I really hate the word “genre” for some reason. It sounds so pretentious!
lol, I know what you mean. Like saying “as it were”. WTF?
words for female genitalia spring to mind.
Though I used to use it in writing, I can’t stand the word “strife” anymore. There are a dozen better, less dramatic words that could be used in its place.
Regarding words, I was crushed to discover that “vomitous” isn’t one. Nooo! It should be.
Moist. Say it real slow…
Panties.
Just about any freakin’ French word pisses me off 
“Apropos”, springs to mind, don’t know if it’s French, though.
Stupid. In most of the instances I’ve heard someone say “that’s stupid,” it really means “I don’t understand how that works, so I’m not going to waste my time trying.” “You’re stupid” is one of the worst insults I can think of.
Shut up. This comes in a very close second to “You’re stupid.”
re: shut up
I hate the use of that phrase when someone hears something they find difficult to believe, like saying “No Way!” Another annoying phrase.
Yes, I’m a little surprised people think it’s acceptable.
[hijack] Love the user name, Steel Rat, I’m a Slippery Jim fan from way back. [/hijack]
Belly. Yeah, I know it’s a weird word to object to but I dislike it. Say stomach or even abdomen… belly just sounds childish. I feel the same way towards other synonyms for various body parts too but can’t think of any right off the top of my head.
I don’t mind “Shut Up”, it’s the quickest way to get someone stop talking when you are ignoring them. Ex when you are watching the news, sshhh doesn’t always convey the messiage that the other person should stop talking immediately. Shut up on the other hand.
The word that I don’t like is “Hanged” Ex: The prisoner was hanged by the neck until dead. I hear the word hanged a lot, it should be hung, the prisoner was hung by the neck until dead. The only reason people use Hanged is because it sounds worse than hung.
Well, people are generally stupid, so there ya go.
hehe, glad you like it. Been using it for years since I ran a BBS in the late 80s and on my own sites now.
“Belly” only sounds right when uttered by a pirate, or an orc just before Treebeard squashes him 
I find using “shut up” in that manner totally acceptable, and encouraged.
It’s actually the way it’s always been said since the middle ages. It’s the correct way to say it.
Sanction.
Think about it. As a verb, it means to approve or condone a certain action.
And as a noun, it means a punishment against a person or a country. Two fundamentally opposite meanings for the same word… confusing when you see a headline.
Body parts… as was mentioned above, I’m not comfortable using any of the words for the female genitalia. “Pussy”, I think, is the absolute worst. Also not comfortable with any of the names for the female breast. “Mammaries” is worse than all of the rest.
Other things that bug… people saying count nouns as mass nouns (“have some more potato”) or using nouns as adjectives (“today we will be studying fraction concepts.”)
tushy (sp?)
Scrod. I could never eat something called scrod - it sounds like a venereal disease.
StG
Almost any technically correct word for sexual organs, such as:
Genetalia,
Penis
Vagina
They all sound harsh, clinical, and not at ALL like what they’re supposed to name.
Likewise words for gastrointestinal difficulties (see how much NICER that sounds?? :D), like constipation, diarhia.
Aaaagggggg, hideous words. Very grating and unpleasant.
When it comes to that words that are that horrible sounding, bring on the euphamisms, IMNSHO, there’s enough “reality” and ugliness in the world!!!
“Synergy” and “paradigm”, mainly because I don’t want to sound as ignorant as the people I encounter who like to use buzzwords that they don’t understand the meanings of.