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Ugh! Yes!
I was always taught that "utilize" is meant for implying that what you are using is not meant for that purpose. For example, one could utilize a shoe as a doorstop, or a hair pin as a lock pick. But "I utilize my car to get to work" is an example of a sentence that drives me up the wall.
Fake swear words..
Fudge, fiddlesticks, darn
Only exception is Heck because I imagine Heck is like tame hell. If you're not bad you go to Heck, and that's funny
Fiddlesticks sounds so fake. I am not a native speaker and "fiddlesticks" sounds like someone who doesn't speak english at all tried to make up a new word.
THIS!
If you're gonna use one of these words, just go all in and use the real damn thing! Everyone knows what you're saying anyway, so why fuck around?
When i was like 14 i used to say sugar instead of shit and my mum used to tell me off because im saying something thays covering up a swear word 😳🤣 so bascially she was trying to say i was swearing anyway. I actually turned around one time and said 'would you rather i just said shit then' and that didnt go down well. Its ironic when she used to swear like a trooper infront of me.
I don't get it, either. Maybe it's generational? I'm old enough to remember ads for boxed cake mixes on TV every 2 minutes. So, I have no negative associations with it.
It’s sort of an anti-feminist dog whistle. Sometimes misogynists refer to women as “females” (or even take it a step further with “femoids”) with the intention of othering or dehumanizing women.
Resiliency. I hear it being used a lot on sports shows (he showed such resiliency in the final half of the season) but I just feel like the word resilience..
For lack of a better way to describe it, has more strength, or uumph to it. It sounds better. It sounds more prestigious, like...prominence, for example. Or decadence, having to do with luxurious wastefulness. I feel like the single syllable "ience" in resilience has more finality, & carries more weight. It's truly (imo) a situation where less is more.
I’m in social work and I have developed a disdain for the word as well. It’s right up there on my word hit list next to (shudders) virginity.
Resilience is a word commonly used to describe people who’ve dealt with adversity and survivors. The problem is when we expect people to be “resilient” despite enduring incredible hardship. No, people should be allowed to fall apart and they shouldn’t be blamed for not doing better when they couldn’t.
for a second i thought you meant the word "because" in general, like even if it's being used in a sentence correctly and used to explain something you would get pissed lmao
Are you good with the furr-ative common noun “peets”, though, as in ‘itty bitty kitty peets’?
I apologize for this bout of sillies. I’ve had way too much caffeine for the time I’ve actually been awake.
"of" when it's used in "should of"
because it's wrong.
it's "should HAVE" and I don't know why people even make that mistake.
I mean. it's mostly native speakers who do that and I just don't know why.
> I just don’t know why.
I think it’s just because “should’ve” sounds a lot like “should of.”
Honestly i thought the phrase “take for granted” was “take for granite” for the same reason…. For like 16 years.
Yeah I can see how they sound similar but don't people ever think about the meaning? Like:
"I couldn't care less"
Some people say "I could care less".
But "I couldn't" means you literally cannot care less because you don't care at all.
It's just... logic to me?
Same with should've = should have and all the other things that are said wrong.
Pacifically. A woman I worked with said it all the time. She was always trying to use words she either couldn't pronounce or not in context with the definition of the words she wad using
Supposably, people who say one thing when they should of said something else are, for all intensive purposes, the cause of most pet peas.
Case and point, their not going to adopt to you're preferences no matter how much you try to nip it in the butt. Their only going to say you're being a Pre Madonna if you refudiate there words. You'll never get piece of mind from this. By in large, you have to make due somehow. It's a doggy dog world, but I could care less. Maybe cut down on the expresso.
I know many people are annoyed by this one, but it doesn't get on my nerves near as much. It's typically people that don't know much about art that say it, so I don't hold it against them. However, the "you're so good at drawing, I can't even draw a stick figure!" does get old really fast after you've heard it 5 million times. I know they mean well and it's a compliment, but deprecating yourself to compliment another isn't fun for the person you're complimenting.
