The Words That Bother You Thread

[Libstomper]

Everyone has 'em. Words that people say that make you cringe. There may not be any reason, or anything particularly unusual or offensive about the word, but something about it makes you cringe. What word(s) have that effect on you?

I'll Start.

Putz.

[super cool ski instructor]

Potty



Drives me nuts!!!!!

[Libstomper]

Yeah, I don't think I'm a fan of that one either.

Metrosexual.

[JimGP20]

Strawman. Folks who use it think they sound intelligent, when it actually has the opposite effect.

[Libstomper]

Along similar lines, I'd have to say I hate the word "mouth-piece". Too much usage in the last few years, makes me think of a retainer.

[markd]

Supposably.

I s'pose if it were a word I'd feel differently, but it's not so it annoys the hell out of me.

[CID_0687]

Yeah that one bugs me too. Along those lines, could you be more "pacific"?

[markd]

Yeah that one bugs me too. Along those lines, could you be more "pacific"?Ouch....or "seen" when they meant "saw".

[thehunter]

I hate when I'm axed questions like this

[JimGP20]

I hate it when words are mispronounced, especially in the media. The very worst, and my pet peeve is when a jewelry store will have a radio ad in which the announcer says "joo-lery"...... IT'S JEWEL-RY MORONS !! It's what you sell, so at least get the damned word right !!

[super cool ski instructor]

Exspecially or Expresso...it is Especially, or Espresso...there is no friggin X!!!!!

[markd]

I hate it when words are mispronounced, especially in the media. The very worst, and my pet peeve is when a jewelry store will have a radio ad in which the announcer says "joo-lery"...... IT'S JEWEL-RY MORONS !! It's what you sell, so at least get the damned word right !!Great call Jim. That bugs the hell outta me.

[Libstomper]

I don't care for the word "fickle" either. Ironic I guess.

[JimGP20]

Exspecially or Expresso...it is Especially, or Espresso...there is no friggin X!!!!!


You're right..... if it was a friggin X, there would be 2 more X's next to it. :lol:

[rosiegirl]

Exactamundo

[JimGP20]

Empower. That's one of those new age goody two shoes words.

[DarthBush]

No


I hate when people tell me no.

[ALBOB2]

I hate it when words are mispronounced, especially in the media. The very worst, and my pet peeve is when a jewelry store will have a radio ad in which the announcer says "joo-lery"...... IT'S JEWEL-RY MORONS !! It's what you sell, so at least get the damned word right !!


I'm along the same lines, but mine is the omission of a word or words. The worst is the words "to be".

Example: "The car needs washed."

:wall: GAAAAK. To be. The car needs TO BE washed. :wall:

[Libstomper]

Not sure why, but "conflated" is on my list too.

[rosiegirl]

awesome

[ALBOB2]

Friggin. I hate the word friggin. :whistle:

[Libstomper]

"Prolly"...as in "I'll prolly be there around 6:15, but don't count on it." Just say the whole damn word.

[rosiegirl]

cent

[CID_0687]

I don't know about you Yankee posters if you hear this one very much. But I'll have people come in my office quite often and they'll be meaning to say I Knew it, but they'll say I knowed it. Makes me wanna shove a friggin' dictionary down their throats.

[Libstomper]

Here's one: fissure. I'll admit, it doesn't come up that often, but I don't like it! :hand:

[jet]

Tooken....it's taken..there is NO SUCH WORD AS TOOKEN!!!

I also can't stand when people add more to an adjective...like more bigger :rolleyes:

[Fire Watch]

Exspecially or Expresso...it is Especially, or Espresso...there is no friggin X!!!!!
There's not 2 g's in ****ing either.

[ALBOB2]

I also can't stand when people add more to an adjective...like more bigger :rolleyes:


But when you do that it makes the sentence more better. ;)

[jet]

But when you do that it makes the sentence more better. ;)

And AB, you know better ;)

[ALBOB2]

There's not 2 g's in ****ing either.


