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Not literally, no, but what's often inferred is pretty obvious.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

i HATE these words and shudder when i hear them:

tabernacle
moist
salve

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 8 August 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

I hate 'maths' as much as the original poster hates 'math', but I like 'cheers' which is like so totally weird!

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 8 August 2005 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

mentalism

― the reason is because I associate it with ILX, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:33 (nineteen years ago)

I prefer 'Owned!' to 'Who's your daddy?' 'Who's my bitch?' and all those other shitty terms.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:37 (nineteen years ago)

owned is so 2002.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

ILx Memes: A List Thread

― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:42 (nineteen years ago)

'sonned' is annoying but i might start using it anyway

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:49 (nineteen years ago)

I've always just used it as a synonym for "SCHOOLED!" or something.

I like "schooled". Do people say that? Well they should.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

also, people tend to say "i could care less" when they mean "i couldn't care less"

and i detest the word "irregardless".

yes

"Tragedy" or "tragic" to refer to anything other than a story that fits the classic theatrical tragedy formula.

"serious" when used to mean "large in magnitude"

I think Ronan, mentions it upthread, but "son" as an address at the end of a sentence and "sonned" make my SKIN CRAWL.

i like all of these. except when someone uses "son" without joking and without affection, but 90% of the time i hear it, it's ok. "sonned" is just funny.

"owned" is fine, although it is a bit tired now.

"schooled" is classic.

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

"kudos"

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

i don't understand spencer's problem with 'owned'. 'swnned' is funny, for me, now.

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

Owned is bad but not as bad as pwned. I think pretty much any word is annoying if it is fetishized and overused. Yes, I hate your fun.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sure I've ranted about it elsewhere on ILX, but I cannot stand the usage of the word "drops" to connote "is released" in terms of new albums. Perhaps my mind is firmly entrenched in the men's room, but it just sounds rather needlessly scatalogical to me. Stop it.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

it's pretty standard linguistic practice. at one point ilx was awash with 'omgwtflol's.

xpost

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I know.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:08 (nineteen years ago)

Alex OTM. Balls drop. Albums don't, unless you've got slippery fingers.
I'm still not sure if I'm happy with "OTM", TBH. Nor "TBH". I think all those sorts of acronyms make me wince slightly even though I use them.

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

Annoying words? I like them all, fuck the h8rz.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

i like words too.

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

"no".

― g-kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

fucking 'stylee'

― boragonis, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

BETTERN'T IS NOT A WORD

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:06 (seventeen years ago)

I'm going to adopt that one now. Over the holidays, I came up with the phrase "might could oughta" as in "We might could oughta order the tapenade". I was drunk, but I still realized it was over the line.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:19 (seventeen years ago)

Accidental misuse is cool, but when you get in the lift with some bogan who loudly proclaims 'I'd better get one then, bettern't I?' it takes considerable effort to not remove said bogan's spleen.

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:21 (seventeen years ago)

I hate the word "squat" when used in reference to illegal housing.

Also any word that ends in "-icky": picky, sticky, colicky, garlicky.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:26 (seventeen years ago)

xpost: Oh, and the word "bogan"

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:27 (seventeen years ago)

harry potter and the bogan's spleen

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:27 (seventeen years ago)

xpost: Oh, and the word "bogan"

-- kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 13:27 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Why?

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:35 (seventeen years ago)

Sike! I don't even know what that means.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

Which country are you in? I can give you a localised equivalent

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:40 (seventeen years ago)

Ban freedom ducunt.

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 09:06 (seventeen years ago)

"legal eagle"

― S-, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:16 (seventeen years ago)

"Israel"

Sorry. I just know I'm going to be annoyed in the next couple of minutes as soon as I hear the word on the news or something.

e.g. just now, Bush arrives in Israel (not annoyed yet), couple of images, talk of (haha) peace, but then, short quote by some woman: "our god given homeland! don't give it to the arab enemy!" (DIE! ALL OF YOU! BOTH SIDES! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!)

I have no idea why this happens, I don't know anyone involved on either side personally.

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:27 (seventeen years ago)

I'm going to Israel on the 13th. I'll send your regards, Stan.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:29 (seventeen years ago)

Natch

― Øystein, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:29 (seventeen years ago)

Sorry. :-)

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:30 (seventeen years ago)

:-)

― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:32 (seventeen years ago)

It's nothing personal, I think both sides are right, but the whole situation is just so... Man. Humans. Religion. Politics. *shoulders* Pfff.

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:37 (seventeen years ago)

The word snarky

-- P.J.Harvey-Nicks (jimjones), Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:55 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

I just think it sounds like a shark with adenoidal issues.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 13:10 (seventeen years ago)

Or the weird cat/lizard pet thing from Thundercats.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 13:11 (seventeen years ago)

I really hate the word 'lotion,' it disgusts me. I would not use it for years bcz of this. I have realized it is nice to not have horribly dry skin & overcame this but the word is still uncomfortable.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

'it is what it is'

― remy bean, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

The American word "math" annoys me beyond all reason

The problem with the plural "maths" is that it kind of suggests that "math" is a shortening of some singular noun called a "mathematic"

― nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:20 (seventeen years ago)

We cut out the middleman -- "mathematics" = "math"

― nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:21 (seventeen years ago)

"The". Fuckin' HATE that word. "A" sucks lots too.

― libcrypt, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:29 (seventeen years ago)

"You know wha' else gives me the 'orn? The word 'and'."

"Phwoar yeah, 'and'..."

― Just got offed, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 21:25 (seventeen years ago)

nine months pass...

"Phenomenal" has got to stop. I remember a few years ago when everything every marketing person said included it. I think it's on the wane but I've heard "phenomenal performance" several times this week and I'm getting nervous.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 13 October 2008 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

Especially when the "o" is held too long.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 13 October 2008 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

née

― L.L.N.L. Cool J (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

genteel

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago)

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