View Full Version : what words or phrases annoy you?
made_of_sequins
06-29-2008, 08:29 AM
"well, it could be worse"...in response to someone complaining about a problem or situation.
fuck you; it could be better too!
Any trite phrase that basically says "you should just roll over in defeat and accept shitty circumstances" or "just be glad it's not worse, instead of actually being proactive and trying to improve your life" makes me want to punch a hole in the wall.
Samba
06-29-2008, 09:52 AM
^^ :laughing:
Maybe they're just trying to have some perspective. I would never tell someone else that it could be worse, but I think it to myself when I'm having a hard time.
britt244
06-29-2008, 10:56 AM
i hate when people say 'mah' instead of my.
LadyLuck
06-29-2008, 11:17 AM
When I ask for something, "It's over yonder" well, where the hell is yonder?
Small threadjack ahead.
Those of you who are fans of Howie Mandel's character 'Bobby' know that Yonder is the name of his dog :biggrin:
Start watching at just before the 5 min mark if you don't know what I am refering to or just need a good laugh:
LadyLuck
06-29-2008, 11:29 AM
"like" has replaced "um" when talking and um, thinking
I prefer the old "um" over "like". At least that "um" noise lets you know the person is actually thinking ;)
MiragePDX
06-29-2008, 11:32 AM
"bitches" - especially when attempting to use it as an endearing term or to motivate me to do something.
"Where my bitches at, foo?"
"Bitches! where's my keys?!?"
"Damn bitches what took so long with the drinks?"
"I love you Bitches"
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Saying "if you will" to sound more educated.
I can't even think of a way to put it into context... You know what I mean, right?
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"Oh, for sure".... when I ask someone a question and I'm hoping for some confirmation and/or elaboration and I get an "oh, for sure"... put a little effort into communicating with me PLEASE!
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"WHAT!" (like 'Lil John says in his songs)
Especially when combined with "bitches"
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Yeah, and I can't stand the use of "preggers" and "bump"
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I'm sure I'll be back with more.
cutey5032
06-29-2008, 06:24 PM
Oooh I have another one. "I'm in a really good place right now." Usually said by a rehabbed actress. ::) My best friend just used it to describe her relationship and I shuddered.
CKXXX
06-29-2008, 06:39 PM
Oooh I have another one. "I'm in a really good place right now." Usually said by a rehabbed actress. ::) My best friend just used it to describe her relationship and I shuddered.
Ha...or by washed up actors.."I have a lot of projects in the works"
This is a running joke with me and hubby. Its my answer when people ask what I'm doing now. Technically true..but not doing me one bit of good at the moment!!LOL
Oh...and can I add people saying things like "ginormous". Or "da"..its THE..is the word SO hard that you have to shorten a one syllable word??? And aks..its ASK. Ugh. Ghetto-ese bugs me in general.
J_Lynne
06-30-2008, 02:06 AM
I hate when people spell weird incorrectly. People always spell wierd instead.
Darcy Foxx
06-30-2008, 03:47 AM
oh, another phrase i hate and don't understand that people always say to me on myspace....
"hey ma, what it do?"
what does what do?
MeanGirl
06-30-2008, 04:07 AM
I am especially getting tired of " I can haz _____". Not sure if that's even right, but yeah it's getting annoying. Is it just a SW thing? I've never seen/heard this anywhere else.
When responding to any conflict or issue between females " She must be jealous." ...uh huh that is always the answer.
happygiggles
06-30-2008, 07:00 AM
paris, my damn economics teacher says "warshington" she also says "mullable choice" and i absolutely despise it when people say "that made my 'flush' crawl" wtf
cutey5032
06-30-2008, 09:48 AM
Why am I contributing way too much to this thread lately? People piss me off!!
An exact convo on AIM today with some guy I know
Guy: done with school
Me: congrats
Guy: thanks
Me: so now what?
Guy: i start my real job in sept
Me: hahahahaa, real job?
Me: so are you working a fake one?
Guy: well im still working at dorney for the summer doing ems there
Guy: but i start in the ER in sept at lehigh valley
Me: hahaha, well is your dorney park job not real?
Guy: it is, i mean just my full time job
Me: ok well its still a real job;-)
Guy: yeah
Me: sorry, i hate the misuse of the word "real".....as in "i graduate college this year, then its real world time"
Me: guess i have been in the "real world" for quite some time now
MiragePDX
06-30-2008, 10:49 AM
oh, another phrase i hate and don't understand that people always say to me on myspace....
"hey ma, what it do?"
what does what do?
I believe this is slang...
from www.urbandictionary.com
1. whut it dew
Whats Sup? What Are You Doing? What Up? Texas Word Usually Used In Austin,Houston,San Antonio & Dallas
I am especially getting tired of " I can haz _____". Not sure if that's even right, but yeah it's getting annoying. Is it just a SW thing? I've never seen/heard this anywhere else.
