Words or phrases that should be banned

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  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,370 Member
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    A client of ours uses "managing expectations" a lot which infuriates me.

    "pushing the envelope"

    "blue sky thinking"
  • Mera_Mera
    Mera_Mera Posts: 153
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    These are some of the prases that I can't stand:


    "I don't mean to offend" - Yes, you did. Just by saying it, I know that you are a douche bag.

    "O.M.G!" - If I hear it one more time, I might pull my hair out. I'm not responsible for what happens to the person that says it.

    "Tots!" - My goodness! I hate this stupid abbreviation of totally. It's not 'tots', idiot! It's totally. Don't dumb-down the language, please...

    "We're preggos!" I hate it when some men say this. No,man, you aren't pregnant. Not unless you have hidden your vagina behind your penis. I'm just clarifying.
  • cbbarge
    cbbarge Posts: 250 Member
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    I hate reading the word "prolly" for the word "probably" especially when it's the only text-speak word in a post.
  • velsbree
    velsbree Posts: 69
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    wait staff asking are you still working on that.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
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    When someone says the past tense of "to see" as "seen"......as in "I seen that movie yesterday". Makes the English major in my soul weep.
  • jagjava
    jagjava Posts: 6
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    I HATE when people misuse "lay" as in "I'm going to lay down." NO! It is "I'm going to lie down." You lie yourself down or you lay an object down. Get it right people!
  • dihardcheer86
    dihardcheer86 Posts: 67
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    I hate when people (esp info-mercials) say "Burns Fat!"
    You don't burn fat, you shrink the fat cells. You burn calories. You can't get lessen the number of fat cells unless you get liposuction.

    AND

    When people choose the wrong word-- there vs their vs they're OR know vs no

    AND

    When people pronounce mature as ma-tour, elementary as el-men-tree
  • dihardcheer86
    dihardcheer86 Posts: 67
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    What does smh mean? I see that often.

    it means "shake my head"


    ps i also hate when people is the wrong tense of words-- is/are (thinking of plurals)
  • kb455
    kb455 Posts: 679 Member
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    and "fml"


    Definitely agree with this.

    Also, "That's how I roll". I can't stand this phrase anymore. Retire it already!! Move on!
  • lickmybaconcakes
    lickmybaconcakes Posts: 1,063 Member
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    "surely" it does not render the information you presented any more valid just because you believe it to be.
  • jcriscuolo
    jcriscuolo Posts: 319 Member
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    I hate when people (esp info-mercials) say "Burns Fat!"
    You don't burn fat, you shrink the fat cells. You burn calories. You can't get lessen the number of fat cells unless you get liposuction.

    AND

    When people choose the wrong word-- there vs their vs they're OR know vs no

    AND

    When people pronounce mature as ma-tour, elementary as el-men-tree

    How about when they pronounce library as 'liberry'?
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,360 Member
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    "I love him/her to death" and "Bless her heart". In the south these two phrases are usually followed with a really snotty comment, such as, "Bless her heart, she's dumb as a bag of doorknobs." or "I love her to death, if she could only keep her legs closed."
    I also can't stand, "Have a blessed day", especially in voice mail messages. My co-worker says she tells customers to have a blessed day when she really means F-off.
  • holly1283
    holly1283 Posts: 741 Member
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    Mine is the F bomb. Did you ever notice it is the only word that can be used as a verb. noun, adjective or anywhere you want. Although I've never heard it used with an ly at the end. LOL
  • cbh142
    cbh142 Posts: 270 Member
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    I don't like the word "often"

    "That's neither here nor there."

    "just sayin'"
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
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    Starvation mode.

    Not that I don't believe in it, because I do, but I'm sick of people who don't understand what it really means using it.

    Same goes for skinny-fat.
  • hennyben
    hennyben Posts: 317
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    Irregardless - there's no such word

    "moving forward" - I hate it, it's just put at the start or end of a sentence when the sentence makes perfect sense without it like "So, what is your salary expectation, moving forward?"

    deja vu all over again - it's just deja vu
  • honestlysweet
    honestlysweet Posts: 221 Member
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    With that said....

    With that said... I say it all the time, but wish I wouldn't!

    THIS. I hate the term "with that said". It doesn't really mean anything, because if you left it out of the sentence, it wouldn't be missed.
  • Firefighter_Jay
    Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
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    Irregardless - there's no such word

    Omfg agree!!!!

    Has anyone said conversate yet???
  • xtinalovexo
    xtinalovexo Posts: 1,376 Member
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    COOL STORY BRO.

    HELLA- like when someone says thats HELLA AWESOME

    GOODIE! like when some idiot says "HEY WAZ GOODIE?"
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
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