# Hate words? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209 "2004-01-07T14:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![micilin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@micilin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micilin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/41 "2004-01-08T14:49:36Z")
Well, there’s obviously the English pronunciation of ‘Peugeot’ -which just doesn’t work to the Irish ear: to wit ‘Pear Joe’ (and I know the Irish don’t pronounce the word properly either). To ‘go ahead and’ do something is for want of a better word a Lumbergism. And therefore a shooting offence. cf. ‘Office Space’. Mmmkay? A matrix is in essence a table by the way, but as Tom Sharpe said ‘talk about calling a spade an earth-inverting horticultural implement’. Any votes for ‘delish!’? **mwap** , maybe your bro inflicted that on you too? There’s also probably about a thousand business language atrocities, but that might be getting away from the gist of the thread. Damn, I’ver just reminded myself of ‘Synergy’. Shite. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/42 "2004-01-08T14:59:30Z")
“Lumbergism”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WhetherMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@WhetherMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhetherMan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/43 "2004-01-08T15:02:19Z")
I absolutely cannot stand the word **fathom**. One that is not as horrid as that word but is still on my bad word list is **potty**. Ugh…just typing that word…no, maybe it is just as bad as fathom after all. I hate the word **punish** as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/44 "2004-01-08T15:04:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*And English people inserting an unwanted “R” in between vowels. > > “AmericaR is a big country.” “I’m going to do a drawRing.” Grrr. \*\* This is most obvious when non-Americans sing. Some, Elton John comes to mind, pronounce certain words with an inappropriate prevocalic R in a naïve attempt at an American accent (because it’s cooler yeah?). We’re so used to American’s pronouncing the R where we’d just use a schwa and so old coots like Elton litter their songs with them even when they aren’t called for. As for the epethentic R in _drawing_, well it _does_ sort of happen in natural speech for many people much as you might say _hambag_ rather than _handbag_. It’s easier. For me, I have no problem with people’s speech that might be termed lazy like the accommodation in _handbag_ but I **hate** the misuse of words like _literally_ and _practically_ to mean the _opposite_ of what was just said. _And the wind **literally** blew me off my feet_. I hear that and it makes me wish; if only it were true! And middle manager talk. _It was good to touch base withya!_ When I hear that crap from some bastard with his fricken laser pointer after his Powerpoint presentation, I have visions of inserting the fucking thing inside him ---
**Author:** ![Empress\_Jolrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Empress\_Jolrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Empress_Jolrael)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/45 "2004-01-08T15:23:20Z")
“Special boy.” Perfectly acceptable when addressing a child of the male persuasion e.g. “You’re our special boy,” but horrible, horrible, horrible when used to refer to a male significant other. Address him as such in private if you like, but don’t ever use it in public. _Please._ ---
**Author:** ![BraveNewSquirle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@BraveNewSquirle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraveNewSquirle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/46 "2004-01-08T15:52:45Z")
WORKING-CLASS – as opposed to that class of people who don’t work? NIKA – as used by pussy-ass white boys who wosh that they were from a ghetto, instaed of “niger” GHETTO – when refering to something “cool” :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/47 "2004-01-08T16:02:16Z")
How about **daddy** with reference to sexual play, particularly “who’s your daddy?” What is that all about? Incest? Bleaugh. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/48 "2004-01-08T18:26:15Z")
**Fellowship** , as used by certain religious entities, not as a noun, but as a verb. I had the misfortune to have been in the presence of someone who was wont to ask for blessing “while we fellowship together.” You RETARD!!! That makes no sense whatsoever. Sadly, he’s not the only person I’ve heard using that word for that purpose. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/49 "2004-01-08T20:46:19Z")
Any noun used as a verb sucks righteously. Management types love doing this. They’re forever **actioning** things, and instead of overseeing them, they now **oversight** them - which is strangely funny. ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/50 "2004-01-08T22:27:36Z")
