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

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Hanukass

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 23:38 (nine months ago) link

(This thread is almost ready for its 20th anniversary. Incidentally, I don't feel the same about 'veggie' as I did in 2003)

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 23:42 (nine months ago) link

Have you had your Christmas fuck yet?

mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 03:08 (nine months ago) link

at the point now where I'm filled with quiet rage when I see people type out 'lmfao' in the middle of sentences. I know they are not convulsed with laughter 99.9999% of the time. if they are then there is something wrong with them.

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 18:11 (nine months ago) link

what if i want to shop the extended dub remix


Seriously! What actually is being edited? Are there items that have profanity that are on some harder to get to page… maybe on sale?

sarahell, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:15 (nine months ago) link

Never heard that...
Like: "Walmart released their winter edit yesterday"?


Yes!!! Exactly like that! Thank you kinder and tracer for sharing my antipathy!

sarahell, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:17 (nine months ago) link

Hearing this in my head to the tune (if that's the right word for it) of "Yes, I received your letter yesterday" from Desolation Row.

Lily Dale, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:23 (nine months ago) link

saying "edit" when the expected word is "collection" is a guaranteed way to draw attention. but, so is farting in a crowded elevator.

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:33 (nine months ago) link

Do people still call records "platters"

Formica Jordan (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:46 (nine months ago) link

‘Edit’ drives me nuts even when used properly to mean ‘one fashion editor’s picks from a designer’s collection/pieces seen at Fashion Week/stuff sent to the magazine this month’ but it is like nothing compared to the annoyance I feel for ‘curated’.

steely flan (suzy), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:50 (nine months ago) link

This may have been addressed upthread--in fact, it probably was--but the use of the shortened "thx" in lieu of "thanks," especially in emails, bugs the shit out of me. Is it really that much more effort to type six letters instead of three?

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:51 (nine months ago) link

yes, indubitably

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:57 (nine months ago) link

indubs

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:03 (nine months ago) link

K

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:05 (nine months ago) link

This may have been addressed upthread--in fact, it probably was--but the use of the shortened "thx" in lieu of "thanks," especially in emails, bugs the shit out of me. Is it really that much more effort to type six letters instead of three?

"Ta" is only two letters

Nine Inch Males (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:07 (nine months ago) link

As a U.S. resident, I would be rightly excoriated as a pretentious ass for using "ta" in virtually any context.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:09 (nine months ago) link

you can use the remaining unused letters to add “hun”

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:09 (nine months ago) link

As a U.S. resident, I would be rightly excoriated as a pretentious ass for using "ta" in virtually any context.

You say that but I was listening to a Johnny Guitar Watson album literally last night and this album included the fine song, "I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby". The only problem is "ta-ta" means goodbye but Johnny was definitely intent on saying "thank you".

Nine Inch Males (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:14 (nine months ago) link

The use of the word "ta-tas" also irritates me.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:16 (nine months ago) link

As in, "She has a great pair of ta-tas."

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:16 (nine months ago) link

men are pigs

Left, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:37 (nine months ago) link

Dogs, more like, I think.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:38 (nine months ago) link

thanks is twice as much effort as thx and it doesn't even have an x in it

Left, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:39 (nine months ago) link

These threads have me convinced Americans move through life all “fellas is it pretentious to drink from a glass”

Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:52 (nine months ago) link

Haha, not sure about that, but using an expression that is known to Americans primarily, if not exclusively, because it is used in other Anglophone countries would surely count as pretentious.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 21:03 (nine months ago) link

in a world where phones automatically fill in the word it thinks you want to say, it couldn't be more obv that abbreviated internet slang is an expression of tone more than convenience. i will exasperatedly delete "thanks" three times if the convo requires the tossed-off casualness of "thx" (i don't really use thx, but i use similar for reasons i assume are the same as thxers)

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 20 December 2023 21:39 (nine months ago) link

but if someone has really magnificent ta-tas then how do you say it, idgi

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 21:59 (nine months ago) link

a wazzell pair of jugs if i recall my bottom quotes correctly

close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:01 (nine months ago) link

The term "cans" has always amused me because it's not at all desciptive.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:04 (nine months ago) link

'sweet rack' also functions well

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:05 (nine months ago) link

is it correct to assume that 'bodacious ta-tas' is a reference to the legendary Queen Boudica?

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:07 (nine months ago) link

should be singular iirc

rob, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:08 (nine months ago) link

I assume the person who came up with "ta-tas" did so because they were doubly thankful

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:39 (nine months ago) link

"one is free with one" iirc

sarahell, Thursday, 21 December 2023 01:18 (nine months ago) link

i didn't rc

many benifits of boobs poll

sarahell, Thursday, 21 December 2023 01:19 (nine months ago) link

‘Edit’ drives me nuts even when used properly to mean ‘one fashion editor’s picks from a designer’s collection/pieces seen at Fashion Week/stuff sent to the magazine this month’ but it is like nothing compared to the annoyance I feel for ‘curated’.

Yes. There is a very narrow list of things a person can be said to have curated without them sounding like an insufferable ass.

Sam Weller, Thursday, 21 December 2023 08:36 (nine months ago) link

if any tbh

close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 December 2023 09:50 (nine months ago) link

Erykah Badu uses nay-nays iirc, which sound like they should be the opposite of ta-tas, and yet...

fetter, Thursday, 21 December 2023 10:45 (nine months ago) link

Cans for boobs is hilarious to me as is can for the bathroom.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 21 December 2023 10:56 (nine months ago) link

Big Honkers great because it’s both descriptive and prescriptive

H.P, Thursday, 21 December 2023 10:59 (nine months ago) link

I’ve started incorporating “take a slash” into my vocab every now and then and it’s getting me some serious looks

H.P, Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:01 (nine months ago) link

It's taken this long in my life to check that Ya-Yas are not boobs in Get Yer Ya-Yas Out.

Alba, Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:15 (nine months ago) link

My co-worker, who is in her 50s, insits on telling us when she needs a "tinkle". I HATE when adults say things like that, "potty", or "little girls room". So weird.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:50 (nine months ago) link

Just say toilet or bathroom ffs.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:50 (nine months ago) link

I hate "poo".

Nine Inch Males (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:50 (nine months ago) link

xps: Until this very moment, I thought it meant to expend your energy. "Football practice really gives my son a chance to get his ya-ya's out."

peace, man, Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:51 (nine months ago) link

xpost - yeah, same

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:54 (nine months ago) link

If "edit" drives you nuts in a fashion context, how do you manage not to get riled up with constant communiques from couturiers in their ateliers , describing curated collections in a shared language of fashion that encodes individually through their own cultural perspective, which finesse urban attire and accessories that resonate on the street whilst celebrating and acknowledging traditional perspectives?

Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Thursday, 21 December 2023 14:13 (nine months ago) link

brb gotta go tink tink

Formica Jordan (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 December 2023 14:52 (nine months ago) link

"I was hysterical crying"

Josefa, Thursday, 21 December 2023 15:04 (nine months ago) link


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