Oh, another one that irks me is "going forward." Not too much chance we are going to be going backward.
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Irritating words
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Originally Posted by orangeishcat
I am pretty good with most words, but the one that really gets under my skin is the "c" word, usually used in a very negative way toward women. I can swear a blue streak, but I can't even bring myself to say that one- and if I ever hear anyone using it in my presence they're going to get snapped at.Do not like that word at all!
I've only actually used that word myself a handful of times, and only to describe (or defile) the most awful, horrible, disgusting woman that I simply cannot find another word that reflects how horrid she really is. (i.e. a really bad animal or child abuser) Because if I could think of another word that fit I would use it - it still makes me cringe.
Guilty! I use that one more than I should. I use it a lot with my husband who is usually complaining that it isn't something different, whatever "something" he wanted or expected to happen that didn't.
In that context I think I'm justified.
Oh my gosh that one drive me to distraction! It seems that the people who use it most are wait-staff. And my sister who does hair. Seriously, can't you find another way to say "yes" or "I agree"? Perhaps "yes or "I agree"?
Irregardless always gets me, and my mother uses it with such enthusiasm when she's heated up about something. *facepalm*
My family also says warsh instead of wash. Last I checked, there's no R in wash. :/
Overusing the word like is no longer something 80s valley girls overuse in daily speech either. So I'm like, 'Did you really, like, just say that?'
My family also says warsh instead of wash. Last I checked, there's no R in wash. :/
Overusing the word like is no longer something 80s valley girls overuse in daily speech either. So I'm like, 'Did you really, like, just say that?'
Any words that the new generation take and use to mean something entirely different.
I'm having an Alzheimer moment and can only think of one, but there are several such words that bug the heck out of me. The one off the top of my head is:
"Bad" used to mean "Good!"
Oh, and the word "Like" used ever other word, and the phrase "Oh my God!" Both are typically used in Valley Girl Speech!!!
I'm having an Alzheimer moment and can only think of one, but there are several such words that bug the heck out of me. The one off the top of my head is:
"Bad" used to mean "Good!"
Oh, and the word "Like" used ever other word, and the phrase "Oh my God!" Both are typically used in Valley Girl Speech!!!
I hate to hear y'all used when addressing only one person. This mistake is only made in movies, as far as I know, but it grates on my nerves.
And I don't like terms like senioritis which would mean inflammation of the seniors.
And I don't like terms like senioritis which would mean inflammation of the seniors.
Oh, in a restaurant last night a waitress said, "No problem," meaning, "Yes, I will." When she walked away my friend commented on how irritating that expression is. It is.
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I was going to say this one. It seems these catchwords or phrases suddenly pop into existence and everyone jumps on the bandwagon and has to use them every other sentence. I find it very irritating and suspect people are just trying to sound current regardless of what that phrase is even supposed to mean.
"Sick," "Ill," "Wicked," "Crucial," "Dank," "Dope," "Tight," etc.????
All of the above mean "awesome," "sweet," or "cool." Hee hee!
Yeah... somewhere in an email chain about how nice it is to be Southern, some person got the idea that "y'all" means one person and "ya'all" or "all y'all" means multiple people. Uhhhh.... ??? How many Southerners did you talk to to verify that? My family is from the mountains of Southwest Virginia for five generations, and none of them has ever used "y'all" to refer to one person.
"All y'all" and "y'all" mean the same thing - just different emphases, I guess. I might say, "What are y'all going to do later?" or I might say "Are all y'all going?" Just depends.Originally Posted by KittKatt
My roommate does that "all y'all" thing all the time (he's from the south).He also says, "I'll be dogged" all the time. What the heck is that supposed to mean?
"I'll be dogged" is Southern-speak for "I'll be darned" except not darned, lol. It's usually part of the phrase, "I'll be dogged if I," and sounds something like "Aisle be dogdified" LOL!
I might just adopt this phrase.
