# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/101 "2012-01-30T04:35:38Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > “Use” works just as well in both senses above, and the distinction is so small that **employing** a different word adds nothing and clarifies nothing. Emphasis mine. There’s no irony smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/102 "2012-01-30T05:15:20Z")
**Irregardless** \*\*Nukular Mischievous \*\*(only when incorrectly pronounced as miss-chee-vee-us) **Sick/Ill**. Sick and ill do not mean good. Yes, I realize how old this makes me sound. **Duodenum** **Panties/Panty/Pantyhose** \*\*Glurge \*\*(it’s a cool word, I just don’t like the sound of it) \*\*Millipede/Centipede \*\*(gives me the willies, I’m moderately -pede phobic) “I \*\*seen” \*\* Any non-anatomically correct word for genitalia when talking to children. It’s not cute to call your kid’s genitals a **wee-wee, winky, hose,** **peepee, giney, doo-dah** , **dah-doo** , **or fanny**. Those parts have names, fucking use them! ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Handsome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Gus\_Handsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Handsome)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/103 "2012-01-30T07:56:14Z")
Fantabulous & ‘Happy Camper’. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/104 "2012-01-30T09:06:25Z")
Brain fart. I hate that. I dislike the word fart by itself, but brain fart especially. Using ‘whom’ improperly. ‘Those whom signed up for this class’ - a local shopowner misuses this several times in the same email. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/105 "2012-01-30T09:49:58Z")
“monetize”. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/106 "2012-01-30T10:38:09Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Emphasis mine. There’s no irony smiley. Nice catch 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/107 "2012-01-30T11:24:42Z")
I hate the word ‘hot,’ and the more recent trend of saying “who does that?” about anything and everything the speaker doesn’t like. Actually, I think I hate most words and phrases said a lot on reality tv. Ooh, and ‘blacks’ and ‘whites’ still jars me, as does when non-military people call women ‘females.’ Oh! And when people call food sexy. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/108 "2012-01-30T11:56:19Z")
I hate seeing **drug** , when they mean **dragged**. It’s just outright stupidity, which saddens me. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/109 "2012-01-30T13:53:49Z")
If we are going to venture into phrase territory, I present: **"I know, right?"** Everyone, please stop [Del]utilizing[/Del] using this now. mmm ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/110 "2012-01-30T14:06:45Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I do not like the p-word. I don’t mind the c-word, though. Penis-Cock or Pussy-Cunt? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/111 "2012-01-30T14:49:37Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I just heard another one- “price point.” > > Just when would “price” not work? Price point has a specific meaning in micro-economics, points of the demand curve at which demand rises or falls by an amount that distorts the curve a bit. $10.00 or $100.00 might be price points for some items, points at which a number of potential buyers says “Too much.” It’s a useful term in a narrow context, but usually it is misused. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_point) has an adequate entry for it. Not a word, but a phrase: “they are wanting” as opposed to “they want”. Irritates me and just sounds ignorant to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/112 "2012-01-30T14:54:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > If we are going to venture into phrase territory, I present: > > **“I know, right?”** > Everyone, please stop [Del]utilizing[/Del] using this now. > mmm I thoroughly agree. What does this mean, and where the hell did it come from? ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/113 "2012-01-30T15:31:03Z")
From all the true crime shows: A robbery gone bad (when the victim is killed). Does a robbery ever go well? I guess it depends on who you ask. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/114 "2012-01-30T15:40:04Z")
> [@stolatt](#): > > From all the true crime shows: A robbery gone bad (when the victim is killed). Does a robbery ever go well? I guess it depends on who you ask. Even worse: > [@](#): > > A robbery gone bad (when the victim is [del]killed[/del] brutally murdered). I’d like to see someone kindly murdered some day (thanks Elvis!) ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/115 "2012-01-30T17:20:54Z")
“No-no.” As in, “That’s a no-no.” Sounds like they’re talking down to a toddler. Annoys the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/116 "2012-01-30T17:27:00Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > The complaint about “pleaded” above is exactly the reverse for me. In Commonwealth jurisdictions (subject to what Canadians may say) “pled” is treated as an outré Americanism, although it is seen from time to time. Well . . . can’t everyone just say it my way? (Although, just to be totally clear, people say _pleaded_ in the US, too.) (And I just figured out that your code name is a pun on a legal term.) > [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Another one that I hear at work: “How can I help you on today?” ON today? Just “today” will do. I don’t like the _today_ part. I didn’t come all the way to the store to get service next Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/117 "2012-01-30T17:48:16Z")
I was actually headed to mini rants with this when I remembered this thread. **Perfect** , when used to acknowledge a response. The phone conversation I just had. CSR: Can I get your account number? Me: 987654 CSR: **Perfect**! Now can I confirm your address? Me: 123 Buttmunch Ave, Pissant Village, USA CSR: **Perfect**! And your phone number? Me, (beginning to see red): 1-900-747-7633 (piss-off) CSR: **Perfect**! Now how can I assist you today? Me, (in my mind): Forget you ever heard the word ‘Perfect’. This isn’t an Og forsaken quiz show. ---
**Author:** ![Coup\_Fourre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Coup\_Fourre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coup_Fourre)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/118 "2012-01-30T22:28:12Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I thoroughly agree. What does this mean, and where the hell did it come from? Thank you! I think everyone who uses this thinks they sound “hip.” P.S. You sound ghetto. To add mine: “Gotcha,” when explaining something to someone. “I see” or I understand" is perfectly ok. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/119 "2012-01-31T01:52:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Prolly, as in, "My head is prolly going to explode if you don’t stop saying ‘prolly’ " Sounds like something a Brit carries in case it rains. I confess to doing this. :o The weird thing is that “prob’ly” really bothers me. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990/120 "2012-01-31T02:46:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I hate seeing **drug** , when they mean **dragged**. > > It’s just outright stupidity, which saddens me. Is hung vs. hanged a similiar mistake? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-people-using/610990.md?page=7)