# Words you dislike hearing... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205 "2000-05-01T00:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/21 "2000-05-01T12:02:03Z")
“Group research paper” ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/22 "2000-05-01T12:10:06Z")
Anyway **s** gets on my nerves. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/23 "2000-05-01T12:26:19Z")
People who overuse f\*\*\*ing, like every third word. “Wish” when you mean “want.” ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/24 "2000-05-01T12:40:43Z")
Well, mine is mostly with like context. I hate hearing like people saying like the word like, like when they are like trying to like describe something. Like, you know what i mean? ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/25 "2000-05-01T12:43:29Z")
Issues. I truly despise hearing that someone has “issues” with something. Or merely that someone else has “issues.” Is it too difficult to have a problem, or is that too specific? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/26 "2000-05-01T12:57:56Z")
uh, no offense intended to you Auntie Xmas that was like in context. \ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/27 "2000-05-01T13:05:11Z")
utilize, paradigm, solution, pro-active. As in: “We must **pro-actively utilize** the new **paradigm** to institute a business- **solution**.” ---
**Author:** ![swisemankcmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@swisemankcmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swisemankcmo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/28 "2000-05-01T13:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > utilize, paradigm, solution, pro-active. As in: “We must **pro-actively utilize** the new **paradigm** to institute a business- **solution**.” > > \*\* Johnny LA: Have you ever played Buzzword Bingo? My most hated word: WHATEVERRRRRRRRR! ---
**Author:** ![horowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@horowitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horowitz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/29 "2000-05-01T13:15:29Z")
Turd and slacks. “Yipes I have a turd in my slacks.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/30 "2000-05-01T13:24:27Z")
Hey Moosie, if you don’t like the language, stick to French! Anyways… I think **hubby** is a terribly dumb word. Makes me think of a big fat good-for-nothing bozo that just sits there. You know, sort of like a bean bag chair. But a married one. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/31 "2000-05-01T13:33:14Z")
The 20somethings in my office say “exactly” all the time. Sort of the way that normal people say “Yeah,” or “Uh.” “Nice day today.” “Exactly!” “I hate _Scooby Doo._” “Exactly!” “Those pants make your ass look fat.” “Exactly!” What’s driving me nuts is that _I’m_ starting to pick it up. Every time I say "Exactly!’ instead of “That’s right” or “Check” or “You got it, Sweet Cheeks” I wince inwardly. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/32 "2000-05-01T13:47:55Z")
Pro-life when you mean anti-abortion and pro-abortion, when you mean pro-choice (pro-abortion only applies to the Chinese government.) ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/33 "2000-05-01T14:14:21Z")
“squat” is just a yukky-sounding, nausea-inducing word. And new parents, please, PLEASE do me a favor and don’t use the word that gets to me most of all – “potty.” “Does baby need to go potty?” Makes my skin crawl for some reason. Must just bring to mind the thought of post-digestive-tract Gerber strained peas in a diaper … saucy potato: Mrs. Milo has a thing against the word “panties,” too. I kind of like that word … ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/34 "2000-05-01T14:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > “You got it, Sweet Cheeks” Oh baby, you called? 😉 (Hint: Check out my e-mail addy.) I hate the term “Yay or nay”, it sounds stupid. I also hate the words “synergy”, “phat”, and “hence-forth”. The word “turd” makes me laugh for some strange reason. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/35 "2000-05-01T14:38:28Z")
Johnny Angel: > [@](#): > > \*\* > I detest the word `dude.’ > \*\* You must hate that commercial full of 20-somethings with full coffee cups headed full-speed for the RR tracks. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/36 "2000-05-01T15:19:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I think **hubby** is a terribly dumb word. Makes me think of a big fat good-for-nothing bozo that just sits there. You know, sort of like a bean bag chair. But a married one. > \*\* Hey! Coldy, that’s not very nice. And, rest assured, he is anything but. Neither fat, a good-for-nothing bozo, nor does he just sit there like a bean bag chair. He _is_ a teddy bear to his family and friends and a grizzly to anyone who ticks him off big time. I don’t even know why I started calling him that, except I got tired of typing husband all the time, and I will leave it up to him to give out his given name when/if he wants to, and needed something to call him. Now that he has registered as Mr Bear, I will be using that a lot more. I’m sorry me using that word offends you. Oh, well, to each his own. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/37 "2000-05-01T15:31:24Z")
No need to explain purplebear - I like you, but I dislike the word “hubby”. For all I know, you might dislike the word “Coldfire” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/38 "2000-05-01T15:51:18Z")
Grunt. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/39 "2000-05-01T15:59:06Z")
Treat. That word is just so WRONG! ---
**Author:** ![Kupek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@Kupek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kupek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/40 "2000-05-01T18:12:32Z")
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