Words that make you shudder

Detest .... ‘this moment in time’.
Tits
C word

Have to say I find ‘arse’ very descriptive.

Deedaa

I hate the way people don't give birth any more, they "welcome" a baby. It makes it sound like a surprise somehow.

Or they 'birthed' a baby.

Lucca

“ I speak as I find, me”

Roughly translated means “I’m bloody rude”.

My late MIL used to say I speak as I find, as an attempt to close down further discussion. I once responded Well it's better than being rude!, luckily she never heard, she rarely heard anyone else.

Guys. Overly. Gob. Belly . Hubby/Hubster. Toilet. Basically. Like. Hun, Babe, a Brew. My reason is that they sound horrid. Yes, I know, some people do not like "horrid"!

I disapprove of the overuse of "obviously". It usually isn't, or the word is used quite inappropriately.

We were brought up to call the rom where the settee is "the lounge". All other names for it sound stilted.

Bizarrely, given my Username, I dislike the word "pudding". It could be the way I pronounce it, but it just makes me feel fat! "Dumpling" for the same reason!
My daughter and I both dislike words with too many "k" sounds, as the sound sometimes sticks in the back of the throat: "cacophony", "King Canute" - especially if they're said after having something milky...ugh"

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

Empowered and authentic.

Finger buffet?

“Sweet” to describe a woman.

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

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

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.

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.

Hun
I can’t stand the word

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.

Gubbins and discombobulated

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.

'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.

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?^

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 ?

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

Thank you 1954

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’?!

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!