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    Words or phrases that should be banned

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    • Posts: 1,578 Member
      "Literally" is also a big one on my list. "My legs were litterally burning after that workout". Oh, really? I do not see any evidence of a fire. "Literally" means it really happened, people, the word you are looking for is "figuratively", which admitedly, does not really sound as cool when used in the same sentence.

      I just read someone's profile where she said "I literally feed my family crap."

      I was rolling on the floor laughing . . . literally.
    • Posts: 3,783 Member
      Do you have a word or phrase that just drives you crazy when you here it?

      Mine is "It is what it is". I HATE this phrase. I think it makes the person saying it look like an idiot.

      Eating-back exercise calories is super duper serially important...
    • Posts: 239 Member
      Preggers.

      YES. absolutely HATE that.
    • Posts: 239 Member
      Based on the first 9 pages of this thread there is nothing I can say that you won't hate, so I'm just sayin, I mighta seen it, but irregardless, (as I SMH), yous guys would loose it and OMG I would be in EPIC trouble and then WTF, I'd be chilaxin and be thinkin FTW, but then it'd be more like FML. Whew whodda thunk the english language would come to this. :bigsmile: :laugh: :devil:

      ...methinks we have a linguistics major
    • Posts: 944 Member
      any type of 'corporate buzz words'

      "Going Forward" like they want to cover up a mistake and don't really change anything.
      "Transparency" ummm...no, you still hide secrets from the employees and blindside them with accusations

      I don't want to go on, it makes me mad thinking about all the lies workplaces tell employees.
    • Posts: 917 Member
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      I just read someone's profile where she said "I literally feed my family crap."

      I was rolling on the floor laughing . . . literally.

      Now I am too, thanks! :laugh:
    • Posts: 244 Member
      Frape.
    • Posts: 58 Member
      "one more time"

      If you've ever been in marching band / colorguard, you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about...

      ......yea one plus a thousand
    • Posts: 437
      The new buzz word...

      everything is "artisan" now.


      Artisan bread..artisan dunkin donuts...Artisan artisan artisan!!!! **screams!!!**


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    • Posts: 1,578 Member
      Not everything is artisan. Somethings are iconic and artisan!
    • Posts: 1,509 Member
      And if it's not artisan it's vintage! ha
    • Posts: 39 Member
      YOLO.
      YOLO YOLO YOLO, YOLO YOLO.

      Pulling an all nighter, YOLO!!!
      Eating an entire pan of brownies, YOLO!
      Punched my math teacher in the face, YOLO!
      Bought an iced coffee!! YOLO!!!!!!
      Facebook all day!!! YOOOOLLLOOOOOO!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 364 Member
      I have come to loathe the phrase "everyone is different." Ugh!
    • Posts: 41
      Read thru these forums and the one word you will see more than any is AMAZING! That word is over used all over the internet and t.v. and it really drives me nuts.
    • Posts: 739 Member
      I love this thread! Here are some phrases that I hear in the business context that I absolutely hate:

      "Outside the box"

      "Drill down"

      "Deep dive"

      "Around" - as in when people say things like, "there were issues 'around' Jane's performance," or "we had a lot of discussion 'around' [insert subject or topic]."

      "For the record." Look, I'm a lawyer, and I know what a "record" is. And 99.999999% of the time that this phrase is used outside of a court proceeding, there is no "record" being taken. Like on a forum post. Sorry, there's no "record" here that you need to clarify.
    • Posts: 739 Member
      In forum posts:

      Any text speak. Since you're using a full keyboard sitting at a computer, there's no need to use text abbreviations like "ppl" or "prolly" or "cos."

      "OMG"

      "FML"

      "SMH"

      ":facepalm:"

      And the mother of all text-speak that I hate more than any other: "LOL."
    • Posts: 739 Member
      'Truth is.....' and anything 'bro' bahh

      Don't you hate it when "bro" is pronounced "bra"? :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
    • Posts: 739 Member
      I also hate it when people use the words "males" and "females" when they mean "men" and "women." For example, you see profiles that say, "I don't accept friend requests from males."

      That just begs the question, "Male whats?" Do you mean "men"? Or do you mean any male creature?

      What I'm saying here is, let's use the words "male" and "female" only as adjectives, please. :smile:
    • Posts: 106 Member
      "no offense, but . . ."

      yep!!! i hate this one... "no offence but.." i'm just about to cut you down to size to make myself feel better...

      just.go.away.

      :)
    • Posts: 101
      I feel the same on "git-r-done" - YUCK!
    • Posts: 2,724 Member
      Walking the trails all the bikers YELL "ON YOUR LEFT" and ring a little bell at you...when you have enough of them, it's like an annoying freaking chorus of MOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOUR ASSS!! I hate it! That's why I stick to nature trails and not bike paths!

      I hate when i yell, "On your left!" and you promptly move into the left(overtaking) lane. Why do you do this?
    • Posts: 543 Member
      "May or may not"

      They both mean the same thing, it's redundant.


      At work when someone says something like "I'll be talking to this slide" No, you are talking to your audience about the information displayed on the slide.
    • Posts: 1,079 Member
      "its whatever" "what ev" and saying "like" every other word annoy the &$#% outta me >.>
    • Posts: 38 Member
      Well, damn... if people stopped using all the words posted in this thread we'd all just end up standing around, silent, not talking at at all.

      It seems like I'd annoy a whole lot of you seeing as I have used most of these words/phrases at one point or another.

      I've been reading through the comments and thinking the same thing.
    • Posts: 739 Member
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      I've been reading through the comments and thinking the same thing.

      No, we'd all be speaking English. Thirty years ago, almost none of the annoying expressions listed in this thread existed, yet everyone communicated just fine. :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 739 Member
      And it's "sandwich," damn it, not "sammich." No one thinks it's funny when you write or pronounce it that way.
    • Posts: 921 Member
      Okay as an out of touch and aging non text lingo expert what is YOLO? I kind of figured the others, but that one escapes me.
    • Posts: 319 Member
      Okay as an out of touch and aging non text lingo expert what is YOLO? I kind of figured the others, but that one escapes me.

      You Only Live Once
    • Posts: 89 Member
      I'm tired of everyone "loosing" weight on MFP. With all those pounds flying around unrestrained, someone is going to get hurt. :-)

      loose does not equal lose.


      Agreed to the fullest!!! I was confused about my grammar by seeing this word "loosing", instead of "losing". ....ololol
    • Posts: 1,578 Member
      Blame the bizarre rules of English spelling. People will continue to confuse "lose" and "loose" as long as "lose" rhymes with "choose."

      Darn that Great Vowel Shift!
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