Words I can't bear to hear

In My Humble Opinion
41

i really, really dont like words that refer to the area of the body between the rib cage and the genitals:

stomach
tummy
belly
also, any feminoxious words like

herstory
womyn
mynstruation (i have never actually seen that one, but i am sure it exists in some level of hell)

and i hate the combination of the words

“what,” “are,” “you,” “going,” “to,” “do,” “with,” “your,” and “life,” but only when they are strung together in a certain way, and only when strung that way by my mother : )
on the other hand, i LOVE the words

yam
koyonisqatsi
boloney
bologna
dendrobatit (sp?)
crimey

42

“…even if you were the last straight guy on EARTH!” :eek:

43

Yes DRY! That’s initially what I thought this thread was about! And so…
‘You’re shit in bed’
‘Please hold, you are moving up the queue’
‘Would you like fries with that?’ - do they still say this?
‘I want to see you in my office’
‘You’re fired’

… please, no dispertions upon my character!?!

44

i think “proactive” is the winner here. other stupid business psycho-babble words:

synergy
grow, as in “grow the economy”
piece, as in “we’re finished with that piece. let’s move on to the next piece.”

luckily, i mostly manage to avoid the soul-less people who would utter these words. but one word is omnipresent and unavoidable and utterly useless:

“totally!”
i always want to say, “that’s much better than partially!”

45

Penultimate. 90% of the time people use this word they are using it incorrectly and it makes me want to shake them.

46

“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!

As far as I can tell, this started when morons started trying to perk up their vocabulary without actually learning anything. After all, the noun is Orientation, that must mean the verb is Orientate.

Managers really hate it when you correct them.

Tisiphone

47

“Respect” and “disrespect”. I am so sick of these two over used catch phrases. “He disrespected me” Uh. Seems like most of the people I have observed using these words don’t deserve any anyway.

48

Another vote for “slacks.”

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?

They Call Me Sneeze: “mynstruation” is just too funny. You’re a genius!

I’m going to propose this change in spelling at my next Womyn’s Club Meeting. :wink:

49

Klaatu Barada Nikto

50

I hate “eeeeeyyyyyyeeeeeeessssss!!”

51

When someone says impacted when they mean affected, I grind my teeth.

52

Along the same lines as orientate, i HATE it when people use the word Registrate. Register, people…
I hate slacks, too.
And the word placenta is just yucky.

53

The word “flesh” used to mean meat. I know that it is healthier to be a vegetatian but that doesn’t mean you get to make me feel like a cannibal. Speaking about vegetables, the word “veggies” makes me cringe. Not to sound like a complete crank I hate, hate, hate the abreiviation “'n” as in fish 'n chips. …but wait there’s more. What’s up with thanx? You save one letter!!! I think I’ll go calm down with a small amount of chocolate. (Speaking of which white chocolate has no relation to real chocolate and I wish they would find another name for it.) Thank you for monitoring my nervous breakdown.

54

I’ve been reading the SDMB for about two months now, and finally I’ve found a thread I’m brave enough to post in!

Someone at my former company came up with the idea to use the word “offline” to describe a discussion that would take place after a group meeting. For example, if my boss and I were in a meeting with six other people in the room, and he wanted to continue the discussion with me privately after the meeting, he would say, “Nicole and I are going to meet offline to discuss this issue.” We weren’t meeting via computer - we were all in the same room, but somehow we had to go “offline” for our private discussion. It was one of those workplace words that spreads - after it was used during one meeting, everyone in the meeting used it in their next meeting, and it was quickly accepted as the appropriate term to use. Nobody seemed to notice that it was a stupid thing to say.

And who came up with the meaningless phrase “at the end of the day” when referring to an end result? “At the end of the day, we must make sure this project team has fulfilled our needs.” But what will we do tomorrow?

55

I was just talking to someone about that the other day. Don’t any of these journalists go to journalism school? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that a murder or plane crash is tragic, yet that’s the standard description.

56

I’d like to share some of the phrases that annoy me with all of you. In this way, I hope to empower you, and the community, with a healthier sense of self-esteem and wellness. After all, this is YOUR message board. So get involved! This positive biofeedback will raise your emotional intelligence. Provide a dynamic new paradigm. Strengthen your immune system. Just think of yourself as an oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp.

57

Face is hidden in hands, elbows on desk, mumbled desperate voice from faraway place escapes through fingers
…why did I read this thread just before preparing a business plan?
I don’t know if you people just helped me or hindered me. I really don’t.
Where’s my gin?

58

“Indubitably” would have to be one of my least favourite words.

This comes a close second to the phrase my bank manager likes to use far to often “credit overdrawn”

59

I hate the word ‘party’ when it’s pronounced ‘par-tay’.

I cringe when someone says they are ‘keeping it real’.

I want to punch someone when they ‘axe’ me a question.

And when someone pronounces the ‘t’ in ‘often’…

God, I’m getting crotchity in my old age.

60

hergrace wrote:

You’re right. Eating “flesh” should be reserved for the bedroom.