Words you hate

[Tysilio]

I've grown to hate words that my students (and others) routinely misuse. For example, "apart." As in "Now that I am apart of this neighborhood, I look forward to the next block party." Um, no. I'm always tempted to say, "Don't you mean 'apart from'?"

This. When spoken, "a part" and "apart" are identical; when written, not so much. Same goes for "their"/"there"/"they're" -- it drives me right up a wall when people mix them up when writing.

And no, we aren't necessarily English teachers, just people who care about language. I think, too, that this may be a bit of a generational thing. (These dang young whippersnappers just don't know how to write good.  )

[Ms Grace]

Eye no wut ewe meen!

[dalebert]

overly cutesy words, like, and  you know. i have more just cant think of them cuz i'm tired lol

I call my cat kitteh-bumpkins.

I'll add "inflammable". One of my favorite words to say is "goober". I used to love the words "pico de gallo".

[MacG]

Guru. As in "web guru."
I despise being called that.

Starting a new thought with "I mean."

[immortal gypsy]

It is an answer to a question but it is the one thing that drives me crazy with the English language (sorry I strive for proper spelling because I know I'm so bad at it)

Person A: Do you mind?
Person B: Yes

Person B has given a affirmative answer allowing person A to do something.  Yet the correct response should be no as in "no go right ahead"

[HoneyStrums]

Fashon I hate that word, attire styles apeals more to me idk why though.


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I Tell you what i do love about language, That it evolves.

Take certian insults eg slag and slut. i never hear this word for what means. Now days its used to say "That person rejected my advances so im  insult them by calling them a name that is suposed to sugest that my advance was acepted"

I Hate being told to use a bigger word, that means the same thing.
For me its not the word that important, but refference and context. This is comunication.

I know that standards are important.
But omg wtf is still comunicating, unless the refference is lost and the reader has no knowlage that "wtf" refferences "what the freak" or omg reffers to "oh my gosh."

[Misato]

Performant, which isn't even a word unless you're speaking French.

My bigger problem is "look-at-me-I-talk-smart" speech I get to hear on a work-daily basis: "Dog fooding" "Parking on a down hill slope" gagh! Then the person said the given phrase gets to wax intellectual about what the term means, and that's where the looking smart comes in.

I sit there and remember looks can be, and in this case most certainly are, deceiving.

[AnnieMay]

"No problem" as a response to saying "Thank you" to a waiter/waitress cashier, etc.

"like" or "you know" used throughout a sentence. "It's like, you know, when I went to the store it was, like, early in the morning and, you know, I was really in a hurry."

[Jill F]

Irregardless.

"Loose" when you mean "lose"

[Allyda]

I hate any words or combination of words that curse God or take the Lords name in vain.

Just because many Christians are close minded doesn't mean I have to sacrifice my faith just because I'm trans.

What the? Ms. Grace? Oh, you look great in your new Avatar by the way!

Eye no wut ewe meen!

Ally

[Arch]

*Grabs her crowbar* DERAIL

High school english teacher?

Close. College professor.

[Arch]

I have grown to hate the phrase "begs the question" because I rarely see it used properly. It doesn't mean "invites the question"; it means CIRCULAR REASONING. If you are begging the question, you are indulging in a logical fallacy.

Another one: "Select brands on sale" usually really means "SELECTED brands on sale." Well, that's going the way of the dodo, so I might as well capitulate now.

[LordKAT]

Text shortcuts. Often used, but unnecessary.

Emails that read like they were written by a third grader that should have failed first grade.

OK, I guess my peeve is more of capitalization, punctuation, and paragraph misuse.

[HoneyStrums]

Text shortcuts. Often used, but unnecessary.

Emails that read like they were written by a third grader that should have failed first grade.

OK, I guess my peeve is more of capitalization, punctuation, and paragraph misuse.

Im sorry, I do all of these when on my console. I try to do better when on my phone.

[Arch]

Emails that read like they were written by a third grader that should have failed first grade.

Oh, my. Never teach developmental writing at a community college in a depressed area. You, too, will become depressed.

I was actually shocked to run into adults who didn't realize that they were supposed to capitalize proper names, capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence, and lowercase common nouns. I sometimes get the most ridiculous sentences. Stuff like "john smith essay argue that mutlitask is bad but my Cousin is a expert he does it all the time."

[Jill F]

"Peeps" instead of "people". 

Text speak in regular writing.  H8r, 2moro, 4evr, etc.   If you're trying to convey that you're immature and/or an idiot, this is a great way to succeed at that.  When I read posts that are full of these, I tend to ignore them.  Sorry. 

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Vajayjay and cray cray.

What is a "cray cray?"

"Peeps" instead of "people". 

Text speak in regular writing.  H8r, 2moro, 4evr, etc.   If you're trying to convey that you're immature and/or an idiot, this is a great way to succeed at that.  When I read posts that are full of these, I tend to ignore them.  Sorry. 

There are times when I will type "peeps" and there are other times I use the word, people. It isn't that big of a deal.

However, I do agree with you on the use of text speak. THAT is truly annoying. Like, ya know what I mean? I, like, can't totally stand that stuff at all. Fer realz.

[Jill F]

What is a "cray cray?"

There are times when I will type "peeps" and there are other times I use the word, people. It isn't that big of a deal.

However, I do agree with you on the use of text speak. THAT is truly annoying. Like, ya know what I mean? I, like, can't totally stand that stuff at all. Fer realz.

"Cray cray" is idiot speak for "crazy". 

Laura, I don't think you'd survive 10 minutes in Los Angeles if "it's like, ya know, totally fer sure, no prob" bothers you.  This is coming from a real life Valley girl.  I don't even notice valspeak anymore.  It's like totally a thing.

[Jill F]

Sodomite.  Anyone who casts that stone against you had better be following the entire Old Testament to the letter.

Shellfish, blended fabrics, pork, work on Sabbath, you know, Uber-Orthodox Jewish type lifestyle.

/rant

[Ltl89]

Off the top of my head, the word handsome is very irritating to me and probably my number one hated word.  However, that's mainly because it's one of those stab in the back words that would hurt whenever applied to me.  It's sort of tainted it for me, though I'm tolerant of it being used on someone else. 

Other than that, I hate many words that are associated with body fluids or functions.  Seriously, I get very disgusted when people talk about that type of stuff.  It's gross and it makes me a little ill.