Words you dislike hearing...

[Osip]

I personally hate hearing
Insinuate: Ex-girl friend used it constantly.

So, what about you? what words make you cringe?

[pepperlandgirl]

Ignorant. That was my grandmother's ultimate insult, and it applied to EVERYTHING.
"Grandma I don't like cheese"
"Don't be ignorant"
"Grandma I can't find the pillow"
"Don't be so ignorant"
"Grandma you are a crazy alcoholic"
"You are so ignorant."

Things like that. NOw when I here the word I want to beat somebody or something.

[Coldfire]

"No."

"I have a headache."

[Johnny Angel]

I detest the word `dude.'

[aha]

Well the phrase "My bad" is starting to grind on my nerves.

[MysterEcks]

Yes, I have a word I really hate. It's "irk."

I HATE the word "irk." I REALLY hate it.

It...it...it...

IT IRKS ME!!!!!

Dammit, Nurse, where's my medication?

[Rilchiam]

I always hated the phrase "from hell". It was so lacking in creativity. One didn't have to describe what they were putting down; just say it was "from hell".

[purrplebear]

"No."

"I have a headache."


You stole my line, Coldy! Hehehehehee!

What??
Yes, I know that it's usually the woman that says that. Not in my house. :o

Can you tell I'm getting anxious for Mr Bear to get home? ;)

[Mr. Cynical]

Dudes,

It irks me that you would insinuate I use words you don't like.

No, I'm not ignorant, I just have a headache from hell, and feel like this topic applies to me personally.

If I have offended you, my bad.

Peace Out,

Mr. C

[MagicalSilverKey]

"yarn" as used to describe a story or tale

[saucy potato]

"Panties".

Ugh.

[delilah]

i know this is ridiculous..but i hate the word formidable.

in canada, we have to learn french until grade10, and everytime i read a book and the author uses that word, my brain stops. the word gets the french accent on it and sounds out of place. then, i try to remember what the english translation the textbooks used was. gah. drives me batty.

[GraceTX]

I can't think of any words that drive me crazy. My husband does though. He gets so upset when people use the word literally. He says that people rarely use the word correctly. Example: He literally makes my skin crawl.

[NickDanger]

"Would you please step out of the car, sir?"

[Geobabe]

My mother has a tendency to use "impinge" far too often.

[bunnymom]

I have a problem with actually
and literally.
I happen to know a few folks who use
these words
waaay to often, and usually out of context.
"Actually, we went to the store,actually.
While there, actually, we got some olives to
literally put in our navels, actually.Then
Joyce literally had a fit over the size of my navel,actually.I
literally told her to go
soak her head, actually."
Grrrrr...

[GaWd]

Word up Mr. Cynical...LoL(I'm sure that will set some of you off).

The words that bug me are usually the words that mothers and fathers use for the bodily functions of their children.

Poopies, Poo, Poops, peepee...Etc. I find that more offensive than if someone used the more offensive terms for the same bodily functions.

And also general baby talk, you know where you have to wonder if the parents' brain drizzled out their ear.

Oh, also... "true dat", and there's another that doesn't quite come to mind right now, but I'll post it when it surfaces.

[ramesh]

its AWESOME, man!!
youknowwhatimean
watsup
andwhatnot

[ChiefScott]

No single words peeve me. But tandems...

Liberty secured

Weekend duty

In-port watch

::shudder::

[GaWd]

Ahh...I figgered out what word/term I HATE.

It is the term that seems to be used frequently in the east San Francisco bay, but trickled south...

"A grip", as in "I saw a whole grip of fools wearing their hats broke off to the side...".

-or-

"I got a grip of pens, want one?"

Didn't know I was so good at Ebonics, eh? LoL

[Lucretia]

"Group research paper"

[Globe-trotter]

Anyways gets on my nerves.

[Annie-Xmas]

People who overuse f***ing, like every third word.
"Wish" when you mean "want."

[Klaatu]

Well, mine is mostly with like context.
I hate hearing like people saying like the word like, like when they are like trying to like describe something.

Like, you know what i mean?

[Redwing]

Issues. I truly despise hearing that someone has "issues" with something. Or merely that someone else has "issues." Is it too difficult to have a problem, or is that too specific?

