# Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 26, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894 "2020-10-26T02:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 74
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1468 "2023-02-16T02:31:09Z")
Neal Cassidy was into amphetamines and alcohol, rather than acid, but I get your point. (Belated reply, my apologies) Also a hijack, so I will not continue. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1469 "2023-02-18T03:42:46Z")
Ok, I just saw one that I am ready to hate without even having been directly exposed to it yet. It is one of the pervasive (or is that “perversive”) symptoms of portmanteauma (the unchecked tumorous growth of wordmash). The word is “phub”, which describes burying your face in that little glowing handheld rectangle whilst ignoring the person sitting next to you. With any luck, this travesty will go stillborn. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1470 "2023-02-18T03:50:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The word is “phub”, I’m gonna guess “phone + snub?” Because if so, I’m right there on board with you. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1471 "2023-02-18T12:30:16Z")
I propose we replace that new word with “phignore”. That’ll be sooo much better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1472 "2023-02-18T17:10:19Z")
Isn’t that just a way of saying “Phuck you” to the person next to you? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1473 "2023-02-18T20:12:06Z")
Either that or “I have the attention span of a phlaming phox and the social skills of a phlying phish”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1474 "2023-02-19T12:23:47Z")
Did nobody read a newspaper or book in the presence of another in the Before Times? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1475 "2023-02-19T16:51:27Z")
There is a thread on here about whether we should consume the work of artists that we disagree with. I am really starting to hate “consume” as a description of anything other than what a fire does. Something just seems deeply wrong (and manipulative) about the common normal usage. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1476 "2023-02-19T17:24:23Z")
I don’t really like it either, but I don’t know of a better alternative. You read a book, listen to music, watch a movie or show, play a game—what verb could you use for all of these activities collectively? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1477 "2023-02-19T17:27:09Z")
“Appreciate” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1478 "2023-02-19T17:28:00Z")
But you can listen to music (etc.) without appreciating it. That’s why they have Music Appreciation classes. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1479 "2023-02-19T17:38:55Z")
“Experience” ---
**Author:** ![up2eleven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/up2eleven/32/13432_2.png) [@up2eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up2eleven)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1480 "2023-02-19T17:40:07Z")
“Lowkey”. It can be removed from any sentence and that sentence is immediately improved. It’s today’s equivalent to the way the word “like” was inserted all over the place in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1481 "2023-02-19T17:50:28Z")
Anyone mention “basically” yet, it seems it is used in every other sentence. Other words might be better: essential, and it’s variations, for example. I avoid its’ use, unless it really conveys meaning. Really, it hardly ever clarifies anything, it just seems lazy talking, to me. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1482 "2023-02-19T21:29:26Z")
> [@up2eleven](#): > > “Lowkey”. Hey, give the Norse pantheon their due. ---
**Author:** ![up2eleven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/up2eleven/32/13432_2.png) [@up2eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up2eleven)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1483 "2023-02-19T22:07:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Hey, give the Norse pantheon their due. Heh heh, I was thinking of that, too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1484 "2023-02-19T22:41:14Z")
Hey, I’ve been looking for a title to put on business cards now that I’ve retired. Digby J. Digsweiler **Lowkey God of Mischief** …has a nice ring to it. . My millennial kids have a number of adjectives to say that something’s no big deal: Lowkey, Kinda, Kinda Not, Ok-Yet-Not, Semi, and my favorite: Sketchy. “So we wanted a cheap breakfast. Went lookin’ for a lowkey, sketchy kinda place, and whoa did we find it…” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1485 "2023-02-19T22:57:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “So we wanted a cheap breakfast. Went lookin’ for a lowkey, sketchy kinda place, and whoa did we find it…” greasyspoon gagnvomit reelnretch chokenpuke I had an uncle who was a savant when it came to finding those kind of hair-in-your-burger places. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1486 "2023-02-19T23:28:06Z")
My nerdy friends at work, and l, count the number of times one of my colleagues uses the word in meetings. He managed 153 in an hour meeting, and he was not even the primary speaker, basically. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1487 "2023-02-19T23:38:07Z")
I’m an old, and I’ve used “sketchy” for ages. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894.md?page=75)