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Words or phrases that make you cringe?

  1. Meridian

    pomegranate / 3716 posts

    These are all too hilarious!

  2. Ra

    honeydew / 7586 posts

    @Cherrybee: Pube= makes me want to vomit! I also hate scrote! My dog is a pug and after we had him fixed his scrotum became all tiny and deflated looking, so DH started calling him Little Scrote. It drives me crazy!

  3. MrsMccarthy

    honeydew / 7295 posts

    My friend Rob also hates the word moist. So funny. I hate

    LMAO or LMFAO

    I also hate the nom nom nom thing, I don't like when people use LOL and I never use the term DH because I hate it!! Ick! But I also use alot of the things that freak you guys out so I'm not above it. And sometimes I make myself cringe when I use certain terms. It's like small talk. I hate it but I do it.

  4. MRSJX3

    cherry / 245 posts

    Amazeballs

    I also can't stand it when people say "holy "insert something here" batman!! It makes me furious.

  5. mrsjazz

    coconut / 8234 posts

    I hate:
    ghetto
    retarded
    literally
    Nazi (as in She's such a spelling nazi)

    I'm sure there are more but those are off the top of my head.

    @littlebug: Oriental: I had just left the bathroom and this Asian guy (I think Japanese) asks me, "Excuse me, Did you see an Oriental girl in there?" And I was so flabbergasted that he said Oriental! Haha. I said, Oh yeah there's an ASIAN girl in there.

  6. Fronkinzankinsbride

    kiwi / 550 posts

    Ghetto
    Retarded
    Trashy

    And Sticky Baby.

  7. night cheese

    apricot / 453 posts

    BESTIE. Every time I hear it I want to punch something.

  8. MCD919

    kiwi / 659 posts

    Nom nom... Ew

    I have more, but that's the first to come to this sleep deprived mind right now!

  9. BSB

    hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts

    Panties and YOLO

  10. SugarplumsMom

    bananas / 9227 posts

    @stargal: I cringed!

    jelly!
    milf

    I'm guilty of nomnom!

  11. mrsjazz

    coconut / 8234 posts

    @Fronkinzankinsbride: We hate the same words

    I forgot about Trashy. I also hate Tacky. Let's just stop, people!

  12. Freckles

    honeydew / 7444 posts

    @autumnlove: I was just going to write foodie too! I hate it when people call me a foodie.

    Also, "literally" and "retarded".

    @mrsjazz: Honestly, it's really only Americans who obsess over oriental vs asian. I know a lot of Asian-Canadians who use "oriental" because that's the term they know...and only if they are up-to-date on PC issues do they understand why oriental shouldn't be used.

  13. mrsjazz

    coconut / 8234 posts

    @Freckles: Yeah, I wish I could watch that moment back on tape because I stood there for a minute with the wheels in my head turning because I was so confused. But that's probably it, they most likely weren't Americans.

  14. blackbird

    wonderful grape / 20453 posts

    I hate tits/titties. hate hate hate hate. Or "pee pee" for penis, vagina etc. I hate that. Makes me cringe.

  15. PurplePumps

    pomegranate / 3809 posts

    just sayin'

  16. autumnlove

    hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts

    @Freckles: my MIL uses Oriental!

    @Cherrybee: Scrote is funny, I want to use it!

  17. Cherrybee

    papaya / 10570 posts

    @Freckles: @mrsjazz: Over here, in the UK, "Asian" is the catch-all colloquial term for Indian/Pujabi/Pakistani/Bangladeshi etc people (as if there should be a "catch-all term"). It's not unusual to hear people from China/Japan/Korea/Thailand etc referred to as "Oriental". I can't say as I've ever used the term - I think I must know deep down that it's offensive. I guess what's most offensive is needing a term for someone to catagorize them based on the way they look because that's what it is.... I mean, someone from Pakistan and someone from India have only one similarity, really - their skin colour.

  18. Adira

    wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts

    I think you're all literally cray cray for being so totes against so many words, for realz yo.

    You guys are funny.

    The only word I really despise is the c-word because I feel like it's degrading towards women. I can't think of any other word that makes me cringe like that one does!

  19. Kimberlybee

    grapefruit / 4997 posts

    @PurplePumps: yes! I find (just sayin') very annoying. I know what you are saying, I hear you.

