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

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*

https://frinkiac.com/meme/S04E17/1012260.jpg?b64lines=QXMgZmFyIGFzIHRoZSBjeWJlciwgCkkgYWdyZWUgdG8gcGFydHMgb2Ygd2hhdAogU2VjcmV0YXJ5IENsaW50b24gc2FpZC4=

aaaaaaAAAARGH

nnnrrghrghhhh *twitch*

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, November 8, 2017 4:26 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i kind of instinctively do this any time i see trump on tv

fwiw, the use of cyber you're annoyed by was promulgated by people clipping the older "cyberspace" down to "cyber", after which it lost some of its definitional boundaries and has floating further and further into vague hand waving toward "something-something internet blah-blah-blah".

a/s/l?

lol I havent heard that in years!

"the cyber" is instantly funny to me for some reason

https://youtu.be/M-iwT86kIWo

The misuse/misunderstanding of "nonplussed." I searched the thread convinced this would already be mentioned but there's just one use of it in here and it's incorrect. "Nonplussed" does not mean indifferent, aloof, or disinterested. It means surprised/perplexed/confused. OED:

1. So surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react.
‘Henry looked completely nonplussed’

the incorrect usage of the word is the second entry, listed as "North American / Informal." what a strange way of saying WRONG

Does nonplus perplex you? You aren't alone. Some people believe the "non" in nonplus means "not" and assume that to be nonplussed is to be calm and poised when just the opposite is true. If you are among the baffled, the word's history may clarify things. In Latin, non plus means "no more." In the earliest known uses, which date to the 16th century, it was used as a noun synonymous with quandary. Someone brought to a nonplus had reached an impasse in an argument and could say no more. Within a few decades of the first known use of the noun, people began using nonplus as a verb, and today it is often used in participial form with the meaning "perplexed" (as in "Joellen's nasty remark left us utterly nonplussed").

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonplus

wait until 2030 when both meanings have equal standing

language evolves, in ways we don’t like or want to accept, and seeing it happen is a marker you’re old

"Nonplussed" does not mean indifferent, aloof, or disinterested.

This is the first time I've ever heard of this definition, but I'm not North American and informal.

lol

I like to think whoever wrote the BBC styleguide entry on Americanisms did it in one sitting, filled with rage pic.twitter.com/5JFMmJE0tS

— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBC) October 25, 2017

but then it ends with ‘eg’ followed by ‘etc.’

showwhatnow?

Never heard an American say "post a total" (of runs). What is this?

Shopping center & shopping mall are different things in America.

No American has ever said "to rubbish."

I shudder to think what might happen if I shouted OUSTER in the town square