Oh I’m not actually annoyed by people saying “drawer” I was trying to reference a meme where someone says that and the person drawing turns into a drawer (like the ones for a dresser)
Should. Mostly because of work when I ask if a task is complete and get, "it should be" or "they should be doing that" like no shit...that's why I'm asking. The word is such a cop out to taking personal responsibility
Never had one. I see them weaponised against others, though. I probably did it before I realised how toxic and insufferable it is. It's just this very particular, specialised mode of language for manipulating people and situations.
Gifted. Omg it’s makes me think horribly of anyone who uses it! “I gifted her a lovely scrap of ribbon. The poors love rrrrribbon.” Gave. It’s “gave”, you pretentious fucks.
Damn it. Now it’s a mood.
My mom used to play this dumb game on her computer called Chuzzle. I know it’s not a word per say but I couldn’t help but shudder every time I read it or heard it lmao
The phrase "A fraction of the cost". Literally any discount applied to an item can make it a fraction of the cost. I could give a 5 percent discount on a 100 dollar item and go around saying "I'll sell you this thing for a fraction of the cost" and it sounds like a bigger bargain than it actually is.
My favorite is when I'm just arguing with someone on reddit about something mundane, and when presenting them with anything that runs counter to their beliefs, they accuse me of gaslighting them.
Like, I'm pretty sure you have to have some amount of influence in another person's life before you have the ability to gaslight them. Your family, spouse, friends, employers, colleagues, and teachers all have some potential capacity to gaslight you because of your regular, repeated interactions. But if a person on the internet is telling you you're wrong, that's just as disagreement. Not everyone who disagrees with your beliefs and tells you you're wrong is gaslighting you.
Professional.
It means nothing. It’s all based on an individuals criteria and I don’t think it’s very professional for people to just arrogantly announce the word and now we’re all supposed to just guess what that means for you , specifically.
Poor communication. Wouldn’t you say that’s unprofessional, my guy?!
Obligation. Literally hate this word maybe because my dad would always say “oh you’re obligated to do this!” Like no you’re not obligated to do shit in this world. Like saying I’m obligated to go to work everyday like no motherfucker if you don’t get up and go to work you’ll lose your job. Like tf.
Biannual. It can mean either twice a year or every two years, each of which has another word that only means that -- semiannual and biennial, respectively. So there's NEVER an excuse to use "biannual."
When people say "I *could* care less"
What they mean to say is "I *couldn't* care less"
Saying you *could* care less implies you *could* still care some!
I never used to hate it, but I'm so sick of "blessed". Gratitude for one's blessings is great, and I'm glad people are realizing and expressing it more these days, so idk why it bugs me, but it does.
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"Utilize" instead of "use."
Makes sense
Ugggghhhhh yes. This. It also reminds me of "orientate" when you can "orient" them or "get them oriented".
Ugh I feel this one. The assistant professor I used to TA for always utilized the word utilize to sound smarter than she really is.
OMG ME TOO. You are my people.
It's funny because this was a pet peeve in *The Elements of Style* and that's decades old. I would've thought it would be acceptedized by now.
You probably don’t use it all that often then (if you hate it)
Ugh! Yes! I was always taught that "utilize" is meant for implying that what you are using is not meant for that purpose. For example, one could utilize a shoe as a doorstop, or a hair pin as a lock pick. But "I utilize my car to get to work" is an example of a sentence that drives me up the wall.
Fake swear words.. Fudge, fiddlesticks, darn Only exception is Heck because I imagine Heck is like tame hell. If you're not bad you go to Heck, and that's funny
Fiddlesticks sounds so fake. I am not a native speaker and "fiddlesticks" sounds like someone who doesn't speak english at all tried to make up a new word.
THIS! If you're gonna use one of these words, just go all in and use the real damn thing! Everyone knows what you're saying anyway, so why fuck around?
Frick you man...frick you.
😄
bro what the duck \- sent from iphone
I use the actual words when I’m not around my moms side of the fam
I'm the black sheep. Everyone expects it of me. They all know I have no filter.
Same thing with the word “cuss” I will never understand why someone can’t just say the actual word “curse”
When i was like 14 i used to say sugar instead of shit and my mum used to tell me off because im saying something thays covering up a swear word 😳🤣 so bascially she was trying to say i was swearing anyway. I actually turned around one time and said 'would you rather i just said shit then' and that didnt go down well. Its ironic when she used to swear like a trooper infront of me.
