Do some words/phrases make you cringe?

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"We need to talk."

In other words,

"You're in trouble."

Didn't think I could slip that one by...Nice catch, Bethie!

the sounds of certain words annoy meespecially words with strong "s" "t" or "p" sounds. And long words slow me down in a train of thought, because i have to break apart their meaning in my head(the word "business" is a real killer for me). and certain voice types....those really high or low pitched ones....theyve been known to make me nauseous

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the word "lure" because i really dont know how to say it. you cant say it like "sure" it doesnt work. and you cant say it like "law" because thats a completely different word.

My sister texts me with "ya" instead of "you" sometimes. But the worst by far was when I was editing one of her fictional writings and she used the word "coo" to describe people's reaction to something. EEEWWWW!! !! I abhor that word.

'cool'.

Hate the sound. Hate the spelling.

That one bothers me only because it seems it would make more sense to use couldn't instead of could...
To say one could care less in reference to something one is trying to express as beneath ones cares is contradictory...


I hate the phrase "killing time"...it is a very, very sad and angering thing to hear.
Also, hobby. I hate that word. Either you're truly passionate about something or you're not...viewing something you do as a hobby strikes me as a sort of luke-warm attitude towards something one does because one is bored. "Oh, I love to paint, it's a hobby of mine!" *CRINGES*

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"bears all the hallmarks of ..." - meaning "it might have been ..."

This one pops up with the latest terrorism scare, as in: "The threat bears all the hallmarks of Al Qaeda".
Over-blown, unnecessarily fancy and quite ridiculous.
Just stop doing it. (I'm scowling at you, BBC)

I hate hearing the H in words like "whim, whisper, white, wheat" etc. it's never in the right place anyway.

I dislike Wed-nes-day. I really wish we could just spell it like it sounds: Wendsday.

"moist"

You used the "P" word

Have a thought for my blood pressure.

A delicious word.

I agree, Memeticist. "Wednesday" is annoying. So is "February" for the same reason.

Also, "lawyer" is not pronounced correctly in some regions. I've started using a kind of Southern (U.S.) way of saying it, which comes out "law-yer" and seems to me to make more sense than the "loy-er" I often hear.

I have a LONG list of sounds and words I can't stand. I have synesthesia (I feel sounds, among other things) and every time I hear something on the list, I get an extremely unpleasant physical sensation, which agitates me to the point that I have to make a serious effort not to have a meltdown. My friends and family try to remember the words and sounds that I have a problem with, but since there are so many of them, they inevitably slip up sometimes and then I get worked up (despite my very best efforts not to), which is frustrating and irritating to everyone involved.

That's because it used to be a french word, "leurre", from the verb "leurrer" (to lure), the meaning is a bit closer to "decoy" than "lure" though. (totally irrelevant info meant to point out that it's perfectly normal for an english speaker to get annoyed with that word and its pronounciation. )