Oh, another one that irks me is "going forward." Not too much chance we are going to be going backward.
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!
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.Originally Posted by sk_pacer
There are also a couple of delightful phrases such as "It is what it is"; well of course it is, what were you expecting? "It" to be something else??
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"?Originally Posted by bastetservant
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Originally Posted by parsleysage
It just frosts me.
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.Originally Posted by Misty8723
Oh, another one that irks me is "going forward." Not too much chance we are going to be going backward.
"Sick," "Ill," "Wicked," "Crucial," "Dank," "Dope," "Tight," etc.????Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
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!"
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.Originally Posted by nurseangel
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.
Originally Posted by parsleysage
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 might just adopt this phrase.Originally Posted by parsleysage
It just frosts me.
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!
I use "like" roughly once a month! I try not to use it at all,Originally Posted by Minka
I hate it when people say 'like' and yet I can't stop saying it... >__<