There could be in a threesome.;)


(I give Ski four days to get that one.:whistle:)

[Libstomper]

The phrase, "...and what not."

It's rarely used correctly, and its used often by those who misuse it!

[ALBOB2]

And AB, you know better ;)


That makes it all the more fun. :twisted:

[Fire Watch]

:))

[markd]

There could be in a threesome.;)


(I give Ski four days to get that one.:whistle:)Classic al, right there folks.:)

[ThrowCop]

There could be in a threesome.;)


(I give Ski four days to get that one.:whistle:):think:

I've got a "g"...

[Dr. Funkenstein]

I hate it when words are mispronounced, especially in the media. The very worst, and my pet peeve is when a jewelry store will have a radio ad in which the announcer says "joo-lery"...... IT'S JEWEL-RY MORONS !! It's what you sell, so at least get the damned word right !!

Okay...two that I used to encounter when I used to work in a prison (note...WORKED in a prison, not a RESIDENT in a prison. For a visual...picture the opening of "The Blues Brothers", when John Belushi gets his stuff back when he's released...that's what I was doing. Never returned anyone's used condoms, however)

Bidness (I actually got a letter from an inmate, addressed to the "bidness offis", and he thanked me for my "concernderation"...I wish I had kept a copy of that letter).

And everyone there would say JURY instead of jewelry. It took me a week to figure that one out.

[ALBOB2]

:think:

I've got a "g"...


How long did it take you to find it?

[ALBOB2]

I'm gonna go to the LIEBERRY and check out a book. :wall:

[Gaby77]

:think:

I've got a "g"...

So do I... what's your point?

[birdonawire]

I have a few....

Torlet = its a damn toilet

Pilla or pillar = its a pillow

Warshington = It does not have a "R" its WASHINGTON

And last but not least .....

Zink = jeez people its simple SINK!!!!

[ThrowCop]

So do I... what's your point?http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/jefrey13/thBoat_man.jpg

I'm just saying is all...

[super cool ski instructor]

Friggin. I hate the word friggin. :whistle:

Hey!! :mad:

[super cool ski instructor]

There could be in a threesome.;)


(I give Ski four days to get that one.:whistle:)

:neutral:

[Gaby77]

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/jefrey13/thBoat_man.jpg

I'm just saying is all...

Someone pm me about that one, cause I never got it.

[ALBOB2]

:neutral:


And the clock keeps ticking. :cool:

[ALBOB2]

Someone pm me about that one, cause I never got it.


You've been spending WAY too much time with Ski. :))

[PaleoPaul]

conversate

[psyko kat]

The fact that some peepol miss pronownce words don't bother me at all. I'm a cat ,so evrything sounds like "blah,blah, blah," anyway....

[Gaby77]

You've been spending WAY too much time with Ski. :))

It's been rubbing off.


Wait! Never mind!

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Irregardless

[Gaby77]

Someone pm me about that one, cause I never got it.

Thanks Al. :neutral:
:))

[PaleoPaul]

pimpin'

That word's old

[ALBOB2]

It's been rubbing off.


Wait! Never mind!



:)):)):))

[Gaby77]

:)):)):))

I did not say that!

[myboyzdad]

pimpin'



It ain't easy. :dance:

I don't care for biggin.

[Gaby77]

It ain't easy. :dance:

I don't care for biggin.

I've never even heard of that word. I love being a foreigner.

[ThrowCop]

Bling...


Once it comes out of Regis Philbin's gob, it is over. The word is dead to me.

[Gaby77]

Bling...


Once it comes out of Regis Philbin's gob, it is over. The word is dead to me.

You forgot the talk to the hand picture.

[ThrowCop]

You forgot the talk to the hand picture.;)

[JimGP20]

Another one. A mute point. What the hell is that? It's MOOT !!