[Klaatu]

uh, no offense intended to you Auntie Xmas
that was like in context. <g>

[Johnny L.A.]

utilize, paradigm, solution, pro-active. As in: "We must pro-actively utilize the new paradigm to institute a business-solution."

[swisemankcmo]

utilize, paradigm, solution, pro-active. As in: "We must pro-actively utilize the new paradigm to institute a business-solution."



Johnny LA: Have you ever played Buzzword Bingo?

My most hated word:

WHATEVERRRRRRRRR!

[horowitz]

Turd and slacks.

"Yipes I have a turd in my slacks."

[Coldfire]

Hey Moosie, if you don't like the language, stick to French!

Anyways...

I think hubby is a terribly dumb word. Makes me think of a big fat good-for-nothing bozo that just sits there. You know, sort of like a bean bag chair. But a married one.

[Ukulele Ike]

The 20somethings in my office say "exactly" all the time.

Sort of the way that normal people say "Yeah," or "Uh."

"Nice day today." "Exactly!"

"I hate Scooby Doo." "Exactly!"

"Those pants make your ass look fat." "Exactly!"

What's driving me nuts is that I'm starting to pick it up. Every time I say "Exactly!' instead of "That's right" or "Check" or "You got it, Sweet Cheeks" I wince inwardly.

[Annie-Xmas]

Pro-life when you mean anti-abortion and
pro-abortion, when you mean pro-choice
(pro-abortion only applies to the
Chinese government.)

[Milossarian]

"squat" is just a yukky-sounding, nausea-inducing word.

And new parents, please, PLEASE do me a favor and don't use the word that gets to me most of all -- "potty."

"Does baby need to go potty?" Makes my skin crawl for some reason. Must just bring to mind the thought of post-digestive-tract Gerber strained peas in a diaper ...

saucy potato: Mrs. Milo has a thing against the word "panties," too. I kind of like that word ....

[Diane]

"You got it, Sweet Cheeks"

Oh baby, you called? ;)

(Hint: Check out my e-mail addy.)

I hate the term "Yay or nay", it sounds stupid. I also hate the words "synergy", "phat", and "hence-forth".

The word "turd" makes me laugh for some strange reason.

[AWB]

Johnny Angel:

I detest the word `dude.'


You must hate that commercial full of 20-somethings with full coffee cups headed full-speed for the RR tracks.

[purrplebear]

I think hubby is a terribly dumb word. Makes me think of a big fat good-for-nothing bozo that just sits there. You know, sort of like a bean bag chair. But a married one.


Hey! Coldy, that's not very nice. And, rest assured, he is anything but. Neither fat, a good-for-nothing bozo, nor does he just sit there like a bean bag chair.
He is a teddy bear to his family and friends and a grizzly to anyone who ticks him off big time. I don't even know why I started calling him that, except I got tired of typing husband all the time, and I will leave it up to him to give out his given name when/if he wants to, and needed something to call him. Now that he has registered as Mr Bear, I will be using that a lot more.
I'm sorry me using that word offends you. Oh, well, to each his own.

[Coldfire]

No need to explain purplebear - I like you, but I dislike the word "hubby". For all I know, you might dislike the word "Coldfire" ;)

[Whammo]

Grunt.

[mega the roo]

Treat. That word is just so WRONG!

[Kupek]

"Hardcore."

Exception: When referring to the genre of music.

[ReservoirDog]

Milo:
Makes my skin crawl for some reason.

Literally?

[Born2Read]

Two words I hate : closure and empowerment.

[Occam]

"Nigger" I live in the backwoods of civlization and this is still used in public. If I'm talking to someone and they say it I will just walk away.

[Suo Na]

Utilize (why not say "use"?)
Network, as a verb.
All the other corporate buzzwords my father uses.

But the word that really makes me angry is "retard". Using it makes you sound like one.
I don't mind the word "retarded" when applied to someone who really is mentally retarded (I use it myself), but please don't use "retarded" to mean someone/thing who/that is stupid. It's an offense to brilliant retarded people everywhere (You think I'm joking?)

[sh]

[Warning! Off-Topic-Poster Alert!]

My daughters are now 6 and 7. Their mother and I have always tried to talk to them with adult vocabulary, and usually with concepts somewhat beyond their years. But now that they are heavily into the school-socialization thing, they have picked up some interesting quirks.

Such as silly embarassment about the human body. Which I take some delight in deflating, from time to time (the embarassment, not the body image).

