Emphasis mine. There’s no irony smiley.
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!
Fantabulous & ‘Happy Camper’.
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.
“monetize”.
Nice catch
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.
I hate seeing drug, when they mean dragged.
It’s just outright stupidity, which saddens me.
If we are going to venture into phrase territory, I present:
"I know, right?"
Everyone, please stop [Del]utilizing[/Del] using this now.
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Penis-Cock or Pussy-Cunt?
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 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.
I thoroughly agree. What does this mean, and where the hell did it come from?
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:
I’d like to see someone kindly murdered some day (thanks Elvis!)
“No-no.” As in, “That’s a no-no.”
Sounds like they’re talking down to a toddler. Annoys the hell out of me.
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.)
I don’t like the today part. I didn’t come all the way to the store to get service next Tuesday.
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.
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.
I confess to doing this. :o The weird thing is that “prob’ly” really bothers me.
Is hung vs. hanged a similiar mistake?