I hate when a woman says she’s (or–worse–a couple says _they’re_) **preggers**. It’s not cute, it just sounds stupid. Also, when professor-types speak of **space** in the sense that “we need to create a safe space for the development of challenged individuals yadda yadda.” Gimme a break! ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/51 "2004-01-08T22:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*What is the “correct” pronunciation then? [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) gives me: jag-war or jag yoo-ar (can’t do the phonetic marks). But the etymology is: Spanish, and Portuguese from Guarani jaguá, yaguar, dog. > > (Also, I reckon where it comes to the cars, “Jag-yew-uh” is right, 'coz they’re English dammit!) \*\* Well, yeah. That’s why I had the “mis” in quotes; it may be a perfectly viable way of saying it, but it just grates on my ears and the little language-recognition part of my brain says ‘you’re doing it wrong!’ despite the knowledge that it has different pronunciations. Just my opinion, but the “right” one is jag-war. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/52 "2004-01-08T23:29:10Z")
I like to remove the spleen from any one who says **ciao** to me, and replace it with a small angry hedge hog. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/53 "2004-01-09T09:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*I like to remove the spleen from any one who says **ciao** to me, and replace it with a small angry hedge hog. \*\* Even if they’re Italian? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/54 "2004-01-09T12:33:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BraheSilver \* > \*\*Various "mis"pronunciations of the word **jaguar**. The British jag-yew-uh, the Americanized British jag-yew-are, and the preschool jag-wire. > \*\* That “jagwire” really grates me. It seems as if about HALF of the NFL announcers say it that way. That is simply not an acceptable pronunciation. Is is “preschool?” Is that how you teach kids to say it? Maybe that’s it. That’s the only reason I could think of for people to say it this way. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/55 "2004-01-09T21:39:30Z")
> [@](#): > > That is simply not an acceptable pronunciation. Is is “preschool?” Is that how you teach kids to say it? Maybe that’s it. That’s the only reason I could think of for people to say it this way. I don’t know. There’s an amusement park nearby that has a ride called Jaguar, and the majority of the time I hear jag-wire is from very small kids talking to their parents, who pronounce it differently. That’s why I called it “preschool,” but I’m willing to admit to brazen presumption if somebody can tell us where the hell people learn to say it like that. ---
**Author:** ![fiercesheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fiercesheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiercesheep)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/56 "2004-01-09T21:48:35Z")
Oooh, thought of some more: Buffet - largely, due to people who insist on pronouncing it ‘bouf-ay’ (as in Phoebe). Botty - as a cutsy derivative of ‘bottom’. No, no, no!! Bottom is perfectly acceptable, as is arse (or ass, for the USA contingent) but there is no need for the cutsey; and I don’t care if you do have a small child - I’m fairly sure they can cope with the word ‘bottom’. Titties - so crass, and frankly unimaginative when there are so many excellent words for breasts (knockers, hooters, boobs, kajungas, breasty-dumplings, fun-bags etc.). Tits is okay as an isult, though (i.e. ‘you total tit’). Pro-active - nuff said. And to add to the Jaguar debate; in Blighty we pronounce it ‘jag-you-ar’ … ‘jag-wuarrrrr’ makes me clench intimate parts of my body, and not in a good way 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/57 "2004-01-09T22:59:59Z")
**Donnybrook** and **bellwether**. These words used to annoy me no end, but that was only because I could never remember what they meant. Now I’ve got it straight and actually like them, especially **bellwether** due to its quaint pastoral connection. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/58 "2004-01-09T23:02:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trunk \* > \*\*That “jagwire” really grates me. It seems as if about HALF of the NFL announcers say it that way. > \*\* In a similar vein, these are the same people who brought us that much respected team the “Bangles”! ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/59 "2004-01-09T23:19:20Z")
Grunt - this is what my mother called deficating… as in “Do you have to go grunt before we leave?” Squat - just 'cause ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209/60 "2004-01-10T02:09:04Z")
Here’s one I’ve seen around here a lot that gets on my nerves: straight supremacist. Guys, there is already a word for people who hate homosexuals. That word is “homophobe”. There is no need to add a extra word and an extra syllable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-words/223209.md?page=4)