[Frazzled]

:eh: Has someone mentioned "Synergy" yet? :wall:

[bayoubill]

off-ten

(ducks, waiting for people to throw things at me...)

[PaleoPaul]

off-ten

(ducks, waiting for people to throw things at me...)
Nah, we'll just keep repeating "OFF-TEN" a million times till you end up in a padded room and a straightjacket. ;)

[JimGP20]

:eh: Has someone mentioned "Synergy" yet? :wall:


I like Synergy because of Larry Fast and his music. :)

[bayoubill]

Nah, we'll just keep repeating "OFF-TEN" a million times till you end up in a padded room and a straightjacket. ;)


halfway there... :lol:

[super cool ski instructor]

off-ten

(ducks, waiting for people to throw things at me...)

How off-Ten are you going to bring this up?

:razz:

[PaleoPaul]

I OFF-TEN am in pursuit of a good internship...

[Frazzled]

I like Synergy because of Larry Fast and his music. :)

....but have you ever sat in a room full of businessmen talking about Synergy....http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/scrappydo89012/yakyak.gif....trust me, there is nothing melodic about it! :cool:

[bayoubill]

I OFF-TEN am in pursuit of a good internship...


With that misguided sense of pronunciation, you wouldn't get one with my company. :naughty:

[bayoubill]

How off-Ten are you going to bring this up?

:razz:


after this, not very often. :cool:

[signcut]

I hate it when words are mispronounced, especially in the media. The very worst, and my pet peeve is when a jewelry store will have a radio ad in which the announcer says "joo-lery"...... IT'S JEWEL-RY MORONS !! It's what you sell, so at least get the damned word right !!

Sheesh.

Doesn't everyone know it's 'joo-ray'...? :rolleyes:

[signcut]

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/jefrey13/thBoat_man.jpg

I'm just saying is all...

:lol:

[bayoubill]

"paradigm"

and, on a related note, "box", as in "thinking outside the box".

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Another one. A mute point. What the hell is that? It's MOOT !!

And MOOT, as we know it, only means there's no use in discussing it in the US...the original definition...

moot (not comparable)

moot- Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, not settled.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moot

(I didn't know it could also mean a gathering of Pagans. Does this mean the scene in "Dragnet" with P.A.G.A.N. was a moot?)

[signcut]

Don't forget 'proactive'... :wall:

[Gaby77]

Here's one...
It's favorite... not fave-right.

[super cool ski instructor]

Any and all Racheal Ray-isms.

This includes:

~Yummo

~EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) Why shorten it if you have to say what it stand for everytime you use it??? Crazy Lady!!!!

~Good Gravy

~Kids (calling your viewers kids is not the way to go!!)

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Any and all Racheal Ray-isms.

This includes:

~Yummo

~EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) Why shorten it if you have to say what it stand for everytime you use it??? Crazy Lady!!!!

~Good Gravy

~Kids (calling your viewers kids is not the way to go!!)

Yeah, but she's cute so I let those things go ;)

[Gaby77]

Any and all Racheal Ray-isms.

This includes:

~Yummo

~EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) Why shorten it if you have to say what it stand for everytime you use it??? Crazy Lady!!!!

~Good Gravy

~Kids (calling your viewers kids is not the way to go!!)

I call my viewers kids all the time.

[super cool ski instructor]

Yeah, but she's cute so I let those things go ;)

No..she is annoying :))

And why is it always "smokey cumin" or "spicy arugulla"? :))

[JimGP20]

ManOfFaithitized. That's just a silly word. :cool:

[PaleoPaul]

Muffy.

[Mithrastan]

buddy

[bayoubill]

dude

[bayoubill]

awesome

[super cool ski instructor]

awesome

I use awesome all of the time. :D

Because I am still young enough to pull it off ;)

[bayoubill]

I use awesome all of the time. :D

Because I am still young enough to pull it off ;)


Bitchin'! (a 70's euphamism for that same word) :)

[super cool ski instructor]

Bitchin'! (a 70's euphamism for that same word) :)

Are you young enough to pull it off? :razz:
I have actually said Bitchin a few times in my life.


