What words do you refuse to use?

[JAZZMANB]

Non consciously
Dude is pretty bad
As far as terms I hate blokes saying sweetheart ,darling, love etc when asking for stuff in shops etc
Then there's Hit me up !?! On band ,music pages
Cringe

I avoid using 'should'. Saying something 'should' be alright means nothing except a cop-out if something goes tits-up.

It is a proper word though and usually used in context
I should get there for 9 etc

 

[Goat Eyes]

Two times. It's twice you f***ing prick.

Twice times twice equals force?

 

[a1970man]

Ginormous

it’s gigantic or enormous

spellcheck annoyingly knows ginormous....

 

[Skandhaless]

I avoid using 'should'. Saying something 'should' be alright means nothing except a cop-out if something goes tits-up.

"Must" is another, we get dominated in moood by " a tyranny of shoulds and musts".
Many people use excessive negatives far too much. For example few things are awful or horrendous, they're usually just uncomfortable, inconvenient or mildly disappointing. Vile is another especially when used for something moderately distasteful like pineapple on pizza

 

[Kid Galahad]

You are forgiven. Say yeh yeh yeh, and all hell will break loose.

I blame Lennon and McCartney

 

[Quench]

Honey or Hun
Get instead of have
Dropped instead of released
Season instead of series
Like, as in, we went out at like 2 o clock

 

[Kid Galahad]

Lush.
Horrendous word used by imbeciles.

It's even worse with proper in front of it, proper this and that is soooooo aggravating as is soooooo, people really need a punch in the face for any of these aberrations.

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

'Cool' unless it's related to temperature. It wasn't 'cool' to use it half a century ago so it's certainly not so to use it now.

'Dude' - I'm not a yank so it's easy to resist such a horrible word.

 

[Kid Galahad]

'Cool' unless it's related to temperature. It wasn't 'cool' to use it half a century ago so it's certainly not so to use it now.

'Dude' - I'm not a yank so it's easy to resist such a horrible word.

I blame the Fonz

 

[Deleted member 43869]

'Cool' unless it's related to temperature. It wasn't 'cool' to use it half a century ago so it's certainly not so to use it now.

'Dude' - I'm not a yank so it's easy to resist such a horrible word.

Dude is the one that instantly makes me judge people. A new colleague said it and I immediately knew we would never be on 'see you outside of work' terms.

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

Dude is the one that instantly makes me judge people. A new colleague said it and I immediately knew we would never be on 'see you outside of work' terms.

You should have seen him outside and kicked his butt arse!

 

[Hank Scorpio]

C*** is a horrible word. I always cringe when people just drop it into a sentence

 

[CheersMarra84]

Honey or Hun
Get instead of have
Dropped instead of released
Season instead of series
Like, as in, we went out at like 2 o clock

It’s the laziness of using minimal words to construct sentences, by the uncouth youth that annoys me;

“Going cinema’s’ or ‘Going Asda’s’.

Fuck off!

 

[Northern_chappy]

"So" to begin a conversation. Just fuck off
The other word that irritates me is "literally". Also just fuck off.

 

[Deleted member 2014]

Guy(s) is a truly horrendous, Americanism.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - A Welsh railway station, I can't, and will never try, to pronounce.

A few derogatory words/terms, I won't ever write, or utter.

Other, Americanisms, such as "touch base" "my bad" "fix me", (a drink/breakfast). - utterly cringe inducing words/phrases.

 

[Skandhaless]

It’s the laziness of using minimal words to construct sentences, by the uncouth youth that annoys me;

“Going cinema’s’ or ‘Going Asda’s’.

Fuck off!

"Back to mine" is another, lazy scousism like " alls I'm saying"

 

[Deleted member 44322]

Honey or Hun
Get instead of have
Dropped instead of released
Season instead of series
Like, as in, we went out at like 2 o clock

I've just remembered some more that I wouldn't use:

Fetched instead of brought, as in "Who fetched this present over?" You aren't talking to a dog you imbecile.

Also using Sure instead of Yes. Why?

Aargh.

 

[Curlyteeth]

Smash it
Veggies
Happy days

Whilst the word **** which someone just dissed, is tremendous

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

uncouth youth

Very poetic - Tunstall Cooper Clarkeesque.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

"So", then pause, then begin sentence.

"Basically" interspersed in every sentence.

Lass at work usually says when I ask what's up/how can I help, "Basically, I've got this customer..." and then two minutes later is still rabbiting on. I'd hate to hear the unabridged version ffs!