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

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.

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

Do people still call records "platters"

‘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’.

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?

yes, indubitably

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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

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

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

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".

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

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

men are pigs

Dogs, more like, I think.

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

'sweet rack' also functions well

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

should be singular iirc

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

"one is free with one" iirc

i didn't rc

many benifits of boobs poll

‘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.

if any tbh

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

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

Big Honkers great because it’s both descriptive and prescriptive

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

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

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.

Just say toilet or bathroom ffs.

I hate "poo".

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."

xpost - yeah, same

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?

brb gotta go tink tink

"I was hysterical crying"

crying rn

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.

And being elderly, she has to go quite frequently

"has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever"

No.

that's a good one yes

have we mentioned "literally" yet?