Words you wish you could eliminate

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  • dkgoetz
    dkgoetz Posts: 65 Member
    I hate the use of "LOL" or "LOL'ed" (technically, it should be L'edOL ;] )

    Anytime someone adds "x" into a word it doesn't go in: expecially, expresso, excetera!

    "c u l8r" - it is no longer 1995, people.

    I have a cousin who insists on using "kewl" because it is shorter than "cool." (I forgive her, she's only 15) (No offense intended to any 15 year olds here, but sum of u need 2 lrn how 2 spel, jus sayin)
  • Vehicon
    Vehicon Posts: 22
    'Butthurt' is a big one because it sounds like something a catty 14-year old would say to his or her fellow classmates. "What's a matter, bro? YOU BUTTHURT?"
  • kenzietate
    kenzietate Posts: 399 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!

    When referencing to death by hanging is the only time you are supposed to used hanged. "He was found in his cell hanged to death."

    I hate that so many people use it for other things.

    Words I would remove:

    yolo
    bogo
    feels (internet thing)
    internetz
    any word with needlessly replaced s's with z's
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    in addition to words, there are few cliches i'm not too fond of.

    1) Slippery slope

    2) Soup to nuts

    3) only one way to skin a cat

    4) Going to battle

    5) Don't go there


    Hate 'em all..................there's more that I can' think of at the moment.
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    The word "foodie" to describe a food lover. Aghh!
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    in addition to words, there are few cliches i'm not too fond of.

    1) Slippery slope

    2) Soup to nuts

    3) only one way to skin a cat

    4) Going to battle

    5) Don't go there

    6) Talk to the hand


    Hate 'em all..................there's more that I can't think of at the moment.
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
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  • BleedsCoffee
    BleedsCoffee Posts: 247 Member
    YOLO
    swag
    Belieber

    The list pretty much goes on like this...
  • PonyTailedLoser
    PonyTailedLoser Posts: 315 Member
    "Totes" LOATHE ENTIRELY!
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    not a word but "where do you get your protein" SHUTUP
    Ugh, people ask me this all the time!!


    But yeah, the word I'm sick of is "epic". Buying yourself a new pair of shoes is not epic.. :P
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    HA! I am laughing so hard at these comments! Good for the abs! :laugh:
    How about when someone refers to a "wheel barrow" as a "wheel barrel".
  • DavidC1857
    DavidC1857 Posts: 149 Member
    Seriously, what is wrong with "moist?"

    And what is a YOLO anyway?

    Personally, any sort of "text" abbreviations. 2 r u ur y etc. "y r u going 2 ur doc?" It takes more effort to figure out how to type that than to just type it.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    "Normalcy." Warren G. Harding just made that *kitten* up and now I cringe every time I hear it.
  • WannaDizzolve
    WannaDizzolve Posts: 270 Member
    "try" There is no "try", there is only "do"...
    "space"--as in living. It is not a space. It is a room, jackalope...

    Carry On...
  • Mmmmona
    Mmmmona Posts: 328 Member
    baby bump
  • dressagester
    dressagester Posts: 53 Member
    Pamper and Goddess.

    I want to stab babies when I hear either.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Boobies. I hate that word so much. :angry:
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    "Cauliflower" in regard to replacement foods (You can have my real pizza dough when you pry it out of my cold dead hands).

    "Irregardless" because it's not a word.

    "Literally" if you don't know how to use it properly.
  • fjellrev
    fjellrev Posts: 5,078 Member
    I hate "eat back" in reference to calories burned in exercise. It makes me think of vomit for some reason. I also despise when nouns are used as verbs when they really shouldn't be.
    Journaling
    facebooking
    twittering

    Also the opposite, when verbs are used as nouns in an awkward way.
    "Do you have a solve for this problem?"
    "We should lunch over this tomorrow."

    One that fortunately didn't make it very far was "doing a solid". "Hey, why don't you do me a solid and bring lunch back since I can't leave my desk today."

    There's nothing wrong with nouns becoming verbs. It's a natural language process. There's no "should" or "shouldn't" or "correct" or "incorrect" when it comes to language, really.
    No one is talking about what is correct, so much as we are talking about what gets under our skin.

    Oh, of course! Just that you said, "...when they really shouldn't be."
  • celinarae94
    celinarae94 Posts: 131
    1. "lose" because that means you can always gain it back (in terms of weight).. its best to think of "changing" your body.
    2. Not just a word but a phrase, "Real women...." No... just no. I am so sick of seeing stuff like "real women have curves" etc. DRIVES ME NUTS! If you want to be comfortable in your own skin that's fine but don't degrade mine just to do so.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    "Journey"
    smitten
    Moist
    NROWL4W (Well, this is technically an acronym..but still. Not the only program out there!)
    Dr Oz. (This is a person. Can we eliminate people?)
  • bonniecarbs
    bonniecarbs Posts: 446 Member
    I plan to, you know, go to town tomorrow to, you know, find a blouse, you know. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW throughout a full conversation.

    And I don't like to be answered with LOL when I pour my heart out. You don't have time to answer me???
  • bonniecarbs
    bonniecarbs Posts: 446 Member
    somebody tell me what is wrong with MOIST
  • makenoexcuses
    makenoexcuses Posts: 128 Member
    Phlegm. *shudders*
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    I hate "eat back" in reference to calories burned in exercise. It makes me think of vomit for some reason. I also despise when nouns are used as verbs when they really shouldn't be.
    Journaling
    facebooking
    twittering

    Also the opposite, when verbs are used as nouns in an awkward way.
    "Do you have a solve for this problem?"
    "We should lunch over this tomorrow."

    One that fortunately didn't make it very far was "doing a solid". "Hey, why don't you do me a solid and bring lunch back since I can't leave my desk today."

    There's nothing wrong with nouns becoming verbs. It's a natural language process. There's no "should" or "shouldn't" or "correct" or "incorrect" when it comes to language, really.
    No one is talking about what is correct, so much as we are talking about what gets under our skin.

    Oh, of course! Just that you said, "...when they really shouldn't be."
    :yawn: Don't come in here trying to ruin a perfectly fun thread with drammmmmmmma...........
  • fjellrev
    fjellrev Posts: 5,078 Member
    :yawn: Don't come in here trying to ruin a perfectly fun thread with drammmmmmmma...........

    Nah, don't worry about that. Drama llamas aren't my thing.



    Me, I'd eliminate "nippy" in a heartbeat.
  • NYactor1
    NYactor1 Posts: 9,642 Member
    Blue & waffle. Separately they are perfectly ok. Together? Just wrong.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    "Journey"
    smitten
    Moist
    NROWL4W (Well, this is technically an acronym..but still. Not the only program out there!)
    Dr Oz. (This is a person. Can we eliminate people?)

    That would make this thread a lot longer (and probably a lot more dramatic).
  • fjellrev
    fjellrev Posts: 5,078 Member
    If Dr. Oz counts, I might as well throw in Nicki Minaj.
  • ToolRat
    ToolRat Posts: 42 Member
    EPIC....very over used...

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