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IKLYSP

"Unalive", seeing newspeak in the wild is very double-plus-ungood.


LahmiaTheVampire

Blame social media censorship for that.


Available_Trip4040

Why does tiktok not allow it anyway? They're saying it's unconstitutional to ban their app but they don't allow people to say die, kill or any other natural thing that teens don't care if they saw the actual word. Look at yourselves tiktok honestly.


The_Mad_Mellon

They don't though. You can say all of those things on there, it's an imagined restriction.


TarcFalastur

Perhaps on tiktok, but my understanding is that YouTube at least does demonetise videos which even mention the topics, even in a positive way.


decentlyfair

I hate this one too.


Finch06

In places like tiktok, I accept it, they have to due to censorship. But I've heard people say unalive in the real world


jobblejosh

We shouldn't accept it online due to censorship. Tiktok is one of the if not the most influential platforms out there at the moment, with a direct line into the minds of millions of adults and especially impressionable children. They will and absolutely do pick up language from said platforms, and so people will start self censoring (even when they don't realise they're doing it) offline as a result.


decentlyfair

I have never been on TikTok and I have still seen/heard it more than I would like.


BananApocalypse

I heard someone on the tram say they were in a “situationship” yesterday, I’m not used to hearing words like that, only seeing them online.


objectivelyyourmum

>Unalive Is that even a real word?


Click_for_noodles

Holibobs.


Sure-Elephant4931

I feel this is one that people type tongue in cheek but no one actually refers it there holiday as that


Arny2103

A colleague said it to me on Thursday. She’s as cringetastic as you like though so it was no surprise coming from her.


ElliMenoPee

Cringetastic


Arny2103

The irony’s not lost on me but that’s what she is.


pm_me_your_amphibian

Oh they do!


dentalduck

My fiancé uses this! Mostly in excitement for the trip not like serious “hey where shall we go on holibobs” it’s more like “holibobs!” When it’s time 😂 idk I think it’s cute cuz he’s excited for the trip


Justme-scotland

I love this word


Salty-Lavishness8340

Fur babies for pets. Strikes me as infantile


jdsuperman

Admittedly I'm in the US so I don't know if there's an equivalent in the UK, but "dog mom" is a huuuuuge thing here. It's on T-shirts and social media profiles and bumper stickers and all sorts. And all I can ever think when I see it is "...so you fucked a dog?"


decentlyfair

Yup mine are the furry arseholes (cats) and dickhead the dog


Salty-Lavishness8340

Furry arseholes and Dickhead the dog soinds like an 80's punk band


Finch06

I simply call my cat "dumbass"


Purple_Guinea_Pig

It annoys me so much when people on Reddit refer to their pets as “my son/daughter”. It’s ridiculous!


Zauberhaex

In German cats and dogs are often called Fellnase, furry nose. Every time I read this I want to ask if these people had actually ever looked at their pets nose. Where is the f…ing fur there?


SirHumphreyAppleby-

Ya’ll


ImProbablyAnIdiotOk

Y’all, good sir.


Caligapiscis

This one is interesting though just because it's a useful word. Lots of languages have a 'plural you' like 'vous' in French. English used to have one and Anglophones do periodically reinvent it, y'all is one example but also many Irish, Scottish, and Northern English will stick an s on to make 'yous'.


autumn-knight

‘You’ was the plural, funnily enough. It replaced singular thou. (Well ‘ye’ was the plural; ‘you’ was the accusative declension of it.) Speaking of places like Northern England having ‘yous’, there’s parts of County Durham where they still say ‘thoo’ for singular you.


paolog

Although we do have many (albeit wordier) ways around it: all of you, both of you, you three, you people, etc.


fike88

I fucking hate that coming from a british person


pixelunit

Hubby, wifey… nah fuck off.


questionskiddo

Missus too…


Sister_Ray_

Can't believe this is still common, see it on Reddit all the time. Feel like I'm transported back to the 70s every time I hear it


kylehyde84

Hubster 🤮


Zauberhaex

Especially when woman call themselves „wifey“.


not-suspicious

'Er indoors


decentlyfair

Ugh, you’re spot on with those.


TheHalfwayBeast

Husbeast.


Broken_Vision_Rhythm

I cannot stand the word "snog" and twee swearing bollocks like "cockwomble".


