Words that really annoy you.

Brian Marwood · Jan 4, 2022

Mended.

I hate that word with a passion and feel that 'repaired' should always be used instead.

Left_peg · Jan 4, 2022

moreish

rkangel · Jan 4, 2022

"Get". There's always a better, more accurate, word to use.

Unravel_Morrison · Jan 4, 2022

At the moment, it's 'duty payable'.

Unravel_Morrison · Jan 4, 2022

rkangel said:
"Get". There's always a better, more accurate, word to use.

like 'sod' or 'tw*t'?

TeaCider · Jan 4, 2022

Cookie.

Goes right through me, and it's almost entirely because it's been re-adopted here as an Americanism, which annoys me irrationally.

rkangel · Jan 4, 2022

I was thinking more of the verb, but tw*t also means an animal offspring.

grumpyoldgit · Jan 4, 2022

"Literally"

Druss_The_Legend · Jan 4, 2022

Sick,Innit and bruv(used in any combination of the 3 or singular).

SmallTown · Jan 4, 2022

grumpyoldgit said:
"Literally"

Literally only when it's used incorrectly

DCI_Gene_Hunt · Jan 4, 2022

"fink"

locomansimon · Jan 4, 2022

So at the start of a sentence

WillowsOrchid · Jan 4, 2022

Moist.

Cuthbert · Jan 4, 2022

locomansimon said:
So at the start of a sentence

SOmetimes it can be appropriate.

DrummerMan · Jan 4, 2022

Melt - particularly with a Essex / London accent, it just sounds pathetic

Borobuddah · Jan 4, 2022

“Fam’” I find it threatening

DCI_Gene_Hunt · Jan 4, 2022

Any word that comes out of Rylan Clark-Neal's mouth.

afcb_acklam · Jan 4, 2022

premierSHIP

loose instead of lose

boooook, hoooook when said in a teesside voice ;-) - its book & hook ffs

SmallTown · Jan 4, 2022

"of", if the writer means "have

Blf · Jan 4, 2022

Gusset.
and
Another one who doesn't like people who start sentences with ' So ' when you ask a question.