# Words/expressions I want to be eliminated from usage RIGHT NOW TODAY ENOUGH ALREADY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609 "2014-09-05T20:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/281 "2014-09-19T20:47:37Z")
Add me to the “boots on the ground” dislike – when used in a military context it’s denigrating, at best, to the men and women who are serving and makes them sound like assets more than people. When used in anything but a military context, the speaker sounds like an ass. My personal peeve is beginning a sentence (written or spoken) with “That being said,” or the more brief but equally off-putting “That said,” after having written or spoken something and then wanting to transition to something else. I stop listening before that transition occurs. Also, beginning a statement with “I will say this:” – the person stating “I will say this:” wants to sound like an authority on whatever the topic is and his/her audience cannot possibly wait any longer to hear what else the person has to say, but they really don’t sound like anything but an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/282 "2014-09-20T00:37:18Z")
“Have a conversation”, in regards to national politics. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/283 "2014-09-20T04:11:38Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I’m really getting tired of the construction “X, if not Y,” because I think people don’t understand that _Y is not included_. I think they think it means “X and also Y, maybe.” Y is irrelevant! Argh! :mad: I’m not sure what you mean. Could you give real-life examples without X and Y? > [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > My personal peeve is beginning a sentence (written or spoken) with “That being said,” or the more brief but equally off-putting “That said,” after having written or spoken something and then wanting to transition to something else. I stop listening before that transition occurs. I say that, but it means something specific. It means "I have set up a paradigm, and now I am going to give what seems like a contradiction, but then explain how it still fits in my paradigm. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/284 "2014-09-20T05:21:58Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > My personal peeve is beginning a sentence (written or spoken) with “That being said,” or the more brief but equally off-putting “That said,” after having written or spoken something and then wanting to transition to something else. I stop listening before that transition occurs. I have a boss who has made this his new favorite expression in the past couple of years. He’s not the brightest bulb in the marquee, but I think he imagines it somehow gives his crude statements a little sophistication. I laugh to myself every time, and every time is a LOT, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/285 "2014-09-20T11:38:16Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I’m not sure what you mean. Could you give real-life examples without X and Y?.. …Oh, the other day I heard someone at work talking about the Farmer’s Almanac’s predictions for this winter’s weather and she said something like “cold if not as bad as last year,” emphasizing the “as bad as last year” part (which was pretty bad), as if she didn’t get the “if not” part. That’s a terrible example, but I just meant that “X if not Y” means that Y is always greater than X. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/286 "2014-09-22T03:02:04Z")
“From the get-go” ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/287 "2014-09-22T06:55:27Z")
“Game on”, as in “if you do this again, it’s gonna be game on.” A nice way of making a very vague threat of some kind of retaliation, not necessarily physical. I can see the UN telling ISIS to knock off the beheadings or it will be game on. We will send you a sternly-worded rebuke, maybe. Or a vote of censure. Kick your ass? Oh, we didn’t say that. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/288 "2014-09-22T23:48:51Z")
Mentally “delayed”, which I thought had died out as a really poor idea, but heard on the news last night. These folks are not delayed; delayed means that they’re eventually going to catch up. They’re not; they’re pretty much stuck at whatever developmental stage they’re at. I have a niece who is challenged, and she will be forever making decisions at the level of not-too-bright 10 year old. She’s in her 50s. ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/289 "2014-09-23T14:06:00Z")
Here are a couple from my reading of women’s profiles while online dating. Whenever I run across them I immediately click NEXT!: “Goal oriented…” “My kids are my world…” “Must love dogs…” And one I’m seeing more and more around the plant where I work: “Win The Day!” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/290 "2014-09-25T15:23:06Z")
I heard this six times this morning and it must die: “mash-up” as applied to music or any other art form. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/291 "2014-09-25T15:33:56Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I heard this six times this morning and it must die: “mash-up” as applied to music or any other art form. While we’re at it, can we get rid of any word or phrase related to “shipping” (as in, the fannish pastime of trying to romantically link any given pair of characters in a TV show, movie, book, etc). Ship Shipping Shipper That ship has sailed etc. The pastime is annoying enough on its own without having a bunch of cutesy terms to describe it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/292 "2014-09-25T15:43:42Z")
