# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/141 "2023-03-10T05:18:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Who thought dropping a “b” from a monosyllabic word was helpful?! It’s “creative” use of the language. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/142 "2023-03-10T13:26:19Z")
Ugh, I just heard read one earlier that bugs the shit out of me: “ciggies”. Why don’t you call them what they really are, “addictive, disgusting, polluting, smelly death sticks”, instead of some cutesy made-up word? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/143 "2023-03-10T13:49:57Z")
“Coffin nail” has a long tradition, and is a more compact term. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/144 "2023-03-10T14:29:39Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Ugh, I just heard read one earlier that bugs the shit out of me: “ciggies”. > > Why don’t you call them what they really are, “addictive, disgusting, polluting, smelly death sticks”, instead of some cutesy made-up word? “Ciggies” is not new. My parents used that term in the early 1960s. Back when “ciggies” were a normal part of almost all adults’ daily lives. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/145 "2023-03-10T17:33:07Z")
+1. The seeming explosion of people’s use of the term “fur babies” or “fur baby” referring to ( their ) dogs. Stop that shit. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/146 "2023-03-10T17:34:32Z")
+2 for “pet parent”. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/147 "2023-03-10T20:53:50Z")
It doesn’t worry me in the slightest but, because I know that the vegetables don’t like it, I refrain from ever using the word. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/148 "2023-03-11T12:32:46Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > "Coffin nail” has a long tradition, and is a more compact I prefer the term “lung snack” ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/149 "2023-03-12T08:31:56Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > It’s “_vah_-jayjay” and who says “veejay”? I thought “veejay” was for the hosts on MTV? “Veggies” doesn’t bother me much, but I don’t use the word. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > “No! Stressed, depressed, lemon zest!” I might use this. Fortunately I don’t hear too many people saying “easy peasy lemon squeezy” (that was painful to type). Any annoyance for “hooch”? I keep hoping “bae” is going to disappear. I don’t know anyone in real life who uses it, so I have to look it up. Bah humbug! And when did “full monty” become common? I keep thinking of the movie, not the actual meaning. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/150 "2023-03-12T09:01:47Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Any annoyance for “hooch”? actually, there is/was a beverage called hooch apparently it was discontinued and is trying to come back oh, and ignore the website saying the orange flavor is new … it’s not because the only 2 original flavors were lemon and orange (my favorite) > **[Hooch Lemon Brew | Keep It Hooch](https://hoochlemonbrew.com/)** > > The original might just be the best. With very little changing from the liquid that rocked the world of drinkers everywhere back in the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/151 "2023-03-12T09:08:53Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I thought “veejay” was for the hosts on MTV? I worked with a guy named Vijay, pronounced just like that. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/152 "2023-03-12T13:18:54Z")
Any love for the whole thing where people (mainly young ladies) use the extended greetings “Hi-eeee!” and “By-eeee!”? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/153 "2023-03-12T15:00:56Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > > [@Jackmannii](#): > > > > It’s better than when people review restaurants online and describe the food as “yummy”. > > Agree. Do you also have a problem with the recipe website [Yummly](https://www.yummly.com/?prm-v1=1)? They’re enablers. Another loathsome term used to describe cuisine is “delish”. And yes, there is a delish dot com. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/154 "2023-03-12T16:38:10Z")
I blame Rachel Ray for all that crap. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/155 "2023-03-12T19:21:02Z")
I do hi-yeee and bye-yeee on purpose, to annoy my kids. I picked it up in the eighties, from a sitcom called Just the Ten of Us. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/156 "2023-03-12T20:59:00Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Any love for the whole thing where people (mainly young ladies) use the extended greetings “Hi-eeee!” and “By-eeee!”? I don’t know that I’ve heard the “Hi-eeee” version, but for me the “Bye-eeee” version was popularized by Patty Duke on her old TV show from the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/157 "2023-03-13T00:26:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I do hi-yeee and bye-yeee on purpose, to annoy my kids. Now I’m picturing your funeral (gosh, that sounds harsh—I don’t mean it badly). Your children are sobbing. After one of them delivers an exceptionally moving eulogy, voice breaking, they croak out “Bye-yeee, Mom!” [or Dad, I have no idea which you are], just because they think that was a thing that you loved. Deeply moved, the assembled mourners call out, “Bye-yeee, **Dung\_Beetle**!” as they file out into the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/158 "2023-03-13T00:47:49Z")
Oh my gosh. I’ve got my heart set on it now! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/159 "2023-03-13T15:37:42Z")
I’ve come across _sando_ for sandwich recently and I dislike it. “Rate my fried jerk chicken, cheddar, and raisin bread sando!” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/160 "2023-03-13T17:58:31Z")
I rate it “illiterate”. With a heaping helping of “annoying” drizzled over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=9)