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Do you have a word that makes you cringe?
Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Apr 25, 2013
the phrase which apparently is currently used by teanagers
"toats amazeballs" to mean totally amazing which would still annoy me to be honest
Do you have a word that makes you cringe?
Secretly Not Here Any More Posted Apr 25, 2013
Totes emosh is better.
It means "very emotionally-stimulating."
Do you have a word that makes you cringe?
Robyn Hoode - Navigator. Now with added Studnet status! Posted Apr 25, 2013
I don't think I really have one. Some irritate a little (practicable - I hated it. Thought it was made up by some self-important management bod who didn't want to say practical. Now I am ambiguous as it has an actual meaning and wasn't dreamt up just to annoy me) but my mum can't stand the word gristle. She says it sounds like the feeling of biting down on gristle and it turns her stomach.
I try not to use it *too* often... 
Do you have a word that makes you cringe?
Nosebagbadger {Ace} Posted Apr 27, 2013
the phrase which apparently is currently used by teanagers
"toats amazeballs"
Must admit (as a recently departed teenager) I have never either used this or heard it used in any other form other than to criticise the idea of someone using it seriously, ever.
Do you have a word that makes you cringe?
MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Apr 27, 2013
This isn't one of my 'cringe' words, but where the 
does Criminalist come from.
A criminologist, I can comprehend, but C.S.I. use 'Criminalist' all the time. 
MMF
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Reality Manipulator Posted May 2, 2013
Mission-statement
A word that I first heard being used in the mid 90's when businesses would state that they had a 'passion' (another over used word) to put the customer first and to provide first class service.
Do you have a word that makes you cringe?
U14993989 Posted May 2, 2013
>> the phrase which apparently is currently used by teanagers
"toats amazeballs" to mean totally amazing <<
They turned it into a cereal
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/509220/thumbs/s-TOTES-AMAZEBALLS-CEREAL-large300.jpg
Clearly the origin of tote amazeballs is:
Tote = totally
amazeballs = "amazing + incredible"
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U14993989 Posted May 2, 2013
ps twitter & texting is generating a whole new set of words - isn't that gr8!
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