Actually, that came from www.lolcats.com
MsQwerty
06-30-2008, 10:26 PM
"Quoted For Truth" or its abrieviation - ugh it annoys me, its so overused and often for really shit things!!!
I also despise "Thank you very much" when its used sarcasticly.
Joplin
06-30-2008, 10:42 PM
This thread actually hurts my feeling. I don't know why I kept reading it. :(
Peanut_Butter
07-01-2008, 04:41 AM
^ I think we are all guilty of someone else's pet peve. so don't let it hurt your feelings.
Candice
07-01-2008, 06:35 AM
^ I think we are all guilty of someone else's pet peve. so don't let it hurt your feelings.
Very true. I know I say "like" and "for sure" way too much.:P
Hello_Kitty27
07-01-2008, 04:21 PM
I HATE when people say/write/type "prolly" instead of "probably". It makes me crazy.
I also can't stand when "weird" is spelled wrong. And Yek mentioned how people need to learn the difference between "your" & "you're", "etc. AGREED- 100%
Now ... I admit to saying douchebag a LOT, and other variations. like dbag. There was something else someone mentioned here that I do alot ....can't remember though.
R-209
07-01-2008, 06:00 PM
"Quoted For Truth" or its abrieviation - ugh it annoys me, its so overused and often for really shit things!!!
Yes! Also, "For the Win/FTW!" and any similar memes. Anyone using "First post!" should be banned from the Internet forever.
Any catchphrase blindly parroted from a hit movie (Austin Powers, Napoleon Dynamite, Borat, etc.). A local news station actually titled their financial report "Show Me the Money!" months after Jerry Maguire came out. And yes, I realize my sig makes me a bit of a hypocrite here.:)
"Rape" used as a synonym for "ripped off". Not cool.
Sarcastic nicknames like "Microshaft," "Winblows," etc.
Some Guy
07-01-2008, 06:06 PM
I'm not a huge fan of sentences where every word ends in, "izzle."
I don't really like when people talk in text. For example, "O M G! My bff Liz is in town!" It's hard enough to read. At least when I read it, I can pause and try to decipher it. I don't have that luxury in a conversation. Is it really necessary to shorten a one syllable word to only one letter?
For some strange reason, I just don't care for the word flabbergasted. :shrug:
TheLioness
07-03-2008, 11:13 AM
^^^ Even worse when they drop the possessive, i.e. "baby-daddy," "baby-mama." A baby can't be a parent!
^^^ Yes I wonder where all the " baby mama" crap started from.
Just for you....
:sing: Who that is?
That's just my baby daddy
Who that is?
That's just my baby dad
Who that is?
That's just my baby daddy
Who that is?
That's just my baby dad
Who that is?
That's just my baby dad
Who that is?
That's just my baby dad
Who that is?
That's just my baby daddy
Who that is?
T-Bird, that's just my baby daddy
Why everytime I call it's the same thing?
You have to be on the phone with Elaine
Or either Shawna, or Dawna
(T-Bird it ain't like that, it's far off my mind)
When the phone click don't even try girl
Quit lying girl
You must think I'm stupid or either blind girl
Cuz something ain't right
And I'm fixing to go
You said y'all broke up a long time ago
And who was L.A. Sno?
(But it ain't nobody, that's just my baby daddy)
[Repeat 1]
You said your baby daddy was locked up, but why?
The Bird say y'all was at the mall
(You a liar)
You a liar
OK, then what his name?
(Lavall)
Yesterday you said his name was Jay, so it ain't the same
It must be your new boyfriend
How come your bestfriend told me the dude's name was Ken?
(Whatever)
You better get it together, cuz whenever you lie?
I'm like Mary J., I'm not gon' cry
(Don't cry)
Hey, why don't you get up and get the door?
(You get the door)
Yo, who that is?
(I don't know, who is it?)
I bet that's just your baby daddy
[Repeat 1]
What's up man?
You be ready to go?
(What we do now?)
You know we gotta go to the store
Now see, that's a perfect example
You know you ain't fittin' ta' go and get no pampers
Well, while ya at it, get some milk
If ya don't hurry back
I'mma been done dipped
Oh baby, you can save the drama
Cuz I'm feeling going to see my baby, momma
[Repeat 1]
I'm sick and tired, girl
You 'bout to get fired, girl
Don't even try, girl
But I ain't all really polite, girl
I'm sick and tired, girl
You 'bout to get fired, girl
Shut up and keep quiet, girl
I'm sick & tired of all your lying, girl
T-Bird, I need some money for my baby
I ain't giving you no money, that ain't my baby
(Yes T-Bird, it was)
That ain't my kid
(Yes it is your daughter)
I got one son
(You got a daughter, too)
I got a son named Chris and that's it
(T-bird, you trippin')
I ain't smell that junk you talk
(T-Bird!)