The other night, the two of them were in the shower. From out of the bathroom, I heard a terrible commotion. Picturing a slip-and-fall, blood-soaked tragedy, I rushed in to render aid.

The explanation, from the six year old? I got some soap "in there" (pointing) and it stings!!

Says I, "You mean in your vagina? Well rinse it out with fresh water from the shower. Here's a clean washcloth, if that helps."

The response from both? A look of wide-eyed dismay at the "V-word." Which left me explaining that, no, it isn't a bad word. In fact, it's the RIGHT word. And there's nothing wrong with saying it. See? "Vagina, vagina, vagina, vagina..."

A little part of me was standing back, watching the scene from a third party perspective, thinking "how weird is this?"

[End Off-Topic-Poster Alert]


I hate:

IRREGARDLESS [How 'bout just plain "regardless"]

ACCESS [It's a noun. Not a verb.]

AT THIS POINT IN TIME [Oh. You mean "now."]

GOING FORWARD [Had a double-crossing, slime bucket, thieving business partner that used this one all the time. And no, I'm not bitter. Ok, I'm bitter. But just a little.]

sh

[Farlley]

I hate to hear my mother say accept. She always uses soft c's, so it becomes assept. I know English wasn't her first language, but I have been trying for years to make her hear the difference, but she can't. And, it's one of her favorite words.

[Johnny L.A.]

ACCESS
2access [i]vt : to get at : to gain access to <accumulator and index registers can be ~ed by the programmer -- Datamation>
From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary ©1981 by G. & C. Merriam Co., page 7.

[Rosethorn]

Ugh, the two words I absolutley despise hearing are: Bangles (as in bracelets. don't ask, the word just bothers me for some reason) and clarify. I hate that one especailly because when someone says it, it sounds like they are about to say my name, Clararose. For instance, when I'm in class and I'm not paying as much attention as I chould to the teacher, and s/he says something like "let me CLARIFY blah blah...", I snap to attention and get all nervous...just thinking about the feeling makes me cringe!

[brittainy]

I hate when people call their grandmothers or grandfathers mawmee or pawpee or anything close to that.

[sh]

Johnny:

Yeah, yeah, I knew someone would post something like that. I may be living in the past, but I still feel like it's an error that's become acceptable only because so many people make the same mistake. Sort of like Disco, or polyester clothes.

sh

(p.s. if the "access" noun/verb thing isn't bad enough, I still feel the same way about "contact.")

[Cosmin]

Snausages. ;)

[Osip]

How could I forget:

Taxes due.

80% chance of snow.
Love snow, just hate grocery shopping when it has been predicted. (is a Alabama thing you would not understand)

Detour.

[purrplebear]

No need to explain purplebear - I like you, but I dislike the word "hubby". For all I know, you might dislike the word "Coldfire" ;)


Why thank you, kind sir! I like you too. And, FTR, I really do like 'Coldfire'! It sounds soooooo, I don't know, awesome in a weird, almost scary kind of way. ;)

Another word I absolutely abhor is ::shudder:: Goodbye. So final, so ending, so til we meet in heaven kind of thing, (or Hell, depending). I never say it to anyone I care about. Instead I'll say 'see you later' or 'later' or 'catch you around' or anything to avoid saying that word. yes, I know I'm a strange duck. Quack.

[pepperlandgirl]

I don't know if this is just a California thing or what, but people always say Hecka and Hella. As in
"That was HECKA cool"
"I haven't talked to you for HELLA days"
"She's HECKA lame"
They use it every sentence! I swear to God, people here either don't have a decent vocabulary, or are just plain stupid. Fortunately I have lived here for almost a year and I still haven't picked up that annoying habit.

[Johnny L.A.]

Another word I absolutely abhor is ::shudder:: Goodbye. So final, so ending, so til we meet in heaven kind of thing
It's not so bad. "Goodbye" is an alteration of "God be with you". Like "farewell", or "take it easy". It's not like, "I'll never see you again. This is the end (beautiful friend...)"

Given its origin, is it proper for an atheist to say "Goodbye"? I guess he could always say, "Adios!"... DOH!

[rws1]

Unique. Well - not the word itself, but folks around here always say things are VERY unique. I guess they think unique means 'unusual'. For some reason, that one annoys me.

