Words you hate

[Froken Keke]

Portfolio, there are way too many O's in that word.

I really dislike the phrase "pick up", as in buying something. It annoys me on several levels, it sounds stupid, weird and wrong.
First of, picking something up sounds like you just wanna go to the store and hold the product for a while, not like you're buying it. In fact, the phrase implies more that you're just taking it and leaving, stealing it instead of buying.
Mostly, my main gripe is that it gives of a nonchalant attitude to things worth. Like, I get using it for something mundane like milk and bread. They cost very little and are everyday needs.

"Could you pick up milk on the way home?"

I don't mind that. It's when it's used with anything that it bothers me.

"I'm just gonna pick up this $1500 expensive piece of technology on my way home like it ain't nothing."

It really devalues the monetary worth of the product. It sounds like you just throw money all around you. Atleast that's the subtext it creates for me.
Like you just take whatever you want.

You don't buy things.
You don't make investments.
You just pick stuff up.

 

[Johanthemonster666]

I hate a phrases "Not to be racist, but..." "I have many ____ friends" as if your ignorant or bigoted comments are going to be cancelled out by the fact that you don't consider yourself close minded, or how many minority friends you have that somehow makes you an expert on their views and gives you permission to sling mud at others in their communities.

Also to someone who posted above, 'solidarity' is one of my favorite words right up there with 'comrade'!

 

[Arrogancy]

Preggars.
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[doomspore98]

The word "like". Maybe its because I'm from the midwest and we say it a lot up here, but Jesus Christ! No-one should say "And I was like, blah blah blah". That is not good, it needs to stop.

Like, no way! I'm like, guilty of this behavior It's like, the most addicting word, like ever!

The worst part is that I have heard that many in one sentence before and the person was giving a five minute talk. I counted around 45 likes in one minute.

 

[Dead Seerius]

Might be cheating here because it's more than one word, but I hate the phrase "white water rafting".

I always get tongue tied end up saying "white water wafting" like I have a speech impediment. Damn that phrase! Damn it!

Have you ever been white water rafting (sorry I don't know any synonyms)? It's a lot of fun.

I have, and I agree that it is incredibly fun.
But I still manage to fumble the words every time!

I must devise a new term for white water rafting... Rapid Rafting has a nice ring to it!

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I thoroughly despise the word "douchebag" and those who use it wantonly. It's a vile word with horrid imagery that is used thoroughly out of context and has no need to be used at all.

I also hate practically any and every portmanteau in the english language. Mashing two words together like "chillax" or "Brangelina" fills me with a rightous rage and makes me want to stab things. And people.

Oh and using "of" instead of "have" with would/could/should. As in "would of". I understand that it's people writing things how they're pronounced, but it's "would've", short for "would have". That isn't a stabbing offence though, more a kidney-punch/knee-to-the-bollocks level of crime against language.

 

[crimson sickle2]

The phrase: "the world's not fair" I can understand some actually believe this (kinda sad when that happens), but most people just use it as an excuse to displace responsibility. Luckily, I haven't heard it in a while so maybe it's becoming one of those that just drifts away into nothingness.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

*Insert obligatory YOLO/swag/friend-zone references

If I were forced at gunpoint to choose a word I hate, it would probably be... kumquat

Because I have no idea what to envision when I hear that word

This

so now you know ;o)

Umm i think mine would be moist, it just sounds weird.

 

[Nowhere Man]

When people say "on accident" instead of "by accident".
The term "YOLO".

And any kind of dumb ass corporate speak/business buzz words you find in most press releases.

 

[Patrick Buck]

Mine is "******". It's such a dull, unoriginal, tasteless insult, whether it's being used on a homosexual or not.

Now see, I hate the homophobia behind the word, but it is an insult that seems like it's got some weight behind it, unlike "dickhead" or "idiot" or something.

I'm not fond of the "N" word. I think it's because I'm very. Very white.

 

[Echopunk]

Irregardless, for obvious reasons. In order to add the requisite level of anonymous internet aggression to my post, I will go further and indicate that, in a perfect world, anyone using irregardless would be a prime candidate for throat slitting with a rusty plastic spoon.

 

[Something Amyss]

outside of this thread, I've only ever seen cis used just before the word scum. It may not be used negatively, but I've never seen that happen.

I've never seen it in conjunction with "scum." It might be used that negatively, but I've never seen it happen.

Keep in mind also, the guy who was complaining said it was cold and factual or something like that. Clearly, you can have it used without some sort of negative connotation.

 

[Something Amyss]

so now you know ;o)

Umm i think mine would be moist, it just sounds weird.

Yeah, picturing your kumquats moist is kinda creepy.

I'm not fond of the "N" word. I think it's because I'm very. Very white.

It's not just white people.

Though I'm pretty white. Half native, but pretty white. I just know quite a few other folk who are bothered by the word.