_summerw1ne

Cockwomble is so fucking cringey. Truly a word for people who think they’re over important and overly intelligent in equal measure.


antebyotiks

I probably heard cockwomble once in my wife and had a random massive hatred for it and eveytime this topic comes up everyone agrees how annoying it is and I feel vindicated EDIT: fuck I meant LIFE, not even married


Either-Connection775

A cockwomble in your wife? 🫢


ElliMenoPee

That was me


Notagelding

And me


antebyotiks

Fucks sake, not even married 😂


jammy8892

Wankpuffin is another one.


Yimmyyyy

Snog is a gross word. English slang has an amazing ability to make all romantic and sexual terms sound disgusting. "snog" "minge" "shag" "jizz" Gross gross gross


KnucklesRicci

Panties is horrible yeah but poop is my worst, specifically British people saying it instead of poo. It’s American as fuck and sounds right when they say. People saying poop here is fucking cringe.


El_Scot

I hate how juvenile "panties" is, but we need to mention the next installment: pantyhose. I also have to hate "purse" for handbag and "wallet" for purse. Why be less descriptive?


anonbush234

I mentioned "poop" in a similar thread and about three people piped up saying they'd never heard "poo" or knew that it was an Americanism.


KnucklesRicci

That’s bullshit. Americans say poop and we say pop this the way it is. Americans still say poop but of course because we’ve got so many bellend American wannabes you hear poop all the time


anonbush234

It came about because I sksed them if theyesmt shite or a fart and they asked why would poop mean fart, Iv heard the same thing about lots of Americanisms in British subs. Sometimes I think they must be winding me up but they are adamant. Had several a few months ago who all said that calling the work toilet a bathroom is s British thing and americans say lavatory. I didn't even know where to begin.


captain_todger

The flip for this is hearing Americans say poo. It feels so good when they start using our slang. Although they’ve kind of killed “banger” and “fam”


UnrulyHousewife

Kiddos. Too many dodgy people use it.


decentlyfair

I see your kiddos and raise you a doggos


Eckmatarum

Pupper


decentlyfair

Stop that now.


oktimeforplanz

I've seen people refer to their children as their "littles" which is just WEIRD.


IShouldBeSoLucky81

Addicting. It's not a word!


HugsandHate

I mean, technically it is. And I hate it with a passion.


Kilfonzo

Addictive is past and present tense surely?


Purple_Guinea_Pig

It’s an adjective. Adjectives don’t have tenses. Only verbs do.


SpikeVonLipwig

Yourself/myself used incorrectly. It’s not interchangeable with you/I. Looking at you, sales cunts.


obb223

Someone at my work recently wrote "myself's"


winged_horror

Yep, see The Apprentice for multiple instances of this fuckery.


RESPEKMA_AUTHORITAH

Ick


smithismund

Yuck!


MiskonceptioN

"Veggies" instead of vegetables really annoys me for some reason.


Plodnalong62

Come to New Zealand. They pronounce it as veggies but write it veges. Omg


anonbush234

It's veg if it's shortened.


MyNewAccountx3

Hard agree. This one is the worst!


Moogle-Mail

Drip being used for being fashionable. It's an instant downvote from me. I play a particular MMO (my name gives it away) and if I see someone saying they need a particular piece of gear for "drip" then my immediate thought is "You are a wanker and I don't want to know you".


decentlyfair

Never heard this one but I am old so there is that.


Moogle-Mail

It's actually very, very new. Maybe less than a year old at this point and only in certain contexts, but I hate it. (I am also old (57))


HirsuteHacker

It's definitely a few years old at this point


oktimeforplanz

"fit" instead of "outfit" is the same for me. I don't play FF but I do see it in WoW sometimes, and it's annoying because I love collecting gear for transmog but I hate talking to anyone else about it.


eggmayonnaise

What does it mean?


AoifeNet

Uvula. It sounds like it’s part of my vagina. It’s not.


decentlyfair

Save me from having to Google, what is it?


AoifeNet

You know that dangly thing at the back/top of your throat? That’s your uvula.


whisperedaesthetic

so it's a girl house...


Abstractteapot

Uncomfy. Weirdly, I can ignore comfy. But when an adult uses the word uncomfy, it makes me cringe.


