Words I Don’t Like.

Word “Bap “ sends my teeth on edge

Pinch of nom

It's just cringeworthy!

Nom Nom for food.

Ditto to ‘nom’!

And ‘amazing’ - so overused. It’d be amazing if aliens had landed in my garden overnight but alas all I have is five monster Triffids, aka tomato plants whose side shoots I neglected to pinch out lately, since every time I thought of it the rain was coming down in tropical sheets.

Since I’ve just seen it on another thread, as well as several times elsewhere lately, ‘normalcy’!

Whatever happened to perfectly good old ‘normality’?

I will allow it if you happen to be American, but once I’m a dictator any Brits using it will be thrown into the rat infested dungeon with everyone else who annoys me. ?

“Bubbly” to describe personality; “cuddly” to describe appearance; lounge” instead of sitting room. “Mischievous” when it’s pronounced with an extra e after the v;“something” when pronounced somethink; lots of Americanisms…

Soroptimum

Absolutely hate ‘belly’.

Me too!!

"Bae". Short for "babe" or "baby".
Because they're words that really need shortening!

Beakers instead of mugs. Beakers are glass, with a pouring lip but no handle and are used in laboratories.

Bangs instead of a fringe. A bang is a loud noise, not a hairstyle.

‘Bangs’ is American, isn’t it?

I can’t agree about beaker! To me a beaker is a kind of mug-shape, but without a handle. We had them as children, usually pottery with e.g. Peter Rabbit on.
I dare say the lab version has a pouring lip, but the ones we had didn’t.

Oh. To me, a beaker has two handles, and is designed for children?. Those Tommy Tippee 'sippy cups' are beakers, but beakers don't have to be plastic. My husband still has a Peter Rabbit Wedgwood one in a box somewhere that he was given as a christening present.

I don't really understand the dislike of the word moist, especially since I can't really think of a good replacement.

moist cake, moist soil, I suppose damp could be used in some cases.

Is it just the sound of the word? Is the word moisture just as repugnant?

I hate the word 'jammer' in replacement of heart attack. In my case it was because my husband has heart disease, and to use a colloquialism somehow lessens the severity.

Pooch, and even worse, “little pooch” (sorry to the many GNers who use this term!).

sharon103

Lavatory makes me cringe.

have you tried lactulose ?

CanadianGran, i think it's the association of ideas, re moist.
never heard of jammer, but agree it is unpleasant, demeaning.
i also dislike brainstorm, as in a meeting at work to get ideas, as seeing an epilectic fit at very close range as a child, am aware of what a brain storm really is. is very serious.
even worse, also at work, people saying, can i pick your brains.
disgusting; why not say, can i ask you about x/ what do you think.
many of these dislikes relate to bodily matters. as does moist.

on a lighter note, and domestic front, i don't like the phrase, plated up, of serving food.
had never heard it before reading MN.
it sounds somehow commercial catering jargon, unappetising.

After seeing them mentioned elsewhere on another thread, both ‘cadaver’ and ‘corpse’.

Moist
Elderly
Boost
Pouch
Widow
and all of the euphemisms for dead / died

*Welbeck’, come December there are always MN arguments about ‘plating up’ the C word dinner - carve and do it all in the kitchen, or let guests help themselves to veg and sides.

Or, even worse, IMO, not only ‘plate up’, but cook and carve the day before and warm it all up in gravy! Ugh, what a travesty.

Oh yuck,

On that note I loathe “all the trimmings” as an expression

'At the end of the day...'

JUST say, 'ultimately'. Grrrrr

Calling rooms a 'space'. Is it a kitchen hallway bedroom no it's a space.

Nosh instead of food;
Clobber, meaning clothes

Grown ups saying “din dins”

I don't like hearing a married couple referring to each other as "mummy" or "daddy". Gives me the creeps.