[Kepi]

A friend of mine in high school hated the word "crust" or any of its variants, or any other word remotely similar to it.

These included:

crusty
crustacean
crustaceous
encrusted

[Johnny L.A.]

"Hip displeasure" instead of "hip displasia" when talking about a canine disorder.

"Spaded" instead of "spayed". When I hear someone say, "I spaded my cat," I think of the poor kitty on the ground. The person has a flat-nosed shovel on its neck, both hands on the handle and one foot on the top of the blade. SNICK! Spaded cat.

[JuanDeCuba]

The response from both? A look of wide-eyed dismay at the "V-word." Which left me explaining that, no, it isn't a bad word. In fact, it's the RIGHT word. And there's nothing wrong with saying it. See? "Vagina, vagina, vagina, vagina..."


Of course the one off-topic post in this thread would have to be about the word that I can't stand to hear. It has nothing to do with what it means, I just don't like the sound of it because my roommate was watching Howard Stern one night and he must of said that word about 50 times in one show and every time I hear it now, its in his voice.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

This is like when someone says, "You need to leave". It's
the person speaking who really needs, and not the "you" of the sentence. I've heard this usage of the word "need"
roughly since the early 1990's. I don't know why but it seems like an insult to the person being addressed, especially if both people are adults.

[Suo Na]

javaman: You know why it sounds like an insult? Because it is. It reminds us of all the times our elementary school teachers said "You need to calm down" or "You need to behave." "You need to leave" is said in exactly the same way.

As someone in another thread just found out, I also hate terms of endearment. Most of the time they're just sappy and unnecessary, but at other times they're demeaning.

I think I need to leave now, and come back when I'm not so angry.

[Osip]

the word "boost"

[Brood McEto]

when grown men tell me (also a grown man, well, physically) bye-bye at the end of conversations. I don't know why, but I really do not like that.

[Rincewind]

My pet peeve is the word "suck".

I would much rather hear a coherent thought out argument about why a person doesn't like something than hear this automatic flippant dismissal.

[Osip]

Well, the fake Osip boosted this thread too!
I did htink of somehting else I dislkie hearing.
My full name. Mom always used it when I was in serious trouble.

Osip

[DRY]

also

"Sorry, but I already have a boyfriend."

"..even if you were the last man on earth."

"..at least you can collect unemployment""

"..I've seen bigger ones than that!"

"We've noticed you've been spending too much time on the internet."

But seriously...
Whenever I was a child, I always hated it when my mother used my full name, followed by "come over here NOW". That usually meant trouble.

[DRY]

How could I forget

"You have the right to remain silent. If you give up this right, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you..."

[Grendel69]

...as in, "The influence impacted socitey on so many levels."

[handy]

'Can you read lips?'
( Said to a deaf person )

[JavaMaven1]

More words/phrases to hate:

Obtuse. I know it's an angle, but it makes me imagine a very, very large woman in a pastel housedress and curlers.

Ya'know? If you end every other sentence with "ya'know?" You seriously need to consider therapy for this desire to have me accept every single little thing that comes out of your mouth.

Millenium. Everything's working and we went on with our lives. Get over it.

Bitch. Seems to be quite popular, especially when pronounced "bee-atch". This is like fingernails down a chalkboard. The only time bitch should be used is in regards to a female dog. When used in reference to a human female, I feel like tearing the speaker's tongue out.

[matt_mcl]

I hate the words "defense" and "offense". I always pronounce these words "defense" and "offense".

I also don't like it when "Parisian" is pronounced to rhyme with "Cartesian" rather than with "collision", or when "Esperanto" is pronounced to rhyme with "Monsanto" rather than with "Toronto".

[Mr. Sheepshead]

Not my own, but my friend has some real strange ones:

laundry detergent - He cringes near the gent part
booklet - He cringes around the let part
Coke - He thinks it gets stuck in your throat like you're choking. He accents all the hard k's in Coca-Cola Classic so it comes out like KhoKhaKholaKhlassiKh.

What a weirdo.

[drewbert]

Auugh! My boss uses "You need to..." all the time! No, I don't NEED to do that or anything else for you, but I WILL do it because you're my supervisor and I'm here at work presumably so I can do whawt I'm being paid to do. Asking nicely won't make me less likely to do it. Grrr.