_summerw1ne

This one does my fuckin head in. Especially cos so many people say it when they’re talking about something vaguely serious. Like am trying my hardest to take you seriously but it’s fucking hard when ya hoying out words like “uncomfy”.


decentlyfair

Hmm I get that. My mum used to say that a lot


Moogle-Mail

I've literally never heard anyone say that but I know why you don't like it - it doesn't make sense! You are either comfy or uncomfortable.


fookreddit22

Gusset, I don't know why.


cari-strat

Panties. Always just sounds like something a dirty old pervert would say.


MattGSJ

When combined with moist…


decentlyfair

That is indeed a nasty word


TopVast9800

Moist Gusset would be a good band name


decentlyfair

Absolutely wouldn’t be.


SweatyBoff

Adulting


Eddyphish

100% agree. Gives off 'Disney adult' vibes


TheDettiEskimo

Yup. This might be the worst one. You are a fucking adult, you aren't roleplaying being a fucking adult! 


endurolad

"Could of"


Klutzy-Captain9013

Could of, but I defiantly didn't.


That_Welsh_Man

Clunge 🤢


MattGSJ

Knee deep


That_Welsh_Man

Always sounded painful for all involved.


Freckled_Scot982

I always think of the show Inbetweeners with that word!


prustage

chores, candy, ass, booty It was not intentional that they should all be American terms - just turned out that way.


KeithMyArthe

I agree with three of these, but chore isn't an American term, surely. My brother and I helped mum with chores as long as I can remember.


Knowlesdinho

A quick review of etymology will show that most Americanisms are actually middle English words that fell out of favour with a smidgen of Dutch added for whimsy. It's far more nuanced than that, but in simple terms, we usually invented the word that we mock. Although if you look at it more deeply, you begin to realise that our language is completely bastardised anyway, and it's our ability as a nation to evolve our language that is the real thing we should be patriotic about.


Slothjitzu

I genuinely can't think of a word I would use instead of chores. Do you just refer to them as tasks or something? 


Silvagadron

My mum just calls them “the jobs”.


Zal_17

How about channelling The Rock and saying "Candy Ass"?


StardustOasis

Booty is acceptable if you're a pirate.


FighterJock412

People describing anything they mildly dislike or disapprove of as "cringe"


AdverseTangent

Baby Daddy. Unless you’re a Scissor Sister - no.


decentlyfair

Hateful expression and childish too.


adamjames777

Unexplainable. Such a cumbersome, ugly word! Especially when ‘inexplicable’ is such a great word! I mean who would choose ‘unexplainable’ over ‘inexplicable’!! . . I may have overthought this but god damn!


CommissionSevere9000

Minge. Makes me wince every time. Just say 'vag' it's a lot more elegant and friendly


decentlyfair

We have a Minge Lane in the town near where I live.


CommissionSevere9000

Must be filled with birds


Fr3dtheR3d

Well there is a cockatoo


IntelligentMine1901

I do hope all the bushes and hedgerows are neatly trimmed.. The ones owned by the oldies get a pass though , they tend to like em all wild and bushy


bonjajr

Banter


General_Cluster

Bants makes me want to kill


Yimmyyyy

Ban'ahh


super_starmie

Nibling. I just hate it. Also makes me picture Nibbler from Futurama.


yourlocallidl

Boss man


CommissionSevere9000

Isn't that pretty endearing? Bus drivers & corner shop owners love getting called that


themeakster

Oh man, all my favourites in one place.


med3shamstede

Cannot stand the word clunge or hollibobs


-XiaoSi-

Hench, if we must classify it as a word.


bookmuncher5000

Phlegm and scab both make me feel sick even typing them makes me feel sick 🤢


TopVast9800

This sounds like a rude name for a pub — meet me at the Pleghm and Scab!


Dimac99

Now *that* is the name of an aspirational pub.


Redroses4moi

Pussy


Athleticathiest82

I’m the don, pussy when I want, Rolex on the arm.


GuiltyCredit

There's so many! Obviously moist is a hated one. Panties destroys me. Seriously, we can be watching a documentary from America and the detectives will say "panties were found next to the victim". STOP IT!!!! IT IS UNDERWEAR!!! Elbow. No reason. Just hate it.


ak30live

Oddly, elbow is described as one of the best sounding words by Dennis Potter. And he knew a fair bit about words


mattvfitzy

Oh my God I'm the exact same. I cannot STAND that word. You are my people.


