Not everyone’s a gusher, you know…
I hear the word “edgy” a lot in the graphic design field, and it grates on my nerves every single time. It makes me think of middle-aged corporate executives trying to market to teenagers. In my mind, anything that gets described as “edgy,” isn’t.
People who use the word conversate instead of converse annoy me. I’m not even sure that conversate is technically a legitimate word.
grok
I have no good reason for it but I hate the word grok.
Don’t forget the Unindicted Co-Conspirator, “Cyber”.
And let me add the word “Zesty”.
Used only in AdSpeak, it implies the same properties in salad dressing and bath soap, not a good combination.
I wanna know what you got against folks who got no ‘feck’. 
Merkin. Both the legitimate word, and the bastardization of American to 'merkin. They just annoy me. Perhaps because it’s sometimes hard to tell which is being meant in conversation, which is just wrong.
“I hate merkins.” Umm… Why did you encounter a pubic wig?
I hate Notate.
I used to shift paradigms all the time until I burned out my clutch. Now I’m a lot more careful about it.
Well, that and bints.
I’ve one to add: “dogged”. Unless I need a transitive verbs capable of sniffing your crotch I’ll probably use something less… I don’t know… mammalian?
“Orientate” and “supposably” are high on my list.
Can I offer a defense of orientate? It’s perfectly legit - as long as it involves maps, compasses, and hiking.
When it’s done indoors and sitting down, it can be shot, however.
I agree completely. I’d like to add “delectable”. Just typing that word creeps me out. Those two are words that I do not allow to be used in my presence.
I know this one’s weird, but I hate the word Commentator. They comment, they should be a commentor. Not they “commentated”, it should be commented.
And a second vote for orientated.
I have two more. Comptroller- if you intend to say controller, say it. Comptroller is a ridiculous word. In the same vein- computer. Very few people actually compute with a computer. There needs to be a better word.
You should probably change your screen name then.
“like”
I have no problem when it’s used correctly in a sentence. Fine by me, everything’s hunkydorky and peachy-keen.
When people use it, like, all the time, like: “Like, then I was going to the store, like, for some cigarettes, like, yeah…”
Arrrrrrrgh! :smack:
I hate the phrase “next level.”
ARRRGH! :mad: I hate that term! Not only is it a meaningless buzzword (buzzphrase?) but it’s an overused, cliche meaningless buzzword.
Now, see, I see a semantical difference between “to comment” and “to commentate”. A commentor is one who has commented, whereas a commentator is one who is commenting as an ongoing action. If we wished to bring in verbal aspect, the former would be in perfective aspect, whereas the latter would be imperfective.
And while I’m posting, here’s one I forgot to mention earlier:
[To The] EXTREME!!!
I can be quiet no longer. I have to say it.
SURREAL
I don’t have a clue what my problem with the word is, but, uhm, YUK.