Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

even if i were english there's just no way i could use that word

"veggies"

I used to get the same reaction from "veg"

wasn't that in the very first post?

no american actually says "preggers" unless they're a weirdo or into some sort of porn iirc

you'll see it on, like, buzzfeed

that use of "gutted" has long been common in the uk but crossed the pond in recent years

― Lee626, Monday, November 6, 2017 11:38 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh, I know. I know what you do over there.

"something'-Dad as a diss, as in 'Centrist-Dad'. I'm not even a dad, but there's something a bit sweeping and generalised (not to mention ageist) about this. I totally get that this is a stand-in for 'middle-aged white man with condescending opinions', but it doesn't sit right with me.

no american actually says "preggers" unless they're a weirdo or into some sort of porn iirc

― mh, Monday, November 6, 2017 11:57 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, I've heard plenty of people say "preggers" and also "preggo". I hate it when people say "We're pregnant." No, you're not. Only one of you is. Stop this.

Pregrock dads

"across the pond" is bad not good

Not just because it makes me feel like I live on a water feature

Thoughts and prayers (from people with no real intention of acting constructively)
We stand with (as used by senior politicians increasingly on social media)
Lest we forget (from people who seem to want to make ever-grander visible gestures of remembrance as if they really are terrified or forgetting or having been seen to have not remembered enough)

fite meh

I wonder how much thought and prayer they even get around to doing.

How would you all feel about a joint US/UK adoption of the word "veggers"?

I think we can really make this one happen!

It would speed along its adoption, if each use of "veggers" was accompanied by a meme-ish facial expression and tone of voice, patterned after some popular sitcom character.

vegetables -> veg
mathematics -> maths

fuckin' come on, british people

Day veggers

sports = sport

math is short for mathematic

;_;

that use of "gutted" has long been common in the uk but crossed the pond in recent years

― Lee626, Monday, November 6, 2017 8:38 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was gonna say

― mh, Monday, November 6, 2017 8:39 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i am of british descent but this kind of thing concerns me

words crossing the pond i mean

westward

i've already caused offense, should've kept it to myself

Pregrock dads

vegetables -> veg
mathematics -> maths

fuckin' come on, british people

well you don't go around calling methamphetamines 'meths'

no britishers say "maths"

ok that was still unclear: british people say "veg" and "maths"

https://colorex.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/meths-combined-4l-1l.jpg

Lol beat me to it

i do drug
my favorite is meths

no britishers say "maths"

And yet this fucking annoying advert is currently being inflicted on Britishes TV viewers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwLe_EDiaA

I hope it catches on and Microsoft retrains the UK :)

How about "cyber-" as a prefix signifying information technology or the internet? Grates on me every time, like some clueless high level manager who's never used a computer trying to sound like his/her business is ready for the information age. "Cyber-bullying", "cyber-security", AARGH it's not even what the term MEANS.

is there ever an occasion to say "female" or "females" outside the context of something scientific or statistical?

when you are learning a language w gendered nouns

Didactic context is fine. But as a substitute for woman/women, generally crepey

Proof of creepiness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m9m5-n-aP8

... Jesus, that song is terrible, apologies to everyone.

the stranglers were terrible, the clue is in the name

and in john mcternan editing a fanzine dedicated to their oeuvre

I bet McTernan liked Magnum as well, and had "mixtape" C-90's that he labelled "various good stuff"!

How about "cyber-" as a prefix signifying information technology or the internet? Grates on me every time, like some clueless high level manager who's never used a computer trying to sound like his/her business is ready for the information age.

Its even worse now, clueless older white politicians and whatnot just saying things like "we will focus on cyber". Just the word cyber. On its own. MEANINGLESS TWADDLE

I believe it is now called "the cyber."

As far as the cyber, I agree to parts of what Secretary Clinton said. We should be better than anybody else, and perhaps we’re not. I don’t think anybody knows that it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She’s saying Russia, Russia, Russia—I don't, maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay? (...) We came in with the Internet. We came up with the Internet. And I think Secretary Clinton and myself would agree very much, when you look at what ISIS is doing with the Internet, they’re beating us at our own game. ISIS. So we had to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is a huge problem. I have a son—he’s 10 years old. He has computers. He is so good with these computers. It’s unbelievable. The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough. And maybe, it's hardly doable. But I will say, we are not doing the job we should be doing. But that’s true throughout our whole governmental society. We have so many things that we have to do better, Lester. And certainly cyber is one of them.

nnnrrghrghhhh *twitch*

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