# Words you dont use cos you dont like them **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100 "2004-04-03T21:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/41 "2004-04-05T04:27:36Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > Utilize. I hate the word utilize in any form or fashion. Ditto. Say USE, dammit, use! Someone mentioned management-speak; in addition to that, I can’t stand self help-speak like Self-actualization, and its horrid verb form Self-actualize; Closure; and most of all, Empowerment. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/42 "2004-04-05T05:11:57Z")
> [@angelicate](#): > > On that note, I hate all of the cutesy terms for pregnancy. I wanted to kick people who refered to me as “preggo,” “preggie” or “preggers.” God, yes. I want to rip people’s tongues out when they say preggers, preggo, etc. It’s the same amount of fucking syllables so it doesn’t make sense to try to abbreviate it and it sounds like you’re some ignorant slack-jawed idiot when you say it. God, I hate thos words. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/43 "2004-04-05T12:52:31Z")
Okay, here’s alleged complimentary terms for women that I despise: “feisty” To me it means rebellious in a completely non-threatening, cute and media friendly way. Not rebellious at all, therefore. Very condenscending in a “you look cute when you’re angry” kind of way. “bubbly” “She’s is a very bubbly person.” This immediately makes the person sound dimwitted, much more so than if they had used “lively”. It’s also often feels as though the person uttering this sentence can’t really think of any actual good qualities the person he is describing would have, but feels under some social pressure to come up with something. You’ll rarely hear a really beatiful woman described as “bubbly”, for instance. It’s a complete non-compliment. P.s. One more vote for the hideous “belly”. Shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Furry\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Furry\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furry_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/44 "2004-04-05T13:49:27Z")
I hate the word “nice” ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/45 "2004-04-05T14:29:02Z")
I also hate the word ‘nice’ almost as much as I hate the word ‘got’. There are no circumstances under which it would not be better to use better, more suitable, words. ---
**Author:** ![Emony\_Dax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Emony\_Dax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emony_Dax)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/46 "2004-04-05T14:58:23Z")
“hostile” i hate having to pronounce it, because it comes out either like “hostel” which is a completely different thing, or “hos-style” which sounds pretentious to me. i always imagine capt. picard saying it on the bridge in his snooty british accent, and i feel silly saying it that way… i also don’t like “snuck”. it’s NOT a word. drives me batty when people use it. ---
**Author:** ![Chaniel\_Dubb\_Foundation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chaniel\_Dubb\_Foundation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chaniel_Dubb_Foundation)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/47 "2004-04-05T15:09:17Z")
One of my lecturers uses the word “guesstimate” A very pointless mix of two similar meaning words. Also I hate “Tummy” and the phrase “silly-billy” ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/48 "2004-04-05T15:27:52Z")
I have Manic Depression. Two of my mother’s brothers have manic depression. The diagnosis _de jour_ in mental health circles, now, is Bipolar. I will not use the term. I also dislike that children that used to be referred to as BRATS, now have ADHD and should be on drugs rather that having their asses cut. Maybe I am in the wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![PbZep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@PbZep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PbZep)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/49 "2004-04-05T15:30:16Z")
_Kudos_, too Birkenstock wearing, NPR listening, tofu eating pseudointellucal-speak for my taste. _Good Morning_, the only good morning is the one you sleep through. It should be spelled Good _Mourning_. TTFN Hon 😛 ---
**Author:** ![PbZep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@PbZep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PbZep)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/50 "2004-04-05T15:34:49Z")
wonderful, misspelled pseudo-intellectual :smack: No kudos for me. ---
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/51 "2004-04-05T15:46:22Z")
I’m noticing the word “roil” in newspapers lately, and “tony” to describe something that’s upscale and trendy. I have never been able to bring myself to say either one aloud – _yech_ . ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/52 "2004-04-05T18:52:43Z")
For my fellow Californians: _Temblor_. It’s an _earthquake_, dammit, or a _tremor_. Nobody, but nobody, says _temblor_ except the talking heads on the local news. Except, of course, for people actually speaking the Spanish language, in which case I don’t have a problem with it. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/53 "2004-04-05T19:16:01Z")
THANKYOU!!! Add to that, “Cali” and “Frisco.” _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/54 "2004-04-05T20:19:19Z")
“strategize” I hate that word. I don’t know why. Just sounds wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/55 "2004-04-06T02:10:14Z")
The phrases _at the end of the day_ and _outside the box_. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/56 "2004-04-06T14:05:32Z")
There is one that I see in essays all the time but I don’t remember what it is at the moment. I don’t like the word “guy” in the phrase “Yo, guy.” _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/57 "2004-04-06T14:28:15Z")
“…as it were…” and “…if you will…” Freaking pompous and pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/58 "2004-04-06T16:34:10Z")
I hate “basically.” I basically use it all the time as punctuation when I’m talking, and I basically want to kick myself every time I do it. “Going forward” for “in the future.” And the winner is: “glean.” Ugliest damned word in the language, and out-uglying “vagina” takes some doing. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/59 "2004-04-06T16:44:54Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Okay, here’s alleged complimentary terms for women that I despise: > > “feisty” > > To me it means rebellious in a completely non-threatening, cute and media friendly way. Not rebellious at all, therefore. Very condenscending in a “you look cute when you’re angry” kind of way. I think it was Ed Koch who said that, when applied to a male politician, “feisty” has one meaning: “short”. ---
**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100/60 "2004-04-06T16:56:46Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > And another word that I loathe : ‘like’- when it is used by brain dead teenagers, like in every sentence. > > 😃 That word annoys me no end. I lose track of conversations and just start counting how many times a person can use the word “like” in a freaking sentence! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-use-cos-you-dont-like-them/238100.md?page=4)