Words that make you cringe!

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  • JoanB5
    JoanB5 Posts: 610 Member
    Weight related: loose/lose and journey.

    Non weight related: Yolo makes me want to commit random acts of violence, and a reply of "k" to a text message I send to someone makes me twitch. :explode:

    To explain, if I had a better phone, I could probably manage more than "K", but I have three teens. 'Nough said! I send, "K" to let them know I got their request, but that I don't have time to chat. It's legit if you're a mom, though they complain about it sometimes, too. I explained it's just all I can manage when I send it!
  • Jane_1705
    Jane_1705 Posts: 152 Member
    "boobies"

    I hate it so much. :angry:
    I have an Uncle Booby in Germany ( no lie) it was so funny for me and my brother when we had to go visit him lol.
  • Jane_1705
    Jane_1705 Posts: 152 Member
    The words that make me cringe are 'Nom Nom' !
  • imani533
    imani533 Posts: 19 Member
    loose/lose
    there/their/they're
    hubby
    yummy
    veggie
    your/you're
    loveeeeee
    doggy dog world (wtf)
    wtf
  • getfitcharles
    getfitcharles Posts: 78
    starvation mode
    'I can't eat enough calories!!'
    the notion of 'treating yourself' with food
    'I don't lift because I don't want to look like a bodybuilder'
    clean eating
    paleo
    'I'm doing ____ diet' (replace as necessary with any sort of fad)

    oh and I have a LOT of pet peeve words surrounding food. Mostly when people talk like they're talking to a baby.
    yummy
    tummy
    nom (seriously grinding my teeth everytime i hear/see this)
  • dandur
    dandur Posts: 267 Member
    antidisestablishmentarianism

    That word burns me.
  • Griffin220x
    Griffin220x Posts: 399
    junk
    dirty
    clean
  • JGainingHealth
    JGainingHealth Posts: 194 Member
    "For this next set of ab work, we are going to lay on our backs and raise our legs straight up into the air and then crunch."

    -Jillian

    Is she for real? If I could lay on my back and get my legs straight up into the air, I sure wouldn't be needing Jillian's help. LOL

    Your Jillian quote reminded me of another one I hate - "don't phone it in!"

    I swear she says that like 50 times in 3DS.
  • EmGetsFit
    EmGetsFit Posts: 151 Member
    Moist
    Stench
    Parch
    Supple
    Gout
    Chafe
  • fitnessGETZeasy
    fitnessGETZeasy Posts: 79 Member
    brekkie
    nom nom

    Particularly if used together with an accompanying photo.
  • LifeWithPie
    LifeWithPie Posts: 552 Member
    Hangry

    Dr. Oz
  • mdcoug
    mdcoug Posts: 397 Member
    "Put on my big girl panties"
    "Yea" or "yeah" instead of "yay."
    "Cudos" for "kudos."
    "detoxinate"

    People not using spell check!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yea

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah

    So, it should be "yea." The only reason I knew to look it up is because I always wanted to type "yay," but it was pointed out to me once that this was wrong and I refused to believe them. Yeah, they were, right. Just sayin.

    I'm another "nom, nom" hater. And people at work use "If you will" all the time. If I will what?
  • sk_pirate
    sk_pirate Posts: 282 Member
    LOOSE, when it's supposed to be "LOSE!"



    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • ms_leanne
    ms_leanne Posts: 523 Member

    doggy dog world (wtf)

    I'm pretty sure they mean "Dog eat Dog World"

    http://www.goenglish.com/DogEatDog.asp
  • Sqeekyjojo
    Sqeekyjojo Posts: 704 Member
    I detest 'my diet's cleaner than yours'. Generally said by people carrying more than double the excess fat I have to shift.

    'My journey'. Seriously? A journey is what you do when you travel to chuck the One Ring into the middle of Mount Doom, not taking a detour to the gym instead of the refrigerator.

    Anything that starts with 'Gillian...' Because its probably crap. Or dangerous crap. Or both.

