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Words that make you snigger or cringe

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Baggytrazzas Wed 27-Jul-22 23:33:07

There are a few words that (a) always set me off giggling and possibly only one that (b) always make me cringe.
(a) moist ( tiny squeak) , gusset( chortle), flange ( lost it altogether) .
(b) cu*t. cant even believe I've typed that.

What are yours?

Baggytrazzas Sat 30-Jul-22 17:28:51

yes, same in my class, they seemed to draw it up from their toes, internally. eech

MissAdventure Sat 30-Jul-22 16:39:05

grin
Foul, isn't it?

It was the boys who did flobbing.

Baggytrazzas Sat 30-Jul-22 16:29:53

MissAdventure

When I was at school, the word "Flob" was in vogue, as in "Flobbing up a greeny".
That's fairly descriptive. Blurgh!

THAT is disgusting MissAdventure !
Reminds me of S1 Biology lessons with a class of 40. We regularly examined class sputum through a microscope. I used to find somewhere else to be - dentist, school office, anywhere.

dolphindaisy Sat 30-Jul-22 15:52:21

I know some say it's the correct word but I hate "lavatory". Also always hated "sanitary towels". thankfully not used much now.

welbeck Sat 30-Jul-22 15:29:18

i hate the word, leftovers.
it took me a long time to realise what people were talking about.
to me, and from my background, that word means what goes in the slop bucket.
scrapings off people's plates, so the idea of keeping using is repugnant.
we didn't have what people now mean by it. food was eaten, or if not, rarely, stored to be eaten.
it remained food. no need for another word, except eg the meat, potatoes etc.
i think it is a different approach, not just of words, but cultural, as is often the case with different terms. they are more fully understood in context.

di1964 Sat 30-Jul-22 11:53:08

Sh*g - hate the word.
Hun - another cringy one.
All inclusive - no thanks!

FannyCornforth Sat 30-Jul-22 11:36:22

Ah, yes, the rainbow does seem to have been somewhat high jacked…
I’ve got rainbow stripes on my white trainers, and I feel like I’m making something of a statement when I wear them (I’m not)

Chewbacca Sat 30-Jul-22 11:31:34

Ah, thanks Fanny; I wasn't sure if it was something to do with Pride week!

FannyCornforth Sat 30-Jul-22 11:26:08

Chewbacca The Rainbow Bridge is a little story about where pets go when they die.
So people say things like ‘Tiddles has gone over The Rainbow Bridge’
It’s twee I know, but a lot of folk (soppy ones a bit like me) find it quite comforting I suppose

Chewbacca Sat 30-Jul-22 11:03:30

What's a rainbow bridge anno?

annodomini Sat 30-Jul-22 10:56:59

Kiddie and hubby; fur-baby and rainbow bridge
Prunes - my mum used to think I was constipated
Enema

MissAdventure Sat 30-Jul-22 10:53:35

When I was at school, the word "Flob" was in vogue, as in "Flobbing up a greeny".
That's fairly descriptive. Blurgh!

MissAdventure Sat 30-Jul-22 10:47:06

I'd forgotten Briefs.
Then there are Slips. (That's pants, to you)
Men's slips.

Chewbacca Sat 30-Jul-22 10:40:59

A fairly comprehensive list of colloquial horrors here! My personal cringe phrases are:
Hubby, fur babies, hun, you guys, hubster, making memories ....
The word phlegm immediately conjures up exactly what it is and makes me feel ill.

MissAdventure Sat 30-Jul-22 10:35:45

Oooh, titter ye not!

NotAGran55 Sat 30-Jul-22 10:34:37

NotAGran55

Hubby , hubster, furbady, hun all rattle me.

Knob makes me laugh, as in ‘what a knob!’ ?

No idea what a furbady is!

I must be a ‘knob’. Titter titter.

Witzend Sat 30-Jul-22 09:41:36

Mine

I'm actually laughing as I write this word...JOBBY....Another name for a poo...Friend of mines grandson lives in London...He heard this word when he came to Glasgow went back to school and was calling all his friends 'a wee jobby'

Although it’s so long ago (over 65years!) I still remember vividly a child of maybe 3 using the word - the family were staying with us while between moves,

She would be on the loo and calling out at the top of her voice,’Mummy-will-you-come-to-me-cos-I-am-on-the-lavvy-and-I-have-done-a-jobby.’

I can’t have been more than about 6 myself but elder sister and I would be in helpless fits of giggles.

Yammy Sat 30-Jul-22 09:41:34

Chewbacca

singlets Now that's a word I haven't heard for a long time! They were around when liberty bodices were in vogue weren't they?

I looked this one up after I had posted it seems it is still used in Australia and Newzealand old Empire I suppose but also in many sporting venues the tops of an athlete's kit are still called singlets.

hereshoping Sat 30-Jul-22 09:32:57

Snicker bars,
What were they thinking.
A cross between snigger and nickers.

Dickens Sat 30-Jul-22 07:57:44

1. "fur-babies".

2. "toileting".

3. "End-of" and "simples".

NotAGran55 Sat 30-Jul-22 07:36:19

Hubby , hubster, furbady, hun all rattle me.

Knob makes me laugh, as in ‘what a knob!’ ?

Mamardoit Sat 30-Jul-22 07:28:05

Chewbacca

singlets Now that's a word I haven't heard for a long time! They were around when liberty bodices were in vogue weren't they?

The boys used to wear singlets for gym. The girls had airtex shirts.

I think singlets disappeared with string vests, and Y fronts.

Mamardoit Sat 30-Jul-22 07:18:14

Describing someone as a 'Karen' or a 'gammon'.
Bog roll
F***ing when it's the only adjective the speaker uses.
Briefs and Y fronts.

This reminds me of Flanders and Swann.....Pee, po, belly, bum, drawers.

LondonMzFitz Sat 30-Jul-22 00:35:24

Oh, describing someone as a snowflake in order to put them down. If whoever is going to sneer at someone, use the proper words and don't hide behind simple terms like snowflake.

biglouis Sat 30-Jul-22 00:15:28

I hate the expressions:-

expat
boomer
pension pot
housing ladder
landlord

The latter should have been ditched long ago. It implies a social relationship rather than a business one and I always pick people up for using it.