Words you hate

[Haukur Isleifsson]

Pretentious, overrated and friend-zone.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I just remembered another word that irritates me to no end: "wicked" used as an adverb, as in "wicked good." I don't know who came up with this, but I first heard it when I moved to Vermont. I almost asked the person who said it if they knew that "wicked" was another word for "bad", not "very," but I didn't. I just assumed it was a northern New England thing.

I can't remember the name of the effect, but it happens to a lot of words, like 'sick'. It's not even a new thing, 'nice' originally meant 'foolish' (literally comes from the latin for 'not knowing').

Personally I really despise 'objective' and 'subjective' at the moment, pedants have overused them.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

"Pwn" - It's not even a real word, at least not in any form of english I ever learned.
"Emo" - I am still not entirely clear as to what that even means. Are we all supposed to be androids now? Or go around singing the Happy Happy Joy Joy song?
"Bro" and any and everything associated with that Dude-Bro nonsense - Sorry Brovengers, but your name makes my skin crawl.
"Rip off" - Just because something is somewhat similar to something else doesn't mean it ripped it off. If it was pretty much a carbon copy of it then it'd be a rip off. I'm looking at you Warhammer 40k fanboys.

EDIT: And most other words that get thrown around so much that they don't mean anything anymore and I'm pretty sure those that are using them don't know what they're supposed to mean anyway.

 

[Something Amyss]

Innovation and immersion are pet peeves of mine. I don't think they mean what you think they mean.

I tend to hate slurs, period.

Clot/clotted. When people say clotted cream it makes me sick.

I'm not sure I've ever heard of "clotted cream" before, but it puts the wrong images in my head.

I also hate the word "hater". You apply the smallest amount of criticism on something, and you're a "hater". As if hating something is to be frowned upon anyway. I guess you could say I'm a hater "hater". Bah, what a stupid term.

I don't really hate the term most of the time (it's more annoying than anything), but I do hate it when people use it as a defense to something awful. I heard the term tossed around regarding critics of Michael Vick's dogfighting, for example. And honestly, I do hate that and it really shouldn't be a bad thing to hate someone abusing animals.

Sheeple.
You're all blind sheeple because you have different ideas than me. you should listen to me because I know what's best for you.

Mostly used in the face of facts and/or science.

Cis.

I'm not sure what it is, maybe the feeling of negativity behind it...

If you feel "cis" has negativity behind it, I'd suggest the problem is your inference, not the actual use of the word.

 

[Evil Moo]

Words themselves don't tend to annoy me. It is usually word usage that does.

For example the phrase:

"I understand that perfect."

Should in my mind be:

"I understand that perfectly."

There are many similar instances of people missing the -ly at the end of words that just feels like a slap to my train of thought. I don't know why it affects me so strongly, but it does and it is annoying.

 

[Something Amyss]

I just remembered another word that irritates me to no end: "wicked" used as an adverb, as in "wicked good." I don't know who came up with this, but I first heard it when I moved to Vermont. I almost asked the person who said it if they knew that "wicked" was another word for "bad", not "very," but I didn't. I just assumed it was a northern New England thing.

Blame Boston. Seriously, they're the root of New England's use of "wicked." They're also the reason I have trouble getting "retarded" (pronounced retahhhhded) out of my vocabulary.

Wicked pissa! >.>

I'll echo the hatred above of slang terms for vagina in general and vajayjay in particular. What are you, twelve? Also,it doesn't even have any Js in it.

Vajayjay really freaking annoys me.

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.

 

[Khazidhea]

If I were forced at gunpoint to

OT: Does it count when I say I genuinely hate US spelling? Whenever I see something like the word "color" I get a strong urge to scream.

I'd have to agree with you about US spelling. My word to hate is 'aluminum' (as opposed to aluminium), it's just never sounded right to me.

Also 'herstory'. Not sure how widely it's used, or even of its exact meaning, but it just irritates me for some reason each time I see it.

And 'lol'.

 

[Evil Moo]

Oh yes! I just remembered an actual word that I dislike:

"Butthurt"

It feels to me like a juvenile attempt at creating a new word, but for some reason using two existing words that don't really convey the meaning of it particularly well. Also it tends to be used by trolls e.g. "Trolololol, u butthurt?" rather than in any civilised conversation.

 

[ninjapenguin1414]

Not a word technically but when people "shush" me I want to punch them in the face.
"Hater's gonna hate" because people think it's a legitimate argument.
And "brain fart" I have no clue why it became such a popular saying it's just stupid.

