To hate the word "spenny"

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"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.

No, Uki vaysh is meddi yup (made up) for the purposes of satire.

I'm in SW but visit the eastern counties regularly and have never heard this word. I only looked at the thread to find out what it meant.

A dear member of my family uses 'spenny', along with bubby, holibobs, famalam etc. It's a good job I love (other things about) her...

Never heard of it! Sorry! It is a bit annoying though isn't it?

What's a bubby? Is it a baby?

I do say bank holibobs and Sainsbo's for 'holidays' and 'Sainsbury's.' I need to stop.

Also, is 'spenny' correct? I haven't come across it before.
As has been pointed out already, it’s not an incorrect interpretation of spendy and it is a real thing that people say (Google it!).

I think it was originally a short form of "expensive", therefore could be just as applicable to your council tax bill as to your dinner at Nobu. But people confuse it with "spendy", which implies discretionary spending, which is why it seems off/off applied to necessities rather than extravagances. But yes, it's objectively horrid.

Never heard it in that context. It's a nickname for a small town near me.

Edit: I see I'm not the only person who thought of Spennymoor. We also have Bishy, Darlo and, bucking the trend, Afghanistanley.

Agreed. It's certainly not affected. Ds uses it. It's just a word younger people use.

I've never heard it or seen it written before this thread!

That is just wrong.

Yep it’s on the list of words / phrases I do not like alongside Picky Bits and similar . Why??? Why not just say expensive 🤷🏻‍♀️

Never heard this term before is it a local thing?

Me neither.

Hear it loads and also dislike

savvy B????

I hate even more two terms you sometimes see on here. Stabby and rapey. I always think it’s downplaying two horrible actions.

@Idontjetwashthefucker

yes it's obvious what it means

I'm on here WAYYYYY too much & this is the first I've seen it!!

It’s obvious what it means in the context in which you’ve used it - but I’ve honestly never heard of it (not heard it used) before. Every day is a school day!

I work with teens but have never heard ‘spenny’. At least now I’ll know what it means if I do!

Never heard it.

I've only heard it used by Vogue Williams when she talks about Spencer Matthews.

I thought Spennymoor. I must be the only person in the world that loves Darlo.

Never heard it before