Nearly as bad is "Why don't you..." Gee, I don't know, maybe because I don't feel like it?

Rarely a day goes by where she doesn't also use the phrase "in the fullness of time." That sure is a lot of words for such a vague concept.

I once accidentally used the word "dis". I was horrified at myself for hours.

[Enginerd]

Don't use "utilize." Utilize "use."

Utilize, proactive, paradigm, implement...

I hate going over resumes more than any other part of my job.

A somewhat related topic: sentenc construction:
"The floor needs mopped."

These people need taught to use verbs.

[Barney111]

Gotta go with Occam on the "N" word. Makes me want to throw up. Very brutal,angry,ignorant word.

[matt_mcl]

Lucia: "Vagina, vagina, vagina! Doesn't that do anything for you?"
Bill: "I don't think that word does anything for anybody. Gay or straight."
-The Opposite of Sex

[PaperBlob]

"Applicable" when pronounced uh-PLIK-uh-bul. This makes even the smartest person sound stupid to me.

Also, impact, as in "That will impact our schedule." Whatever happened to the word "affect?"

[brachyrhynchos]

Well, I haven't heard those words...yet.

I don't mind "slice" as in "Give me a slice of apple, please." But I freak with "I sliced my finger." Too graphic.

And I hate "begin to start" as in "We must begin to start to use fewer words in our sentences."

[Welfy]

I agree with "turd", "panties", and "my bad".

"I don't give a rip." This bugs me to no end.

"Pudwhacker" This, too.

This isn't a bad word, but it irks me (sorry!) when people say "Oh my God". This is like worse than any swear word to me. I'm a religious person and tend to say "f**k" and "damn" a lot (under my breath) but I can't ever say the Lord's name in vain.

I'm sure I could think of many other words, but at this point in time (haha) I'm unmotivated.

[jjjfishe]

This girl at my work constantly says epitome. Normally it would be a nice word, but she has run it into the ground so much that I can't stand it. "Skittles are the epitome of goodness." Everytime I hear her say it I just cringe and feel like slapping her.

[psychobunny]

Grow used as a verb in a non-agricultural context-as in "We're going to grow the economy"
Can't stand people growing anything except plants and vegetables.

[Brea]

"Ax" instead of "Ask"...

"Yabut"- My kids use this term all the time, and it drives me out of my mind! They are now the "Yabut kids".

"Are you sure about that, dear?" (from my husband, as if my opinion is worthless)

People I don't know, or barely know, calling me "Honey, dear, sweetheart, love, babe" and any other cutsey names they think up because they can't remember my name.

"Livid"- when people use it to describe an emotion... "I was absolutely livid". Don't they realize this means that they were absolutely black and blue?

"In a minute, Mom". This gets a 3-second count before I detonate.

[vandal]

When any supervisor tells me, "come on!" or "let's go!" or "come on, pick it up!" That shit just drives me insane, and I work even slower just to piss them off.

Also, I hate any word with "dick" in it -- perpendicular, contradictory, rediculous, addicted, etc.

And I don't like the word participle. It just has a funny sound to it.

[Boris B]

I don't like it that dry skin is referred to as "scale" by dermatology types. Can't somebody have dead skin stuck to them without turning into a reptile?

I know a lot of people who hate "proactive". Is this just because it's overused (a fair judgement)? I hope it's not because they think it means the same as "active" (I know one person who feels this way) because it doesn't. Active is a superset containing proactive and reactive. Passive is the opposite. That is my neologism usage sermon.

[SoSueMe]

"Thread Locked"

[Biotop]

Does anyone else feel like reaching for a crowbar when you hear yet again someone talk about "thinking outside of the box"?

[Bottle of Smoke]

Biotop--

I agree. That has got to be the worst of the current business catch phrases out there, eclipsing even "grow your business" and "pro-active." We went through an ERP installation a year ago at work and every vendor rep that came in used that phrase.

A couple more words that always make me cringe:
Basically -- Basically this word is basically filler.
Proceeded -- As in "Then we proceeded to go to a movie." Then I proceeded to stop listening

[Farmer]

How could you all forget the Media's Favourite:

NEARMISS. What is this bullshit? They mention this when two airplanes come in close contact with each other. A nearmiss means they hit each other. They go on the air nationally and tell every one their dead when there not. Could this be defemation of character?

