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  • LifeWithPie
    LifeWithPie Posts: 552 Member
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    Hangry

    Dr. Oz
  • mdcoug
    mdcoug Posts: 397 Member
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    "Put on my big girl panties"
    "Yea" or "yeah" instead of "yay."
    "Cudos" for "kudos."
    "detoxinate"

    People not using spell check!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yea

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah

    So, it should be "yea." The only reason I knew to look it up is because I always wanted to type "yay," but it was pointed out to me once that this was wrong and I refused to believe them. Yeah, they were, right. Just sayin.

    I'm another "nom, nom" hater. And people at work use "If you will" all the time. If I will what?
  • sk_pirate
    sk_pirate Posts: 282 Member
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    LOOSE, when it's supposed to be "LOSE!"



    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • ms_leanne
    ms_leanne Posts: 523
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    doggy dog world (wtf)

    I'm pretty sure they mean "Dog eat Dog World"

    http://www.goenglish.com/DogEatDog.asp
  • Sqeekyjojo
    Sqeekyjojo Posts: 704 Member
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    I detest 'my diet's cleaner than yours'. Generally said by people carrying more than double the excess fat I have to shift.

    'My journey'. Seriously? A journey is what you do when you travel to chuck the One Ring into the middle of Mount Doom, not taking a detour to the gym instead of the refrigerator.

    Anything that starts with 'Gillian...' Because its probably crap. Or dangerous crap. Or both.

    Other than that, I try to ignore anything that autocorrect might have caused.
  • meljane28
    meljane28 Posts: 17
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    hahaha dollop! It doesn't bother me but it's funny!
  • VoodooLuLu
    VoodooLuLu Posts: 636 Member
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    tuna/ hamburger helper :sick: just the smell of it makes me gag
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
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    cringe
  • JenniferMary_9169
    JenniferMary_9169 Posts: 164
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    taxes
    ex-husband
    bill collector
    debt collector
    telemarketer
  • JenniferMary_9169
    JenniferMary_9169 Posts: 164
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    unknown number
    restricted number
  • JenniferMary_9169
    JenniferMary_9169 Posts: 164
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    lice

    (I work in an Admin office at a place that provides child care, after school care and summer camps - THIS word makes my skin itch whenever there is a possible case)
  • subconscious_ink
    subconscious_ink Posts: 194 Member
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    "boobies"

    I hate it so much. :angry:

    Agreed. Actually, any cutesy word for a reproductive organ, like "hoo-hoo" or "cootch".

    Also, when people mess up common phrases (especially if the people are native English speakers), such as "taken for granite" instead of "taken for granted". Or awe when they mean aw, or ewe when they mean ew. These are entirely different words, people. :grumble:

    My biggest pet peeve is probably when people use hashtags on a site that doesn't use hashtags, or just in regular conversation. #annoying, #looks stupid
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,862 Member
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    'My journey'. Seriously? A journey is what you do when you travel to chuck the One Ring into the middle of Mount Doom, not taking a detour to the gym instead of the refrigerator.
    It's that 80's band! "Don't Stop Believin'............."
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,316 Member
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    Ooh yes, LIVER CLEANSE - yelp!
    Detox. - OMG
    Toxins. - what do people think we are made of. We are not poison.
  • Anthomania
    Anthomania Posts: 9
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    When people say "loose weight" instead of Lose weight.
    •Moist
    •carpe diem
    •prego
    •Onederland
    •belieber
    •"I ship that"
    /(>.<)\
  • etak17
    etak17 Posts: 71 Member
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    "Put on my big girl panties"
    "Yea" or "yeah" instead of "yay."
    "Cudos" for "kudos."
    "detoxinate"

    People not using spell check!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yea

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah

    So, it should be "yea." The only reason I knew to look it up is because I always wanted to type "yay," but it was pointed out to me once that this was wrong and I refused to believe them. Yeah, they were, right. Just sayin.

    Guess I wasn't clear - I meant when people want to say "Yay, good job!!!"

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/yay
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yay
    (I have no idea why it's not in Merriam-Webster - very strange.)

    "Yea" (which is pronounced the same as "yay") means "yes" but like when one is orally voting "yea" or "nay" as in Congress. Doesn't come up to often in conversation!


    But hay, dont get youre panties in a bunch, no what im sayin?
  • biddy81
    biddy81 Posts: 122 Member
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    "Put on my big girl panties"
    "Yea" or "yeah" instead of "yay."
    "Cudos" for "kudos."
    "detoxinate"

    People not using spell check!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yea

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah

    So, it should be "yea." The only reason I knew to look it up is because I always wanted to type "yay," but it was pointed out to me once that this was wrong and I refused to believe them. Yeah, they were, right. Just sayin.

    Guess I wasn't clear - I meant when people want to say "Yay, good job!!!"

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/yay
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yay
    (I have no idea why it's not in Merriam-Webster - very strange.)

    "Yea" (which is pronounced the same as "yay") means "yes" but like when one is orally voting "yea" or "nay" as in Congress. Doesn't come up to often in conversation!


    But hay, dont get youre panties in a bunch, no what im sayin?

    :laugh:
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
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    hashtags make my eyes hurt LOL - do we need to start a new thread about about how people don't even speak in complete sentences anymore?
    #fitness #diet #gym #calories #fitnesspals
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    when people call breakfast "breaky" I want to do bad things....
  • biddy81
    biddy81 Posts: 122 Member
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    when people call breakfast "breaky" I want to do bad things....

    Like "breaky" their faces?

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