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I'd understood the same, again no sources to back it up. I specifically recall in high school someone said it, and the whole class, teacher included, ripped into him saying "that's not a real word". Came back with pages upon pages of proof that yeah, it's a word.

And I like cromulent. Can't go wrong with a Simpsons reference. But I don't hear it used to often so that might be part of it.

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One I thought of the other day that annoys me is "handicapable"

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Ok, sorry for misunderstanding. In any case, I think we'd all be better off if the word dropped out entirely.

But, let's not be rash and say things about "cromulent" that we might regret later...

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Um. All I can ever think about when someone is talking, is their repeated usage of the "word" um.

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Normally I pick up on the 'um' abusers as well.

But my boss is a different story. His "wait for my brain to catch up" word is 'basically'. There's three or four of us in the office that have picked up on it, and in meetings we'll flash finger counts at each other to see if we've all caught the same number.

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One that I was just reminded of. Not a word or phrase so much as an expression:

When any sports fan (ESPECIALLY one that didn't actually play sports in high school, let alone the collegiate level) refers to the success, failures, or upcoming games of their favorite team by saying "we". Last time I checked, your name wasn't on the roster, pal. I believe the word you're looking for is "they".

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company I worked at got bought out by a group. one of these guys abused "um" and "uuuhhhh" when he talked. some of us were joking about that on break when my boss got real defensive about it.
my boss: "You know why he does that? He's an MIT graduate genius. When he does that he trying to find a way to say something so we can understand!"
me:"BS! He just has a hard time talking to groups."

but my boss thought that if you weren't a college graduate, then you were just dumb and couldn't comprehend simple concepts.

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Yeah that bothers me to. All the variations as well: "but um", "and um", "um uh"

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Amen.

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the term "going forward" as a replacement for from now on

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