To really dislike the word 'Lush'?

[pavlovthecat]

Its just so common sounding.

I have just read it being used somewhere - 'oh she looks lush, it would be lush to use it tomorrow at her birthday' in reference to a photo of an old lady drunk as a lord.

So, AIBU?

I associate it with pissed-up Geordie lasses, the Fat Slags, in fact. I should emphasise that I do not disapprove of the FSs as they always win.

YABU. It's a word from my childhood and I feel all sentimental about it.

I love their products.

It is a good word for describing vegetation. But not as a general indication of approbation.

So there.

I also hate 'fabby' and 'fave'

Whilst we are on the subject of word snobbery.

I hate walking past Lush shops. The flowery soap smell makes we want to vomit.

It means 'excessively drunk person' or something does it not - so echt your associations are partly correct!

I am not the most poetic speaker in the world. I have my faults, but this word just makes me cringe.

Feel free to add your own word snobbery pet hates (i don't like fabby or fave either)

I am guessing, having thought about it, that Lush is an abbreviation of the word 'luscious'? It must be. So why not use that perfectly acceptable word?

I hate it too - seems to be getting more popular

It's because of Gavin and Stacey I expect. I've never really heard it but my Welsh friends tell me it's really common (as in usual) in Wales - is that where you are?

Me too.The shop aswell gives me instant nausea and a headache with its overpowering cheap smells!

I like 'lush' its a local word where we live that I am not used to hearing. The first time I heard it was when a big hairy builder turned to me and said "your DW makes a lovely cup of coffee - its really lush"

Walking past the Lush shop I always thnk it would be nice if they also sold real eatable things as well as cosmetics. Things like icecreams, sorbets, cakes and smoothees and coffee. I am sure they would get loads of business because the smell draws people in.

longtallsally - no close enough though, in Devon!

But, the person I heard it from, they live in Essex!

rasputin yes, in the correct context, it is fine. but as a reference to an old drunk woman in a photo, not fine!

A lush is a woman who drinks before midday due to the need for a drink at that time of day.

ivy - lol, maybe it was used in context for part of how I heard it used then

Talking about the shop, I find it REALLY offensive - so much so that I have thought of complaining! Are there laws about smell pollution? Repulsive! At best it smells like toilet cleaner!

I hate the word too.

And fab / fabby / fave, etc.

I am a curmudgeon, in case you hadn't guessed

i like the word...(and the products)

i use fab and fave on here ...(sorry ormirian)...never heard of fabby though..

If someone called me a lush - I would be really insulted.

I only like a tipple

As far as I know a lush is a term for a female drunk - not a male

daftpunk - i use fab. But not fabby, or fave. Fab is a good word though. Although I prefer fabulous!

I think also, what bothers me about this word Lush, is when it is used by people who are not 'yoof'. Which I sort of expect, some kind of street language perhaps. But 'grown ups? no.

I have never smelt any essential oils as vile as those!They are like cheap disinfectants in fancy wrappers.

pavlov...i like the word lush when used in context...i would never use it to describe a person etc....

i use fab & fave on here because i'm normally posting in a hurry...hence most of my posts being full of typos and not making much sense.