words that annoy

BETTERN'T IS NOT A WORD

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.

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.

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

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

xpost: Oh, and the word "bogan"

harry potter and the bogan's spleen

xpost: Oh, and the word "bogan"

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

Why?

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

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

Ban freedom ducunt.

"legal eagle"

"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.

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

Natch

Sorry. :-)

:-)

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

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.

Or the weird cat/lizard pet thing from Thundercats.

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.

'it is what it is'

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"

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

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

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

"Phwoar yeah, 'and'..."

"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.

Especially when the "o" is held too long.

née

genteel

how does REDOUBTABLE esentially mean 'not to be doubted'

that missing 's' is annoying me now

These annoy me...

"Tough." as a single word sentence, in the sense of "if they don't like it, tough"
"Useless.", also as a single word sentence.

These words are usually used by people who want to appear to be hard men but are in fact weak cowards. Say what you mean, and say it to my face.

Just as every box of breakfast cereal has its small but measurable share of rodent micro-turds, so too does the English language have its share of irritating words and phrases. This is inherent in its Nature (note the capitalized 'N', lending greater weight and authority to my ex cathedra bafflegab).

If you don't like it, tough.

reconnoiter

honky tonk

comptroller

"impact" as a verb

I personally love "comptroller" and am considering using it in a verbal form.

Perusing the deep thoughts in this thread it would seem that the most annoying words for most people are either recent coinages or else older words forced to do work they were not trained for.

One of these for me is: curate. Lately it has become fashionable to misuse this word. Presumably it sounds far more impressive than such mundane verbs as collect, edit, or present.

coital/coitus

not annoy so much skeeve out a bit. it sounds like how bugs do it or something brrr

I hate the word "tough", as in the sense "if they don't like it, tough". Because it seems to be used by people who want an excuse to be mean and/or act like hardmen.

"spendy" and "unpack"

"unpack"

You mean this in the English lit grad sense, yes? Or does it hurt you to hear tales of people moving?

"extant"

If you guys had yr way with English, the only words left would be "and" and "what".

"shit" - so overused.

Elmo, were you the one getting on me about "extant" recently? I always sort of misuse it when trying to stress that something exists, like "there are actual extant people in the world who do that!"

My annoyances are always more like business jargon, the usual offenders -- "spend" as a noun, for instance