# Words you Hate but have resigned yourself they are here to stay **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311 "2016-06-02T15:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/101 "2016-06-03T13:47:37Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > Oh god this. Orientate, disorientate, and preventative. I wince whenever I hear or read them. How do you feel about “conversate?” I still refuse to say “going forward.” The incorrect use of “myself.” ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/102 "2016-06-03T14:09:42Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Forever home - mostly used in the context of a permanent home for an adopted pet… Furrever home is even worse. On the proper noun side, I hate when famous couple’s names are morphed into one: Brangelina, for example, makes me homicidal. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/103 "2016-06-03T18:46:23Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Forever home - mostly used in the context of a permanent home for an adopted pet,. Since a lot of pets are Fostered, this term makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/104 "2016-06-03T19:35:18Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > I thought you folks talked about going to the bioscope 😃 … …to watch a film, yes. That’s pronounced “fillum”, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/105 "2016-06-03T19:38:50Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > And while most of the other examples you give make sense, the Britishism “holiday” has always bothered me. The word means “holy day.” It originated as a term for a particular calendar day, like Christmas or Easter, that society as a whole commemorates for a particular reason. Morphing it into a generic term for an unspecified period of time off from work, such that going to the beach for a week is going “on a holiday,” seems a stretch. “Vacation,” from a latin word for freedom or absence of something, makes more sense. Who gives a toss if it makes sense? “Travel” comes from the French for hard work, but we still use it, even though it’s mostly super easy now. Similarly, the only holidays the average shmo got used to be religious ones. So it made sense historically. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/106 "2016-06-03T19:45:15Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > …to watch a film, yes. > > That’s pronounced “fillum”, BTW. You people have trouble with getting your syllables right. “Specialty” is 3, not 5. ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/107 "2016-06-03T19:56:19Z")
When trout/salmon anglers refer to female fish as “Hens” and male fish as “Bucks”. It drives me bonkers. :rolleyes: . ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/108 "2016-06-03T21:05:25Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > …to watch a film, yes. > > That’s pronounced “fillum”, BTW. Likewise in Scotland (films, not bioscopes). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/109 "2016-06-03T21:06:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You people have trouble with getting your syllables right. “Specialty” is 3, not 5. Tell that to the French… ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/110 "2016-06-03T21:12:47Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Incentivized. Um, motivated? “Incentivize” would make sense if it were applied to the action or choice that whoever wants to make appealing, by attaching an incentive. “The government incentivizes marriage with tax breaks,” for example ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/111 "2016-06-03T21:37:48Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Tell that to the French… Try to tell the French anything. Just try it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/112 "2016-06-04T00:02:52Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Oxymoron, as currently used. > > Not that long ago, it was rarely heard and had an elegant & subtle meaning: the deliberate apposition of contrasting words. Classic examples include “parting is such sweet sorrow” and "faith unfaithful kept him falsely true”. > > Nowadays, it’s simply a stupidly clever way of saying “contradiction in terms”. Painful. Define “not long ago.” I’m 40 and that’s how I’ve always heard it used. For me, it’s words like “amazeballs,” but I’m not sure that’s here to stay. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/113 "2016-06-04T18:49:04Z")
I’m thrilled to learn that cromulent is a new word. I can continue to hate it, but now without thinking that I am doing so irrationally. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/114 "2016-06-04T19:52:35Z")
Salty, as used to describe someone is angry or upset. Seems to get a lot of use when discussing sports. Salty - 5 letters, two syllables. Angry - same Upset - same Why a new word when we have two right here that already mean the same thing? Stupid kids. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/115 "2016-06-04T20:41:52Z")
Hack ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/116 "2016-06-05T00:09:38Z")
Just so you know, **twitterary** is a word for an underling who does the tweeting for somebody who is too rich/famous/lazy to tweet for himself. I wrote that one for [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) . ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/117 "2016-06-05T03:21:48Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > … > Also, I cannot stand the name “Bubba,” and I cannot comprehend why someone would seriously give their child such a name. I guess I have an acceptance of “Bubba” as I always thought it was a corruption of “Brother” and used to describe the 2nd son when the first son was only a few years older. While not in my family (or any of those I grew up around), I recognized it as being a, what, a familiar term used when talking to toddlers in “baby talk”. It’s use beyond the family, I always thought, was a lack of class. Like you wouldn’t call your sister “biddy” in open company. But, that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/118 "2016-06-05T07:26:00Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Salty, as used to describe someone is angry or upset. Seems to get a lot of use when discussing sports. > > Salty - 5 letters, two syllables. > Angry - same > Upset - same > > Why a new word when we have two right here that already mean the same thing? Stupid kids. That usage of the word goes back to the 1930s, so it’s hardly new. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/119 "2016-06-05T07:42:53Z")
I hate “alternate” when it ought to be “alternative”. “Alternate” is to swap repeatedly from one thing to another. And it rhymes with “hate”. “Alternative” is the singular secondary option. It’s mostly American usage, and it’s too late to change your habits now, but it will bother me until my dying day. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/120 "2016-06-05T09:08:17Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > Oh god this. Orientate, disorientate, and preventative. I wince whenever I hear or read them. > > Others on my list: > > The Cloud > Trending > Twitterverse > > …and pretty much anything out of the mouths of business-types. > [@panache45](#): > > I don’t even like “tweet.” But you gotta love “twidiot”! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311.md?page=7)