Forget that!
(But T-Bird, I love you)
I ain't wit it, I ain't wit it
[Repeat 1]
My man Agee say Hell! Ain't your baby daddy
L.A. Sno! Ain't your baby daddy
My man its pressure, ain't your baby daddy
Uh J.D., he ain't yo baby daddy
That's just my baby daddy :sing:
Lysondra
07-03-2008, 11:50 AM
Nobody realizes this but the actual definition of 'peruse' is to fully and heavily research something, not to glance over it quickly. Perusing a bookshop should take weeks, not minutes!!
Yekhefah
07-03-2008, 11:55 AM
I dislike the word "boobs."
Don't like "twat," either, except in the British sense of "jackass."
Peanut_Butter
07-03-2008, 03:43 PM
^ I don't like twat either. I actualyl haven't decided on a good name to call my vagina, cause I dont care for that word so much either. I usualyl just refer to it as "it"
TarsTone
07-03-2008, 08:04 PM
I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but it annoys the hell out of me when people spell serious as "cereus" or some other cheesy variation. Ditto for the sub-literates who write "should of" instead of should have.
britt244
07-03-2008, 09:09 PM
^ I don't like twat either. I actualyl haven't decided on a good name to call my vagina, cause I dont care for that word so much either. I usualyl just refer to it as "it"
yeah i dont like any of the names for it.
i do not like the word cunt. at all.
i dont like hiney or tush either.
MeanGirl
07-03-2008, 09:24 PM
I don't like words for gas..like poot, fart, toot, etc. I guess a fart by any other name is still a fart...so maybe it's the act i dislike so much.
Paris
07-03-2008, 09:52 PM
When Jamie Lynn Spears was first reported pregnant, the headline at the bottom of the screen on CNN was, "Brittney Spears younger sister is preggers!" They both wrote, and SAID that on CNN! I can't stand the word preggers. It's pregnant.
I'm not a huge fan of the name combination thing either.
Benifer (Ben Afflec and Jennifer Garner)
Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie)
TomKat (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes)
This one immediately sprang to mind when I first saw this thread. Watch some cable news shows and make a note of how often panelists and commentators use it. You could make a drinking game out of it, but I wouldn't recommend it.
I'm also irked when someone uses "seen" when they should say "saw". For example, "I seen a good movie last night." Ugh!
Oh, and speaking of news, I hate the over-use of cutesy slang. In every story about coffee, they are unable to stick to the word "coffee". It's "java" or "brew" or, worst of all, "cup of joe." Likewise, when a celebrity is arrested, they don't go to jail, they go to the "slammer," the "big house," or the "pokey." You're supposed to be professional journalists, not characters in a 1930's detective novel!
They always have to make terrible puns, too. "The Incredible Hulk is making a lot of GREEN at the box office! Har, har, har!" And every time- every SINGLE TIME Britney Spears does something wacky, you know what they say. Every reporter, every program, every station. Every. Damn. Time. And they always seem to think they're so clever about it.
Just an FYI, if you are watching a "news" program and it is featuring movies and celebs, it isn't a real news program. It is an entertainment program based on a news format.
Steven Colbert and John Stewart elevated the genre to an art, but they aren't too far off from the cable tabloid news.
A hint that you are watching a tabloid show is that if the interviewer asks a politician something outrageous...like, "boxers or briefs?"
C-span is real news. The McNeal/Lehrer News hour is real news. The Weather channel is real news.
Another sign you might not be watching a real news report, but a tabloid news report? The female anchors wear low cut tops and too much makeup. And say really mean spiteful things about people (Nancy Grace, Ann Coulter etc.).
I guess it just bugs me when people get their "news" from these tabloid shows and think it is something besides entertainment. You want some really excellent reporting? The Christian Science Monitor does a damn fine job.
gingerlee
07-03-2008, 10:37 PM
The word tits bothers me. I'm not sure what it is, but I hate it. When I'm shooting or doing a show and somebody tells me to show them my tits, I have an urge to smack 'em.
R-209
07-04-2008, 03:50 PM
I don't like words for gas..like poot, fart, toot, etc. I guess a fart by any other name is still a fart...so maybe it's the act i dislike so much.
That reminds me of a commercial I despise. It's for Gas-X or some similar product and features a woman encountering various juvenile puns/euphemisms for 'gas'. "You're flatulent in three languages..." Ugh.
i.breathe.in
07-04-2008, 04:08 PM
i hate the term baby bump.
and how they combine names like brangelina tomkat etc....