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I think these words and phrases will subconsciouly creep into my vocabulary, so if you find that more people are beginning to use them, that's why
I hate it when people say 'like' and yet I can't stop saying it... >__<
Thank you!Originally Posted by parsleysage
"Sick," "Ill," "Wicked," "Crucial," "Dank," "Dope," "Tight," etc.????
All of the above mean "awesome," "sweet," or "cool." Hee hee!
Sick was the word! Also, "Ridiculous"
I sometimes watch "Diners Drive-ins and Dives" and the guy is always saying "Ridiculous" when he's tasting the food.
I use "like" roughly once a month! I try not to use it at all,
I dislike the word "sweeeeet" because it reminds me of Ashton Kucher
Seen. Someone on facebook wrote "I seen a shooting star". It sounded exactly like it did when I heard her say it when we were kids, it bugged me then too. I unfriended her. (I didn't like her anyway)
"I know, right!"
I say something, possibly profound, and get back "I know, right?". Yeah....that's why I said it. Don't make me agree with YOU that MY statement was correct.
And it's overused and annoying.
My 14 year old cousin has been using "Epic" to describe everything these days. It's a TV show, it's not epic.
"I know, right!"
I say something, possibly profound, and get back "I know, right?". Yeah....that's why I said it. Don't make me agree with YOU that MY statement was correct.
And it's overused and annoying.
My 14 year old cousin has been using "Epic" to describe everything these days. It's a TV show, it's not epic.
I get jumpy around people who don't structure their tenses correctly. "He done it already." "I seen him do it." Augh!
And my friend who used to work for a certain large national organization that shall remain nameless was driven to distraction by the "Stepford-Speak" in use among the brass. For example: when management was worried about something, they didn't say they were concerned -- they said, "This issue is concerning." And when they worked out their issues, they didn't simply agree -- they "came to agreeance." ~ sigh ~
And my friend who used to work for a certain large national organization that shall remain nameless was driven to distraction by the "Stepford-Speak" in use among the brass. For example: when management was worried about something, they didn't say they were concerned -- they said, "This issue is concerning." And when they worked out their issues, they didn't simply agree -- they "came to agreeance." ~ sigh ~
"Dove" as the past tense of "dive." "Dove" is a little white bird, a symbol of peace. Dived is the past tense of dive.
"Snuck" as the past tense of "sneak." It's "sneaked."
"Different than" rather than "different from."
And now a grammar lesson. In the English language, today, we have a serious shortcoming. That is, we have no second person plural pronoun. OK, we use "you," but we can't distinguish one person from several people.
We used to have the distinction. We had "thou." That word is the second person singular, the form you'd use to speak to one person you are familiar with. "Ye" was the second person plural, subject form. Object form was "you." So, we not only lost our second person singular, but we adopted the objective form of the plural.
I always find it funny when people pray and use "thee" and "thou," thinking it's more formal. Far from it; it's how you'd speak to one person who was equal or inferior to you.
Now, almost every local dialect has found a substitute. Most of the south uses "y'all." In Pennsylvania, they used "you'uns." In my home town of Denver, "youse guys" was the way you made it clear you were talking to multiple people.
"Snuck" as the past tense of "sneak." It's "sneaked."
"Different than" rather than "different from."
And now a grammar lesson. In the English language, today, we have a serious shortcoming. That is, we have no second person plural pronoun. OK, we use "you," but we can't distinguish one person from several people.
We used to have the distinction. We had "thou." That word is the second person singular, the form you'd use to speak to one person you are familiar with. "Ye" was the second person plural, subject form. Object form was "you." So, we not only lost our second person singular, but we adopted the objective form of the plural.
I always find it funny when people pray and use "thee" and "thou," thinking it's more formal. Far from it; it's how you'd speak to one person who was equal or inferior to you.
Now, almost every local dialect has found a substitute. Most of the south uses "y'all." In Pennsylvania, they used "you'uns." In my home town of Denver, "youse guys" was the way you made it clear you were talking to multiple people.
