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My list, which is ever-growing, includes:

Hulled
Dollop
Problematic

Utilize (esp. when you can just say "use")
Persons- An aggregate of mans, womans and childs?
Aggregate- or any other word with "greg" in it.  I HATED having to be a Greg.

Gender spacific variations of single words.

ie, Child is fine.

daughter and son?

sorry its just stuff like
Hes my son
and Shes my daughter

realy get my knickers in a knot.

Why do you need to refference a gender twice.
The same with

Parent/s

and mom and dad.
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EDIT - Found a word

Autobiography - because biographys are hardly written automatically

Any word intended as a perjorative.

Quote from: Jill F on May 17, 2014, 07:57:09 PM
Utilize (esp. when you can just say "use")

I agree wholeheartedly with this.

"Jocular" annoys me for some reason.

Moisture...uuuughn, cringe. Also, creamy. And delicious or even worse delish. Also, cuddle.

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

awesome
unique
prioritize (and biz-speak generally; cf. strategically implement. :barf:)

and all euphemisms.

That's just a start... 

Specifically
That word is just impossible for me to say. Actually any word where that has a sp in them.

Prolly. 

Major pet peeve there.

Vajayjay and cray cray. 

Quote from: Jill F on May 17, 2014, 07:57:09 PM
Utilize (esp. when you can just say "use")
Persons- An aggregate of mans, womans and childs?

I agree with "utilize," but why rag on "persons"? It was perfectly correct for centuries and still has its uses even though it has been supplanted in most cases by "people."

I have always hated the word "luggage."

I don't know about words I hate. But I do love the word "poop".










Poop!!!!! :icon_yes: :icon_mrgreen:

When people say Yes no when talking.

Derail.

Ms Grace, you seem to grow more gorgeous by the week.

Smegma

Quote from: Arch on May 18, 2014, 01:33:28 AM
Ms Grace, you seem to grow more gorgeous by the week.

Thanks Arch :)

Quote from: Jill F on May 18, 2014, 01:49:22 AM
Smegma

But do you hate word itself or what it describes? The word is rather inventive, in that it quite nicely elicits the yuckiness of what it refers to.

Quote from: Ms Grace on May 18, 2014, 01:54:00 AM
But do you hate word itself or what it describes? The word is rather inventive, in that it quite nicely elicits the yuckiness of what it refers to.

It just grosses me out and makes me cringe every time.  It's an ugly word too.

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'?"

"Anywho" just drives me up a wall. First of all, I hate it. Second, if you're going to write it, at least spell it "anyhoo."

*Grabs her crowbar* DERAIL

Quote from: Arch on May 18, 2014, 03:56:54 AM
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'?"

"Anywho" just drives me up a wall. First of all, I hate it. Second, if you're going to write it, at least spell it "anyhoo."

High school english teacher?

Quote from: ArchI'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.  :icon_mrgreen:)

Eye no wut ewe meen!

Quote from: Umiko Liliana on May 17, 2014, 10:40:31 PM
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".

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

Starting a new thought with "I mean."

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"

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


OT - Babble below
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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."

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.

"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."

Irregardless.

"Loose" when you mean "lose"

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!

Quote from: Ms Grace on May 18, 2014, 06:46:06 AM
Eye no wut ewe meen!

Ally :icon_flower:

Quote from: immortal gypsy on May 18, 2014, 04:38:25 AM
*Grabs her crowbar* DERAIL

High school english teacher?

Close. College professor.

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.

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.

Quote from: LordKAT on May 18, 2014, 02:50:14 PM
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.

Quote from: LordKAT on May 18, 2014, 02:50:14 PM
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."

"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. 

Quote from: Colleen♡Callie on May 18, 2014, 01:03:10 AM
Vajayjay and cray cray.

What is a "cray cray?"

Quote from: Jill F on May 18, 2014, 03:33:58 PM
"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.

:D

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on May 18, 2014, 03:45:22 PM
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.

:D

"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.

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

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. 

Quote from: learningtolive on May 18, 2014, 04:09:22 PM
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.

Taint

Quote from: Jill F on May 18, 2014, 03:57:11 PM
"Cray cray" is idiot speak for "crazy". 

THAT is what "cray cray" means?

That is so stupid. Why the hell would someone say that instead of crazy? IT'S THE SAME NUMBER OF SYLLABLES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!

:icon_no: Wow.

Y'all got issues...

just sayin'


*runs away*

Quote from: Misato on May 18, 2014, 09:48:13 AM
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.

May I approach the bench my lady.
I have a lisp that can become quite apparent (If I ever find the creative mind to put who belived the 'sp" would look good in there, "It will be clobbering time!")
I am cornered into the "Look-at-me-and-how-inteligent-I-talk" aproach to communicating if I want to get my point through clearly to other people. Particulay if I am near them while talking

One that has always bugged me is saying 'a pair of pants'. What? What is it a pair of? are the pants legs what we are referring to? Then what are leggings?

Quote from: muffinpants on May 18, 2014, 05:17:46 PM
One that has always bugged me is saying 'a pair of pants'. What? What is it a pair of? are the pants legs what we are referring to?

