Words that make you snigger or cringe

MissAdventure

I didn't know words come with rules about where the emphasis should be.
Is there a foolproof way to tell?

HI, I've not looked for ages but I think the dictionary used to show the correct pronunciation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hubby , hubster, furbady, hun all rattle me.

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

1. "fur-babies".

2. "toileting".

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Oooh, titter ye not!

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.

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

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

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

What's a rainbow bridge anno?

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

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

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)

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

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.

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

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.

Foul, isn't it?

It was the boys who did flobbing.