Not a word but phrase:

I get this every time I enter the break room at work. There is atleast 1 or 2 guys at every job that say's, "there he is." If you have nothing to say, keep your mouth shut, please don't say that.

[TN*hippie]

I don't mind the words themselves, but hate hearing them used negatively, as in "Fuck you" or "My job sucks."
I had an entire thread devoted to this misuse of nice dirty words.

To the best of my knowledge, fucking and sucking are pleasurable events.

Why degrade ourselves by using lovemaking as an insult?

[honkytonkwillie]

I hate VIRTUALLY, as in "It's virtually the same thing."

It means "not really" to me, yet people use it to mean "really".

And "pantie-waist". What kind of insult is this supposed to be? "Pantie-waste" however, would be mighty serious insult.

[DRY]

"Not even if you were the last guy on earth!"

Err..umm...that actually hasn't been said to me. I'm just speaking..err..hypothetically.

[TheThill]

"You know what I mean?" when repeated constantly.

"Why don't we agree to disagree?" That one already gets to me when used -- sorry I mean utilized once.

Also the overuse/abuse of the word "cool."

[Balance]

"Leverage", "proactive", "outside the box" or any other trite, overused managerial phrase or buzzword has the potential to be physically hazardous if used in my presence.

"Irregardless" makes me want to throw a Webster's at the speaker. If the speaker uses "impacts" to mean "affects", a demonstration of the proper use of "impact" is in order.

Repetitive use of any particular word (or a small subset of words) by a single speaker gets to me, too. One of the advantages of the English language is its potential for conveying subtle connotations through careful selection of synonyms. One former coworker so thoroughly failed to grasp this idea that I finally told him to go away, read extensively, and call me when he had a vocabulary. I still cringe when I hear the word "basically". It was his favorite.

[lee]

Miss, as in Can i help you miss? It is improper. I am a ma'am and have been since at least 12 years of age.

I hate it when people say vagina when they mean vulva. It just propigates the mistaken notion that the only interesting bit between a woman's legs is a hole to stick a penis in. I have heard sexually active adults insist that women have no external genitalia.

[lolagranola]

Irregardless.

[lurkernomore]

"need" where you should use "want". You NEED air, water, shleter. A new car is a WANT.

People who swallow a dictionary and try using all the words, and USE THEM WRONG!!! Words like "notorious" have a negative connotation, it does NOT mean famous.

But the worst sound of all is my alarm clock at 6 AM.

[Corixidae]

Not a single word, but a phrase:

Been there, done that.

SO dismissive. "I have experienced what you are describing, and do not care to hear about it."

[capacitor]

"No problem"--if your drug addiction is 'no problem', then how come you are letting it proliferate until it takes over your life!!

"It's not you; it's me"--I'm no gardener--stop giving me bull fertilizer. You are trying to be nice, and we both know it's my fault that we are breaking up. But you won't tell me how it is my fault, and I'll never figure it out.

"Not ever, honey"--enough said.

[nashiitashii]

I hate the sound of vagina. It just makes me cringe. I prefer some of the slang terms better, as they sound better when pronounced.
"Howdy." It pisses me off to no end.
"Hi there." I can just see some nasty old guy in a bar leering at me when I hear that phrase.

[Silver Fire]

The manager/owner of the company I used to work for would always ask me if I wanted to do something for him. In response to this, I would always say no.

HIM: Do you want to make 45 copies of this and mail them to these addresses?

ME: No. Actually, I want to be at home drinking slow comfortable screws and playing on the internet.

HIM: *rolling eyes* Will you please make 45 copies of this and mail them to these addresses?

ME: Sure. That's what you pay me to do, right?

No matter how many times times this happened, he would still always ask me if I wanted to first. Also, there's "straight up", "that is sooo dope", and "as if".

[katana]

...like for fires and stuff

[dpr]

Well it's not hearing, but it irks the hell out of me when people use 'your' instead of you're.

And its instead of it's.

SAVE THE APOSTROPHE FROM EXTINCTION PEOPLE

[TheThill]

Well just look for all the lost apostrophes on snack bar blackboard-menus like: "Hot Dog's" or even "Frie's" ("Fry's?") They seem to be especially bad about that in parts of England.

[Mustapha]

* Politically correct/incorrect:

C'mon, people! The phrase means absolutely nothing, and is used to refer to absolutely everything.

