Words/Phrases you HATE

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  • Mailboxhead1
    Mailboxhead1 Posts: 18
    "Me thinks"- really pisses me off. Your dump opinion is still dumb even if you try to say it like you're Shakespeare.

    "Dominate" when they really meant "dominant". As in: "The Reds are really going to be dominate this year"
  • lre224
    lre224 Posts: 83
    For what it's worth, I really don't mind "it is what it is". For me, it's always worked to express a combination of both finality and limited significance. (It is not going to change. There is nothing more to it that what you see. And don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. A molehill is a molehill.) Although I do suppose that the key is using it in an appropriate situation where one may be tempted to make a mountain out of that molehill or to try and find that there's something more to it.

    Scenario: I come into my office in the morning.

    Me: "Morning Sergeant Smith. How’s your day going?"

    Smith: "Terrible. I failed my fitness test this morning. Now I’m going to get paperwork, the commander’s going to want to talk to me, and I’ve got to go to additional exercise sessions outside of work. I just can’t focus. I mean, I bust my hump to do all this work they hand us, and I do it really well. Every job they give me, I knock it out. But now, because I didn’t do enough push-ups, I’m a failure and a second-rate worker? What the heck?!?"

    Me: "Well, it is what it is. Take a moment, calm down, get your mind right, and we’ll work with you to get you ready to test again." (Implications: 1: We can’t go back in time and undo that test. That failure is on your record. 2: It is ONLY a failed fitness test. It is NOT an indictment against your worth as a human being.)


    I cannot STAND this phrase, for exactly this reason. My husband (soon-to-be-ex, I will add) used this phrase to explain his 6-month affair with an "escort." It makes me cringe every time I hear someone using it; even though, yes, I can understand the practicality of it. It's simply too popular currently.
  • erickita89
    erickita89 Posts: 422 Member
    "I could care less"

    Yeah. Especially as it's supposed to be "couldn't care less"


    A bit like the people who say "pacifically" instead of "specifically"
    A bit like the other people who say "exspecially" instead of "especially".




    Or the people who say "preformance" instead of PERFORMANCE!??
    Or the ones that say "Ambleance" instead of "Ambulance"?!

    Or let me "Ax you a question".
    I am guilty of exspecially, Ax, and preformance. i have a brooklyn accent LOL

    YOLO......SMH

    I HATE YOLO. YOLO MUST DIE #swag
  • erickita89
    erickita89 Posts: 422 Member
    I hate:

    "all that"
  • Routerninja
    Routerninja Posts: 201
    'hashtag'

    If you're using it on Twitter, fine, that's where the concept was born.

    Using it on facebook? tolerable, but still annoying.

    If a person sitting near me, during a conversation SAYS the word "Hashtag" and isn't referring to the # on the keyboard, but is trying to be 'witty' and tag my conversation with them, they are getting punched in the throat.
  • pbajwally
    pbajwally Posts: 210 Member
    ^^^ AMEN BROTHER.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    ...
    Or let me "Ax you a question".
    ...

    I have found that very few people axe YOU a question. They tend to axe YIZ a question.
  • mjhedgehog
    mjhedgehog Posts: 249 Member
    I hate the word "hubby"

    And I hate "weight loss journey"
  • CollegiateGrief
    CollegiateGrief Posts: 552 Member
    "Big time"

    I don't know why.
  • Beastx10
    Beastx10 Posts: 97
    all I have to say is "WOW". some people have too much time on their hands!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member

    For what it's worth, I really don't mind "it is what it is". For me, it's always worked to express a combination of both finality and limited significance. (It is not going to change. There is nothing more to it that what you see. And don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. A molehill is a molehill.) Although I do suppose that the key is using it in an appropriate situation where one may be tempted to make a mountain out of that molehill or to try and find that there's something more to it.

    i think a lot of times it is the over use and the misuse of phrases that lead to disliking a phrase. I know my distaste for "it is what it is" can be directly connected to when i actually listened to Mike & Mike on ESPN radio on my drive to work. Mike Greenberg killed that phrase for me.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    "Fustrated" (hello, there's another "r" in there)

    don't forget "Flustrated" - the flustered/frustrated combo.
  • ash8184
    ash8184 Posts: 701 Member
    Nucular & Moist
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    "No Problem"