Yes.

Forgot one... "swapped"

Quote from: muffinpants on May 18, 2014, 05:17:46 PM
Then what are leggings?

Leggings are a type of skin-tight garment that covers the legs and that may be worn by both men and women. Formerly, leggings were two separate garments, one for each leg.

Modern leggings are typically made from a blend of lycra (aka spandex), nylon, cotton, or polyester blend, but they can also be made from wool, silk and other materials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leggings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leggings)

Quote from: Jill F on May 18, 2014, 04:13:01 PM
Taint

Taint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c63RSFnIiMY

I hate unfortunately, because I can never remember how to spell it

Oh, there are so many atrocities against the English language I could complain about... but the thing is, whatever I complain about, invariably there will be someone here who does it, and I don't want to start some silly feud over my literary snobbery. :P

I will say that above all else, I am annoyed by people who seem to misspell every other word they type. You have spellcheck. You probably even have auto-correct. Use them. Please. I am too distracted trying to figure out what word you meant to type to comprehend your post.

Quote from: Pikachu on May 18, 2014, 09:29:36 PM
I will say that above all else, I am annoyed by people who seem to misspell every other word they type. You have spellcheck. You probably even have auto-correct. Use them. Please. I am too distracted trying to figure out what word you meant to type to comprehend your post.

Yuh, l knuh wut yoo meen. l kant stend lt wen peeple doant knuh hoaw tooo spel propurlee eethur.

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on May 18, 2014, 09:34:40 PM
Yuh, l knuh wut yoo meen. l kant stend lt wen peeple doant knuh hoaw tooo spel propurlee eethur.

The sad part is, you trying to misspell things on purpose it still far more readable than a lot of the people I'm talking about.

Quote from: Pikachu on May 18, 2014, 09:38:28 PM
The sad part is, you trying to misspell things on purpose it still far more readable than a lot of the people I'm talking about.

Yeah, I was just screwing around. I try to pay attention to any mistakes that I make. But some stuff does slip by from time to time. Mainly because I am a lousy typist and I am listening to music at the same time. So, I get wrapped up in the music and forget what I am doing on the computer.

At the university where I work the administration has decided that everything must be trans-disciplinary.   Besides the fact that this is just a nuanced version of interdisciplinary for which no one has a definition, they had to choose to use this in the same year I discover I am transgender. As if I didn't have enough triggers already!

I also have become leery of make-up, as in a make-up exam.  Every time I notice a stick note with the word make-up I panic that I have left a reveling shopping note out where others can see it!

Moist.

(gags) Just no.

Quote from: Daydreamer on May 18, 2014, 11:50:08 PM
Moist.

(gags) Just no.

Motorcar 
Regatta
Cotillion

And anything else pretentiously WASPy.  *barf*  Yes, you, with the roman numerals after your name... LOL

Quote from: Jill F on May 19, 2014, 12:01:03 AM
Motorcar 
Regatta
Cotillion

And anything else pretentiously WASPy.  *barf*  Yes, you, with the roman numerals after your name... LOL

I'm surprised you didn't include "coming out."

Quote from: Arch on May 19, 2014, 12:43:40 AM
I'm surprised you didn't include "coming out."

That's two words.

Quote from: Jill F on May 19, 2014, 12:48:30 AM
That's two words.

The subject line DOES say "words," not "word." ;)

Quote from: Arch on May 19, 2014, 12:58:51 AM
The subject line DOES say "words," not "word." ;)

Stupid technicalities.. LOL

Quote from: immortal gypsy on May 18, 2014, 05:14:57 PM
May I approach the bench my lady.
I have a lisp that can become quite apparent (If I ever find the creative mind to put who belived the 'sp" would look good in there, "It will be clobbering time!")
I am cornered into the "Look-at-me-and-how-inteligent-I-talk" aproach to communicating if I want to get my point through clearly to other people. Particulay if I am near them while talking

From my seat, when the speaker uses a word or phrase and carries on for three minutes or so before saying, "Does anyone want to know what I mean by [phrase]?" it is a pet peeve of mine, and I do interpret speech like that as someone lifting themselves up while putting me down so they can explain things to me.

I don't know what else to say.

True using words you are comfortable with as they came from childhood, evolved into your everyday usage as you grew or just because they are a whole lot easier to pronounce can be understood,  everyone has there own slang that is what makes us all unique. The people that use the words and phrases with the sole intention of getting you to ask what they mean so they can wax on lyrically and sound oh so smart,  deserved to be locked up in the garden shed like the tools they truly are.

Speaking of childhood training, a lot of students in high schools across the U.S. are rewarded for pompous speech in their writing. I cannot imagine why. Many of those sentences are so wordy, syntactically tangled, and vocabulary-challenged that they don't even make sense. Every once in a while, I will have the student come to office hours and try to explain the worst sentences--or, more difficult still, actually parse them for me. These students very often cannot disentangle the mess and don't know the meaning of the big, impressive words they use.

I was recently at a conference attended by quite a few high school teachers. I should have asked about this phenomenon.