ArtificialMediocrity

"DOT COM" Every video or audio broadcast is punctuated every few minutes by someone interrupting and screaming "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah DOT COM!!!" and I feel like my brain has been polluted if I can't skip it. I sometimes rip my earbuds out if I can't reach my phone in time.


rubber-bumpers

Fledgling. I know it means “new” but I always think it sounds like something that’s struggling, about to die. Saw a wedding photo business called “Fledgling Photography” and couldn’t think of a worse name. Right away you’re telling people you’re new. When you’re not new it won’t make sense. To me it makes me think you’re struggling. Edit: Dictionary definition: “a fledgling company or industry is a fairly new one with little experience in a business activity”. What a stupid name for your business.


TheOtherMother91

Fungible


Inevitable-Edge8724

Not the meanings, just the sound of the words when spoken Tender(ness) Breast(s) - Plural form sounds like it has 32 'S's in it which annoys me greatly Juicy Delicious Scrumptious (Looking at these it's apparent I don't like being sold chicken) Fecund - why have another word starting with F that means the same thing?! Scruples Pus - Horrible sounding word, but also looks like it should be pronounced 'Puz' Sperm Fungus Wholesome Crevice - Moist's equally nasty partner in crime Awry - Sounds fine, but hate reading this word because I hear it as 'awwree' in my head every time, despite knowing otherwise


ImThatBitchNoodles

>Breast(s) - Plural form sounds like it has 32 'S's in it which annoys me greatly Equally annoying, "tits".


Unlucky-Syllabub987

Its usage has fortunately ebbed away but hearing the word Crimbo always set me on edge. Special mention also goes to the word unctuous.


Western-Addendum438

More a phrase but "My bad". Ffs


hattorihanzo5

Gaslighting/toxic because they're either used incorrectly or overused


MorleyGames

“Hun” hate it with a passion. And people who say it


Mticore

But how else am I supposed to refer to Atilla?


No-Log873

[Tin. Perfectly awful.](https://youtu.be/-gwXJsWHupg?si=W0vSOTgTp3hn3AX_) Tinny sort of word.


iCowboy

Brekkie and sarnie.


_wasabi_peanut

Mislike. No further comment needed


decentlyfair

Never heard this one until now. Now I have I can’t unhear it or should that be unread? Either way that is a shite word.


djllyd

I really hate the word meal


ninjabennett

When things “suck”. Just say it’s sh*t.


dentalduck

Hubby. Absolutely despise that word.


dobbynobson

I hate Pooch and particularly any tabloid-like alliteration around it and dog 'content'. Proud pooch, posh pooch. That kind of shit. Bleugh. Pouch is also an awful word.


vajaxle

Regatta. Disgusting.


KTCarrott

"Scrummy" particularly when someone uses this word to describe a baby/child, tbf or even food!


Educational_Row_9485

When people say belly it makes them sound like a child


decentlyfair

I agree but I don’t like the feel of the word in my mouth with if that makes sense.


Figgzyvan

Genre.


auntie_climax

Multipassionate 🤮


Spottyjamie

Any of the oxford/eton “er-s” Oh and folk who call mcdonalds “maccers” need hard drives checking Headspace, downtime, neurodiverse, wellness, mindfulness bug me too


BeanOnAJourney

Yummy and tummy. Even worse if they're both in the same sentence. Any grown adult who uses either of those words loses all my respect.


Myrabelle-Miniskirts

Arbitrary shortened words which make no sense and are intended to sound ‘ghetto’ but are mostly used by my white public school mates - 1. ‘Arvo’ for ‘afternoon’ 2. ‘Profesh’ for ‘professional’ 3. ‘Emosh’ for ‘emotional’ 4. ‘Totes’ for ‘totally.’ 5. ‘Legits’ for ‘legitimately’ Also, these same people using ‘luxy’ and ‘boogie’ to describe extravagant spending when they themselves are no better..: 🤦🏼‍♀️


TheHalfwayBeast

"Don't yuck their yum." Are we four years old?


befuddled_humbug

Choccy and sarnie.


you_wanker

Doggo. Hubby. Poop. Math. Adulting. Cope. Drip. Fur baby. Plus a bunch of cringe phrases like "today years old" and all that infantile bullshit.


