1.) “Blogosphere”
Okay that’s all I can think of now. Feel free to add your own. Maybe you’ll help me think of new words to loathe!
May we include short expressions? I submit:
- “look at” meaning “considered” - used by lower-class report authors. “Next, we looked at the impact of rising tea prices on juvenille delinquency.” Grates on my ears, for some unknown reason.
Moist.
To be honest I find that word kind of amusing. And not that much worse that “to photoshop” or “to google”. Well ok maybe a little worse.
But you know what’s a really good word? Loathe. That’s a great word.
But if I have to contibute…and I’m not sure this counts as you seem to be going for irritating neoligisms. But nontheless…
- pussy
I hate that word. No one is going to call my cunt a pussy!!
“[to] Photoshop” and “[to] Google” make sense though, just as “When I cut my finger, I didn’t have any bandaids, so I had to use a kleenex.” does. Blogosphere is just… wrong. “Blogoverse” or “blognet” I could understand and tolerate. But “blogosphere” implies that there is a physical place where bloggers unite, and it is spherical in nature. And it grinds my nerves everytime I hear it.
Irregardless.
Actioned.
Utilised.
Although I’m sure I’ve uti… used these myself.
Misuse of the word ‘literally’.
It’s apparantly becoming so common as to be accepted. I can see the logic though, as people might say “I really flipped out on him”, and I don’t for a second think there was any “real” flips going on.
Still bugs me though.
yes-with or without the “z”.
Loose instead of lose. You didn’t loose your shirt playing the market!
Grrr…
Panties (Do we have to falsly “feminize” the word for women’s underpants like this? It reminds me of the way women were commonly regarded in Victorian times as having “childlike minds.”)
Boobs (especially grating to me when spoken by women.)
24/7 - when thrown around casually by someone for no apparent reason (yes, I used to work with someone who did this. She was in - wait for it - sales.)
Lazerquick - sorry, but your business name perpetuates ignorance. LASER is an acronym, you morons! That means the “S” stands for a WORD! Look it up!
I will control myself and not list words that people mispronounce in a way that makes my eyes cross.
Whilst.
All, when used as a greeting in an e-mail for a group.
I hate the word “impact” when what the person means is either “affect” or “effect”. I find myself grinding my teeth every time I hear it in a meeting.
There’s a (to me) recent trend where people use “concerning” as an adjective, as in “I find it very concerning that”. Damnit, you mean “worrying”! You can be concerned about something. You can say “this is concerning” something else. But something is not, in and of itself, “concerning”!
I have an irrational hatred of the word “twill,” as in fabric. Don’t hate the fabric itself, just the word.
But if we’re speaking of made-up or lazy words, then let me add “prolly” to the list. Ugh.
Sadden
Addicting
I believe there was an actual contest to name the rapidly-growing body of blogs after 9/11, after which all the participating blogs would use the term. It grew from there…and let me assure you that, as bad as “blogosphere” is, the other entires were worse. I only remember one more from those hale, early blogging days, but it was bad. Ready?
“Blogistan.”
Ewwwwwwwwwwww.
All words annoy me, but I put up with them, somehow.
May I append this with “Boobies”? What ugly words they are!
Actually, I find “boobies” funny, probably because of the double-meaning.
Preggers, and prego - ugh.
Bloat
Cunt
Susan
Funny, the first thing I thought of when reading this thread was dildo. Jeez, people, can’t we have a more elegant, lyrical word for such a great invention?
And, purely irrationally, I hate the word pimple. It just makes a nasty thing even more obnoxious. But I guess at least the tone of the word fits the thing it’s describing.
In a different way, I hate the use of **dialog ** and **fellowship ** as verbs. Yeah, “fellowship” has been used that way since the 1800s or something, but damn it, if it ends in “-ship” it’s a noun!
Don’t get me started on **gracefulness ** - yeah, let’s take a noun, add a suffix to make it an adjective, then when we want to use it as a noun, add another suffix to make the adjective into a much longer noun.