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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?

GrammaH Sun 14-Mar-21 19:01:13

"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!

Pedwards Sun 14-Mar-21 18:51:39

????all of the above I think !

annodomini Sun 14-Mar-21 18:31:09

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!

Frankie51 Sun 14-Mar-21 18:22:42

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

jones30 Sun 14-Mar-21 18:20:17

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!

Atqui Sun 14-Mar-21 18:05:31

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 ?

posset Sun 14-Mar-21 17:57:12

I can see this thread is going to go on for ever! "love handles" really makes me cringe.

grandmajet Sun 14-Mar-21 17:55:07

Yes, I hate Uni too, but I say it myself!

merrellina Sun 14-Mar-21 17:52:28

Left out " sure" in the uni one. oops !

merrellina Sun 14-Mar-21 17:50:42

What does " perf with surf " mean ?

merrellina Sun 14-Mar-21 17:48:01

Not if we have had this one , UNI. Instead of university. .

Snowbell Sun 14-Mar-21 17:44:48

Gusset
Incredible
Amazing
Eclectic

Blossoming Sun 14-Mar-21 17:37:17

Grammaretto I know it was lighthearted grin

Theoldwrinkley Sun 14-Mar-21 17:35:59

So many of these I agree with. In particular ‘tits’. But I refer to my husband as ‘hubby’. Can’t think of an acceptable alternative. I don’t like ‘husband’.

brownbunny17 Sun 14-Mar-21 16:41:09

The advert "Perf with Surf " ! Can't stand it, puts my teeth on edge.

Grammaretto Sun 14-Mar-21 16:38:49

Blossoming It was all lighthearted. Sorry for suggesting this pompous person was your friend grin

Daisend1 Sun 14-Mar-21 16:02:36

MissAdventure
It has to be, for me, toilet, and much prefer that to what I once heard it referred to as 'The Bog'.

Blossoming Sun 14-Mar-21 15:00:53

Grammaretto you are free to use any words you choose, I am not seeking to police anybody’s language. The aforementioned pompous prat is in no wise a friend.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sun 14-Mar-21 14:57:38

The phrase 'way more/less' is horrible.

blubber Sun 14-Mar-21 13:58:43

Should have said lavatory is correct not toilet

blubber Sun 14-Mar-21 13:57:54

Lavatory instead of toiler

Grammaretto Sun 14-Mar-21 13:40:12

Blossoming. I was curious about tetchy and find it was used by Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) comes possibly from old Scots and/or old French meaning a blotch or fault, tache or teche.

Now we know it has a perfectly good provenance, may we use it please? grin
and b****r your pompous friend.

Blossoming Sun 14-Mar-21 13:14:42

Tetchy. But that’s probably because the only person I know who uses it is a pompous prat [tetchy]

GrannyBeek Sun 14-Mar-21 13:12:04

Most of my hates have already been covered.
Hate 'myself' when they mean 'me' (as in 'That would be myself, Lord Sugar').
MischEEvIous.
HarASSed.
MarshmEllow.
Less instead of fewer.
Amount instead of number.
Many swear words, but particularly t**t.
I could go on...! (that's not a hated phrase, by the way!)

cornishpatsy Sun 14-Mar-21 12:49:32

Panties
Furbaby
Grub, when referring to food
Awesome when it is not
Supper makes no sense I just don't like the word.
Girls when referring to women.