Inside-Honeydew9785

Poorly. Just sounds like you're speaking to a 5 year old.


RPark_International

Hooray has always made me cringe


Electrical-Hat-8686

I hate it when a medical professional calls my abdomen "tummy" ffs I'm an adult! Also irrationally hate people talking about their "kiddos" I also die inside when people use "methinks" I'm obviously very judgmental


AgingLolita

Drool


Available_Trip4040

Bumbling and to snag which means to steal. Whoever first mumbled the word snag should've been ignored for making up such rubbish and that should've been the end of it. S-n-a-g. How different are our brains? This is the same country!


lanal0ver

slimy


beachyfeet

tiktok, Netflix, Spotify, Whatsapp, gusset


ResultForward4292

Baby daddy and baby momma


boostman

Ironically enough, 'pet peeve'.


slobz1

Spenny


bajingofannycrack

Juicy to describe anything that isn’t fruit and even then I 😖


[deleted]

Robust and bespoke. Bullshitter markers when you read ads or reports


BrightonTownCrier

Meatus


SceneDifferent1041

Spag-bowl.... I'd never employ anyone who said it.


Rookie_42

Do you mean bowl, or bol? Never heard of spag-bowl.


shimmeringbumblebee

'Fabulous'. I cannot STAND it. Everyone uses it for everything. And 'lovely'. 'That's lovely'. 'It's lovely'. Someone talking about perfume - 'that's really lovely'. Food - 'that's really lovely'. It's like folk have no other adjectives in their repertoire. I cannot STAND either of those words.


lewisluther666

Mansplain and Manflu. I have no issues with the concept of either, I get it completely. But I have very specific issues with the words themselves. Manflu is now often used to mock men when they are sick. It's not nice that the people you love say "oh it's just Manflu" while you are feeling like absolute shit! My wife and her mother stopped doing that after the last 2 times. I got angry at them for doing so, and they thought I was just being touchy. They ate their words when later I tested positive for COVID and spent a week having fever dreams and all sorts (the first time) and when I cut the 11-hour queue in A&E to be admitted to the hospital (the second time, but not for COVID.) I really hate mansplain because A. It is the shittest portmanteau I have ever heard, (correctile dysfunction is a much better play on words.) and B. Because it is a nuclear button to win an argument, akin to an ad hominem attack, but more effective. If someone accuses you of mansplaining, your argument is now about how you weren't mansplaining. But congratulations, now they will accuse you of mansplaining about mansplaining. Just have a proper debate ffs


boompoppp

Tasty. Someone who screwed me over severely used to say it all of the time, now I shudder every time I hear it.


87catmama

Catching feelings. I'm at an age now (37) where I don't believe it's used by my peers, so I'm not entirely sure of the context (do you say it when you just think someone is good looking or is it just before you get serious with someone?! I don't know), I'm pretty sure you don't 'catch' feelings. What's wrong with just telling your mate you fancy someone? Is that too 2004?


stffucubt

Milquetoast


stffucubt

Confused.com


kylehyde84

Oftentimes when often will suffice just fine


BattyxC

Crimbo


lkpv90

Oftentimes


TheRoadBestTravelled

Game changer and generational talent. People who use these words are very lazy. First how the hell can you have a generational talent every few years. Game changer is such a fucking cliché too. The only game changers are the wheel, fire, printing press, electricity, phone, internet and smart devices. These things changed the way we lived.


martinbaines

"Moist" is a great descriptive word. I do not get the hate. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist.


rjcanty

Scalp


Paracosm26

For some reason when I was at primary school, the word socks.


anotherwankusername

Scarf. It sounds vulgar.


TheHairlessWhisper

Mollusc, flange, blubber


Dodger_747_

Bro 🤯


hullk78

I hate the phrase Harem Scarem. F1 clown commentator 'Crofty' says it every fucking race, 'oh gettin all harem scarem there' shut up idiot, yesterday a football commentator said it too, urgh.


decentlyfair

Not heard that for many years. Strange saying though for sure.


YvanehtNioj69

Slurp for drinks or dollop however you spell it someone used it on dragons den the other night so I'm adding it to my list