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Panties. Paaaaanties.

When people call sex "breeding".

It sounds like some puritanical shit where they believe that sex is only for procreation.

biweekly, bimonthly, etc.

Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What's the point of this word when it's so ambiguous.

'Woke' when used as a perjorative.

I'm so fucking tired of the word "cringe" lately.

Trump

Can't pick just one so here're a couple.

"Crypto" used in the context of cryptocurrrencies. "AI", referring only to LLMs. "Research", referring to an indeterminate amount of reading up on the topic at hand, such as in the phrase "do your own research" that's being bandied around in some communities.

Feminism

Between the toxic terfs and the toxic trads i think the word has been sullied, maybe beyond recovery.

I beleive in equality and free expression for all, but I don't feel like that's a goal that aligns with most modern forms of Feminism.

It is a word that's supposed to mean eqality, but these days when someone identifies as a feminist my mind assumes they're gonna be a reactionary bigot.

I like woody sort of words. Bound, prudy, recidivist. Erogenous zone, loose woman... concubine! Errrogenous zooooone!

Funny thing, dear. All the naughty words sound woody.

E: It appears I have misread the question. But I'll leave my Monty Python reference here.

I dislike words with the nasal E sound, specifically meal. I don't know what but for the last three years I can't stand the word meal. "Oh I hope you had a good MEEEEEEEeeeeal"

Slay because my 10 year uses it for everything. Slayalicious, slaytastic, slayme...

Nag. Just sounds harsh

Bungalow. Should be obvious.

People who shorten food names aren't doing English any favors...

'za (Pizza), taters, sgetti, nanners, gnosh (im hungry I need some gnosh gnosh)

Trump.

I will never speak it again.

I've come to hate "Utilize." It has a decent purpose as "using to the fullest extent," or, "making do with something in a new context."

Instead, I just hear it as a replacement for "use" when someone wants to sound smart.

The F word that means "a bundle of sticks" used almost exclusively as a homophobic slur.

Ointment… it sounds so gross

"y'all" its so wierd how people normalized such a cringe word, and it was originally laughed at because people who often say it dont seem so intelligent.

also the words "academic incest" which is really wierd an cringe, it suppose to describe getting more than 1 degree, usually a grad and a UNDERGRAD In the same university.

"literally" and "like"

...because it's literally used like every two words

Cocktail… it sounds stupid as a word to describe an alcoholic drink. Maybe it’s because I’m not a drinker and I just don’t understand 🤷

Any misspoken words, said with full confidence that it is correct.

I left him know.

There's a woof in the backyard.

Irregardless, inflammable, idiom are all like nails on a chalkboard to me

“Mouthfeel.” Especially if it’s a food show.

I don’t hate it, but apparently they have done polls and often the top result is:

Moist

"Walkie-Talkie"

Its a "Handheld Transceiver" ffs, who the fuck gave it such a stupid name lmfao

Is a Telephone a "Chit-y-Chat-y"? A computer a "Beep-ie-Boop-ie"?

Suckle