Words that make you shudder

Cops for police. Our local newspaper has taken to using this - makes me think of children playing cops and robbers, so harder to take the news seriously.

Along with moist, the other word that always makes me shudder is discharge. YUK!!!

Words that make you tremble ??

"Your dinner's in the frig!"

Gusset - makes me shudder.

More than hating any of the words on here, I cringe when I hear people talking with a rising sibilant. I heard someone who was in their sixties using it the other day!

Irregardless (I know it's not even a word)

Lucked out ( as I don't know if people are using in the English understanding, as in being "out of luck", or the American as in being lucky.

Gotten

Passed - passed away is acceptable in my view.

'of' being used instead of 'have' - grrrr .

Another one for moist. Also hubby, fur baby, pus, mucous, and definitely haitch. It’s AITCH! Most americanisms. I’m sure there are loads more.

Kids especially from ministers on the T.V. they are not baby goats.
At first jab it's a vaccination or vac. I've got used to it by now.
Your old man[Husband] he's not and is actually younger than me.

“Like”

Used like in Friends when they are like having a coffee, and like Rachel will barge in and like her hair will be a mess (which it never ever was).

Not keen on 'you're joking me' or awesome.

Yes, gonna is horrible. More hates....fave, tuh (instead of to) and most of those mentioned above. I don’t ever say panties, I call them knickers, whatever style.
I don’t like americanisms when there’s a perfectly good English word/phrase.
I’m of the pedant tendency when it comes to grammar and language so you’ll often find me growling at the radio.

Phlegm/moist/snot/morish/gob.

Haha I've just looked through a lot of these words/terms that people hate, and all I could think was "Can you imagine what it would be like if we were all to meet up at the same time?" Either nobody would dare to say anything, or everybody would be grinding their teeth at all the words they hate being used

crozzybird

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

'Gotten' is old English as are many of the Americanisms people deplore, it's stayed in our English only in forgotten, begotten.

Pantglas2

Pusillanimous is one that sounds as horrible as its meaning.

Oh no, one of my very favourite words, Lady Pusillaminous is a phrase I often use to describe some people and I can 'see' Richard Burton saying it, what is called a double whammy.

I also dislike the Lounge when people are talking about their homes. Airports have lounges, pubs have lounges, houses have sitting rooms.

A bit of of a common theme on here and elsewhere for that matter is some fairly intense anti American comments ?

HannahLoisLuke

Shortlegs

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

Or even worse The Missus

Or even worse - Our Lass

'fart' - I think this is awful. I also don't like anyone calling me "dear". Posh, this is another one - yes - what exactly does this mean as it is totally misused. Is the opposite 'common'? So if I say someone is posh (which I don't) does that mean I am common? I heard the word 'posh' being used to describe people with more money, a bigger house, a different accent, a better car, nicer clothes etc etc!!!

Jennyluck

The word to describe the noise that comes out of your bum, it starts with F. I can’t bear it, never said in our house. My friends know how I hate it.

Fear ? Frisson ? Ah....you mean flatulence !

I hate the saying my bad

grandtanteJE65 - ‘toilet’ IS a coy euphemism! Can one have a coy euphemism for a coy euphemism?

American pronounciations of "Notre Dame", "Versailles", and "penchant".

grandmajet

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?

"Margin- call", "Value-call"
Any word which unnecessarily tags the word "call" to the end.

covid . it makes me anxious .and thats all i ever hear .. maybe thats why i dont have a tv