“Problematic.”
While I agree with you, “feminazi” also has to go, and should have gone over a decade ago.
“Amazeballs” is another one that drives me nuts. Also, as mentioned above, the modern portmanteau trend, whether it’s countries or couples. Even the long established Benelux slightly irks me, although I confess, for brevity, it works and it useful,
Oh god yes. Every time I hear “on fleek” I want to shout “SHUT UP SHUT UP YOU WANKER YOU SOUND LIKE MORK”. But I don’t.
One can only hope.
I so want to send a thesaurus to every television reality show judge because of this.
“Price point” where “price” will do, which is almost everywhere. And any clickbait headlines which indicate that the internet has gone insane, lost it’s mind or lost it’s shit.
And stop telling me that I “need” to see something. I need to eat, I need to breathe but I don’t need to see this.
I’m going to hike my trousers up beneath my armpits now and stomp off back to my allotment shed.
I know it has been mentioned already, but it is so bad it needs to be mentioned again:
Epic! (Even Faith No More never used the word in the song)
Bling
Dropped (As in the new Ghostbusters trailer dropped today)
Mancave
Cray Cray
Kardashian
Reality TV
Pivot!!! I must say I don’t really hear this word used much, unless maybe in an exercise class where a move is being explained, and even then I have to stop myself from busting out laughing because I’m hearing Ross Gellar yelling it in my head.
I’m not sure that I get what “bae” means. Is it in conjunction with Beyonce / Queen Bey (whom I’m also kind of sick of, though I don’t by any means wish to blow up to smithereens). Oh wait, did someone here explain it means “baby”? We needed another, *stupid *sounding word for that?
Never heard “on fleek”. It’s meaning was explained but what the heck is the origin of this truly stupid sounding term? More importantly, Fashion Police is still on? How did I miss that?
I can get on the hate wagon for most of the stuff mentioned here, though “hangry” and “stabby” still provide me with some joy. The one I hate and that I usually mention in these kind of threads is “forward” as in “going forward”. Not only is it stupid and overused, but every dipshit seems to pronounce it FOwerd, as if they were just transplanted from New York.
“Amazing” makes me think of annoying twenty- something women who apparently do not own a thesaurus, as they apply it to everything. It’s also usually pronounced in a certain way that I don’t know how to illustrate correctly but makes me homicidal. I don’t hear as much now but there was a time when one would here it every damn where.
“Gift” used as a verb. Also “gifting”.
Hey, everyone out there on the interwebs and beyond? Please gift me the cessation of employing this awful misuse of the noun “gift”.
GGHHHHHHH :mad::mad::mad:
I hate this so much!
I don’t need anyone in the workplace to “REACH OUT” to me, nor do I need to “Reach out” to someone in purchasing for assistance with a quote. This is not a plea for rescue or sympathy for fuck’s sake, I just need you to do whatever you’re supposed to be doing.
As long as we’re mentioning things mistakenly used as verbs, “antiquing” is a process used to make something look old. It is not what you and your yuppy girlfriend do on the weekend, looking for that perfect piece of old furniture. And your mattress doesn’t sleep hot or cold; it just sits there and *you *sleep on it.
You’re going to have to take that one up with Shakespeare.
Like Labdad and orderfire, I am tired of being ‘reached out’ to. Keep your hands to yourself, already.
Also, the happy couple who exclaims ‘we’re pregnant!’ No, only one of you is. ‘We’re expecting’ was a perfectly acceptable phrase in the past, everyone knows what it means and there’s nothing wrong with continuing to use it.
Mostly what I hate about “reach out” is that it triggers a Four Tops earworm.
…I’ll be there to love and comfort yooooou…
The latter sense is pretty long established, in my experience as a resident of a place people come to do it. It follows a pattern of the language: “oystering” is seeking and acquiring oysters, for example.
I’m glad you said that. The next time some d bag uses the phrase I’ll immediately picture this whilst simultaneously playing the song in my head. It should work well to alleviate my annoyance.
You’re right; I forgot about the “trendy” part :smack: Still annoying as hell though and deserves to be blown up.
Truth is, I probably use 80% of the words and phrases here, maybe more. Seriously, “to reach out” is a common peeve? Is “get in touch with” okay? Or is “contact” the only acceptable verb for those folks?
Other ones for me: any of those stupid political name-calling words like “cuckservative” or “democrap” or “rethuglican” or even “Drumpf.” None of them are remotely clever and make the user look like a sophomoric partisan hack to me.
And its stupid cousin “awesome sauce”.
Love it or hate its use, but “antiquing” can mean both using artificial means to make something look old *and *shopping for antiques:
Never mind. Looks like I should have read entire thread before commenting.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Though the “improvement” on the former – “totes amazeballs” – is so over-the-top that I almost like it, in a revolted kind of way.
Fucking hell, I hate this stupid faux touchy-feely bullshit. What the fuck is the matter with “I called her”? Makes me want to reach out and slap the shit out of whoever says this.
Also, “thought leader” is presently annoying me.
I remember first hearing “reach out” on that 1989s cop show. Sipowitz always said it. Phony as hell. He also always said “sorry for your loss”–phony as hell.
“issues” for problems–I’ve lost that one, although still irritates.
opine
kerfuffle or however it’s spelled
go ahead and…
The NPR “So…”
The NPR “Thank you SO MUCH”
Americans using Englishisms:
What is she on about…