Apologies if this was already said: “If you/we don’t \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, THE TERRORISTS WIN!” “Why do you hate America?” ---
**Author:** ![Slowki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@Slowki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slowki)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/293 "2014-09-25T16:19:24Z")
I admit I’ve only skimmed, but I haven’t seen the word “Trending” and I feel we need to euthanize it. It was a valid and useful word before Twitter(“The xyzw stock has been trending down in the last quarter”) and now it’s just annoying. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/294 "2014-09-25T17:40:17Z")
Can we also please add “warrior” when not referring to an historical group? Using it to refer to soldiers/sailors/etc., is mawkish, bellicose, emotional, and manipulative. It’s right up there with every cop and firefighter being a “hero”. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/295 "2014-09-25T21:26:10Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Handi-capable. Differently-abled. > > Blahhhh! Yep, on the face of it, _differently-abled_ is a clunky, inelegant word. I have a friend who adopted a little boy from China. He was born without a fully-formed right arm - he just has a stump, with a little nubbin on the end. He can open a jar of peanut butter, brush his teeth, wash his hand, reload his Nerf guns (quickly, too, as I found out during the course of a vigorous Nerf battle) - almost everything a two-handed little boy can do. He is not _disabled_; he is, in fact, _differently-abled_. It’s the exact word for his capabilities. I’ve read through all six pages of this thread, and I can’t believe no one has mentioned “going forward”. Corporate weasel-word for “from now on”: “Going forward, we’re going to comprehensively synergize our value positions and offshore our non-essential resources, to dynamically maximize shareholder value.” Translation: “From now on, your asses are going to be collecting unemployment, 'cuz we’re sending your jobs to a bunch of twelve-year olds in Malaysia who work 15 hour days for two bucks and a handful of wormy rice, so that I can afford the custom walnut trim on my new Lexus.” It sets my teeth on edge. Figuratively. Another peeve of mine is not a word but a pronunciation, and I’ve been hearing it for some twenty-odd years: dropping the “h” in words that start with “hu-”. It’s not all “hu-” words, just the ones in which the “u” is long, like _humor_ and _huge_. _Human_ does not rhyme with _yew man_, Terry Gross, do you hear me?! This must stop, and stop now. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/296 "2014-09-25T21:35:47Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Another peeve of mine is not a word but a pronunciation, and I’ve been hearing it for some twenty-odd years: dropping the “h” in words that start with “hu-”. It’s not all “hu-” words, just the ones in which the “u” is long, like _humor_ and _huge_. _Human_ does not rhyme with _yew man_, Terry Gross, do you hear me?! This must stop, and stop now. > > That is all. That’s basically a New York dialectical pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/297 "2014-09-25T21:48:42Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > That’s basically a New York dialectical pronunciation. Just one more reason to hate Yankee fans… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/298 "2014-09-25T22:27:09Z")
“Irregardless” I’m not normally a violent man, but beware if you’re around me when this word is uttered. Its not that I don’t support progress, its not that I don’t want change, its not even that its a wrong word. There is a perfectly good and normal word you can use in its place. That word is shorter. That word is correct. That word does not differ so much in meaning/pronunciation/mouth feel/emphasis that this new word needed to be created. Its like if everyone decided to use the word “zamerdiginty” instead of “dignity”. There’s no reason to do it, absolutely none, unless you’re stupid or a dick. Those reasons together are why I do not agree that we need to add a new word to our lexicon ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/299 "2014-09-26T00:30:10Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > “Irregardless” > > I’m not normally a violent man, but beware if you’re around me when this word is uttered. You mean “word”. This utterance is a by-product of ignorance and confusion. People are _trying_ to say regardless but think it’s said “irregardless” because “irrespective” is a synonym and is kind of similar in a vague way. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/300 "2014-09-26T00:45:59Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > …Another peeve of mine is not a word but a pronunciation, and I’ve been hearing it for some twenty-odd years: dropping the “h” in words that start with “hu-”. It’s not all “hu-” words, just the ones in which the “u” is long, like _humor_ and _huge_. _Human_ does not rhyme with _yew man_, Terry Gross, do you hear me?! This must stop, and stop now. > > That is all. Well, it does _rhyme_ with “yew man,” but I get your point. Roger Ebert used to pronounce “humor” as “yumor.” I think he claimed it was a downstate Illinois sort of pronunciation (he grew up in Urbana). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=16)