It also irks me when I don’t preview…o well
I was reading a pit thread the other day about Target’s employees where the participants kept referring to them as “associates”; it was pretty annoying.
I can’t believe that I forgot this one. Another one that makes me cringe.
Another one from business: Value-added, used with a vague and tangential relationship to the actual economic concept. Example: We take a value-added full-service approach to your property maintenance needs.
The word physicality when used in a sports context. For example, “The new NHL rules have taken all the physicality out of the game.” I hate that word.
And I third “utilize”. Every time TSN’s Pierre McGuire uses it I cringe.
Oh, and using the word “literally” to emphasize something. Stop using the word to mean the exact opposite of it’s definition!
I hate all of the following terms when used in reference to homosexuality, some because they are nauseatingly euphemistic, and others because they usually refer to falsehoods.
partner
life partner
domestic partner
lifestyle
agenda
choice
natural
ex-gay
civil union
probably more I can’t think of
Why is it that when you are given some information and expected to answer a question in any class other than math, it’s a question, but in math, it’s a problem? Maybe people wouldn’t be so afraid of math if we stopped implying that everything in math is a problem. Speaking of that, I don’t think we even need to go into imply/infer right now, do we?
Tell whomever is saying it this way that he is wrong anyway. The “t” would still be pronounced. (Hard “t” sound, though, ignore the “h”.)
A similar peeve of mine: using ‘incestuous’ to describe anything that does not actually involve sexual relations between people who are related to each other. A colleague of mine was speaking the other day about the crossover between various mental health agencies in the area, and she described it as “incestuous”. This is a woman who used to be a counselor for sexual offenders, too, and really should know better.
It’s wash cloth not worsh cloth!
It’s idea not * ideal* (As in I got a good ideal)
fuck buddy. shudders
Or hell the word “buddy” in general pisses me off.
And anything that people will put the word “poo” at the end of it to make it sound more “cutesy”. Like “Linky-poo” for some of my fellow Dopers out there.
liaise, when followed by “with”. Actually, I hate the word at the best of times.
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Where did people get the idea to replace “say” with “indicate”? I edited other people’s writing in the last place I worked, and got this all the time. “The prisoner then indicated he was innocent.” What’s wrong with “said,” Einstein? If you think that using 3-syllable Latin words makes you look smarter, I’m sorry, you do not fool any real smart people. (Look at all those one-syllable Anglo-Saxon words I use, and I’m known to be quite smart.)
That’s funny because Webster seems to disagree. These dictionaries must be wrong too.
Wrong again. A fetish doesn’t need to be something having to do with arousal.
Please know what you are talking about before you castigate others. Here’s another link in case you weren’t convinced.
I hate the word marathon when its used as a synonym for long. Like “The NHL player union and team owners ended marathon talks about the future of the league.” Really? They spoke to each other while running a 26 mile, 385 yard foot race?
Sorry, brickbacon, I should have qualified: The term ‘fetish’ in it’s sexual context means “an object or bodily part whose real or fantasized presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification”, and when I hear someone use the term ‘fetish’ in it’s sexual context, when they are actually speaking of an interest or sometime kink they have, but that’s not necessary for sexual gratification, then that irks me.
Fair enough. My apologies if I misunderstood.
So to speak.
In so many words.
At this point in time.
Irregardless.
It sucks doesn’t it?
Yes, but I somehow am able to cope. 
:mad: Sorry, but this string of 12 letters does not even deserve to be mentioned in this thread. The OP asks for ‘words that you can’t bear to hear used in certain contexts?’ So, there are two problems here:
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‘Irregardless’ isn’t a word.
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‘Irregardless’ does not have a proper place in ANY context.
I’m assuming you can’t bear to see these terms regardless of the context.
I singled out the post by E = mc², but several other posts in this thread also fall short of specifying a certain context.
Why the rolleyes? There’s nothing wrong grammatically with that sentence. “Me” can be an indirect object of a transitive verb. It’s the survival of the Old English dative case. It doesn’t have a distinct form any more so it’s harder to recognize as the dative case. It’s the same as in “Send me a letter.” The meaning of the dative pronoun is “to me” or “for me.”
Both wrong. The /s/ sound in French grâce is unvoiced. Like in “grass” (the same /s/ sound as in grass, but the vowel is different.) Grahs.
When Americans drop a final French consonant sound that’s actually pronounced in French, it’s called “hypercorrection.” How many times have you heard Americans say “Vichyssoi…” instead of “Vichyssoise”? Practically every time?
It’s a normal English word used in international relations, no cause for calling down the infernal realm. It means to make normal diplomatic relations, you know, the ambassadors are at the embassies, you stamp each other’s visas, etc.
Guess all of us offenders will have to say an Act of Contrition. :rolleyes:
I would suggest, however, that you look before you lip, because according to Webster…
Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
(Bolding mine.)
I have no problems with engineer and architect used in the contexts you mentioned,ArchitectureChore. Here’s that guy Webster, again:
Main Entry: 1engineer
Pronunciation: "en-j&-'nir
Function: noun
Etymology: alter. of earlier enginer, from Middle English, alteration of enginour, from Middle French engigneur, from Old French engignier to contrive, from engin
1 : a member of a military group devoted to engineering work
2 obsolete : a crafty schemer : PLOTTER
3 a : a designer or builder of engines b : a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering c : a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance
4 : a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus
(My emphasis, again - above and below.) So, a QB could indeed engineer a great comeback — and be grammatically correct in the process.
And how about architect? Webster tells us…
Main Entry: architecture
Pronunciation: 'är-k&-"tek-ch&r
Function: noun
1 : the art or science of building; specifically : the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones
2 a : formation or construction as or as if as the result of conscious act <the architecture of the garden> b : a unifying or coherent form or structure <the novel lacks architecture>
3 : architectural product or work
4 : a method or style of building
5 : the manner in which the components of a computer or computer system are organized and integrated
Surely a molecule has architecture, thus satisfying 1b, above.
And as much as I hate to think about it, Karl Rove is the architect of Dubya’s relection.