Ugh! Marianna, what gets me is strange men on the street who call me "Sweetie" or "Honey" or "Baby." It not only makes my skin crawl--it makes my blood boil! Who do these random men think they are to address me so familiarly? And what's even more offensive to me is that they think they're somehow paying me a compliment! But the absolute worst one has to be "doll." That one makes me see red. I am not a "doll." I am not an inanimate object for child's play!

Frances, I 100% agree! Ick! Please don't call me baby or sweetie or honey! Maybe I'm a cold person...

I love the word "plump" I have to admit.

Without doubt, I have 100% hatred for the word SCAB!!!!!!!

Ooo and for the pantie haters there is a brand which sells lingerie and swimwear called pistol panties, yuck, yuck, yuckety, yuck, yuck.

And this was the funniest topic to wake up to - although not so good pre-breakfast!

My word is gusset.

This has certainly made me giggle!

I can't think of any words as such that irritate me, however recently, my children have adopted these two phrases, which are guaranteed to invoke a very strong reaction from me:
1. "It wasn't me!" (Example: Drawing on the wall, whilst holding the same colour texta in hand near marked wall); and
2. "Yea, yea, whadevaaaaaaaa!" in reply to a request or a question. This little charmer has recently been adopted by my three year old, who has manages to get the perfect inflection of teenage angst everytime he uses it. He was using the phrase so frequently, he happily told me last Friday that "Yea, yea, whadevaaaaaa(...) means Yes, mummy!". My reply telling him that it was actually a very rude way of answering mummy that made her quite cross, certainly came as quite a shock. Needless to say, the phrase has somewhat fallen out of favour since then... )

LOL Katiepea, my friend's four year old recently said 'my life is so over' after being refused a second banana. Teenage angst is certainly starting at a much younger age.

Katie / Julie - those are so funny! Must be hard sometimes to tell a child something is wrong when it is actually funny at the same time.

Not really words Boof, but I hate the jargon used at my work.

For example,
Boss 'Julie, could you please check the CPD file and ensure the KPI and PDPs are in line with TCF.'

I also hate the sickly sweet nicknames given to me by men whom I interact with in my receptionist job- 'sweetie', 'love', 'pet', 'honey', 'gorgeous', etc. Caliing me any of these names doesn't make me do a better job at all.

People seem to also mix my name up with Joan as well. I had a particularly annoying incident with a guest who asked me my name which I duly told me and he even made one of those slightly hilarious sunrise jokes, and then proceeded to call me Joan for the rest of his stay.

Dawn, I have no issues with being called sweetie, honey, etc. However, I can't stand "pet!" Ick. Calling someone such names in a work environment is just gross. I have a Jamaican friend who calls me "Love." With her wonderful accent, she could rattle off swear words and it would sound fabulous.

@KP & Julie - When my oldest daughter was about 4, I refused to do something she had requested (can't remember what it was). Her response was to scream, "You're ruining my life!" I think we burst out laughing, which was not the response she was going for. She's almost 11 and still very dramatic.

Sexy is ridiculously overused. I've heard many young children refer to things as "sexy," because of advertising, etc. They have no idea what it means. That really makes my skin crawl.

RoseandJoan - you made me laugh !! It reminded me of when I worked with at risk teenagers and they began texting me.....and I had no clue what they were "saying" because of all the acronyms. I would beg them to call me and talk ! It was harder than Mandrin Chinese or Arabic, I'm telling you !

Any new word that ends with -licious: bootylicious for example. Baby talk. T3H |\|3tSP34K 0MG LOL 1 C4|\| H4S CH33SBURGR. Sexi (spelled with "i"). Writing "luv" or "lurv" instead of "love". Not being able to write "you" with all three letters.

And the most annoying thing is that some people use the word "gay" instead of "stupid" or "awful". Makes me want to kill things.

Frances, I also strongly dislike the words panyhose and hose. I still use "stockings" when I do have to refer to those particular items. I'm sure it makes me sound like a granny, but that's OK.

Similar to Maya's disike of clot, I don't like "curd." It makes me think of cottage cheese (an abomination upon the palate if there ever was one) and just generally gives me the shivers. Ew.

You all covered all of the others!

I hate 'touch base' phrase....SO glad its losing popularity!

*very big chuckle*

Such irrational word intolerances from us all!

Isabel, "Cox" is easy - that's my married English surname. It's the mispronunciation of "Angelique" that makes my blood boil.

I hate to have to break it to you, but I can't stop using words like hose, pants, gusset, slacks and crotch. They are the correct terms for my line of work. You'll have to wear earplugs :0)

This is a scream!

I'll have to give this more thought because I know I have several words that bug me but I can only think of two at the moment (menapausal memory)....

Hot as in"she is hot looking" . It just has always bothered me and seems so disrespectful, I'm probably crazy.

Like as in "she is, like, hot, looking, you know".

Oh,oh, this reminds me that I hate the term "sharing" and "reach out " : " I would like to reach out to you and share with you that I hate your guts ! " " I would like to reach out to you and invite you to share my product with yourself...."

Angelique, I could manage the correct French pronunciation, but how is your name pronounced in Dutch? It's the G I'm unsure about.

What a fun thread! Besides many already mentioned I greatly dislike the term "hook up".

As I read these, I can't think of a single word that bugs me. Now that I'm typing I know one.

Urks.
It sounds so, bleh.

UGH, I agree Joy. I also hate the phrase "making out" when used by mature adults. It should be banned from use after 20, along with any kind of text message acronyms.

In Germany many adults use a word similar to sh*t to describe the contents of their children's diapers. A word I don't even use to swear. I HATE that. I'm not sure we need to talk about the topic of diapers in the first place, but if we have to, can't we find a more elegant term for it? I have heard it from other moms, caregivers, even teachers. I get really angry, because my children don't sh*t. Aaargh!

I am waaaaaay late on this thread - but I've been poking through the archives, and have found some gems!

So, for the record, two words immediately came to mind, for me:

Cop (for police): *Especially* detest it when used in a news report!

Crap: I cannot believe how it's become an acceptable term for everyday interaction - as in "this new computer program is crap" or "the weather is crappy". Horrible.

... and speaking of the weather - this third one just came to mind. I *really* find it crass:

Dump: when referring to snow. As in "We're expecting a big dump tomorrow." Gahhhh!

... back to the archives ...

haha, Deb, I love when people resurrect old threads like this one! It seems to me like you just don't like words that end with the letter "p"

Haha, Deb. Thanks for "digging" this one up--too funny!

I will chime in late, too:

I do not like the word 'mature' and I do not prefer the way the French say my name (Heather): Ezza, Eitha, Ettha.....

I like all of these words when used in context. My pet peeve is when good words are misused. Lately it bugs me to see certain words misspelled over and over, such as "wala" for the French voilà. (I assume they also mispronounce it.)

I'll bite. I hate portmanteaus! They make me grind my teeth.

Chillax, Brangelina, anything "-athon", anything "-coholic", even "brunch" is on the cusp of driving me batty.

I never swore, never heard it at home except some pretty tame french so it felt really unnatural for me to swear even in some of the yucky jobs I had, but once I got into my career field things took a turn. Thinking of their management methods makes me want to swear now LOL!
A word that grosses me out---cigarette--there I wrote it and I got to go wash my hands.

Oh man, this is the funniest thread! We should compile a complete list. Panties = the worst.

So many of yours are also mine, to which I am going to add the following:

discharge
dungarees
masticate
groin