# Words you really hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555 "2004-05-22T19:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/41 "2004-05-24T03:15:39Z")
I hate the word DOPE. When used like this~ Would you grab me a DOPE from the fridge? DOPE= soda pop :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/42 "2004-05-24T03:23:35Z")
I just got $5 from the WryGuy because several years ago he insisted that nobody but me has trouble with the word “rural” and he was fool enough to put money on it. Thank you!!! Now, how did you people manage “Montgomery Ward”? It always came out “mount-gum-a-wee rahd” when I said it. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/43 "2004-05-24T03:30:50Z")
Forgot another one I hate. Wallow(sp)? If you don’t quit smothering the dog your gonna wallow it to death. Hubby was trying to express that word one day and said “wool it to death”. We got into a huge argument about if it was “wallow or wool”? He knew he was in the wrong and went to the dictionary and said, here it is and he begins to read aloud. Wool: To briskly rub a small animal causing it great discomfort. I said, “Give me that dictionary, no here it is under idiot”. Idiot: Hubby trying to pull the **wool** over wifes eye. I threw that Webster right at him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/44 "2004-05-24T03:31:36Z")
I really hate LOL. I don’t mind LMAO or ROTFLMAO. There’s something about LOL that just skeeves me. But in terms of real words, I really hate the way some people pronounce mature, ma-ture. Gr. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/45 "2004-05-24T03:46:09Z")
> [@OxyMoron](#): > > IMHO, “utilize” so badly expresses that distinction that one invariably is better off rewording. Es verdad. Anyone hoping to express distinctions like that using the word ‘utilize’ and no other support is going to fail. I read the example the dictionary gave as meaning ‘were unable to operate the computers’… just badly expressed. If they wanted to express that supposed meaning, they should have written ‘…find a use for the computers.’ ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/46 "2004-05-24T04:26:16Z")
> [@Ashkicker](#): > > I hate the word DOPE. When used like this~ Would you grab me a DOPE from the fridge? > > DOPE= soda pop :dubious: I’ve never EVER heard that? Is it regional? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/47 "2004-05-24T05:08:00Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > I’ve never EVER heard that? Is it regional? I’ve never heard that either, but it reminds me of one I really hate: pop (meaning soda.) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/48 "2004-05-24T05:58:15Z")
Observe :shudder: I hate the word observe. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/49 "2004-05-24T05:59:38Z")
I hate “superlative”, generally when used by sportscasters. “That was a superlative play.” What, it was the best play ever? I don’t think so. I hate “aggravate” when used to mean “annoy.” I too have problems saying rural. Come out like “rrl”. “Rural brewery” is fairly unpronouncable by me. Fortunately, my failed attempts at pronunciation at least convey my meaning. Given that I develop a mild lisp when my mouth is irritated (candy-coated nuts are the worst for that) I also dislike a lot of words that have a lot of 's’s in them. I have a mild dislike for “epitome.” I love its pronunciation, but my whole life I’ve thought it meant the quintessential example of something. Some dictionaries now agree, but the OED defines it as a smaller version of something. So all my life I’ve been contributing to the “common usage” definition. Grr!! ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/50 "2004-05-24T07:55:43Z")
I hate the perfect word for any sentence that is just ready to drop off the tip of my tongue,and finally does drop off,usually tomorrow. **Qadgop** : Why do you hate the poor **iontophoresis** so? M W slapped me silly for saying it the way I did and putting the accent where I thought it went. Is that the reason for your drooling rage against it? It means,“introduction of a drug through intact skin by application of a direct electric current”. How does that work? Do you use it,and if so,what for? If not,what do other sawbones generally use it to deliver? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/51 "2004-05-24T10:27:26Z")
I hate the word _idiopathic_ used to describe a disease/disorder that the quacks have no idea of how it came about. I know that it has legitimate usage in the med. environment, but why can’t doctors say “We just don’t have a \*\*\*freakin’ clue \* \*\* how you managed to contract XYZ” instead of bluffing their way with “We understand you have XYZ and it seems to be idiopathic in origin”. To me, it is just a superfluous use of big words to cover their ignorance. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/52 "2004-05-24T11:57:21Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > I’ve never EVER heard that? Is it regional? I think it is a southern term more than anything. I live in Tennessee and I find that it mainly comes from much older people. I think it has something to do with the fact that Coke really did have some kind of drug in it years and years ago when it first come out. Thus calling it a dope instead of pop. Not sure (i am originally from the north) and someone may have to correct me on that. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/53 "2004-05-24T12:08:16Z")
For **TJdude825 and Cisco** [Dope](http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=dope&x=7&y=8) b chiefly Southern : a cola drink ---
**Author:** ![jellytoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jellytoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellytoes)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/54 "2004-05-24T16:13:00Z")
Words I hate: Beverage Trousers Ointment Most of the other words here I have no problem with. I don’t see what the deal is with ‘panties’. I love that word. I say it everyday. I even go so far as to call all underpants (male or female) ‘panties’ just because I like saying it. This confession will probably get me put on several hate lists. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/55 "2004-05-24T16:57:11Z")
How about an **aurora over a rural brewery**? It’s enough to make a person take up Klingon. **START** , if you think no one notices when someone else says axed instead of asked, you’re sorely mistaken. I can hear it a mile away, whether I want to or not. For me, I hate any of the crude words used to express bodily functions or anatomy. Boobie (booby?) or boob, as a female body part, drives me absolutely insane, and I refuse to use it. Er, except in this post. And even when I was 5, I thought (I have to struggle just to type this) dookey (or however it is spelled) was just the most hideous word in the lexicon. Likewise utterances meant to show how stupid something is: Duh, Der, Doi, what have you. Someone is trying to say “Man, that’s obvious, so you’re an idiot” and comes across sounding about as intelligent as a toothpick. Catchphrases… Especially business speak. Root Cause Problem. Grrr. At the end of the day. Argh! And for the most pointless phrase in the universe… “Not for nothing.” What the hell does that even mean? Of course it’s not for nothing, or you wouldn’t be friggin saying it! ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/56 "2004-05-24T17:05:38Z")
**aight** This is not a word people. Using this instead of typing out “alright” as a response, does not make you look cool, it just makes you look lazy. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/57 "2004-05-24T17:32:47Z")
I hate the word \*\*secrete \*\* or any variation thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/58 "2004-05-24T18:02:57Z")
Zesty. Another word used only in advertizing and is used to describe everything from salad dressing to soap to sodey-pop. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/59 "2004-05-24T18:10:13Z")
preeclampsia ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555/60 "2004-05-24T18:23:46Z")
“Pop” for soda drives me irrationally crazy. And “proactive” to me is one of the worst words to ever hit the language. It’s a one-word redundancy. A double positive, if you will. And I won’t! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-really-hate/246555.md?page=4)