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what word winds you up for no good reason?

204 replies

brimfull · 28/12/2007 23:48

village

such a poncy word with connotations of Mrs. Marple like places ,when actually people are talking about some awful sprawl of 60's housing beside the M3.

what makes your hackles rise?

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fullmoonfiend · 29/12/2007 19:00

The baby is a catch-all which means ''Errr, I can't remember your child's name. Eeek, help!!''

DaphneHarvey · 29/12/2007 19:10

People who say they are "sick" when they mean they are ill with something. Sick should be used only for actual vomiting.

People who pay their "electric bill" rather than their "electricity bill".

TV advertisements from DFS and the like where a sofa is only four nine nine - no, its four hundred and ninety nine pounds,

FFS! FFS! FFS!

fullmoonfiend · 29/12/2007 19:12

DFS?
FFS!!

I like that...

snooks · 29/12/2007 20:30

lol at "electric bill", that gets me too. Like the bill is alive and buzzing or something...

snooks · 29/12/2007 20:32

mooch

as in mooch round the shops

In fact I've never seen it written down so I'm wondering if I've just made it up, it looks very strange in print...

OverRated · 30/12/2007 00:09

Oh, I HATE four nine nine etc (instead of four hundred and ninety nine dollars) with a passion. They do it all the time here and it makes my blood boil.

Ex used to say "I'm going to the little boys room" which always used to make me He said he thought it was more polite. But why not just go to the toilet/ loo/ whatever you want to call it. And why even announce it?

I thought this thread might be cathartic but it's making me more irritated the more I read.

Twinklemegan · 30/12/2007 00:18

I couldn't think of any last night. Now I've got loads including:

nuclear pronounced "nucular" - that drives me mad

"one hundred and ten percent" - a phrase not a word but not possible - read a maths textbook you dimwit!

a cold being called "flu" (erm no, you have a stuffy nose, you haven't got influenza have you?)

flu being called a cold when I know its farking flu and I'm ill, OK?

Tinker · 30/12/2007 00:38

I really hate "boutique hotels" at moment. Aren't they just poncey over-priced ones?

And when people say "I never got any exams" when they mean qualifications

pinkbubble · 30/12/2007 00:38

The way my Mother says the word EEEEEEEEEEEElaine instead of the word Elaine! For some unknown reason she always says EEEEEEEEEEEElaine. It really grates on me. (wouldn't mind but it is my SIL, so my Mother should know by now as we have been together for over 20 yrs!

Vulgar · 30/12/2007 00:43

Yeah Tinker -Boutique Hotels -what a load of crap. Usually mean small with one wall in the bedroom painted an accent colour.. Wankers!

newnamefornewyearbookwormmum · 30/12/2007 00:47

"straddle".

I cringe when I see the signs telling lorries to straddle two lanes [vomit icon].

It's just... horrible.

OverRated · 30/12/2007 00:49

Oh yes, Nucular and sekAtary and labAtory. Its SecREtary and LabORatory ffs. And nucLEAR.

Magdeltwinkle · 30/12/2007 00:57

Double negatives. I havent done nothing. Means you did something, moran. I didnt see nothing, means your saw something, moran. Hate it but you cannot stop it being acceptable 'English'. How can we try to teach our kids not to use it?

Ubergeekian · 30/12/2007 01:29

"inappropriate" - invariably a put down meaning "You are too stupid to understand, as I do, why that is wrong"

And the real killer is "in terms of". If you ever hear anyone use it you can safely discard as crap the rest of the sentence - and, indeed, everything else that person ever says or has said in their entire live.

Magdeltwinkle · 30/12/2007 01:35

Also. 'At the end of the day' Guess that's more phrases than words.

deeeja · 30/12/2007 02:03

chocs
choccies
veg
veggies
cardi
stylee
'doing' weights
fashionista
people saying 'could of', instead of 'could have, also 'would of'

MaryAnnSingleton · 30/12/2007 08:29

agh veggies as in vegetarians (and they usually aren't anyway because they eat fecking fish) and agree about anything above 100 percent....

Jinglywoo · 30/12/2007 21:15

'part' - I have horrible memories of going for a smear test and the nurse telling me she was just going to 'part the flesh'.

mylovelymonster · 30/12/2007 21:30

gobsmacked
posh
ironical
speculum
politician
marketing

altho some have obvious reason. Sorry new to this

fizzbuzz · 30/12/2007 21:34

De-plane

Yuk yuk, why not just get off the bloody thing

hurricane · 30/12/2007 21:37

nibbles as in 'Come over for drinks and nibbles'
and
Belly

Yuk

bananaknickers · 30/12/2007 21:38

Preggers - I hate it

JetPeanut · 30/12/2007 22:23

My other half
My better half (even worse)
"Obviously" (when it is NOT obvious)
and have to agree with "yourself/ myself" used inappropriately

Beauregard · 30/12/2007 22:36

When people ,including my parents say, "oh i had flakes for breakfast"

Always conjures up a horrific image in my mind of a bowl full of skin flakes.

It is cereal not flakes

Stepfordsroastingonanopenfire · 30/12/2007 22:44

Maybe being a bit controversial here, but I hate 'juice', as in 'Would you like some juice, darling?" instead of "Want some orange?"

Probably just me.

I am also sick of DD saying "Ewww" instead of "Yuck" or "Ugh". Another bloody americanism.

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