I take it you’re not a fan of Ali G! 
Nor a fan of the Simpson’s. 
A verbal aight doesn’t bother me, but seeing it typed out that way just drives me bonkers!
ameno…
amemo…
amenome?
anenome?
Argh. It’sanemone. For some reason my brain and mouth do not work together on that word.
I used to hate this word too, but finally, FINALLY, I was able to say it consistently right.
Except, as your post has just shown me (confirmed by a check of m-w, unfortunately) that I’ve been saying it consistently wrong all this time.
I’ve been saying Anenome. :smack:
I cannot stand the way “drawer” sounds. Do you say droor (like “roar” with a D)? Or is it draw-er (like “one who draws”)? Most folks say droor, and I just think it sounds horrid. Actually, I don’t like words that start with “dr” in general. I’m really glad my mother-in-law named my hubby Firstname Andrew instead of Andrew Firstname. 'Cause he would’ve called himself “Drew” instead of “Andy.” And I wouldn’t have liked that. 
I also despise it when the idiots in my office use “as per.” Which is constantly.
Oh, and add me to the list of those who want to mangle those who can’t use “myself” properly!
I don’t have a pet hate for any real words, but I do have several hated mangled ones. Some that come to mind quickly are:
“libarry” -> library
“mewrah” -> mirror (every time VunderWife uses this, a fight starts because I correct her, and she hates it)
“polk weed” -> poke weed (an edible weed in the SE US)
palpable.
“Can I put my palps on it.”
“Sure can. It’s palpable”.
(not to thread piss, but we’ve been here before, but its fun to revisit. I recall saying the exact same thing I just said in the last thread.)
When my sister decided to get serious about her diet some years back, she drove me nuts with her constant discussions of carbs. Of course, now that medical science has admitted they can’t disprove the claims of the late Dr. Atkins, I hear it 50 times a day. I suppose I’d better get used to it.
Whenever I hear someone talk about being disorientated, I ask if that means they’ve been occidentalized.
Racist - The word is so overused, and at the same time, so damaging.
Decimate - Actually, I don’t really hate the word, just the fact that people misuse it so often. It means to kill or destroy one-tenth of something, from the Roman punishment used on cowardly soldiers. Decimation means that the men were separated into groups of ten, each member of which drew lots. Whoever drew the marked lot was clubbed to death by his nine companions. Decimation does not mean the same as annihilation, obliteration, razing, or any other synonym for complete devastation.
WHY YOU GOTTA WASTE MY FLAVA?!?
I still hate that word.
I couldn’t think of a word to add to this thread, until… Oh yeah, “flava”!
It’s lazy on top of incorrect. “Alright” isn’t a word either. It’s “all right.”
Exactly! Me too. I kept thinking “Aah I finally have it! Anenome!” Only to find out I was again, wrong.
So now I call them “those things that aren’t sea sponges but look like them.”
Not that they come up in conversation often, but…
Angry. For some reason, the word angry makes me think of sausage. Don’t ask me why.
Oh, yeah. I hate the word Eureka, too. When I was a little kid, I couldn’t tell the difference between that and urethera (sp?), so I would alternate yelling “Eureka! I’ve found it !” and “Urethera! I’ve found it.” It was rather embarrassing.
It is my opinion that the word squat is the ugliest word in the English language. Others may disagree, but surely we can agree that squat is one ugly word!
Which is why we never, ever put classicists in charge of English dictionaries! Seriously, the fact that a word evolves from an original meaning to one that’s quite different is hardly surprising. In this case, when almost no-one knows the original, one is best just letting go.
Jenaroph :
M-W says alright is all right.
Nay. 'Tis “scrotum.”
Squat at least has a functional ugliness.
Ditto on moist, panties, scrotum and squat, and add to the list:
pee
poo/poop
Especially in medical settings. The nurse at my gynecologist’s office insists upon telling patients “Now we need you to pee in the cup, sweetie.” Dear lord. I’m 43 years old, lady. Not only am I not dumb, I’ve been visiting doctors for years. I think I can wrap my brain around what’s needed when I’m handed a jar and asked for a urine sample, or told to go urinate. And Mr. TeaElle took great delight in ignoring or correcting any medical personnel who inquired as to whether or not he had “pooed” or “pooped” when he was recently hospitalized with a gastrointestinal issue. We were perusing his chart one day and noted that two different nursing notes said that he was “hostile” or had a “bad attitude toward medical questions” because he insisted that people whose badges indicated bachelor’s degrees in nursing try asking him about “bowel movements” rather than poop. Unfrickinbelievable.
Does this mean that I should stop asking women to squat on my scrotum?
Rectilinear when said aloud has a suspiciously nasty undertone.
Snacking
Slacks
**Underpants ** (panties is actually much better–but only for women–for men it should be underwear)
Skeeve