I hve never heard this word before- but it is crass and vulgar .

It makes me think of the phrase spend a penny- I'll be thinking everyone needs a wee lol

Yeah and mental breakdown?

Spenny?

Never heard it - heard of spendy, but only on MN!

That would make more sense to me 😂

It’s spenny for expensive, rather than spendy.

I love using it all to wind up my teenagers 🤣

Platty Jubes was the best!

The only time I have heard it is as an abbreviation of Spennymoor Co Durham.

Spenny and spendy- I've never heard either of these terms! Which part of the country do people say these in?

What is wrong with the words expensive or pricey?

Platty Jubes and Genny Lec are funny. Spenny is not.

I worked all of it out. Should I be worried?

Never ever heard of this word. Never heard anyone use spendy either.
Thank goodness.

I don't know but bloody hell I feel like if I can't understand the slang I must be getting old🤣🤣

I quite agree. Platty Jubes still makes me chuckle. Had honestly never heard of the word spenny before.

I've never heard of it and would correct anyone who said it to me.

It sounds dire.

“Spendy” at the very least, surely.

I am old, and I still understood it, after a minute or two. That's what worries me! 😅

This. I've never heard 'spenny' and only ever read 'spendy' in Marion Keyes novels. Nobody I know says either of them.

Not heard this. Until your post

Totally agree with your entire post. It’s cringe.

My 19yo son says it. I would raise an eyebrow at it from anyone older.