Words that make you shudder

Where have I been living? What’s a fur baby?
Interested to see someone said “meal” I dislike that too.
Panties seems to be top of the list- perhaps someone at HQ could analyse the data ?

I can't stand "moist" either!
Another one is "sparky" as an electrician is known as these days.
My most hated sentence however is "it won't take you long to do that". My heart sinks every time I hear it!

Guts or gut as in "my guts are playing up today". I just get an image of wobbly, red intestines.

I'm beginning to think there won't be much left in my vocabulary if I take on board all the dislikes on this thread!

????all of the above I think !

"I'm done" instead of "I've finished"
"You've got this "as in, don't worry , you can do it
"I've got your back"
And of course all the usual like panties, moist, hubster, hipster & fur baby!

Atqui

Where have I been living? What’s a fur baby?
Interested to see someone said “meal” I dislike that too.
Panties seems to be top of the list- perhaps someone at HQ could analyse the data ?

Right, fur baby..........I might just get shot down by this BUT it's a reference by some animal 'lovers' when speaking about their beloved pets!

Adding of to off, as in ‘I got off of the bus a stop earlier’. What exactly is the point of the word ‘of’ in that sentence? And I can’t stand the words frack or knicks (never seen them before in the same sentence!) and what on earth is ‘blue sky thinking’?!

Thank you 1954

Is blue sky thinking what you see through a window in your diary!

Scrumptious or indulgent. Curated - massive eye roll, unless it’s to do with museums. Sourced - OMG just say you bought it or you found it ?

Actually, Shakespeare used ‘my bad’ in Sonnet 112.

^Your love and pity doth the impression fill
Which vulgar scandal stamp'd upon my brow;
For what care I who calls me well or ill,
So you o'er-green my bad, my good allow?^

'Narrative', as in 'we have to change the narrative'. What does that even mean? The word was used four times in about two minutes on Radio 4 this afternoon. Grr.
Also 'mental health' which someone mentions at least once every 30 seconds at the moment. It's driving me mad.

Blossoming very interesting.
Shakespeare is responsible for adding over 400 words to the English dictionary and loads of phrases still in common use.
...and more fool you if you disagree.

Gubbins and discombobulated

Just read the rest of this thread and I agree with them all. Did anyone mention incredible? Matt Hancock thinks everything is incredible. Personally, I find it incredible that MH apparently trained as a jockey a few years ago. He rode a horse in a race and won £10,000 which he gave to the NHS.

Hun
I can’t stand the word

Lesley - I thought you meant hun as in German but I'm guessing you mean hun as in honey? If so, I agree. The other one is babe, particularly when young women call each other babe.

Lesley - I thought you meant hun as in German but I'm guessing you mean hun as in honey? If so, I agree. The other one is babe, particularly when young women call each other it.

‘Like’, ‘actually’ ‘obviously’ when they appear every third word. ‘Sumptuous’ pretentious and ugly

“Hot” as in sexy, serviette, din dins for a meal.

“Sweet” to describe a woman.

Finger buffet?

Empowered and authentic.

Unctuous, to describe food. I’ve heard it used by the Masterchef duo. Horrible, greasy sounding word.