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Words that make you shudder

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grandmajet Thu 11-Mar-21 19:18:56

My daughter’s partner cannot stand the word ‘moist’. If you use it to describe a cake, for instance, it would quite put him off!
Do you have a word you hate, and is there a proper reason for your feelings?

Lovelifelynn Fri 12-Mar-21 11:17:35

The word meal.Not sure why

Lupin Fri 12-Mar-21 11:16:47

Basically I dislike basically, particularly when it's used in every sentence.
Her, or him indoors is another one that sets my teeth on edge.

crozzybird Fri 12-Mar-21 11:16:24

I loathe the americanisms too...train station...gotten...too much American television ?

bluekarma Fri 12-Mar-21 11:15:16

I detest awesome!!! Also Listen up and Lessons to be learnt

ElaineRI55 Fri 12-Mar-21 11:13:27

Elon Musk?? Why? Just the sound of the name?

For me, it's things like "my bad" and "you do the math" (Americanisms?)

bluekarma Fri 12-Mar-21 11:12:59

Oh yuk

coast35 Fri 12-Mar-21 11:12:36

You is both a singular and plural word. There is no such word as youse. And definitely has no A in it. So definitely you cants say definately. I hat both these words.

Blossoming Fri 12-Mar-21 11:11:50

The words that make me shudder most are ‘And now a statement by the prime minister’.

Rosina Fri 12-Mar-21 11:10:41

Lucca I thought I was the only person on the planet that finds 'all the trimmings' infuriating. Every year, without fail, there are meals reported in the local paper where people 'tuck into' (another pet hate) 'turkey and all the trimmings'.

Quaver22 Fri 12-Mar-21 11:10:41

I missed out the word bum! I don’t even like typing it!

HannahLoisLuke Fri 12-Mar-21 11:09:43

silvercollie

Elon Musk - the name fills me with terror

Love that, made me laugh.

Quaver22 Fri 12-Mar-21 11:09:26

When I was very young my mother told me that belly and were very rude words. I still can’t say them!
The word palpable .

HannahLoisLuke Fri 12-Mar-21 11:09:01

Atqui

Stunning
Toilet
Pardon ( instead of what?)

I agree. People seem to think it’s rude to say ‘what’ but it’s correct. Pardon just sounds prissy.

HannahLoisLuke Fri 12-Mar-21 11:05:33

Shortlegs

Gobsmacked, Passed (died), Missus (as in 'my missus').

Or even worse The Missus

silvercollie Fri 12-Mar-21 11:03:00

Elon Musk - the name fills me with terror

Moggycuddler Fri 12-Mar-21 10:59:57

MissAdventure

Someone on a thread like this said that grown men saying "Oh, I must pay a visit to the little boys room" made her shudder. grin

I agree.

Totally agree with this. Why are grown men and women saying they are going to the little boys room or little girls room. Makes them (specially men) sound like a pervert!

HannahLoisLuke Fri 12-Mar-21 10:59:51

Lav not law

Patsytaylor Fri 12-Mar-21 10:59:30

Absolutely
Hun

Grannybags Fri 12-Mar-21 10:58:42

Another Americanism which seems to be used a lot lately is gotten instead of got

HannahLoisLuke Fri 12-Mar-21 10:58:39

Agree wholeheartedly with all of the above but my latest hate is yous instead of you, I could get violent when I hear it. Also haitch instead of aitch, that one is everywhere even on radio and tv.

Moth62 Fri 12-Mar-21 10:57:21

Curated. Suddenly everything is being ‘curated’

Blossoming Fri 12-Mar-21 10:57:16

Holibobs, hubby, Sainsbugs .

Annaram1 Fri 12-Mar-21 10:57:02

Dick instead of penis, or dick instead of detective or policeman. I used to have an Aunt Jeanette who liked to be called Aunt Dick. I used to cringe because in her innocence she did not know the other meanings of dick. Its a horrible word.

Chookmama Fri 12-Mar-21 10:56:39

Lots the above, but currently ‘jab’ instead of ‘vaccination’ when used by Ministers and newsreaders.

inishowen Fri 12-Mar-21 10:56:14

These are Americanisms which I detest. Fur baby, and go potty. The latter is the worst. It means they need to use the toilet.