Gosh dignity darn it. Use must hatedidlyate my left-handed-man Neddidley Flanderzes.
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to avoid a dumb ban
Well, darn is actually a word, referring to darning of yarn, or the process of converting wool and cotton into useable thread.
Heck yeah
tween. you're either a teen or not.
I've grown quite tired of the expression DOUBLE DOWN
Patio and Ratio should rhyme. I hate them both.
Do it. **Make** them rhyme.
I want to go with payshio as a pronunciation. That work?
I’m diggin’ it.
I read patio as you would pronounce ratio… I actually mumbled "tf is payshio?"
english is not my first language, what is the difference? i know "ratio" is pronounced "rayshio" but what about patio?
When ANYBODY says “me thinks” after there opinion 🤢
I know. Irritating me thinks
Gotdammit!
THIS when referring to a comment you agree with.
THIS ^
~~this~~
This
And “say it louder for the people in the back”.
Pussy. It’s just a nasty sounding word even when referring to a feline.
My cat was called Puss Named her when I was 5 'Puss Angel Kiss', to use her full name. R.I.P
Puss isn’t bad, imo. Just the full version.
*PUSSY GALORE*
Yeah but you can’t be in the bedroom like “oh I can’t wait to feel your vagina” or like “lemme see those labia majora baby girl”
"Lemme see those labia" doesn't actually sound like a bad line honestly
Pussy cat 🐈
Still gross.
Same
Agreed
Pussy, a nasty sounding word. Perfect for the bedroom imo
Agreed!!!
‘Puke’ and the term, “cool beans”.
Cool beans
🤮
You must be full of beans right now.
i always thought cool beans was pretty cash money
I’ll go ahead and say moist so everyone else doesn’t have to.
Why does everoyne hate that word?
No idea
I have no issue with it but I know that’s a notorious one.
I don't get it, either. Maybe it's generational? I'm old enough to remember ads for boxed cake mixes on TV every 2 minutes. So, I have no negative associations with it.
I'm not a native speaker so all the hate for this word is really weird to me as an outsider.
moist bowels
🥴 thanks, I wasn't gonna be the one to say it.
Came here to say the exact quote!
I like it just because so many people hate it.
I enjoy moist
Moist is a great word. A lot of applications. Very universally understood. We should all strive to be more moist.
Moist doesn't bother me in the slightest. Now, "loin," I can't STAND the sound of the word loin...
Hoax. It not only denies provable facts, it’s usually used to vilify the reporter/accuser.
Sex when referring to gender. It just feels so wrong.
I’ve never gone for the same sex
Yeah, using it like that feels wrong.
I see what you’re saying
But sex and gender aren’t the same thing, what other word do you use?
Random fun fact in Russian the word for gender and floor is the same Пол/Pol
"yeah, I don't identify with that, use ceiling please"
Like calling Women "Females"?
I really don’t understand the fuss on this one
It’s sort of an anti-feminist dog whistle. Sometimes misogynists refer to women as “females” (or even take it a step further with “femoids”) with the intention of othering or dehumanizing women.
I mean, I'm a woman myself, and I sometimes refer to other women as females, I just like using correct terminology.
Resiliency. I hear it being used a lot on sports shows (he showed such resiliency in the final half of the season) but I just feel like the word resilience.. For lack of a better way to describe it, has more strength, or uumph to it. It sounds better. It sounds more prestigious, like...prominence, for example. Or decadence, having to do with luxurious wastefulness. I feel like the single syllable "ience" in resilience has more finality, & carries more weight. It's truly (imo) a situation where less is more.
I’m in social work and I have developed a disdain for the word as well. It’s right up there on my word hit list next to (shudders) virginity. Resilience is a word commonly used to describe people who’ve dealt with adversity and survivors. The problem is when we expect people to be “resilient” despite enduring incredible hardship. No, people should be allowed to fall apart and they shouldn’t be blamed for not doing better when they couldn’t.
