what word winds you up for no good reason?

[brimfull]

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?

Oh, and

Lounge (No, it's a sitting room)

Couch

Serviette (another vote)

settee
lounge
crimbo
"a bite to eat" urggh

turgid or is it turjid?!

definitely turgid! Sounds like a lump of poo

Greasy pronounced with a Z.

Hirsute.

Guys, as in 'Hi, guys.'

I automatically think Cliff Richard.

I Hate it when people use the word absolutely over and over again because they can think of nothing else to say!
I also hate the way the Americans put 'ies' on the end of every word when reffering to children or babies YUK!

And 'very much so'. When they are agreeing with someone. What's wrong with 'yes'?

lennygirl - argggh - agree so much with 'can I get a coffee' - also 'a coffee' grates too, 'please may I have a cup of coffee' is correct

grumpy -the uni thing,especially when they don't go to a pissing university in the first place is the most heinous of all

Yes. 'can I get' something should elicit the answer 'no I'll get it for you as H&S wouldn't let you behind the counter'

So agree with 'a coffee'. A coffee what? Coffee cup, coffee cake, coffee bean? DH tells me I'm an ar*e about stuff like that but I can't help it!

not an arse at all Orm - it's perfectly reasonble to mind about these things otherwise people will be speaking total crap if we don't defend our standards

hmm, verging into arse territory.

I agree with collision about 'journey'. I hate all this 'journey' bollox.

I'm agree with those for whom "serviette" is equivalent to nails across a chalkboard. Yuck.

Crotch is also a hideous word.

Not a big fan of vulva either.

Scrotum is also ugly (why aren't their decent sounding words for this area of anatomy?)

Other horrible words: scrofula. hun, luxury (sooo overused, and wrongly so)

The signs they put up on motorways sometimes, especially around roadworks:

Use Both Lanes.

What, at the same time? Am I supposed to drive down the middle, with a wheel on each side of the white line? Straddling the white line? (sorry - I know some of you hate the word 'straddle').

this is more than just a word im afraid but i hate really obvious stuff on packaging.A really strange one i had once on a packet of floor wipes was ' not for intimate use' . Eh? like i was gonna use em as a type of femefresh or summat

I can't stand the words "Tis" and "Twas". I have no idea why; can't it explain it at all but their use makes my flesh creep.

Tis cos you iz a cat

'delayed'

proved
and
proven

chocoholic - drives me bats...
alcoholic - fine but chocoholic- just wrong

'feedback' meaning 'talking about some meeting or event'

am sure it really means some horrible noise coming out speakers or something like that

and use of the word 'horrid' by grown up present day women, trying to sound all Mallory Towersish - am going to sever their vocal chords with a chainsaw

pelvicfloornomore - thank goodness someone else hates the word flakes to describe cereal - my Mum says it AAAAArgh.

Don't mind kids - but kiddies, please no.

I also hate all those management type phrases which people use for no other reason than to sound intelligent - it doesn't - it's shite.
EG step up to the plate
blue sky thinking
ball park figure
pushing the envelope (even worse when they pronounce it onvelope.

I also really hate the word horrid. I said this before on a similar thread and someone snottily retorted "oh, but surely we all say it". Well, I farking well don't.

God, I feel really stressed now, I may have to go and have a lie down.

shite;
text-speak;
farking;
arse;
ass;
botty;
butty;
friggin';
high-five;

I could go on and on.......

trump