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What are your annoying words?

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I have a few that I don't like to hear or say for various reasons. Possibly because they're linked to people I no longer speak to, or I hear them in a funny accent that grates on me. Here's my list of the ones I can remember.

  • Brunch - ***
  • Bric a brac - Similar reason above
  • Crockery - It's just annoying
  • Pamphlet - It's a leaflet!!!!
  • Napkins - or any other insipid cutesified word that finishes with 'kins'.
  • Ointment - Sorry CatWoman. You're the inspiration for this thread, although this one is only mildly annoying and it reminds me of Patsy Byrne in Blackadder 2. Rofl

I can't think of any others right now but I'm sure some of you will be able to trigger them. What are yours?

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  • Others have also mentioned this but people (especially people that don't know you) calling you thinks like babe and hun. Hate that.

    Also people using the wrong word like when people say "I won you" instead of "I beat you" or "Could you borrow me some money" instead of "Could you lend me some money".

    Similarly drives me mad when people say words incorrectly like somethink instead of something or chimley instead of chimney. Obviously if somebody has speech difficulties then it is totally understandable and I wouldn't be judgemental of that. But some of these words just seem to be pronounced incorrectly sometimes and I'll never understand why.

    People shortening words and just making them sound silly like someone else mentioned totes instead of totally.

    And I make myself sound and feel really old with this one but the current trend with kids saying ridiculous words like skibidi that don't seem to have any apparent meaning. That drives me mad. How can you use words that don't have a proper meaning.

    This one may be a less popular opinion because it is probably just good grammar. But I also hate when people use words that have gone totally out of fashion. Like whom. That is just a word from the past to me and it really throws me off when someone uses it.

    I started off reading this thread thinking "I don't think there are words that generally annoy me". But apparently there are lots of words or word related things that annoy me. 

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  • Others have also mentioned this but people (especially people that don't know you) calling you thinks like babe and hun. Hate that.

    Also people using the wrong word like when people say "I won you" instead of "I beat you" or "Could you borrow me some money" instead of "Could you lend me some money".

    Similarly drives me mad when people say words incorrectly like somethink instead of something or chimley instead of chimney. Obviously if somebody has speech difficulties then it is totally understandable and I wouldn't be judgemental of that. But some of these words just seem to be pronounced incorrectly sometimes and I'll never understand why.

    People shortening words and just making them sound silly like someone else mentioned totes instead of totally.

    And I make myself sound and feel really old with this one but the current trend with kids saying ridiculous words like skibidi that don't seem to have any apparent meaning. That drives me mad. How can you use words that don't have a proper meaning.

    This one may be a less popular opinion because it is probably just good grammar. But I also hate when people use words that have gone totally out of fashion. Like whom. That is just a word from the past to me and it really throws me off when someone uses it.

    I started off reading this thread thinking "I don't think there are words that generally annoy me". But apparently there are lots of words or word related things that annoy me. 

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