# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/61 "2000-05-03T19:49:34Z")
javaman: You know why it sounds like an insult? Because it is. It reminds us of all the times our elementary school teachers said “You need to calm down” or “You need to behave.” “You need to leave” is said in exactly the same way. As someone in another thread just found out, I also hate terms of endearment. Most of the time they’re just sappy and unnecessary, but at other times they’re demeaning. I think I need to leave now, and come back when I’m not so angry. ---
**Author:** ![\_Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4da419/32.png) [@\_Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/62 "2000-05-29T23:24:24Z")
the word “boost” ---
**Author:** ![Brood\_McEto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brood\_McEto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brood_McEto)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/63 "2000-05-29T23:39:51Z")
when grown men tell me (also a grown man, well, physically) bye-bye at the end of conversations. I don’t know why, but I really do not like that. ---
**Author:** ![Rincewind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Rincewind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rincewind)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/64 "2000-05-30T00:42:13Z")
My pet peeve is the word “suck”. I would much rather hear a coherent thought out argument about why a person doesn’t like something than hear this automatic flippant dismissal. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/65 "2000-05-30T01:30:17Z")
Well, the fake Osip boosted this thread too! I did htink of somehting else I dislkie hearing. My full name. Mom always used it when I was in serious trouble. Osip ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/66 "2000-05-30T03:38:32Z")
also “Sorry, but I already have a boyfriend.” “…even if you were the last man on earth.” “…at least you can collect unemployment”" “…I’ve seen bigger ones than that!” “We’ve noticed you’ve been spending too much time on the internet.” But seriously… Whenever I was a child, I always hated it when my mother used my full name, followed by “come over here NOW”. That usually meant trouble. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/67 "2000-05-30T03:40:26Z")
How could I forget “You have the right to remain silent. If you give up this right, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you…” ---
**Author:** ![Grendel69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@Grendel69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grendel69)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/68 "2000-05-30T03:55:12Z")
…as in, “The influence impacted socitey on so many levels.” ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/69 "2000-05-30T15:58:58Z")
‘Can you read lips?’ ( Said to a deaf person ) ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/70 "2000-05-31T06:48:44Z")
More words/phrases to hate: Obtuse. I know it’s an angle, but it makes me imagine a very, very large woman in a pastel housedress and curlers. Ya’know? If you end every other sentence with “ya’know?” You seriously need to consider therapy for this desire to have me accept every single little thing that comes out of your mouth. Millenium. Everything’s working and we went on with our lives. Get over it. Bitch. Seems to be quite popular, especially when pronounced “bee-atch”. This is like fingernails down a chalkboard. The only time bitch should be used is in regards to a female dog. When used in reference to a human female, I feel like tearing the speaker’s tongue out. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/71 "2000-05-31T07:24:37Z")
I hate the words “ **de** fense” and “ **of** fense”. I always pronounce these words “de **fense** ” and “of **fense** ”. I also don’t like it when “Parisian” is pronounced to rhyme with “Cartesian” rather than with “collision”, or when “Esperanto” is pronounced to rhyme with “Monsanto” rather than with “Toronto”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Sheepshead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Mr.Sheepshead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Sheepshead)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/72 "2000-06-05T23:38:14Z")
Not my own, but my friend has some real strange ones: **laundry detergent** - He cringes near the _gent_ part **booklet** - He cringes around the _let_ part **Coke** - He thinks it gets stuck in your throat like you’re choking. He accents all the hard k’s in **Coca-Cola Classic** so it comes out like KhoKhaKholaKhlassiKh. What a weirdo. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/73 "2000-06-06T00:32:42Z")
Auugh! My boss uses “You need to…” all the time! No, I don’t NEED to do that or anything else for you, but I WILL do it because you’re my supervisor and I’m here at work presumably so I can do whawt I’m being paid to do. Asking nicely won’t make me less likely to do it. Grrr. Nearly as bad is “Why don’t you…” Gee, I don’t know, maybe because I don’t feel like it? Rarely a day goes by where she doesn’t also use the phrase “in the fullness of time.” That sure is a lot of words for such a vague concept. I once accidentally used the word “dis”. I was horrified at myself for hours. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/74 "2000-06-06T00:57:02Z")
Don’t use “utilize.” Utilize “use.” Utilize, proactive, paradigm, implement… I hate going over resumes more than any other part of my job. A somewhat related topic: sentenc construction: “The floor needs mopped.” These people need taught to use verbs. ---
**Author:** ![Barney111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Barney111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barney111)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/75 "2000-06-06T01:17:13Z")
Gotta go with Occam on the “N” word. Makes me want to throw up. Very brutal,angry,ignorant word. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/76 "2000-06-06T02:11:21Z")
Lucia: “Vagina, vagina, vagina! Doesn’t that do anything for you?” Bill: “I don’t think that word does anything for anybody. Gay or straight.” -The Opposite of Sex ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/77 "2000-06-06T03:16:31Z")
“Applicable” when pronounced uh-PLIK-uh-bul. This makes even the smartest person sound stupid to me. Also, impact, as in “That will impact our schedule.” Whatever happened to the word “affect?” ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/78 "2000-06-06T03:31:56Z")
Well, I haven’t heard those words…yet. I don’t mind “slice” as in “Give me a slice of apple, please.” But I freak with “I sliced my finger.” Too graphic. And I hate “begin to start” as in “We must begin to start to use fewer words in our sentences.” ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/79 "2000-06-11T19:34:40Z")
I agree with “turd”, “panties”, and “my bad”. “I don’t give a rip.” This bugs me to no end. “Pudwhacker” This, too. This isn’t a bad word, but it irks me (sorry!) when people say “Oh my God”. This is like worse than any swear word to me. I’m a religious person and tend to say “f\*\*k” and “damn” a lot (under my breath) but I can’t ever say the Lord’s name in vain. I’m sure I could think of many other words, but at this point in time (haha) I’m unmotivated. ---
**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205/80 "2000-06-11T22:32:04Z")
This girl at my work constantly says epitome. Normally it would be a nice word, but she has run it into the ground so much that I can’t stand it. “Skittles are the epitome of goodness.” Everytime I hear her say it I just cringe and feel like slapping her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dislike-hearing/18205.md?page=5)