Words you wish you could eliminate

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  • hmontigney
    hmontigney Posts: 56 Member
    Moist

    My boyfriend and I giggle like teenagers every time someone says this word. He hates it and it truly just sounds weird.
  • hmontigney
    hmontigney Posts: 56 Member
    I would get rid of Swag or Swagger. Those two words make no sense to me.
  • msuspartan10
    msuspartan10 Posts: 72 Member
    "skinny fat" bugs me
    Bad instead of badly, quick instead of quickly, real instead of really, etc
    "I need it real bad." No, you need it really badly.
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    Msu spartan- I also get very annoyed with those who don't know the difference between adjectives and adverbs.
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    Loose, if it is loose...then tighten it. Ax as in ax me a question. Ppl.... Ok people is typing those other three letters so hard?
    Now why is moist so hated?
  • ValRAAAAY
    ValRAAAAY Posts: 270 Member
    SUPPOSABLY.

    Tis NOT a word!!!!
  • TedStout
    TedStout Posts: 241
    Deprive for one. It gets tossed around way too much. It's only deprivation if you are not getting something you need.

    Good one, I like your explanation.

    I would eliminate (speaking for my own life) "can't". Most of my can'ts are actually won'ts if I am honest with myself.

    OMG yes! This. Can't = choose not too.
  • TedStout
    TedStout Posts: 241
    Literally.

    "Dude, I LITERALLY just died laughing!" ... Then what are you doing posting that on facebook? Shouldn't you be in a freezer somewhere?
    "I LITERALLY cannot right now" Then do us all a favor and stop!
    "You are literally the most annoying person ever" Richard Simmons. Your argument is invalid forever always.

    UGH.

    Laugh! Excellent choice.
  • TedStout
    TedStout Posts: 241
    Affect. Or effect. Just because I can never get them straight. ugh.
  • kcrxgirl
    kcrxgirl Posts: 114 Member
    epic, I hear it all the time, but never when the situation really is 'epic'

    And "legit"
    As in, "that burrito was legit"
    Well that's nice. Glad it wasn't illegitimate . . .

    And "irregardless"
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    Affect. Or effect. Just because I can never get them straight. ugh.

    Over-use of sports analogies in corporate meetings.

    Example: "We are unable to make a firm decision on how to allocate costs, let's just "punt" for the time being.
  • Melissa11412
    Melissa11412 Posts: 145 Member
    toned

    and, no offense against the exercise itself, but the word

    ZUMBA

    (zoooooooooooooooooombaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)


    haha
  • xvxCelticWandererxvx
    xvxCelticWandererxvx Posts: 2,890 Member
    Only two words really grind on me and they are:

    Retard (I don't even like to type it) and any variation of it.
    Hate
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    Love me some......
  • MNA76
    MNA76 Posts: 1,541
    Moist.
  • katinachaos
    katinachaos Posts: 90 Member
    I love to verb the hell out of nouns, DON'T JUDGE ME!!!

    And props to the comment about SUPPOSABLY. Ugh. A friend of mine is 37 years old and still says it, and for some reason, it comes up frequently. I can't think of a time when I would use it more than once a week, but we get together and it's every other word! Arggghh!!
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    I can't stand supposably. It almost makes it sound like you just came back from the dentist and the novocaine has yet to wear off.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    Moist.

    *shudders*
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
    "Axe" for "ask". *shudder* :noway:
  • bethanylaugh
    bethanylaugh Posts: 237
    "literally"

    because apparently you literally don't know what it means
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    lose and loose for sure

    Also axed instead of asked. I have an axe and I use it to chop wood.
  • Tiffyholli
    Tiffyholli Posts: 92 Member
    YOLO
    SWAG
    DTF
  • JulieAnn1109
    JulieAnn1109 Posts: 21 Member
    retard

    :(

    and hate.....definately could do without that!
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    -sammich
    -mami
    -chillaxing
    -sup/wassup OR any other slang word. IE ´gewd´ for good, etc (effing annoying :explode: )
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
    "Prolly" for "probably". It's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Eeeee! :grumble:
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    The word "hanged".

    When someone is going to die by hanging shouldn't it be he was "hung"?
    Not he was "hanged". Ugh, that is so aggravating!


    No dirty minds here!

    To answer your question, no. The correct way of saying it is hanged. :flowerforyou:
  • DavidC1857
    DavidC1857 Posts: 149 Member
    Can't = choose not too.

    I would love to be able to fly like a bird. I can think of a number of psychic abilities that would be fun (mind reading, telekinesis. Or that whole throwing balls of fire thing.) I think it'd be killer if I could make those steel like blades come out of my knuckles.

    Walk on water, or underwater for that matter. Become invisible. Pick up a car and change the tire without a jack. All sorts of neat things.

    But I guess I just choose not too.
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    Also, because I just saw both of these in the same thread:

    Cray cray. Isn't it easier to type the word crazy?

    Anything with -licious added that shouldn't be there. "Dramalicious." What.
  • What316
    What316 Posts: 563
    Back fat two words that are just **** together
  • Lpoahway
    Lpoahway Posts: 1
    Portions. I love to eat things I find so tasty. Dieting leaves a person feeling deprived, even if you eat just smaller portions! :noway:

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