I use awesome alot at work....I am a young Admin who supports 9 middle aged men...I gotta do something to keep them young. Besides, if I say it with excitement, and a smile, I get whatever I want with them :))

[PaleoPaul]

dude
Du...er...Bill. Seriously, dude's not a bothersome word, is it?!

[rosiegirl]

Ohmygod

[ALBOB2]

I am a young Admin who supports 9 middle aged men...I gotta do something to keep them young.

:wall: Walk away ALBOB, just walk away. :silenced:

[super cool ski instructor]

:wall: Walk away ALBOB, just walk away. :silenced:

Shut it!!!! :hand:

[ThrowCop]

I am a young Admin who supports 9 middle aged men...I gotta do something to keep them young.And TC makes 10...

[PaleoPaul]

I use awesome alot at work....I am a young Admin who supports 9 middle aged men...I gotta do something to keep them young. Besides, if I say it with excitement, and a smile, I get whatever I want with them :))
How's 'bout supportin' a near-19-year-old college student? ;)

[super cool ski instructor]

:snooty:

I swear you guys :naughty:

[myboyzdad]

Another one. A mute point. What the hell is that? It's MOOT !!

The point is Moot. It is invalid.
It's not mute. Though I don't know of any points that can hear or speak either :think: :))

[bayoubill]

Are you young enough to pull it off? :razz:


I never could say Bitchin' with a straight face.

Always seemed like a goofy stoner term.


I have actually said Bitchin a few times in my life.


Seems like it woulda been passe' by the time you were old enough to use it.


I use awesome alot at work....I am a young Admin who supports 9 middle aged men...I gotta do something to keep them young. Besides, if I say it with excitement, and a smile, I get whatever I want with them :))


lol...

Yeah, I can easy imagine that...

You should be ashamed of yourself. :naughty:

[ALBOB2]

No way in Hell I'm gonna miss out on this party. Sign me up too. :twisted:

[JimGP20]

The point is Moot. It is invalid.
It's not mute. Though I don't know of any points that can hear or speak either :think: :))


Isn't that what I said? :think:

[Mithrastan]

foot instead of feet
vehicle instead of car
miller's lite
yalp instead of yep

& other forced hilljackisms

[super cool ski instructor]

lol...

Yeah, I can easy imagine that...

You should be ashamed of yourself. :naughty:

:razz:

[myboyzdad]

[QUOTE=super cool ski instructor;27361551]Are you young enough to pull it off? [QUOTE]

That's what she said.

[bayoubill]

a young Admin who supports 9 middle aged men...I gotta do something to keep them young. Besides, if I say it with excitement, and a smile, I get whatever I want with them :))


:wall: Walk away ALBOB, just walk away. :silenced:


Yeah, it does sorta read like a blurb on the cover of an adult DVD. :mrgreen:

[george kaplan]

Everyone has 'em. Words that people say that make you cringe. There may not be any reason, or anything particularly unusual or offensive about the word, but something about it makes you cringe. What word(s) have that effect on you?

I'll Start.

Putz.

Starts with an n, ends with an a and has five letters.

[super cool ski instructor]

Yeah, it does sorta read like a blurb on the cover of an adult DVD. :mrgreen:

Why have perverts taken over the world? :neutral:







:))

[chichimama]

Everyone has 'em. Words that people say that make you cringe. There may not be any reason, or anything particularly unusual or offensive about the word, but something about it makes you cringe. What word(s) have that effect on you?

I'll Start.

Putz.

Word

[outfromunder]

I hate it when words are mispronounced, especially in the media. The very worst, and my pet peeve is when a jewelry store will have a radio ad in which the announcer says "joo-lery"...... IT'S JEWEL-RY MORONS !! It's what you sell, so at least get the damned word right !!

