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

Four Words: Use Other Words Please
"Use other words please."
Commonly used phrases that inexplicably bug you
Most irritating cliche/phrase/expression
"Taking Things to a Whole `Nother Level!"
words that annoy
Words that should earn the author a slap
PROVERBIAL and other tip offs to poor writing

-- caitlin (wpsal...) (webmail), December 23rd, 2003. (caitlin)

Oh yes, yes yes. I second that one. And the people who say it, say it over and over.

I also have a horror of people who write prolifically in all caps.

This is true.

But, this is a topic that should be dealt with routinely and harshly... the only way we can correct the language and suppress it's organic growth is by exposing and banning every new usage as it occurs... Isn't that what the French do?

Also: 'fridge,' girls who refer to each other as 'girl,' proactive...i'll be back when i think of more....

'poetic justice'. Used by the lazy to describe all 'justice' the speaker approves of, instead of a particular type. The adjective is rendered meaningless.

Agree re 'bird' for woman/girl, and lament its threatened return. Stinks of 'I'm being un-PC, where's my medal?'. Also the C-person uses it, which kinda ends the argument.

Wait, huh? Fridge is the thing you put food in, whats wrong with it?

I'm picturing him saying things such as "Would you like me to remove another beverage from the refrigerator for you, whilst we watch some association football?"

FPed

"They understood the assignment"

Never use ‘just’ in professional correspondence.

'for your consideration' as shorthand for 'this movie/tv show deserves an award'

Lots of discussion of it on the thread already but the term "creatives" makes me want to jump off a building.

i'm a knowledge worker

i'm a memory worker

barf

Im a shoddy worker

i'm really fucking good at not working

Recently someone who is a DJ and visual artist used the term in something they put out on social media, and I was like, "now i think you are a CIA plant"

earlier today I was thinking about some of the words that I remember being discussed on this thread, namely "bonkers" and "kiddo" ... but in my morning mushy brain, the two words became the phrase "bonko kidders" and now I think about the people I see using the annoying words and phrases as "bonko kidders people"

an ilxor used the term "amazeballs" in another thread and I forgive them but jfc

People referring to kids as "littles" really bugs me for some reason.

"amazeballs"

My boss briefly used 'awesome sauce' in a zoom meeting last week and I almost barfed in my mouth

People referring to kids as "littles" really bugs me for some reason.

The reason being it's horrible also wtf?

Amazeballs was like a joke flash word c2007. Does anyone actually use it without a bit of irony these days?

This weather is so amazeballs I should go take the little and the puppers out for a walk.

had a co-worker who used to say "awesomesauce" 30 times a day in each class she taught

she's not with us anymore

oh oh, no, she's not dead, and no we didn't fire her for it, she got another job

People referring to kids as "littles" really bugs me for some reason.

Reminding me of my nephew circa age 3 referring to his family situation as "two bigs against one little".

I prefer that to "hatchlings"

Incidentally, this thread turns 18 today

the thread is a big today

nearly 8000 posts. so much annoyance prompted by so many words, usages and phrases. well done, ilx!

TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND

an ilxor used the term "amazeballs" in another thread and I forgive them but jfc

― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, December 23, 2021 8:41 AM (four hours ago)

related to testicles y or n?

Brits

Brit vs. Yank: The Face Off

Yes, I don't like either of them tbh.

"that's sooo aesthetic". NO.

keep it copacetic

I won't even try to open the whole thread, so I'm sure people have posted about this one before, but "saying the quiet part out loud" is reaching epidemic proportions; I've heard it four or five times on TV the last couple of days.

It's the new elephant in the room.

butt-hurt

i prefer butthurt

happy one year anniversary to that thing

A friend of mine used the term "crypto creatives" to describe two friends of hers and I will not let her hear the end of it.

Even fans of Yanigahara admitted that her story, which focused on a group of gay male trauma survivors, created a state of prolonged emotional agony. Well! There’s more where that came from, starting in January. The Smart Sads in your life will be carrying this one around before you know it.

ok i have seen it enough in the last week to need to vent about this: could we stop using the phrase "gun to the head" to imply "if i were forced"? please? it's not necessary.

unless you or someone you love has had a gun to their head, you might not feel this way. i get it. still, it's a very grim situation and i would prefer not to be reminded of guns near heads unless the situation is indeed quite dire.

i understand it's hyperbole; it's too evocative for most situations it's used in and it can be triggering for people whose loved ones have had guns to their heads and i know that is not the intention :(

Wow "smart sads" is insidious in the extreme. Most people think they're smarter than average. Most people are sad at least some of the time. Patting yourself on the back for those or making it your identity is cringe af

everyone otm

You don't get to call yourself a "smart sad" unless you've got a gun to your head.

(Halfway saying the quiet part out loud.)

Not funny
Find another way of making your joke unless you really enjoy making people feel terrible. In that case nothing I say will matter.

there are a lot of violent, domineering figures of speech we should really be more conscious about before tossing them off. i was thinking the other day about the corporate word "spearhead." like, imagine using that in a meeting with a native american attending. awful.

just use a direct word or phrase instead of opting for the war or sports metaphor every time imo

Thank you! I agree 100%

It’s the least people can do to try to remove violent imagery from casual conversation

A friend of mine used the term "crypto creatives" to describe two friends of hers and I will not let her hear the end of it.

― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Sunday, January 9, 2022 7:00 AM (three hours ago)

as in they are secretly creative? Or they seem creative but you can't quite figure out how? .... or, as in they specialize in making NFTs?

xp
yes was reminded of this when during the Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal cup game earlier the commentator said when the lower league Forest were on the verge of defeating Arsenal that this would be "another famous scalp for them".

wow that's truly awful. I'd like to think you'd be unlikely to hear that in N. America but idk

The only good thing about crypto enthusiasts is that the word cryptofascist was already at hand