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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.

razzmatazz Tue 10-Aug-21 12:00:25

Wow. Used for every reaction.

grannybuy Tue 10-Aug-21 11:54:26

Panties and mom.

Yellowmellow Tue 10-Aug-21 11:48:54

I love threads like this. I have a list of words I don't like
Moist being the top one
Cardi
Frock
Pants
Panties
Knickers...not sure what I would call them!
Afters

Joesoap Tue 10-Aug-21 11:43:39

Words from the States which have crept into our vocabulary, such as scrap,f--k
Other words I dont like
Snog
Spinster
Belly
Passed as in passed away, why not just died!
Sh--t
Could go on forever

JadeOlivia Tue 10-Aug-21 11:38:55

Abortion, not for any ethical reason, just hate the sound of the word.

Lettice Tue 10-Aug-21 11:38:46

Y'all. Hubby, and all those "furbaby" words. Many of the American imports where we have appropriate British words and phrases.

Ethel27 Tue 10-Aug-21 11:38:34

People calling other people" my lovely "

janywoo Tue 10-Aug-21 11:37:33

Signage . As in "Follow the Signage to the meeting room. "

Shortlegs Tue 10-Aug-21 11:34:08

Gobsmacked.

Belleringer Tue 10-Aug-21 11:32:10

Gobsmacked. Wherever did that come from, I think it is a ghastly word

rowyn Tue 10-Aug-21 11:29:46

"gifts" used as a verb; e.g. he gifted me a necklace.
What is wrong with give/gave???

springishere Tue 10-Aug-21 11:27:50

Craw, as in "Sticks in my ......". Kids - what happened to all the children? The F word used as a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, as in Gogglebox. Like.

SooozedaFlooze Tue 10-Aug-21 11:21:54

S word is Shit and M is Meat

pinkjj27 Tue 10-Aug-21 11:18:17

Fart my skin crawls just writing it.
Any swear word I am a bit of a prude don’t like anything crude
I hate the word, Ain’t it was deemed a swear word when I was little.
Hun (as used by everyone, as in “you ok Hun” )

My daughter nearly throws up if any one says the word moist

Poshlady Tue 10-Aug-21 11:16:30

“Pop” used as a verb instead of the word “put”

Sadgrandma Tue 10-Aug-21 11:14:05

Jane Judge, my local voluntary organisation had a 40 year celebration in 2018 and screened Saturday Night Fever as a fundraiser with lots of local dignitaries attending. Like you I was a bit shocked by the language, I obviously didn't notice it when I saw it first time. I couldn't help wondering what the, mainly very elderly dignitaries thought. Just shows you though that recent films are not so different.

Foxyferret Tue 10-Aug-21 11:05:55

Awesome when used for something trivial like awesome shoes. So at the start of a sentence and I noticed how many footballers start the sentence with I mean. The c word, cannot stand it.

gran5up Tue 10-Aug-21 11:05:25

Many of our dislikes seem to be Americanisms: I agree about," guys" and "so" but my pet abominations are the "words" created by making a noun a verb, e.g. "partying", "hospitalisation"-in fact any "-isation"!

Estrellita Tue 10-Aug-21 11:02:48

I agree with most of the comments, but I don't mind moist especially when referring to a cake! I didn't like 'you guys' at first, but am getting used to it now.

Growing0ldDisgracefully Tue 10-Aug-21 11:02:07

Hollibobs, rellies, fur baby, rainbow bridge, like (when used every other word), commun-i-y (for community), cute.

TerriBull Tue 10-Aug-21 10:59:07

I absolutely agree with "LOL" always sounds inane and often follows some quite unfunny remark.

Panties hideously coy, what's wrong with knickers or even pants?

Kiddies for the same reason.

Tummy cute when children say it because it's quite babyish as an adult sound just that babyish.

"Bubbly" as in she's always bubbly.

Don't like lad, lass, hen, bird, chick

I don't really like euphemisms, I had a friend whose mother said when she first embarked on relationships with the opposite sex, "you need to keep your hand over your penny" "Oh for God sake" thought I "your mother's phraseology is just ridiculous"

I also don't like the phrase "when I fell for" instead of when I conceived or became pregnant.

Kestrel Tue 10-Aug-21 10:56:29

foosball

libra10 Tue 10-Aug-21 10:53:34

I dislike any form of swearing.

It's unnecessary, and belongs in the gutter.

Gwenisgreat1 Tue 10-Aug-21 10:51:04

I do not like to be called Hun: Ducky; luv; daaling; or madam, or Gwendoline or Windoleen!!

Keryn64 Tue 10-Aug-21 10:50:24

I don’t like the word hate.
I don’t like parents telling their children (not kids) to shut up.
I don’t like it when people call other people stupid. I don’t mind when stupid refers to an action but not a person.