Words and phrases I hate

[CreamyGoodness]

If you use an errant apostrophe, it is your duty to 1) not post it in a public place or 2) fix said error. My friend's building has a sign on the door that says "Speak to you're landlord by January 1 about lease renewal."

He cringes everytime he sees it.

 

[Brewsday]

When the waitroid (in itself a hated word?) takes your money and says "Let me take that for you." Hey, as far as I'm concerned you're taking it for your boss and FROM me, not for me...you can leave it on the table FOR me if it's too much trouble to cash me out!

 

[JonM]

These stupid @ss abbreviations of celebrity names and couples. Jeez, STFU about "scarjo" and "tomkat" and the other whatsherface and whatshisname.

 

[WesleyS]

I hate it when someone calls their nose a sniffer.

 

[benco]

Really! And " no kidding". And I catch myself saying these words. Meaning you don't know what to say or you don't believe them.

 

[TCHDNSD]

cowboy up

cowgirl up

coinkydink

whatever

whateva

 

[peterj]

lol --> especially when it's used excessively or out of context.
Calling a pound sign a "hashtag"... and anyone who says hashtag... really just twitter in general.

 

[peterj]

Tween

 

[CreamyGoodness]

How about when a company makes something sound somehow more important by using the word "experience."

Coca-cola produced vanilla coke to "provide our customers with unique taste experiences." That means so much nothing.

 

[DoubleAught]

I have a boss that uses the word "Ideal" wrong.

I'll ask him a question and he says, "I have no ideal". I want to throat punch him every time he does it.

He also said once he had gotten into a Wops nest over the weekend. I replied, where in hell did you find a nest of Italians around here? Everyone laughed, he did not...

 

[peterj]

IMHO instead of IMO. For some reason that H really bugs me. Seems pretentious and therefore hypocritical.

 

[CGVT]

Putting periods after Every. Single. Word. for emphasis.

Stop it. It's stupid

 

[WesleyS]

Putting periods after Every. Single. Word. for emphasis.

Stop it. It's stupid

Yes that annoys me. So many advertisers do things like that now.
Real. Different. Tasty. Fantastic. Beer.

 

[beaksnbeer]

IMHO instead of IMO. For some reason that H really bugs me. Seems pretentious and therefore hypocritical.

But that is what I mean, " In My Hypocritical Opinion"

 

[kingwood-kid]

IMHO instead of IMO. For some reason that H really bugs me. Seems pretentious and therefore hypocritical.

I live in Humble, so for me, the H denotes location, not humility. For everyone else, saying explicitly that it's an opinion and not an incontrovertible fact would seem to be sufficiently humble. But then, the sort of people who have BFFs tend to change best friends monthly.

 

[joelmole]

I have a boss that uses the word "Ideal" wrong.

I'll ask him a question and he says, "I have no ideal". I want to throat punch him every time he does it.

He also said once he had gotten into a Wops nest over the weekend. I replied, where in hell did you find a nest of Italians around here? Everyone laughed, he did not...

If the ideal is proper grammar, then yes, he is correct, he has no ideal.

I also hate starting the sentence with "Look..." The reason I mention it in particular is that President Obama does it ALL THE TIME in interviews. I know he has handlers that get him to speak a certain way, and I guess it commands attention, but it gets to be grating very quickly...

Same thing with people who start a sentence with "So" when they're answering a question and need to go into a drawn out explanation.

Me: "Can you explain to me how that works?"
Them: "So the first thing you have to decide...."

I can admit I've been guilty of this one at times, but when I hear others do it, especially those who do it habitually, it bugs me.

Also, at work, we had a sales rep from one of our vendors who they only brought in on occasion to try to close a deal, or on conference call because he's some big shot, who would always dumb things down to the point that it was patronizing, had this annoying lilting quality to his voice that was intended to be persuasive and calming like he was some motivational speaker, but it just sounded forced and dumb, and excelled in the art of business gobbledygook (that's probably one of those words people don't like either). I had fun counting the number of times he would use the phrase "at the end of the day"

I also hate "ping" in the non data network sense, as in "I'll ping you sometime next week"

 

[Pilgarlic]

If the ideal is proper grammar, then yes, he is correct, he has no ideal.

I also hate starting the sentence with "Look..." The reason I mention it in particular is that President Obama does it ALL THE TIME in interviews. I know he has handlers that get him to speak a certain way, and I guess it commands attention, but it gets to be grating very quickly...

Same thing with people who start a sentence with "So" when they're answering a question and need to go into a drawn out explanation.

Me: "Can you explain to me how that works?"
Them: "So the first thing you have to decide...."

I can admit I've been guilty of this one at times, but when I hear others do it, it bugs me.

The "so" thing seems to have arisen in just the last few years. I wish it hadn't.

 

[JonM]

When people use "absolutely!" as an affirmative response. I guess it's okay once, but I know people who seem to be incapable of saying "yes" or "uh huh" and every single #$!! affirmative answer is "absolutely!"

 

[HoppyDaze]

manscaping

 

[beaksnbeer]

Mani-pedi

 

[Dan]

It's a chick term. But man, you ever had a mani-pedi? > To die for! <

 

[joelmole]

Over-use of the word "******." Usually those who do so are more obnoxious than the people to which they refer.

And I know this may bother some but RDWHAHB is a bit annoying.

 

[worksnorth]

Haven't seen, I'm golden/it's golden/we're golden here yet, that is a little bit tiresome if used to often.

 

[beaksnbeer]

It's a chick term. But man, you ever had a mani-pedi? > To die for! <

Wish that was the case we have a few, executives/company reps. that are big time I believe the term is/was "METRO-SEXUAL" wow auto correct says it is. They talk about how wonderful they are followed by a "steam and massage" Oh and they smile the patronizing smile when they find out I brew beer.

 

[HoppyDaze]

cool beans

 

[CGVT]

Back in the day.

I guess it is a bastardization of Back in the good ol' days, but I cringe every time I hear it. Especially when I hear it come out of the mouth of some dorky white guy.

 

[bzwyatt]

can I post one I like? Namaste

 

[CityOChampBrew]

I have a boss that uses the word "Ideal" wrong.

I'll ask him a question and he says, "I have no ideal". I want to throat punch him every time he does it.

He also said once he had gotten into a Wops nest over the weekend. I replied, where in hell did you find a nest of Italians around here? Everyone laughed, he did not...

I had a boss that could not for the life of him pronounce OK correctly.. it always came out "Ochay"

 

[jbaysurfer]

I hate reading threads like this. Y'all have pretty much guaranteed I'll piss one of you off in any post I write...

But I'll stay on topic:

"It is what it is".

As though it could be anything else...

 

[drainbamage]

YOLO...especially when referencing decidedly unimpressive activities ("Went to the strip club last night and drank a bunch of Jager, YOLO")
Baby bump
Celebrity couple mashup names
"Dish" used as a verb in gossip headlines (as in "_______ dishes on her new boyfriend")
Man-_______ (man-cave, man-scaping, etc.)

Also, most of the annoying and largely meaningless business jargon, like "buy-in", "vision statement", and "thinking outside the box". One of my ex-bosses was notorious for working that crap in whenever possible, apparently because he thought that was how business owners were supposed to talk. Maybe it is on Wall Street, but not in an engineering firm of 35 people. He also had a tendency to use the word "prognosticate" instead of "procrastinate".