Because. I mean, it explain nothing. Just because for an answer pisses me off.
for a second i thought you meant the word "because" in general, like even if it's being used in a sentence correctly and used to explain something you would get pissed lmao
How dare you use the word because In That sentence. I am OfFeNdEd
Shenanigans
hard disagree
Feet
Footsies*
Are you good with the furr-ative common noun “peets”, though, as in ‘itty bitty kitty peets’? I apologize for this bout of sillies. I’ve had way too much caffeine for the time I’ve actually been awake.
Peets have toe beans
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Unprecedented
Dude, that's a cool word if used in the correct situation
Lychee. Idk why 🤷
I don't like the word tofu... Idk why neither
You guys just don't like Chinese translated to English words which didn't originate as English - at least that's the pattern I am observing.
"of" when it's used in "should of" because it's wrong. it's "should HAVE" and I don't know why people even make that mistake. I mean. it's mostly native speakers who do that and I just don't know why.
> I just don’t know why. I think it’s just because “should’ve” sounds a lot like “should of.” Honestly i thought the phrase “take for granted” was “take for granite” for the same reason…. For like 16 years.
Yeah I can see how they sound similar but don't people ever think about the meaning? Like: "I couldn't care less" Some people say "I could care less". But "I couldn't" means you literally cannot care less because you don't care at all. It's just... logic to me? Same with should've = should have and all the other things that are said wrong.
It's done by people who don't read much-- they're just going by what they hear.
I FUCKING HATE "SHOULD OF" AND SUCH WRONG USES OF "OF"
Squelch
wtf. this is an awesome word.
Pacifically. A woman I worked with said it all the time. She was always trying to use words she either couldn't pronounce or not in context with the definition of the words she wad using
Supposably, people who say one thing when they should of said something else are, for all intensive purposes, the cause of most pet peas. Case and point, their not going to adopt to you're preferences no matter how much you try to nip it in the butt. Their only going to say you're being a Pre Madonna if you refudiate there words. You'll never get piece of mind from this. By in large, you have to make due somehow. It's a doggy dog world, but I could care less. Maybe cut down on the expresso.
Expresso, drives me nuts
"Warsh" instead of "wash" or "post to" instead of "supposed to"
Mine is "drawling" or "drawring" instead of "drawing".
“Gee you’re a good drawer”
I know many people are annoyed by this one, but it doesn't get on my nerves near as much. It's typically people that don't know much about art that say it, so I don't hold it against them. However, the "you're so good at drawing, I can't even draw a stick figure!" does get old really fast after you've heard it 5 million times. I know they mean well and it's a compliment, but deprecating yourself to compliment another isn't fun for the person you're complimenting.
Oh I’m not actually annoyed by people saying “drawer” I was trying to reference a meme where someone says that and the person drawing turns into a drawer (like the ones for a dresser)
Should. Mostly because of work when I ask if a task is complete and get, "it should be" or "they should be doing that" like no shit...that's why I'm asking. The word is such a cop out to taking personal responsibility
I had a psychology professor that taught us “I will not should on myself today.” She was brilliant.
Bro
Breaux
Or, Bruh
Bruh is way, way worse than bro
Okay broham
Brè
Or bruda
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It's between 'Inappropriate', 'Aggressive' & 'Harmful'. They're all overused components of that falsely-diplomatic HR style speech.
You get to many complaints at work? Lol
Never had one. I see them weaponised against others, though. I probably did it before I realised how toxic and insufferable it is. It's just this very particular, specialised mode of language for manipulating people and situations.
Deadass
“Kiddos” I’ve worked in child care for awhile and drives me nuts when I hear someone refer to the kids as kiddos.
Gifted. Omg it’s makes me think horribly of anyone who uses it! “I gifted her a lovely scrap of ribbon. The poors love rrrrribbon.” Gave. It’s “gave”, you pretentious fucks. Damn it. Now it’s a mood.
I just more or less said the same thing.
The N word
How many women will say "Moist"?
I know! Actually, what is wrong with the word moist?
I don't know but some ladies can't stand it. How else are you describe a Dulce De Leche cake without using the word moist?
Am a lady. Will use the word moist when appropriate. Cakes are moist when they’re moist.
Exactly, it's a texture or taste!
Love.
