# Is anyone else annoyed by the word "veggies"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796 "2023-03-06T18:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/41 "2023-03-06T20:05:00Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > A US colleague of mine described the flat italian bread product as “za”. Dammit. Beat me to it. I was about to ask where we stand on “za” (full well knowing the answer.) My brother and I will use the term fairly regularly and completely tongue-in-cheek. It’s a good Scrabble word if your Scrabble dictionary allows it (I don’t know if they all do now or not. At some point, one did and one didn’t.) “Nuggs” anyone for “nuggets”? There’s a lot of these one-syllable shortenings that one of the Youtube Bon Appetit hosts – Molly, I believe – would use all the time that just drove me nuts. “Pepper” was “pep.” “Nuggets” was “nuggs,” and there’s a whole bunch more that I don’t feel like rewatching her videos as they did, I admit, grate on me. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/42 "2023-03-06T20:06:44Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > “Za” for pizza is something I hate. There’s a pizza chain here in Dayton that calls it “piazza.” ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/43 "2023-03-06T20:07:29Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Same goes for adults calling things ‘yummy’. So I don’t mind people calling things yummy, but I do hate ‘yummy noises’. “Mmmm…mmmm.” I have a friend who used to do that quite intentionally, but also unironically, and it drove me batshit. Whenever he did it I just wanted to punch him in the face. Which I never failed to tell him, which always made him laugh 😀. He was also guilty of extreme baby-talking to animals, which also sets my teeth on edge. I don’t mind milder versions of that, I may even be guilty of a little bit myself (in private and shamefully). But I have a line - it is abrupt, and it is undefinable, but I know it when I hear it. I will immediately flip from a tolerant ‘meh’ to full irritated cringe. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/44 "2023-03-06T20:13:35Z")
Probably off topic, but can we agree that anyone who says “easy peasy” may be beaten to a pulp, and that people who add “lemon squeezy” to it may be summarily executed? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/45 "2023-03-06T20:14:57Z")
After brekky, I take my dog out for walkies. They’re all perfectly cromulent words. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/46 "2023-03-06T20:15:22Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Same goes for adults calling things ‘yummy’. Omg, yes!! Even worse when they say/write, “It was _soooooooo_ yummy!” ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/47 "2023-03-06T20:17:27Z")
Qadgop, I’m afraid you lost me there…? May be missing something obvious? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/48 "2023-03-06T20:18:31Z")
Agreed. I feel the same way about how to tighten or loosen screws. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/49 "2023-03-06T20:22:43Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > Qadgop, I’m afraid you lost me there…? Testies. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/50 "2023-03-06T20:26:32Z")
OP: No, but it wouldn’t surprise me if someone was annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/51 "2023-03-06T20:32:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Are you okay with “veejay” or “veejayjay” for vagina? > [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m annoyed that people say “vagina” when they mean “vulva.” Oh, yes. I saw a YouTube video by a woman about shaving – purely for research purposes – and she used ‘veejayjay’ every stinkin’ time. Lady, if you can’t say it, find another subject to talk about. And she wasn’t even talking about her vulva, but rather her pubis. Oh, and veggie(s) does annoy me. I thing veg would be okay but I don’t run into that use a lot here in the States. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/52 "2023-03-06T20:36:13Z")
‘Probably off topic, but can we agree that anyone who says “easy peasy” may be beaten to a pulp’? Probably a bit too harsh. Locked in a rubber walled room for the remainder of their life seems appropriate, though. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/53 "2023-03-06T20:41:02Z")
Hmmm, I don’t have a problem with calling them veggies but I will say _“Call Any Veggie”_ just doesn’t have the same ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/54 "2023-03-06T20:41:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “Nuggs” anyone for “nuggets”? There’s a lot of these one-syllable shortenings that one of the Youtube Bon Appetit hosts – Molly, I believe – would use all the time that just drove me nuts. “Pepper” was “pep.” “Nuggets” was “nuggs,” and there’s a whole bunch more that I don’t feel like rewatching her videos as they did, I admit, grate on me. I can’t stand any of that sort of thing. But I move on, because it’s not my world anymore. It belongs to the younger generation. But as I think about it, it’s of course not a new phenomenon. We say “phone,” “plane,” “TV,” and so on. But it still bugs me in that annoying-but-hardly-world-impacting-way. These are hangnails, not things that affect lives. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/55 "2023-03-06T20:46:37Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Same goes for adults calling things ‘yummy’. YES. I also include any use of the word “nom” or “num”. Ugh - grow the fuck up, people! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/56 "2023-03-06T20:52:47Z")
I was unaware that some people say vee-jay-jay. The slang term was/is vah-jay-jay. I read that it was first used on some TV show (_Grey’s Anatomy_?) because the network wouldn’t allow “vagina,” even though “penis” was OK. At least the first syllable is the same. I wonder if those people say “Vee-gina,” too. I’m not fond of the British “veg,” but it doesn’t irritate me as much as “pud” for pudding, aka dessert. “Pud” just sounds so ugly to me. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/57 "2023-03-06T20:53:45Z")
Really? I’ll leave it to Quadgop to answer; I think he has worked in the medical field, Perhaps ‘tests’ is a medical euphemism used, just like (I think) “Haem” for bleeding and “coding” for serious life-threatening emergencies? Basically to avoid alarming or offending the public? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/58 "2023-03-06T21:02:49Z")
I have zero issues with people using cutesy abbreviations in vernacular English, and sincerely hope that much of the sentiment above is hyperbole. If not, some people need to investigate the possibility of evacuating the cylindrical wooden object from their rectal orifice. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/59 "2023-03-06T21:12:39Z")
As I said, this was really intended as a rather lighthearted joke topic. Anyone offended can take an arial copulatory attempt at a rotating toriodal pastry. (With apologies to Kurt Vonnegut)! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/60 "2023-03-06T21:14:34Z")
I think I shall have to make ‘toroidal pastry’ a permanent fixture in my vocabulary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=4)