# Words I can't bear to hear **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366 "2000-11-08T21:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/61 "2000-11-14T00:57:04Z")
Arguably Segue Paradigm Divulge …and a new one from the election for my collection: “hanging chad”! ---
**Author:** ![Ace\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Ace\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Face)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/62 "2000-11-14T06:47:48Z")
Any adult who uses the word “potty” in place of “toilet” should be flushed down one. (Thinking of a former coworker… :mad: ) ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/63 "2001-01-07T05:44:26Z")
I’ve decided to try to revive this thread because, well… I have words I dont like, damnit! =) Cyber-anything irritates me. I hate the way “latte” sounds. Enough to go out of my way not to order one. The word “mash” does -not- apply to the keys on your keyboard. I dont like the word pussy, I’m -learning- to deal with the word “yoni” and oddly enough, I prefer the word “cunt” (I blame Inga Muscio for this phenomenon.) Anything ebonic or southern sounding. “axing” questions falls dead center in these categories. _shudder_ The usage of “aint” disturbs me to no end. It seems like people use it just to thumb their nose at decent grammar. “Merger” No. We just got sold. Again. Mucus is a gross word and its even more disgusting when people use it to refer to vaginal moisture. Makes me wanna market “Klintnex… for when you need to blow your cunt.” _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/64 "2001-01-07T05:44:28Z")
I’ve decided to try to revive this thread because, well… I have words I dont like, damnit! =) Cyber-anything irritates me. I hate the way “latte” sounds. Enough to go out of my way not to order one. The word “mash” does -not- apply to the keys on your keyboard. I dont like the word pussy, I’m -learning- to deal with the word “yoni” and oddly enough, I prefer the word “cunt” (I blame Inga Muscio for this phenomenon.) Anything ebonic or southern sounding. “axing” questions falls dead center in these categories. _shudder_ The usage of “aint” disturbs me to no end. It seems like people use it just to thumb their nose at decent grammar. “Merger” No. We just got sold. Again. Mucus is a gross word and its even more disgusting when people use it to refer to vaginal moisture. Makes me wanna markey “Klintnex… for when you need to blow your cunt.” _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/65 "2001-01-07T05:45:45Z")
And for my next trick, I’m going to hit that little stop button at the top of my browser, fix a typo, click submit again… and irritate every SDMB member. Sorry about that, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/66 "2001-01-07T16:11:14Z")
ugh, there is one word that makes me shudder, clench my teeth, break out in hives and gag: Clarify. My hatred for it started in middle school, when I would zone out in class and the teacher would say “clarify” casually in a sentance, and I would snap to attention at a speed that could cause severe whip lash because I always thought that she was saying my name “clara” to get my attention. Got me everytime. Now I just hate it because it reminds me of those experiences…yuck. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/67 "2001-01-07T16:28:28Z")
Mutilate, mutilation, these words make me naseous, especially when said with “self-”. i spazz whenever someone says it. i can;t believe i actually typed them. ---
**Author:** ![shhh\_zzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@shhh\_zzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shhh_zzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/68 "2001-01-07T17:03:15Z")
I don’t shutter, shake or spazz, but to hear even educated people pronounce REALTOR as “real-A-tor” or REALTY as “real-A-ty” makes hot ire begin to brew inside me. I mean, _look_ at how it’s spelled people! There is absolutely no ‘ **A** ’ after the ’ **L** ’! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/69 "2001-01-07T18:28:23Z")
I can’t be around ethnic slurs. I have an immediate visceral reaction to the n-word. I can’t force myself to say it; it grabs my attention and bangs it into the wall if I hear it. I get a lump in my stomach when it’s being thrown around, whether on tv or in real life. Likewise with nasty names for women and different religions. I don’t know why, exactly, I react so strongly to these things. The way I was raised, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/70 "2001-01-07T20:05:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMan \* > \*\*Wow, yet another Simpsons quote comes to mind- I’m on a roll: > > (Homer has joined the navy) > Officer tells Homer he will be assigned to a nuclear submarine due to his experience working at the nuclear plant. Homer corrects him, “it’s pronounced nuke-ular.” Officer gives Homer a confused stare. Homer repeats, “nuke-ular.” \*\* Or Marge on the way home from the cider factory- “You don’t have to be a nuke-ular scientist to know it’s pronounced foil-age” (or something like that) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/71 "2001-01-07T22:05:12Z")