 

[Froggy Slayer]

Cis.

I'm not sure what it is, maybe the feeling of negativity behind it...

If you feel "cis" has negativity behind it, I'd suggest the problem is your inference, not the actual use of the word.

I cringe every time that I hear it, but it's usually because I know that a lengthy flame war is going to flare up within a few minutes time.

 

[Dominic Crossman]

Mine is dominater, because thats what people at school called me and it bugged hell out of me
Dads is raze, as is in raze a building to the ground, as it is sounds like raise which is pretty much the opposite

 

[Adultratedhydra]

The Occupy morons made me hate the word "Solidarity" with a fiery passion.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Clot/clotted. When people say clotted cream it makes me sick.

I saw some "strawberries and clotted cream" ice cream in the freezer and nearly threw up all over the kitchen.

Also, all the slang words for vagina.

Clot used to be an old nickname of mine! :S I hated it...

OT I hate the word FULL... because I can't say it properly! My accent only allows me to pronounce it like a shorter sharper 'fool'. :/
I also hate the word Orient, like as if to orient a map... I would prefer it to be orientate, as that sounds more natural.

Also, I wish people would pronounce 'pronunciation' properly... it doesn't have the second 'o' and is pronounced 'pro-nun-see-ate'.

 

[fenrizz]

Another annoyance is when people say "I could care less" when they mean the opposite.

"Hey, did you like Dark Knight Rises?"
"I could care less for that movie"
"but...you wrote up a review saying it was a moldy ass..."
"Yeah; like I said I could care less"
"you mean you COULDN'T care less."
"Same difference dude."
"GO FUCK YOURSELF!!"

...

sorry.

I occasionally say that.

I could care less, but I care so little that I won't bother to care less.

OT:

Friendzone.

Not the word, but rather the concept it implies.
"She won't let me fuck her? WHAT AT *****, I was being nice to her and all... WHY WON'T SHE SPREAD HER LEGS??"

Also, words and phrases take on new meanings over time

 

[SecondPrize]

Cis.

I'm not sure what it is, maybe the feeling of negativity behind it...

If you feel "cis" has negativity behind it, I'd suggest the problem is your inference, not the actual use of the word.

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.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

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

 

[evilengine]

Technically speaking it's not a real word, but I hate it none the less:

Purrrfect

I cannot begin to describe how much this drives me up the friggin wall, you can bet your ass that if the subject of cats is brought up this word will be lurking around.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

I'm beginning to develop a grudge against the word 'troll' , I think because of it being thrown around far too easily these days, big thanks to facebook for making memes reaching the average joe. I know I probably sound like some disgruntled internet hipster(oh god, another one of those words), but I preferred it when not every witty remark, pun and facetious behavior would be referred to as 'trolling'.

Another thing is the word 'your' when the person in question means to say 'you're' or 'you are'. This is one my major internet pet peeves, WHY DO PEOPLE DO THAT. Every time I see someone make that mistake a little piece of me dies

Well a little piece of you is about to die because your (I dun did it right) "WHY DO PEOPLE DO THAT" statement should have ended in a question mark

I hate it when I look back at something and didn't use my your/you're right. My theory is because there are a lot of situations where I (and presumably others) wouldn't say "you are" so when typing we just throw "your" out there. For example, "You're going to be mad when I correct your sentence" flows a lot better in conversation than "You are going to be mad when I correct your sentence"

I'd have to agree with you about US spelling. My word to hate is 'aluminum' (as opposed to aluminium), it's just never sounded right to me.

Humphry Davy, the British chemist who discovered Aluminum called it Aluminum in his book Chemical Philosophy and it stuck until some Brit wrote to a political journal saying Aluminium was better. I'll stick with the name science gave it

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

"Hater." I constantly see it used by youtube personalities as some blanket term to dehumanize someone critical of you in an attempt to avoid the actual criticism.

Also Fail. Not the way that conventional english and socially versed human beings use it but the way that the internet uses it. Goes doubly if there's an "epic" before it.

 

[Headsprouter]

Touche.

One letter away from "douche" and how topical, because you sound like just that when you say it!

And every name ending in "que".

Angelique.
Dominique.
Mystique.

Yeah, REAL classy. You sound like a cheap whore. Or a "Frique of nature"! Bwahahahahahaha!