Darcy Foxx
07-04-2008, 07:42 PM
i hate when people replace the letter Y with II.
eg, ur so sexii. hey babii.
britt244
07-04-2008, 07:58 PM
i hate when people (and by people, i mean my ex, because i havent seen many people other than 14 year old girls doing this) say "kewl." that is not shorter or easier to type than "cool." i told him i refuse to speak to him if he talks that way because i dont speak that language.
he also says (and one of my AWFUL college roommates) sleep instead of asleep. as in "i was sleep." well, no, you weren't.
Yekhefah
07-04-2008, 08:07 PM
^^^ OMG, my 50-year-old father says "kewel"!! I hate that.
britt244
07-04-2008, 08:11 PM
i dont understand the point of it! its not shorter or easier, i cant think of any reason to spell it that way. it is seriously one of my biggest pet peeves.
Yekhefah
07-04-2008, 08:12 PM
It irritates me too. I can deal with it from junior-high kids, but from a 50-year-old man... argh.
britt244
07-04-2008, 08:20 PM
yup. my ex is 36. he also says tummy and hiney to me, as i mentioned earlier in the thread. i told him to please refrain from talking to my like i am one of his children.
(the word tummy doesnt bother me. hiney does. but it bothers me when he talks to me like a kid!)
Darcy Foxx
07-04-2008, 08:20 PM
oh, and i hate when people shorten words in text messages too much. okay, i get that writing the occasional 'u' instead of 'you' can make the text message not only shorter, but in some instances cheaper to send, but when you type
"hy grl wt u dn 2nt"
it's like, "wtf"
gingerlee
07-04-2008, 08:41 PM
i hate when people (and by people, i mean my ex, because i havent seen many people other than 14 year old girls doing this) say "kewl." that is not shorter or easier to type than "cool." i told him i refuse to speak to him if he talks that way because i dont speak that language.
he also says (and one of my AWFUL college roommates) sleep instead of asleep. as in "i was sleep." well, no, you weren't.
Thank you! People that aren't in middle school anymore have no excuse for doing the 'kewl' thing. And yeah, people saying they were 'sleep' just annoys the fuck out of me.
kitty69
07-04-2008, 08:59 PM
It pisses me off when people drop the 'th' from a word and replace it with 'f', as in teef, or free for the number three.
I also cannot bear when the 'h' is dropped and words like honey become 'unny, or Bethany becomes Befany.
britt244
07-04-2008, 09:01 PM
^ oh i hate that too! when people say "uge" instead of "huge." ahhhhh.
Lysondra
07-04-2008, 09:04 PM
It pisses me off when people drop the 'th' from a word and replace it with 'f', as in teef, or free for the number three.
I also cannot bear when the 'h' is dropped and words like honey become 'unny, or Bethany becomes Befany.
The last part I was like, "That sounds really cockney!" then saw you from the UK. Hahahaha.
Darcy Foxx
07-04-2008, 10:38 PM
oh, and another one.
people who say "nawwww" instead of "awwww"
for some reason i see that shit all over myspace now, people spelling "aww" with the letter N infront of it.
G-Real
07-05-2008, 05:23 AM
oh, and another one.
people who say "nawwww" instead of "awwww"
for some reason i see that shit all over myspace now, people spelling "aww" with the letter N infront of it.
can we add "powned" or "pwned" to this list?
ColetteCalahan
07-05-2008, 05:54 AM
the false word "imput."
IT'S INPUT, YOU FACKTARD!
R-209
07-05-2008, 08:18 AM
the false word "imput."
IT'S INPUT, YOU FACKTARD!
Alert Johnny Five!
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/Johnny_5.jpg
Gemma
07-06-2008, 07:27 AM
I hate when people say 'yous'. The word is 'you', there is no such thing as 'yous'.
I hate when people say 'me job' or 'me cat' and not 'my job'. Argh.
I hate inappropriate use of apostrophes or when people don't use them at all.
I hate bad spelling and bad grammar.
I also really hate when I hear people say 'off of', for example, 'I got off of the bed'. Saying 'I got off the bed' is sufficient. What's with the 'of'?
R-209
07-08-2008, 11:11 AM
"Gay" used as a pejorative term. Grow up! And spelling it "ghey" doesn't help.
sexyjasmine
07-08-2008, 12:03 PM
I hate the word hella with a passion
and i hate when people pronounce water waaaaater
and i hate when people talk slow really long and drawn out im from ny so i talk fast I cant stand slow talking people ...thats it lol
oh yeah and i hate the word cock wtf i much rather hear dick
i hate bitching narly all that stupid shit ewww im from ny so cali words irritate the hell out of me