Good gravy! Am I the only one who detests “enabling” when used to refer to behavior? The same goes for “codependent”, can’t they just say “impressionable sap” or “sucker” and get it over with? Redundancies really frost my crotch too, as in; _Hot water heater_ No, dipstick, it’s a water heater! _These ones_ No, lamebrain, it’s “these”, that’s it, just “these”. Any use of a noun as a verb is d@mn wretched too. “The way to office.” (blow me!) You can also put me down for; orientate irregardless (hurl!) Those two cheese me off in an instant. At the risk of sounding bigoted; Liberry Axe No faster way to get my motor started. As I proceed into my twilight years the overuse of profanity is getting really offensive too. Out of how many hundred thousand words available to express yourself you have to repeatedly use just those dozen or so? Get a life! Oh, and a final one or two; _Plausible deniability_ Slag off you nit wit, it’s called weasling out of something! _Wiggle room_ Get stuffed you moron, it’s called latitude! Thank you, I feel much better now… ---
**Author:** ![sulawesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sulawesi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulawesi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/72 "2001-01-07T23:54:18Z")
One I see on the boards a lot: “could of,” “would of,” “should of” instead of “could have,” “would have,” “should have” AAAUUUUGGGHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/73 "2001-01-08T00:16:52Z")
gee, Zero Hero hon, the world is so cruel to you. I don;t know how you survive posting among us who are grammar ignorant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/74 "2001-01-08T00:39:09Z")
I loathe “recoveryspeak”, the red-headed stepchild to psychobabble. I’m tired of hearing “issues” when they mean “problems”. I’m sick of listening to people talking about “disease concepts” and “disease models”. I dislike hearing people “owning their feelings”. It would be one thing if this kind of language were specific to one group or one person, but sadly, it’s infected the whole of the 12-step movement. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/75 "2001-01-08T03:57:01Z")
The word that really bugs me is ‘certificated’. What is the difference between certificated and certified? Please, can anyone tell me why it’s ‘Certified Public Accountant’ but it’s ‘Certificated Pilot’? ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/76 "2001-01-08T13:00:00Z")
Grotty and hubby. Especially grotty. When I hear the word, it feels like the word itself travels in my ear and burrows around in my brain, nibbling at things. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/77 "2001-01-08T14:27:24Z")
Honey, can we talk? ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/78 "2001-01-08T14:41:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tisiphone \* > \*\*“Orientate” > > For chrissake, the word is “orient”. You get oriented at an Orientation meeting. You get disoriented when you get lost. YOU DO NOT GET DISORIENTATED! > \*\* Websters doesn’t seem to mind… Main Entry: ori·en·tate Pronunciation: 'Or-E-&n-"tAt, 'or-, -"en- Function: verb Inflected Form(s): -tat·ed; -tat·ing Date: 1849 transitive senses : ORIENT intransitive senses : to face or turn to the east ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/79 "2001-01-08T14:46:11Z")
[Websters](http://www.m-w.com) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366/80 "2001-01-08T15:18:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jekeira \* > > Also, I don’t like “contact” when it’s used as a verb: “For more information, conact the public relations office.” Why can’t we just **call** the public relations office? I think most people are using that verb to denote communication not only via telephone but also via fax or e-mail. So if you say you’re going to contact someone, you’re covering all of the communication methods, rather than just making a phone call. Maybe I’m not calling the insurance company; maybe I’m e-mailing them! Signed, Your Humble Servant [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-cant-bear-to-hear/40366.md?page=5)