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AIBU to get visceral ick from...

335 replies

Chopbob · 07/10/2025 14:42

People using the word gosh, or golly gosh.

I have never in real life heard anyone other than MN posters and Disney princesses use gosh. It's absolutely vile.

It can get in the bin along with moist, supper and plonk (wine).

(Lighthearted of course)

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Dollymylove · 07/10/2025 20:28

"We are pregnant"
Makes my ears bleed 😬

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2025 20:41

Catpiece · 07/10/2025 15:12

I have far more respect for people who say cunt than some wannabe faking it by going “oh gosh”. Fuck off with it

Delightful! 🤣

You sound very angry.

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2025 20:47

gannett · 07/10/2025 15:33

I will never understand how these people who have visceral over-reactions to normal, commonplace words but happily use "ick" - about the most babyish and increasingly meaningless slang words there is around.

They want to be edgy, innit?

Bless.

Original poster
Chopbob · 07/10/2025 21:03

Ok, I will admit IABU to use the word ick 😂

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LadyBrendaLast · 07/10/2025 21:27

Sometimes I say "Jolly D". Mostly because I find it quietly hilarious to sound like I'm a member of the Famous Five and also because I don't give a flying fuck what people think of me.

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2025 21:43

LadyBrendaLast · 07/10/2025 21:27

Sometimes I say "Jolly D". Mostly because I find it quietly hilarious to sound like I'm a member of the Famous Five and also because I don't give a flying fuck what people think of me.

….so do I!!🤣

People don’t know what they’re missing!

I see your Jolly D, and I raise you this annoying (to my husband) quote from the classic film, Kind Hearts and Coronets…

One of the characters is having a dig at another and says “Would it be asking too much of your manners to escort me to the door?”

I preface all kinds of requests to my husband with this phrase 🤣.

PurpleChrayn · 07/10/2025 21:53

Light-skinned men who have naturally over-defined lips give me the ick.

TheWytch · 07/10/2025 22:12

Onefortheroad25 · 07/10/2025 15:28

I think you need to be genuinely posh and really rich to get away with saying gosh or golly gosh. I don’t know anyone who says it! I think it’s popular in the royal family.
I hate when people say super in front of other words. Super-happy, super- excited, super-expensive.

Yes I hate this "super" thing too.

What is wrong with "very"?

And "amazeballs". Words utterly fail me there.

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2025 22:33

I wince when people ‘rock up’ (or pitch up) to events.

What do these expressions even mean?

AbbeyGrange · 07/10/2025 22:36

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2025 22:33

I wince when people ‘rock up’ (or pitch up) to events.

What do these expressions even mean?

Or swing by is another one

Octavious · 07/10/2025 22:38

@Catpiece i use gosh and I swear like a trooper I can't use swear words at work

Mrmrowlchops · 07/10/2025 22:46

PurpleChrayn · 07/10/2025 21:53

Light-skinned men who have naturally over-defined lips give me the ick.

How oddly specific

Cattenberg · 07/10/2025 23:07

Clafoutie · 07/10/2025 19:47

😂It is strange isn’t it. Mine is when people say ‘pud’, as in ‘ main course and a pud’.

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I hate "pud" too!

BauhausOfEliott · 08/10/2025 01:03

AInightingale · 07/10/2025 17:47

What is the most acceptable word for these...garments? I hate them all. Though I don't mind 'drawers' actually.

And 'gusset' is monstrous.

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I’m happy to call them knickers, which to me sounds a bit smutty and dirty, and therefore enjoyable. But I know loads of people HATE the word knickers! It’s so weird how we all have such strong reactions to different words.

BauhausOfEliott · 08/10/2025 01:24

gannett · 07/10/2025 16:39

Americans absolutely love a "bloody". I was moaning about the "bloody printer" once and an American friend in the room asked me if I could say it again so she could record it.

That said I felt similarly when she said "y'all", though nothing compared to how overjoyed I felt when my French housemate actually said "ooh la la", which I'd always assumed was a stereotypical myth.

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I’m from London but I live in Manchester and in my first job up here, I was the only non-northerner in the office. One of the people I worked with was absolutely thrilled to learn that I really do use rhyming slang sometimes.

nothing compared to how overjoyed I felt when my French housemate actually said "ooh la la", which I'd always assumed was a stereotypical myth

Similarly, I was delighted when my Italian boss was shocked by something and said ‘Mamma Mia!’

Vaguelyclassical · 08/10/2025 01:33

smallglassbottle · 07/10/2025 15:07

I use it to avoid saying God as I'm a Christian. I also use exclamations (not swearing) in other languages to make it a bit more interesting as I get bored of saying gosh.

Zut alors!

Katflapkit · 08/10/2025 01:42

Doggybroc · 07/10/2025 14:44

my very close (and absolutely lovely) friend does.

She is a devout Christian and uses it instead “God”

I love her saying it 😊

I am a lapsed (like Narnia) Catholic and I say Oh My Gosh instead of OMG, especially in front of religious people.

rosyvalentine · 08/10/2025 03:03

Gosh doesn't bother me, but the one I really hate is "eats". As in, will we go for eats later? Ugh! Just say food or dinner!

rosyvalentine · 08/10/2025 03:06

Freda69 · 07/10/2025 16:06

I don’t mind gosh, but I can’t stand the word ‘panties’ as used by Americans - just cringeworthy.

How about panty hose? AKA tights! 🤣

Katflapkit · 08/10/2025 03:10

My truth is a current Cringe along with a the fake apology 'sorry you feel that way'

steff13 · 08/10/2025 03:23

ProfoundlyPeculiarAndWeird · 07/10/2025 15:29

Why does moist always, ALWAYS come up on threads like this? It's not that bad. I think it's just that it has been cited so many times as a disliked word that it is the one that springs most readily to mind when we try to think of words we hate.

It's not as bad as succulent. In reference to food; I'm ok it it's about plants. When I hear someone referring to food as succulent I can just imagine them licking their fingers while they're eating and it makes me want to gag.

susiedaisy1912 · 08/10/2025 03:49

Frankblackwife · 07/10/2025 15:17

Vile just makes me think of gimme gimme gimme

Me too.

ChuckGarabedian · 08/10/2025 04:05

I have an irrational hatred of the phrase “buttery soft” - I’ve heard it a lot recently in social media ads, particularly when talking about some sort of fabric.

TotallyUnapologeticOmnivore · 08/10/2025 04:38

Samscaff · 07/10/2025 16:48

I use "Gosh" and know many others who do too.

What's wrong with it?

There's nothing really wrong with it, it just sounds a bit Malory Towers.

SantiagoShaming · 08/10/2025 04:58

Coffeeishot · 07/10/2025 16:02

I hate the word Fresh as in feeling Fresh or Fresh fruits etc etc it makes me shudder! Ive only read gosh I've never heard anyone say it .

Luckily it’s fallen out of favour I think, but where I’m from people used to say “fresh orange” to differentiate between orange juice and orange squash. Even when I was a child it made me irrationally angry, never understood why. But I’m in solidarity with you on “fresh.”