Fashion speak that annoys you?

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Britpopbaby · 02/01/2024 18:17

Obsessed as I am obsessed with this top.
Cute to describe nearly everything.

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CocteauTwin · 10/01/2024 21:55

Not just fashion related, and mentioned upthread is 'cosy'. It seems to be used for just about everything and I just don't get it. But it does seem to be a very fashionable word right now.

jalopy · 11/01/2024 06:48

Spendy.

Ludovik · 11/01/2024 10:37

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 10/01/2024 20:35

That's not fashion speak tho?

I've never seen them anywhere but on here. I've never heard either of them spoken.

"Dated" , "frumpy" and "mumsy".

None of them mean anything more than the person using them doesn't like the item but "I don't like" carries no more or less weight than "I like" so adding "dated" or "frumpy" is presumably meant to sound somehow objective.

"Mumsy" is patronising and misogynistic.

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The only place I have seen ‘spenny’ is in the fashion pages of magazines like chat and take a break…

SleepingisanArt · 11/01/2024 14:44

There's a thread on S&B about 'tweakments' at the moment.... Mostly about botox which is actually a treatment - you are having a toxin (which can kill) injected into your body ....

It annoyed me more than it should! In the same league as anyone over 5 saying 'ick' (as in 'giving me the ick') and the stupid 'naice' which isn't a word at all and makes the person using it look like a twat!

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