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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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  • I can only think of a few examples, but I know there are more. The use of the word "shined" instead of "shone", "lunch" (and brunch, which you mentioned already)  - not sure why, they just sound clunky and unpleasant to me. I dislike some old sayings as well, e.g. "killing two birds with one stone", "I'd be cutting my own throat", "just rubbing his nose in it", because they conjure up literal and yucky mental images which I would be happier without.

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  • I can only think of a few examples, but I know there are more. The use of the word "shined" instead of "shone", "lunch" (and brunch, which you mentioned already)  - not sure why, they just sound clunky and unpleasant to me. I dislike some old sayings as well, e.g. "killing two birds with one stone", "I'd be cutting my own throat", "just rubbing his nose in it", because they conjure up literal and yucky mental images which I would be happier without.

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