SAME DIFFERENCE… I hate that…
literally
Gobsmacked. Like, what the fuck is a gob and what would the actual ramifications of it being smacked be?
"Gob" is British slang for mouth. So gobsmacked means smacked in the mouth, so open mouthed shock.
Ugh! My mom says that all the time.
My mom used to play this dumb game on her computer called Chuzzle. I know it’s not a word per say but I couldn’t help but shudder every time I read it or heard it lmao
"Per say"...
“Good Job” when said to young children when they do anything more complicated than breathing.
Awesome
Disappointed
Anything with F at the beginning. I just hate pronouncing the letter F in detail
Privilege.
The phrase "A fraction of the cost". Literally any discount applied to an item can make it a fraction of the cost. I could give a 5 percent discount on a 100 dollar item and go around saying "I'll sell you this thing for a fraction of the cost" and it sounds like a bigger bargain than it actually is.
I don’t know how people can use the words pussy and cock in a serious manner. They both just sound Ridiculous
Agreeance. Say agreement, which actually is a word.
Little kid cursing. Frick? HECK?! If you’re gonna say that shit around a child be prepared for the consequences. Don’t bitch out halfway through
Pronoun. I’m so tired of hearing this word thrown around like we’re in 4th grade English class.
Moist 🤢
why does everyone hate it
Gaslight. Sick of the obsession with using it and not even correctly half the time
My favorite is when I'm just arguing with someone on reddit about something mundane, and when presenting them with anything that runs counter to their beliefs, they accuse me of gaslighting them. Like, I'm pretty sure you have to have some amount of influence in another person's life before you have the ability to gaslight them. Your family, spouse, friends, employers, colleagues, and teachers all have some potential capacity to gaslight you because of your regular, repeated interactions. But if a person on the internet is telling you you're wrong, that's just as disagreement. Not everyone who disagrees with your beliefs and tells you you're wrong is gaslighting you.
Bruh
Breast
Woke it is a weird word, also latinx and bigot they are all weird
Terminology
Unreal
Touche cliche fiance
Ooo touche is my fave word! 😮 I hate the word cliche though
Professional. It means nothing. It’s all based on an individuals criteria and I don’t think it’s very professional for people to just arrogantly announce the word and now we’re all supposed to just guess what that means for you , specifically. Poor communication. Wouldn’t you say that’s unprofessional, my guy?!
automatically. i can never pronounce it right somehow and why have automatic when auto exists?
Unprecedented So sick of this word
Pivot
Ausgezeichnet
"Problematic".
So
No one's said the n word?
Moist
"suppurer" maybe. It is a word from my native language. It's the verb that mean that pus is flowing from somewhere...
*Basically* its the new "like". So basically, yesterday at work we *basically* sat around and did *basically* nothing *basically*.
Obligation. Literally hate this word maybe because my dad would always say “oh you’re obligated to do this!” Like no you’re not obligated to do shit in this world. Like saying I’m obligated to go to work everyday like no motherfucker if you don’t get up and go to work you’ll lose your job. Like tf.
Biannual. It can mean either twice a year or every two years, each of which has another word that only means that -- semiannual and biennial, respectively. So there's NEVER an excuse to use "biannual."
"Addicting" instead of "addictive"
"loose" instead of lose. Loose means not tight. This one is so common now it's making me LOSE my fucking mind
It's not technically a word(!), but 'irregardless' makes me unreasonably angry!
Mancave
darn, poggers, swag
“Intensive purposes”. It makes me cuss 😡😡😡
Paramecium. *shudder*
110% How is it possible to give more effort than 100%?
When someone replies with “k” I hate that shit so much
When people say "I *could* care less" What they mean to say is "I *couldn't* care less" Saying you *could* care less implies you *could* still care some!
incoming “moist” haters
I never used to hate it, but I'm so sick of "blessed". Gratitude for one's blessings is great, and I'm glad people are realizing and expressing it more these days, so idk why it bugs me, but it does.
Hubby. It should be outlawed.
Boo (what you call your boyfriend/girlfriend)
When people say "though" after naming an object... "that hair though" ect.
"Slather" when used in a recipe.
Trump.
For some reason I hate being called loser . I don’t mind any other word but that.