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Here’s a carefully-worded question from Jill from Atlanta, Georgia:
My granny hates the word “guts”. When I used to say it in front of her she screwed up her face into a big frown and made a groan of displeasure. I was surprised that hearing the simple word “guts” would produce such a strong reaction in anyone.
Helen, please answer me this: what words, if any, gross you out like “guts” grosses out my granny?
Sit down, Jill; this is going to take AGES. ‘Thang’. ‘Peeps’ (as slang for ‘people’, not the third person singular form of the verb ‘to peep’). ‘Slither’ when someone means ‘slither’. ‘Trendy’. ‘On trend’, for being just as bad as ‘trendy’ but with pretensions of seriousness. ‘Narnia’. I’m going to have to stop here as all these are inciting a visceral reaction of horror; but readers, head for the comments and bravely tell us the words that make you swallow back the brain-bile.
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Tags: cringewords, words, yuk
April 29, 2012 at 8:52 am |
“pacifically” instead of “specifically”. I find it so difficult not to correct people who say this, I feel like I’m fighting tourettes.
April 26, 2012 at 6:04 pm |
“Hubby”. Do people say this in Britain?? So gross.
April 26, 2012 at 4:26 pm |
Moist
April 26, 2012 at 2:43 pm |
Preggers. Hate both the sound of the word and the further infantilization of pregnant women.
April 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm |
Flange …
April 26, 2012 at 12:06 pm |
My friend Lisa hates the words “Flap”…. no idea why and neither has she, but you can be sure we slipped it in whenever possible.. AMT Helen.. Is that workplace bullying?
April 26, 2012 at 11:24 am |
gusset
April 26, 2012 at 11:29 am |
Good one! Also, ‘discharge’, when the stress is on the first syllable.