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Words that you hate/dislike

  • 19-03-2014 07:44PM
    #1
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭


    Mine is "regrettable". You often see public figures saying it.

    Something like "Dublin City Council find it regrettable that sulphuric acid made it into peoples drinking supply"

    When you think about it, what does that even mean? That the incident is worthy of regret, but that regret is not necessarily felt by us? It has to be there most worthless and dilute form of apology imaginable. No wonder public figures use it.


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Comments

  • #2
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    'Portion.' I hate how it sounds, it makes me shudder when I hear it.


  • #3
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,251 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    Embiggens


  • #4
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Link.


  • #5
    The Master
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,324 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Master


    castletownman wrote: »
    Embiggens

    Why? it's a perfectly cromulent word


  • #6
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Seepage. Makes me heave when I hear it.


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  • #7
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Moist. Ugh!

    Succulent


  • #8
    ger vallely
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 766 ✭✭✭ger vallely


    Moist.


  • #9
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    'frowned upon'. The mans actions were frowned upon.

    For the last time, I thought it was a toilet! :mad:


  • #10
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    Panties.


  • #11
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    "Dublin City Council find it regrettable that sulphuric acid made it into peoples drinking supply"

    Now I'm scared.

    Link?


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  • #12
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    Banter and lolz


  • #13
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    Tummy.
    I don't know why but I really dislike that word.


  • #14
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭Lisha


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    Panties.

    I vehemently agree I hate the word 'panty' or 'panties'.

    Yeuch


  • #15
    Roesy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Roesy


    Loo. Especially when said by a man.


  • #16
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Moist. Ugh!

    Succulent

    Are you my sister? They're the two words that freak her out :pac:


  • #17
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Antidisestablishmnentarianism


  • #18
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    Banter. Even worse, the bants.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,824 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    'sheeple' and 'sambo' are two that make me cringe and shudder when I hear them being used.


  • #20
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    Deleted User wrote: »
    'sheeple' and 'sambo' are two that make me cringe and shudder when I hear them being used.

    Crimbo.


  • #21
    Push Pop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 262 ✭✭Push Pop


    Flaps. Big floppy flappety flaps. I feel ill.


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  • #22
    Santa Cruz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    green_screen wrote: »
    Are you my sister? They're the two words that freak her out :pac:

    As in "her panties were moist and succulent"


  • #23
    Friend Computer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭Friend Computer


    Punter(s).


  • #24
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    "The" - when people are referring to their girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband. Also, "himself", "herself" etc.


  • #25
    Artful_Badger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    Recidivist. Frightfully tinny sort of word.


  • #26
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Selfie. I haaaaaate it with a vengence. :mad:


  • #27
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    amazeballs

    homework


  • #28
    131spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭131spanner


    When people use the word retard or retarded to describe something in a negative way. Not the word itself, the meaning implied, if you catch my drift.


  • #29
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    131spanner wrote: »
    When people use the word retard or retarded to describe something in a negative way. Not the word itself, the meaning implied, if you catch my drift.

    In the same way, using mong. Says a lot more about the speaker than the subject.


  • #30
    sopretty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭sopretty


    Rape.


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  • #31
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,188 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Criminality, physicality and so on. Every time I watch the news some gob$hite is tacking _ity on to the end of a word in a vain attempt to sound smarter.


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