We have a local "jury" store that has ads on late night tv. The owner actually pronounces "jewelry" as "jury"
:eh:

[myboyzdad]

Why have perverts taken over the world? :neutral:


:))

Note my signature. Some of us are working on catching the perps. ;) :))

[chichimama]

Signs that have "For Sell" on them.

[PaleoPaul]

Wurd

[bayoubill]

Signs that have "For Sell" on them.


or "4 sale"

[myboyzdad]

"Free Drawing"

[Mithrastan]

Wurd

dawg

[ALBOB2]

I almost forgot my most hated internet word: pwned:evil:

[Mithrastan]

fuhggedaboudit

[Dreamy]

Note my signature. Some of us are working on catching the perps. ;) :))

"Hi,why don't you have a seat. My name is Chris Hanson and I am from Dateline."

:))

[psyko kat]

I almost forgot my most hated internet word: pwned:evil:

meowrrr????

[Libstomper]

"Guestimate."

[bayoubill]

Peeps

[bayoubill]

ghey (after having seen it driven into the ground here in the forums whenever Ron Paul's name came up.)

[george kaplan]

It bothers me when people call me an 'intellectual snob.'

Especially since they are -- in all probability -- nowhere near educated enough to make that call about me.

[george kaplan]

sup?

[Army Wife]

My most hated is "quote,unquote" then what a person wants to quote. If you write it out it looks like this

"..." then the statement being quoted, the proper way is to say Quote (the statement you are quoting) close quote.

Get it right people!!

If you say "quote unquote" you are not quoting anything...nada...zip...zero...

<stepping off soapbox now>

[bayoubill]

My most hated is "quote,unquote" then what a person wants to quote. If you write it out it looks like this

"..." then the statement being quoted, the proper way is to say Quote (the statement you are quoting) close quote.

Get it right people!!

If you say "quote unquote" you are not quoting anything...nada...zip...zero...

<stepping off soapbox now>


+1

[Oddball]

"Literally" has become both grossly overused and wrongly applied.

"It is what it is" now officially makes me want to tear the eyes out of whoever says it in my presence.

[bayoubill]

It's all good

[JimGP20]

"It is what it is" now officially makes me want to tear the eyes out of whoever says it in my presence.


It all depends on what the definition of "is" is. :cool:

[Libstomper]

Debunk...or Bunk.

[psyko kat]

"Literally" has become both grossly overused and wrongly applied.

"It is what it is" now officially makes me want to tear the eyes out of whoever says it in my presence.

hehe, and it "ain't" what it "ain't".....
neither one bothers me....

[ALBOB2]

My most hated is "quote,unquote" then what a person wants to quote. If you write it out it looks like this

"..." then the statement being quoted, the proper way is to say Quote (the statement you are quoting) close quote.

Get it right people!!

If you say "quote unquote" you are not quoting anything...nada...zip...zero...

<stepping off soapbox now>


Can I quote, unquote you on that? :whistle:

[ALBOB2]

I've gotten tired of the word "actually". Can you possibly overuse a word anymore?

Why yes, as a matter of fact, you can. If any of you are golfers and enjoy watching it on T.V., count the number of times the announcers use the word "perfect". Drives me out of my mind.:wall: The object of golf is to put the ball into the hole. Any shot that fails to do that is, by definition, NOT perfect!!! Then, when someone actually (It's appropriate here.:snooty:) does make a miraculous shot which ends up in the hole, they use every word in the dictionary EXCEPT the appropriate one, perfect. :wall:

[Remus Lupin]

Crazy!

[podoboo932]

Jewelry, Plump, and Crisp

[DarthBush]

White People

[Dr. Funkenstein]

"I know, right?"

[bayoubill]

"my bad"

a really dumb phrase

[chicklet35]

The word fresh..I don't know why ..I just don't like it very much.

[chicklet35]

Oh, and also "get er' done".

[bayoubill]

For some reason, the word "irk" bothers me

when it's used as a verb in a sentence.