Every time I see or hear it used, I see it as a rejection of two fundamental aspects of humanity: the ability to think, and the ability to adapt to change. Yep, I really do.

And why do people have to italicise when they say it - as in "I know it's not politically correct" - or worse, they make little 'quotation marks' with their hands.

[lurkernomore]

* Politically correct/incorrect:

C'mon, people! The phrase means absolutely nothing, and is used to refer to absolutely everything.

Every time I see or hear it used, I see it as a rejection of two fundamental aspects of humanity: the ability to think, and the ability to adapt to change. Yep, I really do.

And why do people have to italicise when they say it - as in "I know it's not politically correct" - or worse, they make little 'quotation marks' with their hands.


Actually, the phrase has been given meaning. It's ignoring the truth because someone might find it objectionable. It's the antithesis of free speech, in that you aren't allowed to voice an opinion.

I have no use for people who keep making quotation signs with their fingers: if you emphasize everything, you emphasize nothing.

[Mustapha]

It's ignoring the truth because someone might find it objectionable.

Trouble is, the people who use the phrase PC always think they're right, regardless of whether they are or not, or even if they've considered the other person's point of view.

[Jman]

Sorry sh, even though the verb form of access may be newer, it's not an incorrect gone correct... The definition I found was this:

v. tr. ac·cessed, ac·cess·ing, ac·cess·es.
To obtain access to (data or processes).
Usage Problem. To obtain access to (goods or information), usually by technological means.

Then there's a note:
Usage Note: The verb access is well established in its computational sense “to obtain access to (data or processes),” as in This program makes it considerably easier to access files on another disk. In recent years it has come to be used in nontechnical contexts with the more general sense of “to obtain access to (goods or information), usually by technological means,” as in You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers throughout the area. This example was judged unacceptable by 82 percent of the Usage Panel.

So in other words, access when referring to data, etc, is fine, but not other ways. Interesting

Jman

[cygnus]

Words that make me cringe:

"Foot loose and fancy free".

UGGGGHHH!

[bluecanary]

Words and Phrases I hate:

1. "mo", or "half a mo". As in when you're supposed to wait for something.

That's because a friend used to say it all the time and it really bugged me.


2. "chill" meaning relax or calm down. I think this one came over to Britain from America. So it's your fault :)


3. "extreme" I think I saw anotehr poster in another thread mention the overuse of this word.


By the way, my post subject comes from the name of one of the teams on Sensible Soccer

[Lsura]

I despise the word nostril. I have no idea why I hate it so much, but I don't like to say it or hear it at all.

Four years in New England taught me to dislike the word 'wicked' when used to say something like "These fries are wicked good".

'Aight'. Hate it. Hate hearing it.

On a side note, it took a while, but I finally broke myself of using "as if" and "like" constantly. I decided that I needed to start talking like an adult. They do slip out every once in a while, but nowhere near as often.

[Gomez]

"That's the man, officer".

"I didn't know she was your sister, honest"

"Felch, squick etc..."

I never heard of these words before I came here and now I have to struggle to avoid using them in everyday conversation. I hope you know that you people have warped my innocent little mind.

[Tabithina]

I hate the buzzword, "arguably"...ugh. "Resonate", as in, "He failed to resonate with the voting public", also makes me twitchy. But at the moment, I would have to say that "heat advisory" are my least favorite words. "Swelter" is right up there,too!--- Tabithina

[iksova]

Happify of happifying.

WHY???

Also there is an absolutely unsubtle guy I work with whose favourite expression it 'You know what I'm sayin'?' wink wink.

YES!!! EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE 'SAYIN'!!!! Cut it out, no one cares!

Sorry, carrying very large chips on shoulders...I'm going to go watch Star Wars now....

[capacitor]

Hate the phrase "no problem"--when, of course, there is a problem!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MagicalSilverKey]

I just had to say this:

Please let this thread DIE!!!! It's ancient now. Time to move on folks.

[bluecanary]

It's me who brought this thread back. I wasn't here when it was last posted on and I found it on a search. I just wanted to put my two penneth in. OK?

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Deck the halls with "Balls" of holly...it's BOUGHS, damn you!

[DuhMan]

"I'll take that as an action item"

"deliverables"

and how can we forget... "I think it is better if we just be friends"

God do I hate those phrases, somebody make them stop!