    Other than that, I try to ignore anything that autocorrect might have caused.
  • meljane28
    meljane28 Posts: 17
    hahaha dollop! It doesn't bother me but it's funny!
  • VoodooLuLu
    VoodooLuLu Posts: 636 Member
    tuna/ hamburger helper :sick: just the smell of it makes me gag
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
    cringe
  • JenniferMary_9169
    JenniferMary_9169 Posts: 164
    taxes
    ex-husband
    bill collector
    debt collector
    telemarketer
  • JenniferMary_9169
    JenniferMary_9169 Posts: 164
    unknown number
    restricted number
  • JenniferMary_9169
    JenniferMary_9169 Posts: 164
    lice

    (I work in an Admin office at a place that provides child care, after school care and summer camps - THIS word makes my skin itch whenever there is a possible case)
  • subconscious_ink
    subconscious_ink Posts: 194 Member
    "boobies"

    I hate it so much. :angry:

    Agreed. Actually, any cutesy word for a reproductive organ, like "hoo-hoo" or "cootch".

    Also, when people mess up common phrases (especially if the people are native English speakers), such as "taken for granite" instead of "taken for granted". Or awe when they mean aw, or ewe when they mean ew. These are entirely different words, people. :grumble:

    My biggest pet peeve is probably when people use hashtags on a site that doesn't use hashtags, or just in regular conversation. #annoying, #looks stupid
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,861 Member
    'My journey'. Seriously? A journey is what you do when you travel to chuck the One Ring into the middle of Mount Doom, not taking a detour to the gym instead of the refrigerator.
    It's that 80's band! "Don't Stop Believin'............."
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,715 Member
    Ooh yes, LIVER CLEANSE - yelp!
    Detox. - OMG
    Toxins. - what do people think we are made of. We are not poison.
  • Anthomania
    Anthomania Posts: 9
    When people say "loose weight" instead of Lose weight.
    •Moist
    •carpe diem
    •prego
    •Onederland
    •belieber
    •"I ship that"
    /(>.<)\
  • etak17
    etak17 Posts: 71 Member
    "Put on my big girl panties"
    "Yea" or "yeah" instead of "yay."
    "Cudos" for "kudos."
    "detoxinate"

    People not using spell check!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yea

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah

    So, it should be "yea." The only reason I knew to look it up is because I always wanted to type "yay," but it was pointed out to me once that this was wrong and I refused to believe them. Yeah, they were, right. Just sayin.

    Guess I wasn't clear - I meant when people want to say "Yay, good job!!!"

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/yay
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yay
    (I have no idea why it's not in Merriam-Webster - very strange.)

    "Yea" (which is pronounced the same as "yay") means "yes" but like when one is orally voting "yea" or "nay" as in Congress. Doesn't come up to often in conversation!


    But hay, dont get youre panties in a bunch, no what im sayin?
  • biddy81
    biddy81 Posts: 122 Member
    "Put on my big girl panties"
    "Yea" or "yeah" instead of "yay."
    "Cudos" for "kudos."
    "detoxinate"

    People not using spell check!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yea

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah

    So, it should be "yea." The only reason I knew to look it up is because I always wanted to type "yay," but it was pointed out to me once that this was wrong and I refused to believe them. Yeah, they were, right. Just sayin.

    Guess I wasn't clear - I meant when people want to say "Yay, good job!!!"

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/yay
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yay
    (I have no idea why it's not in Merriam-Webster - very strange.)

    "Yea" (which is pronounced the same as "yay") means "yes" but like when one is orally voting "yea" or "nay" as in Congress. Doesn't come up to often in conversation!


    But hay, dont get youre panties in a bunch, no what im sayin?

    :laugh:
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    hashtags make my eyes hurt LOL - do we need to start a new thread about about how people don't even speak in complete sentences anymore?
    #fitness #diet #gym #calories #fitnesspals
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    when people call breakfast "breaky" I want to do bad things....
  • biddy81
    biddy81 Posts: 122 Member
    when people call breakfast "breaky" I want to do bad things....

    Like "breaky" their faces?

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