Room 101

What would you put into Room 101?

One pet hate per post.

Post as many pet hates as you want until you experience true catharsis!

If you are not familiar with the Room 101 concept, here is a little bit of background from the relevant article on Wikipedia.

Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign those hates to oblivion in Room 101, a location whose name was inspired by the torture room in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which reputedly contained "the worst thing in the world". Orwell himself named it after a meeting room in Broadcasting House where he would sit through tedious meetings.

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  • (Inspired by another thread...)

    lethologica: the inability to remember a particular word or name.

    Don't you just hate it when you know a word but it won't come to you, or you see a word that you know you know, but you can't remember what it means? Also, I'm often able to remember the initial letters of someone's name, but then I get stuck.

    Down with that sort of thing.

  • OMG that happens all the time to me! I freeze up on even words I use all the time. Like I go to Chamber of Commerce events twice a month and I STILL keep forgetting the word “chamber.” I’m surprised I remembered it just now.

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