And I just now realize that I'm not too fond of the word "irony".

I like the concept but I don't like the way it sounds.

[Libstomper]

Jurisprudence.

Sounds like old people drink.

[psyko kat]

Oh, and also "get er' done".

I have a 'baseball' type cap with Git-R-DONE,printed on it...//lol.

[RayMan]

For some reason, the word "irk" bothers me

when it's used as a verb in a sentence.

And I just now realize that I'm not too fond of the word "irony".

I like the concept but I don't like the way it sounds.



I find it ironic that these words irk you.

[Frazzled]

"my bad"

a really dumb phrase


true...but it's so succinct

[george kaplan]

Any word spoken with a British Accent.

(Why can't they just learn to speak correctly???)

[bayoubill]

I find it ironic that these words irk you.


The pairing was intentional...

comes under the heading "Subtile Humor". ;)




BTW, the word "subtile" bothers me...

looks funny in written form,

sounds funny in pronunciation,

and what's the point of using subtilety anyways?

when ya end up havin' to beat somebody over the head after all. :wall:

[CID_0687]

Tongue...in its written form...It makes me want to say Ton-goo

[bayoubill]

Tongue...in its written form...It makes me want to say Ton-goo


"Tonguebath" always creeped/grossed me out... :eek:

[RayMan]

The pairing was intentional...

comes under the heading "Subtile Humor". ;)




BTW, the word "subtile" bothers me...

looks funny in written form,

sounds funny in pronunciation,

and what's the point of using subtilety anyways?

when ya end up havin' to beat somebody over the head after all. :wall:

Possibly you are referencing subtle?

Subtile sounds like something below the floor in my bathroom. :D

[AvgGuyIA]

irregardless.

[bayoubill]

Possibly you are referencing subtle?

Subtile sounds like something below the floor in my bathroom. :D


Ya know, now that you mention it...

after I typed it in,

I thought the word looked a little bit funnier than usual.

Serves me right for posting at 3 in the morning...

:redface:

[RayMan]

Ya know, now that you mention it...

after I typed it in,

I thought the word looked a little bit funnier than usual.

Serves me right for posting at 3 in the morning...

:redface:

Subtile is a real word though. I googled it but didn't think it was what you meant.



subtile

1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile] twine's thread." "More subtile web Arachne can not spin." (Spenser) "I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face." (Sir J. Davies)

[RayMan]

A grouping of words that bother me is:

"It goes without saying."

Why do people say that and then invariably go ahead and say the thing that goes without saying?

[bayoubill]

Subtile is a real word though. I googled it but didn't think it was what you meant.



subtile

1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile] twine's thread." "More subtile web Arachne can not spin." (Spenser) "I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face." (Sir J. Davies)


Ahhh...

So "subtle" was apparently derived from the older English "subtile"...

so I wasn't that far off.



In either form, the word still sucks. ;)

[theant]

"hate" is over said. These people "hate" bush, hillary, obama, etc. They hate their actions but do not know the people, the souls.

[bayoubill]

"hate" is over said. These people "hate" bush, hillary, obama, etc. They hate their actions but do not know the people, the souls.


+1

[RayMan]

Ahhh...

So "subtle" was apparently derived from the older English "subtile"...

so I wasn't that far off.



In either form, the word still sucks. ;)

:mrgreen:

[melinda]

luck.....OK, it's not such a bad word, and most people use it in a very nice and friendly way.
but I don't believe in "luck"; I believe in God. :)

[CID_0687]

the word flatulence just stinks :shifty:

[Fire Watch]

I hate the word "no".

[JimGP20]

I'm tired of the word "solipsist", but only I can verify it's actual existence. :eek::D

[RayMan]

I hate the word "no".

So do I. But only when it is pointed in my direction.

[Libstomper]

"Via".

I think its overused.

[bayoubill]

"Via".

I think its overused.


"bump" is very overused... :lol: