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Calendargirl Mon 09-Aug-21 18:28:29

Spinster.

Makes me visualise a thin, grey-haired, timid, sad lady.

Very out dated for today’s hip young singletons.

Lucca Mon 09-Aug-21 22:40:25

Grannybags

Phlegm
Mucus
Hubby
Slacks (trousers)

I also dislike passed instead of died. And lost

What rather wonderful collection of hopefully unconnected words..

Zoejory Mon 09-Aug-21 22:41:25

Nipple

Just typing it makes me cringe

Redhead56 Mon 09-Aug-21 22:42:11

Word used here a lot referring to someone as 'Lad'
Beginning a sentence with 'So'
The word Odious
All so annoying!

Shinamae Mon 09-Aug-21 22:42:56

Zoejory

Nipple

Just typing it makes me cringe

And me!! ?‍♀️

Lucca Mon 09-Aug-21 22:46:03

Loathe “hubby”
LOL. When used by gransnetters…..always for something not LOl at all.

Hun……made even worse when precede by “aw…”

ElderlyPerson Mon 09-Aug-21 23:00:40

Charleygirl5

I hate being called madam, I do not run a brothel.

I do not like being called hen or luv and especially darling if it is not somebody close to me. I am not their darling.

I agree Marydoll- I do not understand why the word "died" cannot be used because if somebody has passed- passed where?

I am reminded of the book 84 Charing Cross Road.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84,_Charing_Cross_Road

In their first letter to Miss Hanff the bookshop began the letter with Dear Madam

Miss Hanff replied with something like "Does Madam mean the same over there as it does over here?"

The second letter from the bookseller began

Dear Miss Hanff

but did not refer to her comment.

However, have you perhaps applied the Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle regarding the meaning of the word 'Madam'?

Bodach Mon 09-Aug-21 23:05:11

"Do those who dislike 'passed' feel that 'passed away' is the same, or is that more acceptable?" Sorry, ElderlyPerson, I feel that's just the same. What's wrong with simply saying that a dead person has died?

MissAdventure Mon 09-Aug-21 23:20:36

ElderlyPerson
I'm not the slightest bit offended by whichever term people want to use about my late daughter.
Sometimes I can't bear to say she is dead, myself.
As long as it's said kindly, then it matters not a jot to me.

MissAdventure Mon 09-Aug-21 23:23:51

I also say I lost her, because that's how it feels to me.

Shinamae Mon 09-Aug-21 23:35:56

MissAdventure

I also say I lost her, because that's how it feels to me.

?????

ElderlyPerson Mon 09-Aug-21 23:37:48

Bodach

"Do those who dislike 'passed' feel that 'passed away' is the same, or is that more acceptable?" Sorry, ElderlyPerson, I feel that's just the same. What's wrong with simply saying that a dead person has died?

Since you asked, to me it seems horrible to say either of those words. I don't like to say them. Passed away sounds better. I know it means the same. But ... just but.

MawBe Mon 09-Aug-21 23:38:35

NfkDumpling

Snog. Kissing should be gentle and romantic. Thee can be nothing romantic about a snog.

And 'cute'. Especially on Facebook.

Oh I don’t know- if you saw that clip of Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo they were definitely snogging

Spice101 Tue 10-Aug-21 00:49:27

Furbaby makes me cringe.
My bad - two words
Simples

hollysteers Tue 10-Aug-21 01:25:20

Sh*t, used for so many things, my sh*t, your sh*t etc.
Truly disgusting.
Also motherfucker shocks me, both originating in America I think.
Ugh is now being used as a word of praise as well as the word sick!
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Doodledog Tue 10-Aug-21 01:28:51

Oh yes, Simples!

also ‘Why Oh Why?’

and when people put ‘NOT’ at the end of a sentence- as in ‘that was kind of him - NOT’

sharon103 Tue 10-Aug-21 01:43:09

Lavatory makes me cringe.

nanna8 Tue 10-Aug-21 02:30:45

Hun, sweetie, amazeballs. Agree with pantie, sounds kind of sickly American. Genitals similar, something about that word seems unpleasant. Fart isn’t too good,either ,not to mention the horrible c word. Furbaby I wouldn’t use, but it doesn’t bother me . It conjures up desperate young women with child substitutes which is very unfair because I love our wild feisty pussy cat with a passion so I guess I can empathise.

honeyrose Tue 10-Aug-21 08:37:11

I hate the word tits or, even worse, titties! Aaaaagh!! I can’t even speak those words! I also hate belly, panties (creepy!), grand babies (what’s wrong with the word grandchildren?!). Maybe it’s because Vanessa Feltz says grand babies and I can’t be doing with her!

sodapop Tue 10-Aug-21 08:51:37

This subject is aired from time to time on here and the same words crop up each time. Moist,panties, 'C' word etc. They seem to be universally unpopular.
I dislike belly, sputum and any baby talk like moo moo.

Septimia Tue 10-Aug-21 09:07:03

I'm another who hates 'belly'. Always sounds crude. What's wrong with 'tummy' for children and 'abdomen' if you want to be more technical?

'Passed', especially, and 'passed away'. Silly euphemisms. People die.

Chrissyoh Tue 10-Aug-21 09:33:57

honeyrose

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Witzend Tue 10-Aug-21 09:40:36

Oh, yes - panties - so prissy and twee.

One I really don’t like is ‘pamper/pampering’, maybe because it’s so often used in the context of spa days, massages, and other ‘treats’ I’d run a mile from.

‘Belly’ is one I loathe, except in belly-dancing, when it’s somehow OK. And in ‘beer belly’ where the loathsome word is just right for the loathsome object.

beth20 Tue 10-Aug-21 10:37:24

Agree with Redhead56 about starting a sentence with 'so' and I also find the sentence starter 'Yeah, no' irritating

kjmpde Tue 10-Aug-21 10:42:01

i think moist is an uncomfortable word too. plus I don't like lavatory

kjmpde Tue 10-Aug-21 10:42:58

the new trend of "LIKE" throughout a sentence when interviewed