Duh

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Originally posted by TheThill
Well just look for all the lost apostrophes on snack bar blackboard-menus like: "Hot Dog's" or even "Frie's" ("Fry's?") They seem to be especially bad about that in parts of England.
From about 1983 - 1993 the GTE phone directory for West Los Angeles had this entry under UCLA /Libraries:

Hours For All Librarie's.....825-...
Made me cringe every time I saw it.

[bafaa]

Those dreaded words "margin call".

Also hearing my boss say "I have to challenge you on that."
Really? Well I have to plant my foot in your ass!

[Celyn]

hopefully, as in "person X will hopefully arrive on Friday" If X feels hopeful on arrival, then that's nice for X, I suppose, but often this is not what the speaker intended.

[fierra]

"Stop browsing the web & do some work" - for some reason, those make me go cold!

Any company buzzword (including buzzword). Although I laugh when people who would never swear say "JFDI" & wonder if they actually know...
Oh, I passed out a copy of buzzword bingo for our last team meeting. It made it a little more tolerable (almost as good as the time I wore dark glasses & went to sleep at the back)!

[dropzone]

Okay, if you people are going to make fun of how I talk, the least you could do is address me by name.

[Dolores Reborn]

The one word that absolutely makes me cringe is c*nt. I don't even want to see it written. It is a nasty, hate-filled word. I'm fairly foul-mouthed, and have heard a lot, but you don't want to use that word in my vicinity.

[jaytini]

i hate the word FLESH
i also hate the word PATHETIC

my friend hates PANTIES, SMORGESBOARD, INTIMATE, MOIST, and several more.

someone said JUICY the other day and it bothered me

[BurnMeUp]

Originally posted by jaytini


my friend hates PANTIES, SMORGESBOARD, INTIMATE, MOIST,




Now THAT sounds like the beginnings of a very wonderful sentence.

[iampunha]

Hate the word freak. Cannot stand it.

No offense, FreakFreely, but I hate the word.

[a35362]

I used to work with an older woman who didn't like the way people of my generation respond to thanks by saying, "Sure, no problem." She said she always feels like saying, "I didn't mean to be a problem..." She says we're supposed to say, "You're welcome."

Somehow, I know she's right, but I still say "No problem" or "Okay!" when people thank me.

Also, I'm surprised by how casual we've gotten about using words like "shit" or "bullshit" and "sucks" in mixed company. Used to be only younger people used those words, and would guiltily clean up their act when older people were around. Now that the WW II generation is beginning to die off and the let-it-all-hang-out baby boomers are passing 50, the standards are changing (bet there's a whole thread waiting to happen in that last sentence right there)....

Personally I wish I could stop swearing as much as I do and using "sucks" and "Oh my God."

[Tropical or topical]

My mother keeps saying "accept" like it was spelled "asept", with no K sound.

Not bad in itself, but it's her favorite word and comes up 10 times per visit.

If I correct her, she just avoid the word that night only. I guess she just doesn't believe me and her own dictionary.

[anya marie]

football, field goal touchdown, quarterback, receiver and the Superbowl. why? becuase i despise football! i hate it
when people put "the big game" over interacting with people

"yaknowhutimsayin" no i do not. now speak english before i break your jaw.
"ebonics" it is not a dialect. YOU cannot SPEAK.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

this isn't really a word or phrase, but I hate hearing Latin the way it's pronounced in legal, scientific, and medical terminology. I'm talking about when they pronounce all the
long vowels like we do in English, so for example the phrase
"Sine die" is pronounced "Sign E Dye". I don't expect English teachers to start telling students that they're going to study "Yulius Kaesar", but still the whole thing
bothers me. I like things to stay true to their roots. I'm not Catholic, but the Church does a much better job when it comes to Latin. They make it sound almost like Italian, which I'm sure is more accurate.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Originally posted by brittainy
I hate when people call their grandmothers or grandfathers mawmee or pawpee or anything close to that.
When my nephews were little they called my parents
"Dampa" and "Nama". I know it was really just a childish mispronunciation, like the way little kids say "Regliar" and
"Ambliance", but my mother would encourage it. Made me cringe.

[jb_farley]

"JFDI"

what the hell does that mean?

Just fucking do it?

JB Farley drank ipecac?

cna't figure it out...