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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 10:53 am
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(September 18, 2015 at 10:26 am)Cato Wrote: I don't hate any particular word, but I loathe the misuse, overuse or abuse of certain words; mostly because it gives me insight to how poor someone's mind is. Take for instance the word crazy. It's a most excellent word with multiple meanings, simultaneously playful and potentially insulting. For the last three or four years, every idiot near a microphone can be heard referring to anything and everything crazy...
Brown bananas for sale...crazy.
Shoelace untied...crazy.
Hear a good singer...crazy.
Enjoy an outing...crazy.
Win the lottery...crazy.
Get hit by a stray bullet...crazy.
See a good movie...crazy
See a bad movie...crazy
It's as if someone magically purged all other adjectives from the English language. You see, "awesome" already was an overused exaggeration, but nowadays, even "awesome" is just not awesome enough any more. Now it has to be crazy to be awesome.
This reminds me of a phenomenon in American media where recently, "Absolutely!" has become the new "Yes"
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:02 am
I can't believe no one here said moist lol. Maybe only theists hate the word moist. 
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:04 am
"Lean"
I used to work in the organizational development department of an international company (as a summer job) and they were the department that would go around teaching "lean" processes and how to "6S" your workspace and "streamline" flow, etc. Any of those buzzwords still drive me crazy. "Sustainable" buzzwords have a similar effect. Okay, any buzzword has a similar effect.
I also have an unexplainable pet peeve about words that get shortened to end in a "ee" sound, like university shortened to "uni" so it sounds like you're saying "yew-nee." Don't know why it bothers me because when I talk to my cats I say stuff like "want to go for walkies" and "time for snackies" Maybe it has to do with baby-talk versus every-day word usage but when I hear it on-the-street, so to speak, it drives me bonkers.
Also, it's usually irritating to me when people use what I perceive as internet-slang in daily conversation in a non-joking way, like saying "that's totes cray" and not being sarcastic or mocking in its usage. Just, no. You sound like an idiot. Stop it.
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:06 am
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Discharge...awful word.
Catholic Lady, I respectfully disagree, "moist" is a positively delightful word.
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:10 am
(September 18, 2015 at 11:02 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I can't believe no one here said moist lol. Maybe only theists hate the word moist.
I love it. It was my password for a while.
(September 18, 2015 at 11:04 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote: "Lean"
I used to work in the organizational development department of an international company (as a summer job) and they were the department that would go around teaching "lean" processes and how to "6S" your workspace and "streamline" flow, etc. Any of those buzzwords still drive me crazy. "Sustainable" buzzwords have a similar effect. Okay, any buzzword has a similar effect.
Oi! Lean/6-sigma black-belt here! Careful or I'll Kanban your arse!
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:18 am
(September 18, 2015 at 10:53 am)Alex K Wrote: (September 18, 2015 at 10:26 am)Cato Wrote: I don't hate any particular word, but I loathe the misuse, overuse or abuse of certain words; mostly because it gives me insight to how poor someone's mind is. Take for instance the word crazy. It's a most excellent word with multiple meanings, simultaneously playful and potentially insulting. For the last three or four years, every idiot near a microphone can be heard referring to anything and everything crazy...
Brown bananas for sale...crazy.
Shoelace untied...crazy.
Hear a good singer...crazy.
Enjoy an outing...crazy.
Win the lottery...crazy.
Get hit by a stray bullet...crazy.
See a good movie...crazy
See a bad movie...crazy
It's as if someone magically purged all other adjectives from the English language. You see, "awesome" already was an overused exaggeration, but nowadays, even "awesome" is just not awesome enough any more. Now it has to be crazy to be awesome.
This reminds me of a phenomenon in American media where recently, "Absolutely!" has become the new "Yes"
It's worse than that, it's now, "yes absolutely."
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:18 am
(September 18, 2015 at 10:53 am)Alex K Wrote: This reminds me of a phenomenon in American media where recently, "Absolutely!" has become the new "Yes"
I still blame Rocky Balboa for this.
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:39 am
The bagel I had this morning was sure tasty!
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:40 am
Note to Steven Moffat, if you're looking in:
The prop that the Doctor uses is not "the sonic". It's a sonic screwdriver. And the next time you have a character say anything even accidentally resembling "timey-wimey" you will find your scripty-wipty rammy-wammied up your arsey-warsey.
Just so we're clear.
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RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 11:45 am
(September 17, 2015 at 5:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: We all have that.
That word, or words, that we can't stand saying. For some reason, they just taste nasty coming out of our mouths. "Moist" tends to be a popular hated word, but I actually don't mind it. Makes me think of a luscious, rich, Chocolate cake.
The word I hate is fart.
Ugh. Even just typing that out makes me feel all dirty. Which is why I normally refer to it as "number three." It just makes me feel so unattractive when I use that f-word, so I avoid it at all costs. I would say I avoid actually doing it, too. But I don't need to avoid doing it because I have no need to do it. I have never number threed, neither have I ever had the urge to number three.
Anyway, what about all yalls? What word/words do you hate, and why??
I hate racial slurs and the longest word in the English language: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosi
My wife hates the word "moist" she said it sounds so disgusting. When I feel like being mean, I describe how much I enjoyed the "moistness" of the roast she made for dinner. *cue the death stare*
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