# Words you hate people using

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/261 "2012-02-28T16:42:20Z")

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> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#):
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> Cromulent: HATE HATE HATE.  
> Copacetic: BLECCHHH

This is kind of an odd pairing (although you’re entitled to your opinion). “Copacetic” is an old slang that was hot in the 30s and may be making a comeback, while “cromulent” was invented by The Simpsons.

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/262 "2012-02-28T17:03:16Z")

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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I \*\*\*really \*\*\*hate the word “issue” as a substitute for “problem,” e.g.

“This is an \*issue \*we must deal with.”

“We need to solve this _issue_.”

What’s wrong with the word _problem_?

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/263 "2012-02-28T17:13:33Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I \*\*\*really \*\*\*hate the word “issue” as a substitute for “problem,” e.g.
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> “This is an \*issue \*we must deal with.”
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> “We need to solve this _issue_.”
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> What’s wrong with the word _problem_?

I think it’s a corporate desk-jockey thing. A “problem” needs to be solved, and might require work on their part. An “issue” is something they can discuss in committees.

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**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/264 "2012-02-28T20:51:57Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> …while “cromulent” was invented by The Simpsons.

You are joking, right?

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/265 "2012-02-28T21:00:34Z")

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> [@Icarus](#):
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> You are joking, right?

[Nope, dead serious.](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cromulent)

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