# Cliche cutesy-isms that set your teeth on edge **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162 "2004-02-25T19:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/141 "2004-03-01T18:24:41Z")
I too hate _play the race card_ and _slippery slope_; but the problem is that if you try to point out those concepts without using the terms, someone will just end up saying, “you mean like a slippery slope?” I don’t know in what part of the country “cheesed off” is popular but that drives me nuts. So does IMNSHO. I also hate the preemptive rant apologists who proclaim their rant as weak or mild in the title to avoid potential backlash. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/142 "2004-03-01T18:37:38Z")
There are only two that really, really get to me. 1. When people say _“what she said”_ 2. The ever popular _“jealous much”_ ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/143 "2004-03-01T18:53:28Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > No no no no no not again. Thrice no. Stop perpetuating this nonsense. The island is **Great Britain** which is subdivided into three nations: England, Scotland, and Wales. > > The UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. > > On the other hand I understand you guys use “English” (the nationality of people from England) and “British” (the nationality of people from the UK) rather interchangeably, and it does bug me, but it’s no worse than us using the word “Yank” for you lot - inaccurate but forgiveable. Webster’s defines Britain as all four nations; does not distinguish between Britain and Great Britain. And sorry; I forgot that the Island was not just England. I personally don’t use them interchangeably: I use “English” when referring to the language or the “ethnicity,” and “British” when referring to politics or culture, although some aspects of culture get an “English” from me. Other board-specific things I hate: “Get off your cross, we need the wood.” “:shrug:” And I must repeat “anywho,” because I just got an email that contained this abomination, and my reaction was visceral. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/144 "2004-03-02T00:33:01Z")
> [@1920s Style Death Ray](#): > > What about the g and the h then? Those are completely useless letters. Doughnuts should be written doenuts. I’ve never seen “doenuts,” but I often see “donuts” on signs and advertisements. I’m not saying it’s right, but some people spell it that way. You don’t even need that “e” in there. **El Escorpio** - Thanks, I think. ---
**Author:** ![CheekyMonkey613](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/145 "2004-03-02T00:43:04Z")
> [@Denis](#): > > Ah, **CheekyMonkey** , you silly bitch…Stupid bitch! You used to be such a nice boy, Denis. What happened? Yes, I’m about to take language lessons from you. Tsk tsk… Glad to see I affected you though. Makes my posts worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/146 "2004-03-02T00:50:44Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > I’ve never seen “doenuts,” but I often see “donuts” on signs and advertisements. I’m not saying it’s right, but some people spell it that way. You don’t even need that “e” in there. > > **El Escorpio** - Thanks, I think. Yes, now that you mention it, I’ve seen it writtne like that as well. I made it do **e** nuts to demonstrate that the _u g and h_ were trully redundant. Doenut doesn’t have any pronunciation ambiguities where as donut could be pronounced doo nut. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162/147 "2004-03-02T06:13:07Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > “Judgment” is the preferred American; “judgement” is more acceptable in England. Be that as it may; I’m in Canada, and my Gage Canadian Dictionary that I keep at my computer says “Judgment or judgement.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162.md?page=7)