# Does anyone else hate the term 'Anyhoo'?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 13, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317 "2002-09-13T17:33:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317/21 "2002-09-14T05:37:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Meatros \*  
> \*\*Crap…I use anywho all the time…  
> So now it’s on the outs-eh? \*\*

I’m not sure Meatros. I have always hated it. However, as I often say, if this is the worst problem that I have, life ain’t so bad, eh?

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317/22 "2002-09-14T05:44:15Z")

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_What terms drive you nuts?_

Any attempts to spell a word that normally starts with f, with ph instead. People who use **phat** should be boiled in oil. People who have it in the domain name of their web site should be fed to locusts.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317/23 "2002-09-14T08:05:28Z")

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I don’t like:  
anyhoo  
hoo boy!  
Um…  
😛  
And – people who call me dear, hon, sweetie, honey, darlin’ … :mad:

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317/24 "2002-09-14T12:51:59Z")

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I’m guilty. I often call my female friends sweety (or sweetheart), in the same way I call my male friends buddy. But it would only be if I really do think you are a sweety and I would certainly stop if you expressed a dislike for the term.

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317/25 "2002-09-14T14:58:22Z")

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I hate it. My ex says it. He also says “cal-i-FONE-ee-a” instead of California.

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**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-the-term-anyhoo/128317/26 "2002-09-14T22:52:36Z")

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My father says anyhoo sometimes. When I just read the title of this thread I could hear him very clearly in my head saying it. When he actually says it, it’s not like nails on chalkboard or anything, but I don’t really like it. It just sounds fake, like he’s changing the english language just to be cute, but it’s not cute.

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