# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**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 6, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/66 "2023-03-06T22:20:49Z")
Here’s a thread from a year ago about terms like “veggies” that piss some people off. “Veggies” took a beating in that thread. The OP will approve. > [@Alternative names used for certain products that aggravate the hell out of you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-used-for-certain-products-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/931426): > > Note: In my list, I have the actual name of the product, plus the alternate name, both separated by a slash (/), and the bolded name being the one I hate. I have a couple: Plush/Stuffed animal - What if it’s not an animal? Is it a stuffed human? Is it a stuffed whale? Tissue/Kleenex - What if the brand isn’t Kleenex? You don’t hear people say, “Go get me a Puffs; I’m stuffy,” do you? Can’t think of any more at the moment, but I will return if I think of any more. What alternative names irri… “Veggies” also gets a dis-honorable mention well down in this long-running and still ongoing thread from 3-1/2 years ago: > [@Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894): > > Occasionally there are phrases and/or terms that make their way into conversational vogue among journalists and others that just rub me the wrong way. Sometimes it’s because they’re pretentious, others because they’re factually wrong, and others because they’re just ignorant. The one that’s been getting me lately is the use of “countless” as a shorthand for a large number. I usually grind my teeth because some dipshit will say “and countless people suffered X” or whatever, and I think “No, we… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796)._