Words that make you cringe

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  • smoofinator
    smoofinator Posts: 635 Member
    edited May 2019
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    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    Espresso as "expresso"

    I was visiting a friend recently and her shopping list was on her fridge... she SPELLED it that way (instead of simply screwing up the pronunciation)! Needless to say, we are no longer on speaking terms.
  • kmorgan26
    kmorgan26 Posts: 4 Member
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    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    It's mostly when people mispronounce words...especially these, my Big Three pet peeves.

    chipotle (chipol-tay is the worst mispronunciation)
    supposedly (NOT "supposably"...argh!)
    voluptuous (people always wanna add an "m" in the middle, like it's volumptuous)

    People pronounce espresso, "expresso"
  • kmorgan26
    kmorgan26 Posts: 4 Member
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    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    Espresso as "expresso"

    I typed too quick. You beat me to this one!
  • funjen1972
    funjen1972 Posts: 949 Member
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    A bit off topic, but still related -

    I used to work in a Chemical lab. A coworker would test the 'pneumonia' instead of the ammonia 😣
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
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    Sorry,, we are all out of wings
  • NotSo_LittleRichard
    NotSo_LittleRichard Posts: 1,004 Member
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    selfie
    moist
    hamper
    #unfiltered
    ointment
    literally
    epic
    yolo
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    Espresso as "expresso"

    YES. I hate this too.

    Back in the 90s there was a car called the Expresso (I think it was a version of the Neon?) and I think that only worsened the problem.
  • smoofinator
    smoofinator Posts: 635 Member
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    Gusset
  • doingthisforme16
    doingthisforme16 Posts: 36 Member
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    Dotard
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    iMago wrote: »
    coupons as "kew-pons"


    or que-pons
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    my mom has been saying "wuder" instead of water lately (or I just started noticing).

    Sometimes it takes everything I have to not freak out
  • lauragreenbaum
    lauragreenbaum Posts: 1,017 Member
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    Baby bump (I'm just sick of it already!!)
    Retarded (as an insult)
    crap
  • smoofinator
    smoofinator Posts: 635 Member
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    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    my mom has been saying "wuder" instead of water lately (or I just started noticing).

    Sometimes it takes everything I have to not freak out

    Is she from Maryland, Pennsylvania, or Delaware? A lot of infuriating pronunciations coming out of that mid-Atlantic area (I'm allowed to say that... I'm an ex-Balti-moron).
  • vggb
    vggb Posts: 132 Member
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    A friend of mine says "obeast" and I think she's serious :s

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