  20. BSB

    hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts

    @Freckles: I don't know. Oriental sounds like a rug or vase to me. I wouldn't be offended but it would be odd, if someone said I was Oriental. Uhh, ok.

  21. Mamaof2

    squash / 13208 posts

    @Adira:

  22. Mrs. Jump Rope

    blogger / coconut / 8306 posts

    @Adira: my mother in law once said to me "see you on Tuesday!" and I cracked up. No one could figure out what was so funny. We really DID see her the following Tuesday. The word doesn't bother me, though.

    I cannot stand moist. Preggers and critter make me shiver.

  23. Lindsay05

    pomegranate / 3759 posts

    Vagina
    Chillax
    Jelly
    Salve

  24. Mamaof2

    squash / 13208 posts

    @SugarplumsMom: @Lindsay05: Jelly? I don't get it....

  25. sunshineandsushi

    persimmon / 1165 posts

    sorry not sorry

  26. Pepper

    pomelo / 5820 posts

    Panties
    Hubs/hubby
    Cool beans

  27. mrsjazz

    coconut / 8234 posts

    @Mamaof2: Some people say "jelly" instead of jealous.

  28. MsLipGloss

    GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts

    @Lindsay05: @Mamaof2: @mrsjazz: *I don't think you're ready for this jelly* . . .

  29. mrsjazz

    coconut / 8234 posts

    @MsLipGloss: Haha. That, too. Urban Dictionary has both Beyonce's jelly and jelly/jealous listed.

    What I love about language is how it evolves, though some would say it's devolving i.e. selfie, vajayjay, jelly, & nom nom.

  30. Bookish

    GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts

    selfie
    normcore - I can't figure out if it's an actual thing or a hoax played by the interwebs, but it reeks of so much hipster that I can't handle it!

  31. IRunForFun

    pomelo / 5509 posts

    @PurplePumps: This is one of my biggest ones! "Just sayin'." Why do you have to add that? Obviously that's what you're saying...you're literally (hehe) SAYING it. My mom says it alllllll the time for some reason, especially when talking online. It kills me.

    I dislike "internet speak." I just don't get it. What's the point of it? Is it supposed to sound cute? What not just type out the real, actual words? Examples include:

    - Feels ("That hit me right in the feels...")
    - Haz ("I can haz that?")
    -"Mahselfs ("I'm so proud of mahselfs!")
    - Jelly for jealous
    - Totes for totally
    - Whatev or whatevs for whatever
    - Cray-cray for crazy

    And I also dislike intentional misspellings.

  32. HLK208

    pineapple / 12234 posts

    @Cherrybee: hahahaha your list made me laugh.

    A friend used to say "spittle" when her son would spit up. Gross. I hate when people say, "fam damily" CRINGE. Also, when anyone uses gay as in "stupid", it makes me furious!

    DH hates when I say, "b-t-dubs" (btw). I just say it to bother him. Haha.

  33. BSB

    hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts

    @HLK208: Hmm. Do you say that because people around here say 'U dub' when they refer to University of Washington or U of W? Are you an U of W alumni?

  34. HLK208

    pineapple / 12234 posts

    @bluestriped bee: cougar blood here but DH is a big husky fan!

    But the saying is from How I Met Your Mother and it's stuck since I heard it

  35. IRunForFun

    pomelo / 5509 posts

    @HLK208: Spittle kind of reminds me of using "piddle" instead of pee.

    My MIL, over Easter, said "I'd better piddle before we leave." ACKKK. I wanted to rip my ears off.

  36. MsLipGloss

    GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts

    @IRunForFun: I have the same reaction to *tee tee* as in *I have to tee tee* OMGMAKEITSTOP. I do, however, love to use *mahselfs*!

  37. Lindsay05

    pomegranate / 3759 posts

    @MsLipGloss: haha

    I bet there is a plethora of moistness while having nookie.

  38. MsLipGloss

    GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts

    @Lindsay05: MYEYESMYEYES!

  39. Happygal

    pomelo / 5000 posts

    @IRunForFun: right on for all of that! If I see a store like "Kathy's Korner," it really bugs me.

    I dislike "chunks."

  40. IRunForFun

    pomelo / 5509 posts

    @Happygal: YES! We have a daycare center here called Kidz Korner. Really? REALLY!?

    And I was just thinking I was surprised no one had mentioned "chunks" or "chunky." That's a gross word. I associate it with vomit.

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