# Words you hate people using **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990 "2012-01-28T14:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/181 "2012-02-02T20:58:05Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > “bro” > > I hate that word so much. I dislike ‘bro’ but ‘bra’ (in the same context) is even worse! ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/182 "2012-02-02T21:11:04Z")
Anytime someone uses the word “dump” in a recipe. Oh yeah, that’s fucking appetizing. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/183 "2012-02-02T21:14:35Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Anytime someone uses the word “dump” in a recipe. > > Oh yeah, that’s fucking appetizing. What. Like, “take a dump into the stew”? I’ve never seen “dump” in a recipe. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/184 "2012-02-02T21:34:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What. Like, “take a dump into the stew”? I’ve never seen “dump” in a recipe. [Dump cake.](http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,dump_cake,FF.html) ---
**Author:** ![Stately\_Greek\_Automaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Stately\_Greek\_Automaton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stately_Greek_Automaton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/185 "2012-02-02T21:40:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What. Like, “take a dump into the stew”? I’ve never seen “dump” in a recipe. Damn, that does sound pretty unappetizing. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/186 "2012-02-02T21:52:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What. Like, “take a dump into the stew”? I’ve never seen “dump” in a recipe. Really? You’ve never seen the word “dump” in a recipe? “Dump X into Y.” As in, “Dump the beans into the pot.” Yuuummmmm. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/187 "2012-02-02T22:09:43Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Really? You’ve never seen the word “dump” in a recipe? > > “Dump X into Y.” As in, “Dump the beans into the pot.” Yuuummmmm. I think we use very different cookbooks.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/188 "2012-02-02T22:45:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is hung vs. hanged a similiar mistake? Bart! Bart! They told us you were hung! And they was right. > [@Orionizer](#): > > As I’ve said before, I can’t stand the word ‘trifecta’. I’ve noticed a lot of commercials have been using this recently to make their product sound cool or something… I can’t stand it! I hit a trifecta in Vegas for $1800 last year. That would probably make you feel better about the word ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/189 "2012-02-02T23:03:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I think we use very different cookbooks.😃 Oh, good god no. I hope I never see that line in an actual cookbook. It’s usually on message boards, emails, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/190 "2012-02-03T03:10:27Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > You and some others are talking about misusing (aka misutilizing) a word. I read the OP as asking about words that are used properly, but still disliked. Oh, so I guess enormity is out. I’ll nominate weiner dog then. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/191 "2012-02-03T14:57:10Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Really? You’ve never seen the word “dump” in a recipe? > > “Dump X into Y.” As in, “Dump the beans into the pot.” Yuuummmmm. I’ve never seen it either. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/192 "2012-02-03T16:33:09Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > I used the word “employed” instead of the word “used” only to avoid repetition. > [@Balthisar](#): > > I wonder, though, why “employ” is a suitable tool for avoiding repetition and “utilize” is not? They are too closely related in various ways for my taste. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary they are descended from a common Latin ancestor. [(Link)](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=utilize&searchmode=none) Also consider the relative infrequency of synonyms beginning with “u” with a few exceptions such as those beginning “un”. Finally, “use” (as a verb) and “utilize” start and end with the same sounds (the “s” and the “z” both being pronounced “z”). ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/193 "2012-02-03T16:58:43Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ve never seen it either. I guess you don’t spend much time in Cafe Society recipe threads, then. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/194 "2012-02-03T23:44:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > **Seen** - Do I even have to explain this one? You didn’t _seen_ anything. I have seen the word ‘seen’ used correctly many times. The word I hate hearing is ‘literally’ because it’s almost always used incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/195 "2012-02-04T01:10:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > “Instinctual” > > It should be “instinctive” but too many people refuse to admit it. I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter. **Technology** , as used in commercials for cosmetics, shampoo, and vacuum cleaners. “Now with super volumizing technology.” Okay. **Space** , as used by interior designers and wannabes on HGN shows. You’re talking about your living room. Call it a living room. **Entertaining** , as used by the same people. And one that’s been around for a very long time: **home** when referring to the physical edifice in which one lives. “You have a beautiful home.” It’s a house, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/196 "2012-02-04T02:54:17Z")
Here’s a trendy one I don’t like- saying “process” after every word ending in -ing. The teaching process, the eating process, the cooking process- process is usually not needed and is being used just to sound fancy. I think brevity is key in speech. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/197 "2012-02-04T03:46:50Z")
“Lovey-dovey.” ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/198 "2012-02-04T07:22:43Z")
> [@2ManyTacos](#): > > I didn’t go through the whole thread so this one has probably already been mentioned, but I get slightly annoyed whenever somebody uses the word _since_ as a substitute for _because,_ as _since_ is supposed to denote time. > > On the matter of irritating phrases, only one comes to mind: I absolutely HATE it whenever I hear a woman tell a guy to _“be a man.”_ I’ve never had anybody direct that phrase at me, thankfully, but every time I’ve ever heard it directed at somebody else I’ve always wanted to retort something along the lines of _“be a woman, bitch.”_ Funny, yes, but also true lol. I don’t say “be a man.” I say, “Why don’t you grow some balls?” as I stride away with mine (figuritively) clanging. I know what it means, and I know why we say it. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/199 "2012-02-04T07:23:45Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > What the…?! Darn whippersnappers! I remember when it was “_give_ a listen”! Selfishness, that’s what it is today. Take, take take. Harrumph! _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/200 "2012-02-04T07:27:53Z")
I like catch phrases/words. I think they’re cute and I relate to them. Part of the always changing/evolving language. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990.md?page=11)