What are the worst words in the English language?
@Pandamoanimum over on Twitter has released her list of ‘words/phrases that need destroying’.
Updated my list of words/phrases that need destroying.
Bae
Holibobs
Chillax
Totes
Amazeballs
Cray cray
Banter/Bantz
Fam
Nom nom
Wine o'clock
Yolo
Lolz
Well jel
Coolio
Awks
Methinks
Gawjus
Hun
Tellybox
Hubs/Hubby/Hubster
Staycation
Be like
Whevs
I know right
Preggers
Epic— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) January 17, 2018
Being super-accurate, this list has gone viral leading to many people offering additional suggestions – here’s just six from the comments:
1. let that sink in
'let that sink in'
— shane barrell (@SBarrell) January 17, 2018
2. Manflu
This list needs 'Manflu'
— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) January 17, 2018
3. Prolly
'Bae', 'Chillax', 'Totes', 'Amazeballs', 'Well jel' & 'Staycation' are all pet peeves of mine. Please can we also ban people from saying/writing 'prolly' instead of 'probably' – it infuriates me so much!
— Ben Ripley ️️ (@Ben_Ripley42) January 17, 2018
4. sleeps
'Sleeps' Only eleven sleeps til Christmas
— Adland's hillbilly (@Adhillbilly) January 17, 2018
5. Starting a sentence with “so”
Starting a sentence with 'so'. All the time!
— Kirsty Ramshaw (@kirsty_ramshaw) January 17, 2018
6. Reach out
Can we add “reach out” as well, please? You’re not touching them, it’s an email you’re sending or making a phone call.
— Stephen Webber (@sgw5678) January 17, 2018
Please add the words you think should be banned in the comments on Facebook or Twitter.
