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

…and so they went with Wet Leg

#onethread

nice

Moist metaphors are the trombone in the soup of language.

she also hated all forms of the verb "to pump"

but the worst was probably "pumpin'"

i have warmed on moist but will never give up on mouthfeel

Probably not the correct thread, but I fear that the word 'losing' (in its correct context) is slowly morphing into the spelling 'loosing', I keep seeing old and young people misspelling it online.

I'm sure that was happening before online too

A chocolate-coated mystery

wrapped in an enigma

Then a layer of paradox

Then a tasty nougat center

With peanuts

Unless you're allergic

In which case, no peanuts

TS: pump vs bobo honkin'

Something about being "at the pump" is really funny to me.

A ton of people substitute weary for wary.
“I’m weary of strangers”

Maybe they mean weary, tho

"I'm wary of stranglers"

Yeah, I feel like I remember discussing this phenomenon recently (maybe even on ILX?) of how it started out as being something that genuinely annoyed certain people, and was even slightly funny in that Seinfeld sort of way, but a bunch of people who had never given a second thought to the word "moist" jumped on the "I hate moist" bandwagon in a bacony way. Personally, I am indifferent to "moist."

And disapproval of wearing socks with sandals.

some ppl actually are afraid of clowns tho

Some

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21835-coulrophobia-fear-of-clowns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLtwtE4wuJc

i think i'm on record as absolutely with the idea that fear of clowns is a tired exaggerated meme

never heard the elbow thing

i realize that blurbs on novels have one foot in hell to start with, but please, enough with

'one of our (X)est writers'
'deeply human'

My 11-year-old son asked me the other day if I had trypophobia. That was a new one on me.

Buffandmaxsson?

first heard the elbow thing in The Singing Detective, I think.

I’ve conflated two things in my mind. “Elbow is the loveliest word in the English language” is indeed from The Singing Detective, and it annoyed me when indie plodders said they’d chosen it as their band name for that reason - like, find your own word to like. But I don’t think anyone else really goes on about it much. The phrase “cellar door” is the one that has become a phonaesthetic cliche. I mean, yes it’s nice but let’s move on.

“Countercultural” is beginning to annoy me in its wide usage, lazy/hazy associations and general lack of meaning.

so much for jimbeaux to enjoy on this thread:
Trypophilia and Trypophobia: A Picture Thread? (Not exactly NSFW but some deeply disturbing images in here)

'Cellar door' ???!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hP34ky5H_0

I have a recording of this which starts with John Peel saying 'CELLAR DOOR'.

Hope poster Alba doesn't hear it.

i blame tolkien

in earthsea the westernmost island, where none but dragons and dragonlords go, is called SELIDOR (which is like an annoying way of saying "cellar door")

"this is us, just, you know, ideating"

happy father's day to all, even the ideators and losers!

white middle-class female parents describing themselves as "mama" set my teeth on edge

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"

― sarahell, Thursday, December 23, 2021 6:01 AM (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink

omg “kiddos” is absolutely vile and i hear it A LOT. when the hell did that start?

bonkers kiddo mamma
you bore another child
to be the victim of
your cold blooded ways

Papa may be worse than Mama.

In the UK, there is also the execrable MUMMA, often deployed in self-reference.

Oh God, seriously?

Wait, what's the difference? To me 'mama' is pronounced 'mumma'.
Mumma
Just kiddo'd a man
Honked a bobo to his head
It's so bonkers, now he's dead

I do love my Mumma.

https://i.discogs.com/PDp2LswfG6DR2Zz2hNnDBbMv0xj2iq8rYIIO4Q1HZPo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1MDMy/NzQtMTI2NTQ1NDA1/MC5qcGVn.jpeg

Already mentioned 5 years ago up-thread but worth mentioning again: 'girl-dad'.

tired of things being 'deeply reported' or 'reported out'

that's your fucking job, and you already have 'lede' to separate you from the riffraff

POP-UP

(esp when something is really not very pop-up)

^^ totally!

also ... the use of the term "gaslighting" to essentially mean "disagree with me" ... that term was actually useful to describe certain abusive behavior. Maybe language will evolve so we will have gaslighting and microgaslighting idk ...

gaslighting and bicflicking

bicflicking omg

Sarahell otm

Pop-up is the new artisanal

"I never thought it would actually happen" from people who spend years trying to do the thing

Deep cuts and bangers.

what would you call deep cuts instead