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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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Gursky · 30/12/2007 22:53

Issues - overused and meaningless, unless referring to periodicals etc!

Fecund. Just gives me the creeps.

Twinklemegan · 30/12/2007 22:57

Oh yes, Americanisms wind me up bigtime.

For example, "advisory" as a noun or "parent" as a verb.

Christie · 30/12/2007 22:58

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Parsleypants · 30/12/2007 23:05

Take ownership of...

Cottage industry

JingleyJen · 30/12/2007 23:07

sorry for lowering the tone but -

flange - Dh tries to use it in conversation because he knows I hate it.

youdontevenknowme · 30/12/2007 23:20

eh - dp says it and it irritates the life out of me.

Gursky · 30/12/2007 23:23

And another - 'property' - as in 'we have viewed several properties' - are we all estate agents now? Does no-one know the difference between a flat and a house?

Vulgar · 31/12/2007 00:11

Stepford - I hate Ewwwww too!

Just makes me violent.

themoon66 · 31/12/2007 00:28

Magdeltwinkle - agree about the double negatives. Eastenders is guilty of this regularly. Have trained DCs to shout at screen when it happens.

Pan · 31/12/2007 00:49

hun, babes, pan-fried ( where else?), heads up, inappropriate, 'clearly..' ( so why bother pointing it out?), user-friendly, supportive, "so people can make an informed choice" - based on what bollocks we tell them, anything said by any politician, excepting Tony Benn.

There.

vickolita · 31/12/2007 01:11

Tabard.

'Wipes' used as a noun, as in 'moist wipes'. Ugh.

seeker · 31/12/2007 05:31

I'm with whoever said juice - especially if it's used in the Scottish way - maening any sort of drink (sorry fellow Scots!)

Property.

Oh, and I HATE "straddle". My dd's a trampolinist and I dread her doin a routine with a straddle in it!

MaryAnnSingleton · 31/12/2007 08:46

stepford and seeker - absolutely agree with 'juice' - it's just horrid. Also gobsmacked is truly vile. But I do like eeewww!

currantbunmum · 31/12/2007 09:02

Cratch (part of a narrow boat, parents have one, I told them they must not say it anymore, so the say "the extension")

Moist

Panties

Hun (With Atilla is OK)

Babycakes

Double negatives

"At the end of the day"

24/7

Preggers, and "I caught" meaning pregnant, aargh!

Nuffink/ somfink

I will now take a deep breath, and have a lie down in a darkened room.

Cappuccino · 31/12/2007 09:18

mouthfeel

shit

Janos · 31/12/2007 09:30

So glad I am not the onlyone who hates the word 'panties'..urgh....

I have never heard women using it. On the same note, 'titties' and 'boobies' also make me retch.

smartiejake · 31/12/2007 10:19

"well nice/good" (obviously the lessons on adjectives passed her by)

"joined up thinking" (saw this on an ofsted inspectors report)

"thought showers" (formerly brainstorming- hate that too!)

"what will be will be" (said by my mum every conversation we ever have)

"was" (when it should be "were")

"between you me and the gatepost" (wtf?)

mylovelymonster · 31/12/2007 10:47

laters - when I hear a certain bloke I know say this (his catchphrase), the word that pops up in my head always seems to be "knob"

lennygirl · 31/12/2007 10:51

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DumbledoreWithBoughsOfHolly · 31/12/2007 10:54

Lady as in parents saying to children: "let the lady sit down" or "mind out for that lady".

I don't know why, but I feel it should be woman. You don't say to children "mind out for that gentleman" do you?

Also, sometimes lady when spoken by a man can sound very patronising.

hedgehog1979 · 31/12/2007 11:09

I cannot stand it when people say 'off of' as in 'him off of the tv', surely it is 'him from the tv'
Lots of radio DJ's do this ahhhhhh

collision · 31/12/2007 11:13

I cannot stand it when people say that their last few weeks (usually from a reality show) have been 'an interesting journey!'

It makes me so mad! they havent been on a journey at all!

and to say something is

'random'

winds me up too.

OrmIrian · 31/12/2007 11:23

I mentioned this on the last word prejudice thread ...'gifting'. What does it mean? Is it different from 'giving'? Or just more nauseating?

Agree re serviette. And dessert.

GrumpYULEhorsewoman · 31/12/2007 11:35

I have noticed 'Uni' on here once or twice already, but that is the one that drives me MAD. Especially when they really mean 'day release college, twice a week'.

Vacua · 31/12/2007 11:35

most internet abbreviations irritate me almost to DEATH, always have and I've been a sad net chat fanatic for over 11 years now could never bring myself to 'lol' - this is obviously not the place to admit to it but the ones that really really really make my toes curl are the DH, DD, DS ones even though I completely see the 'point' of them, they just remind me of mid/late 90s AOL chat rooms, gah

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