# Any words you're using surprisingly often these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671 "2005-05-26T22:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/1 "2005-05-26T22:06:26Z")
“Tsouris” (Yiddish for problems, hassles, irritations - “I don’t need all this tsouris!”) I think I got it from **Eve.** No doubt it says something depressing that I have _occasion_ to use this word so often these days. You? ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/2 "2005-05-26T22:59:32Z")
“Hubris”: I’ve been using it as often as I can after I learned it in English class last year. It’s a good word to describe the US government. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/3 "2005-05-26T23:03:28Z")
There is a word, I’m sorry to say, which I’ve been using in my head fairly frequently recently, but I’m too much of a gentleman to say it out loud. I guess I’m just stressed out. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/4 "2005-05-27T02:44:29Z")
I’ve been trying to bring back “foodstuffs” Nowadays, people seem to just say “foods” which doesn’t sound nearly as cool. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/5 "2005-05-27T10:54:53Z")
I’ve noticed myself saying ‘fairly’ quite often, as in, ‘we’ve had some fairly good weather’, or, ‘xyz restaurant is fairly good value for money’. Now that I think about it, it does come across as a rather non-committal way of expressing myself. ---
**Author:** ![Izzardesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9adbd/32.png) [@Izzardesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzardesque)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/6 "2005-05-27T12:37:09Z")
I am presently calling everyone a numpty. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/7 "2005-05-27T12:49:24Z")
“Oy” pronounced somewhere between “[t]oy” and “Ai.” Haven’t been on a real-world kick lately, though I’ve found myself going on them in the past. Mellifluity: now **there’s** a good word. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/8 "2005-05-27T12:51:54Z")
Arsed. I’m pretty sure I got it from the Brits on this board, but I find myself using it in place of “bothered.” As in, “He can’t be arsed to move.” ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Plastic\_Trees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fake\_Plastic\_Trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Plastic_Trees)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/9 "2005-05-27T12:54:50Z")
Recently i’ve been using “hanabi” which is japanese for fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/10 "2005-05-27T13:07:45Z")
“Yaaaaarrrrrgh!!!” --I’m selling a house… ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/11 "2005-05-27T13:09:40Z")
“Damn.” Mostly when I’m using Microsoft products. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/12 "2005-05-27T13:17:35Z")
“Oy!” – this is my husband’s fault, as he says it, too. “Shite” – because it sounds better than shit and makes me sound a little Irish/Scottish/British. “Actually” – I use this waaaaaayyy too much and I have to stop. I’ve put the the next one in a spoiler box, in case it’s a little too raw for IMHO: “Cunting whore!” – I made this up on the spur of the moment for toe-stubbing occasions, although I’m not sure why I made “cunting” a verb, nor what it would mean. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/13 "2005-05-27T14:00:44Z")
crazy said like the Rolling Stone dude in Almost Famous ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/14 "2005-05-27T16:24:37Z")
Gaz, as in “Don’t give me the…”. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/15 "2005-05-27T16:30:21Z")
Homunculus. I’ve come across several occasions lately where I actually had to say it. I mean, who _uses_ that word?? ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/16 "2005-05-27T17:55:37Z")
Occasionally, I drag 'fabulous" out of the archives. Can’t spell it (don’t think I can anyway), but it’s got a good feel. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/17 "2005-05-27T18:09:38Z")
Biscuithead - Good all-purpose, non-dirty insult. Snarf - Like “scarf” but non-related to foodstuffs. “Hey, where’d ya get that bootleg copy of Star Wars?” “I snarfed it from BitTorrent.” Chafe - I’m resurrecting this one from college. “These lengthy conference calls are such a chafe…” Flashturbation - Any meaningless Flash intro to a website. I’m using it quite often to describe the websites of potential clients. Interchangeable with “Waste of Flash.” Given that so many of my female friends are pregnant and in that “nesting” phase when they need attention 24/7, I’m using the word “clingy” quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/18 "2005-05-27T18:13:49Z")
**Crapster**. All purpose exclamation of not-goodness. Styub your toe - Crapster. Get a staple stuck in your finger, or reach blindly into the drawer for a paper clip and realize you got the pushpin container by mistake? - Crapster. \*\*Assface \*\* - Everyone lately is Assface. The cat, the co-workers, the chick. **Bad Kitty**. This started with, well, with the cat. Now anyone doing a mischievious thing in my vicinity that they think no one noticed becomes Bad Kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/19 "2005-05-27T18:14:11Z")
I’ve been running around telling people who are being dicks that they have ‘jerk herpes’ or ‘jerpes’ for short. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671/20 "2005-05-27T18:38:48Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > I’ve put the the next one in a spoiler box, in case it’s a little too raw for IMHO: > > “Cunting whore!” – I made this up on the spur of the moment for toe-stubbing occasions, although I’m not sure why I made “cunting” a verb, nor what it would mean. Sorry to rain on your parade but that word is used in the ‘verb’ sense a great deal in Britain. In fact, your phrase is used quite often also. Recently I’ve been using _pish_ a lot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-words-youre-using-surprisingly-often-these-days/305671.md?page=2)