Irregardless, for obvious reasons. In order to add the requisite level of anonymous internet aggression to my post, I will go further and indicate that, in a perfect world, anyone using irregardless would be a prime candidate for throat slitting with a rusty plastic spoon.

Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?

 

[FalloutJack]

Let's just say "Not-Real Languages" and call it a night. That covereth a multitude of sins in my book.

 

[swenson]

"Actually", especially of there's an implied "um" in front of it and shoving nerd glasses up your nose. "Um, actually, that mechanic was introduced in Gun Shooter Fighting Man 2007, not 2008, you peasant." "Um, actually, in the original book Gnoarhkg explained why he didn't go to Fnarg and it made total sense." "Um, actually, Greek is in the Balkan sprachbund, duh."

It's one of those terms used almost exclusively by people trying to lord their tiny bit of knowledge over everybody else, and if I ever catch myself using it, I immediately stop and reword what I'm trying to say, or better yet just not say it at all.

 

[shrekfan246]

I hate it when English limeys put 'u' in words where it don't belong. Keep your u's in your own country!

Sarcasm aside, I hate it when I find myself and others using very common words and snowclone phrases. They reek of staleness but some of them are hard to replace

Edit: Fuck. "They reek of X" is a snowclone

Sometimes things are cliché because they work. See also: tropes aren't always bad, and it's impossible to avoid all of them. Especially considering that avoiding a trope or cliché is often one in itself.

A whole 'nother is another one that gets me. "'Nother" isn't even a word.

I get shudders just thinking about that. I had a moment of blind rage a week or two ago when somebody used "a whole nother" while criticizing the quality of writing in something.

 

[thethird0611]

Oooooo, im gonna have some fun with my southern vocabulary here.

"Pop" - I have no idea why it bothers me, but its just... Soda. Its soda. Soda soda soda. My ex actually called it pop, but she was so awesome that I let it go

The now widespread and horribly mangled term of "Redneck". I used to love it, because rednecks were usually the farm boys and gals who were out all day in the sun working, not this 'party every day crap'. Now alot of stupid boys and girl who listen to Blake Shelton and drink heavily every night have took the term and spoiled it.

"MLG"... Its an acronym, but hey, its still stupid.

"Shrink", cus I get called it quite a bit when I tell someone I majored in Psychology.

So yeah, just a couple that I know off the top of me head...

And...

Despite fear of flaring up the gender wars again, I'mma have to say it:

Cis.

I'm not sure what it is, maybe the feeling of negativity behind it...I dunno but it rubs against me the wrong way. To help myself I acquired a Word Replacer so now Cis is Snake. Unfortunately that also turns stuff like Racism into RaSnakem.

I fully agree with this one. I have only -ever- seen it used on this board, haven't seen it in any academic journals over sexuality (and ive read quite a few), or anywhere else. This is the one thing I have found that really irritates the hell out of me. If someone wants to be trans, then they are trans, but I am not cis.

 

[Daverson]

Any slur, especially if it's just being used as a lazy insult. Anyone who ever done this, get the fuck off my planet. (cop out? Perhaps. Though, I wouldn't stoop to dirtying this fine post by naming examples!)

On a more personal note, though.... "homophobia", "pansexual" and "cisgender". Look, I have nothing against the LGBTQ movement, in fact, I quite like you guys, but... why? The Greeks and Romans, they loved a bit of good old fashioned sodomy, what could they have possibly done to deserve having their languages butchered in such a horrific manner? I know that some more hypocritical groups have co-opted Latin over the past few millennia, but that's no excuse! Show some respect to the people who gave us the Toga!

I recently seem to have picked up the habit of saying "I mean" every other sentence, and I imagine it's quite annoying to read, so that can go on the list. Got to maintain a healthy degree of self-loathing, after all.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

"quintessential" "percolate"

These are pretty good choices. A lot of writers seem to think that educated lexis equals good writing. It doesn't.

There's not really any words I dislike though. All words have a time and place. Even if that place is only at the pub, when you're trying to outdo each other as to how crude you can be. There's one that irritates me because it has an unnecessary prefix, but I can't remember it now...

To go with these, "ludonarrative." As in, "ludonarrative dissonance." Just use English and call it "gameplay and story." Making up pseudo-latin words does not make you sound smarter, nor does it lend an air of respectability to your hobby. All it does is make you look like an insecure kid who is trying to prove to his parents that he isn't wasting his time.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Entitled-Telling someone they're entitled actually means they're entitled to something. What you're looking to say is that they have a false sense of entitlement, or perhaps that they're not entitled.

Often used when someone actually IS entitled to something, but people are using it as a pejorative.

Oh man, does this annoy me. Case in point, the ME3 debacle. Please tell me how customers who paid (quite a large sum of) money to buy a game /aren't/ entitled to the game that was advertised, instead of something very, very different?