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Is there a word that pushes your buttons?

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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Poo - even the medical profession use this term. Patronising when talking to an adult to say the least.   
       
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I was in hospital in Amsterdam with food poisoning.

    “Have you defecated today?” asked the young doctor on the ward round. “That is the right word, isn’t it?”

    ”Well,” I said, “it’s the polite word.”
    Rutland, England
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    BenCotto said:
    I was in hospital in Amsterdam with food poisoning.

    “Have you defecated today?” asked the young doctor on the ward round. “That is the right word, isn’t it?”

    ”Well,” I said, “it’s the polite word.”
    You should have told him you are staying with full strength coffee.
    Sunny Dundee
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    'Extraordinary'

    Nothing seems to be just ordinary nowadays.
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    VictorMeldrew said:
    'Extraordinary'

    Nothing seems to be just ordinary nowadays.
    nope, invariably it's amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I am still mortified by the title of this thread😖
    How about : pedantry, the eighth deadly sin?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Well, I don't know B3, now that I'm getting to be a very old lady I'm quite happy in my pedantry. I think I made that word up. I'll ask Google.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    Hostafan1 said:
    VictorMeldrew said:
    'Extraordinary'

    Nothing seems to be just ordinary nowadays.
    nope, invariably it's amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
    It might even be awesome
    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Uptick
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    "send me the deets"
    Devon.
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