    When someone says "Thank You" the appropriate response is "You Are Welcome", the inappropriate response is "No Problem". When someone asks for something... "Will you hand me the Bryers All Natural Double Fudge Ice Cream Gallon Canister" the appropriate response is "Yes", or "Certainly", or even "Um, I think you need to reconsider that choice fat *kitten*", the inappropriate response is "No Problem". I am not exactly sure when "No Problem" became a suitable replacement for polite responses, but it does irk me just a bit.

    i am guilty of this. i am trying to be more mindful, because i don't want people to think i am dismissing their thanks, but I have used it to let someone know that i didn't mind doing them a favor and it didn't put me out.
  • wareagle8706
    wareagle8706 Posts: 1,090 Member
    yolo

    sammich

    zombies

    supposebly (which isn't a word, but I hate it because some people think it is a word)

    (what's with the "on my gap year" thing??? Am I missing something?)
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    Kray kray........ I hear that and I wanna ***** slap someone
  • Beyond_Value
    Beyond_Value Posts: 46 Member
    Everything is going to be all right.

    It's ok.

    NP
  • littlebeardedlifter
    littlebeardedlifter Posts: 790 Member
    just saying who ever started that should get beat
  • MikeyD1280
    MikeyD1280 Posts: 5,257
    I will punch her in the "Snoot"...

    Wtf is a snoot...... def a redneck term.... hehe

    I asked the person who said it; "what is a snoot", and they said you know, a nose...

    no... a nose is a nose..
  • wareagle8706
    wareagle8706 Posts: 1,090 Member
    Kray kray........ I hear that and I wanna ***** slap someone

    OMG yes!! I worked with a co-worker all week in Vegas who uses that phrase. We were in VEGAS so imagine how many times I heard it!!!!! ahhh!!
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    "If she [...], she wants the D."

    "Hun" or "Honey" (because girls use it to be condescending).

    "Just sayin'."

    "YOLO"

    "No offence, but... [catty unnecessary opinion on something you do or like]."

    "Cray-cray."
  • tinabell153
    tinabell153 Posts: 292 Member
    I hate the word "retarded" because it upsets me.

    I also hate "totes" "cray cray" and "baby" (when calling significant other baby)
  • mariapuhl
    mariapuhl Posts: 529 Member

    zombies

    What's wrong with zombies? Other than their flesh eating tendencies, of course...
  • raychulj
    raychulj Posts: 458 Member
    Blouse is an ugly word!
  • Brianna716
    Brianna716 Posts: 303 Member
    "cos" in place of because... something that looks like it rhymes with boss can't possibly stand for cause.
  • KrystalLight03
    KrystalLight03 Posts: 119
    "YOLO"

    1. It's stupid.
    2. It's constantly used as an excuse to do stupid things.
    3. It's hardly ever used correctly.
    4. It's stupid.

    Used incorrectly: I just worked out without stretching first! YOLO.
    How it should be used: I always put on my seatbelt when I get in the car. YOLO.
  • bloodysore
    bloodysore Posts: 77 Member
    ... And using "seen" instead of "saw." You didn't seen anything. But you sound like you've never seen an English class.
    Yes! I have too many friends that do this. I correct them every time and they still do not get it!
  • SarahBeth0625
    SarahBeth0625 Posts: 685 Member
    I agree on "cray cray" -- super annoying!

    "totes": really annoying. Just say the whole damn word!

    I think some people just try to be cute but they over-use abbreviations and they just end up sounding uneducated! I shouldn't have to google your status to know what you're trying to say. And if I have to do too much reading, I'll probably just unfriend. Haha!
  • wait_loss
    wait_loss Posts: 117 Member
    That is so ( insert derogitory word) queer, *kitten*, gay and of course phat! and finally the statement ( That sucks!)

    especially when used by straight people.

    Really I don't know (that sucks) is a bad statement most guys I know are really into them.
  • missCherry1977
    missCherry1977 Posts: 23 Member
    head over heals - my head is usually over my heels so what are they talking about?

    diva- it's not a compliment.

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