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Freddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."

My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.

What stuff do you think is common?

(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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This is going to be a ranty one.
1. Slag tags - the tattoo across the base of the spine... usually something curly and spiky.

2. Those stupid footless tights girls wear these days. Leggings were crap in the 90s. They are still crap now. Especially when teamed with emo fringes and too much eyeliner.

3. Playing music off your phone with no earphones. I followed a pair of chavlings home today who were blaring what sounded like The Streets and it was all I could do not to grab it off them and chuck it into the nearby brook to stop my ears from bleeding. Not everyone likes rap. Least of all me.

4. Kids with pierced ears under the age of about 12. Again, on the bus home the other night I saw a boy of about 5 with a stud in his ear. It's a classy place, Ashford.

5. Kids who say "I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT" and whose parents' idea of disciplining it is to let it dangle from their arm screeching. At the same time though, there's something about kids that are too well spoken that creeps me out. Hearing a six year old say "well actually, I would like..." sets my teeth on edge. Where's the happy medium?

6. Playboy anything. I'm ashamed to say I used to own a Playboy watch, but I've not worn it for years.

7. Bomber jackets and low-slung jeans, especially with too much fat over the top. Stupid Neapolitan Bint I used to live with constantly whinged about her "muffin top" but it never stopped her getting it out for all to see...

8. Public displays of too much affection. I've occasionally had the cause to nearly vomit in the street because some people think it's okay to reach third base in public. Eww.

9. "Innit".

10. I grew up in Leicestershire and am so, so relieved to have lost the accent. Whenever I hear it I cringe.

11. Big Brother. Hollyoaks. Jeremy Kyle. Daytime TV in general.

12. Thinking you're irresistible after 6 pints, especially if you're old enough to be my father. No. Fuck off or my boyfriend will cunt you in the fuck.

13. It's already been mentioned, but over-use of "random". Hate it hate it hate it.

14. People who refer to orange squash as "orange juice". IT IS NOT JUICE. IT IS HORRIBLE SICKLY CRAP WITH A NASTY BACKTASTE.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:51, 14 replies)
blah
hahaha, I know number 1 as a 'tramp stamp' but slag tag is good too :D
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:03, closed)
I've heard them called
"arse antlers", which while less insulting, is still a term that amuses me
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:02, closed)
^ I like this :)
"arse antlers". See, I'd like a tattoo but I'm too wussy and don't know what I'd want. Mr Maladicta wants a massive fuckoff dragon over his entire back.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:51, closed)
Aha, yes!
The "random" thing annoys me to. When said it's usually about things that are the opposite of random. They use it like they use literal now- to refer to things not literal at all.

Are people so stupid now they confuse the two terms?!

My friend told me she was "literally" going to spend half her life in Edinburgh. She was there a week. I had no idea my friend was only two weeks old...
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:24, closed)
Makes your blood boil doesn't it?
I'm going to start taking people who use "literally" wrongly at their word ;)
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:52, closed)
Is the Leicester accent *really* that unbearable?
You could do a lot worse on the opposite side of the midlands...

EDIT: Though I agree with just about everything else.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:21, closed)
For me it's more of an association thing.
I hated the place, most of the people in this world I dislike, mostly to do with school, have the accent, and I prefer the way I sound now. Mr Maladicta thinks I sound posh when I sound exactly the same as him!
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:53, closed)
Slack Jaw
Hah, i'm from there too.

Have to say i love the accent, it's like people have lost the ability to use their jaws.

Gooin doown citeh gareh - class
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:28, closed)
Have to agree about the Playboy...
I remember overlooking a neighbouring garden and seeing a girl hanging out a Playboy duvet cover and pillow case - I just don't like it, though even worse is all the stationery and clothes and accessories aimed at little girls...

And pierced children is another dislike...

I think though that the footless tights, emo fringe and eyeliner look is something I'd more associate with pretty but ostentatious middle-class schoolgirls who can afford to shop at Topshop despite being 14...
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 0:52, closed)
Agreed
Hugh Heffner is a plank. Why on earth does he think marketing a symbol associated with pornography to children is a good thing? I'd also question the sanity of the people buying it for their children. On what planet would that be seen as a good idea?
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:09, closed)
*clicks*
especially for points 1,3,6, 13 and 14.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:54, closed)
The orange juice thing was an afterthought.
I got caught out by it so many times as a small child and still have a violent hatred of orange squash.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:12, closed)
Ahh.
Leggings, so horrible indeed, especially when they're teamed with just a tshirt. YOU HAVE LEFT THE HOUSE HALF-DRESSED. there's a reason the leggings are stocked with stockings and socks when you're buying them.
and PDA's are just annoying. i've spent the past 15 minutes with the couple in front of me making out. this is in a meeting about Postgraduate Degrees, mind you.
although, who knows, the thought of Postgraduate study might turn them on.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 7:21, closed)
You kind of want to smack their heads together and go "GET A ROOM!"
I've also been witness to Stalker Girl snogging her boyfwiend in public and it was not a pretty sight. Put me off sexytiem for a whole day.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:13, closed)

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