CommonFreddy 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?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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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...
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AgreedHugh 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?
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