Words and phrases I hate

[MoreHops]

Brother from another mother. If you share a father, he's your half-brother. If you don't, he's not your brother. Half-wit.

To die for, when describing food/drink.

Excessive use of "for sure" where it starts to come out as "fershur".

"Mmkay" instead of okay.

Anything relating to Facebook.

 

[bobbrews]

"...Just my $.02"

"True story."

 

[zeg]

Anything relating to Facebook.

zeg likes this.

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

Most euphemisms make me cringe. I occasionally use them, and I feel dirtier than if I just said the real thing. I would much rather say what I mean than spew watered-down, sugar-coated drivel. You should see the looks on some people's faces when my two-year-old "makes a mess in his pants" and says "daddy, get the feces off."

The only exceptions for me are euphemisms that are descriptive and funny like "blow chunks" or "bury the sausage" for example.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Easy as pie

pie is not easy

 

[dkwolf]

The only exceptions for me are euphemisms that are descriptive and funny like "blow chunks" or "bury the sausage" for example.

"Shouting groceries" is a personal favorite of mine.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Cakewalk
"a fine how do you do"
"... and Bob's your uncle"
and excessive use of "you know what I mean?" "y'know what I'm sayin" or "nyamean"

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

"Shouting groceries" is a personal favorite of mine.

That's a good one. I've never heard it before. Since we're on vomiting euphemisms, a couple I really like are:

"Making street pizza"

and

"Talking to Ralph on the big white phone"

 

[mcbaumannerb]

That's a good one. I've never heard it before. Since we're on vomiting euphemisms, a couple I really like are:

"Making street pizza"

and

"Talking to Ralph on the big white phone"

I've always been partial to technicolor yawn. :fro:

 

[CreamyGoodness]

True Fact:

During the Civil War vomiting was euphamistically refered to as "shouting hurrah without the h"

 

[kombat]

I've always been partial to technicolor yawn. :fro:

I like "praying to the porcelain gods."

Though the "Ralph/big white phone" one did make me LOL.

OT: "LOL"

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

Some other terms I don't like:
- pass gas
- break wind
I know an old retired naval officer who calls it "making air biscuits" instead.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I like when Brak called it "cuttin muffins"

 

[bobbrews]

I hate the word Arse. Please don't use it ever in writing, or especially in speech. Being British or Australian shouldn't matter either. You all know what an Ass is, and it's not a Donkey.

 

[ScotBrew]

I hate it when people, after finding out I'm Scottish, say "I'm Irish", or "I'm Italian" etc. I always ask where they were born and they'll tell me America, then I'll ask where they're parents are from and generally it goes on until I find out one member of their family is from said country and it's usually from around 4 generations back.

Some people over here seem to want to be from 'somewhere' and not America!

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

I hate the word Arse. Please don't use it ever in writing, or especially in speech. Being British or Australian shouldn't matter either. You all know what an Ass is, and it's not a Donkey.

I want to find a polite way to break their faces when I hear grown adults use "donkey" to refer to buttocks. If you really have to use a euphemism, don't use one that sounds like you're in the third grade. I was talking with a coworker today, trying to explain that ass and donkey aren't the same thing. A donkey is a type of ass, but there are about a dozen other types of asses that aren't donkeys. "Kiss my donkey?" I'll kiss your face with my fist. *series of deep breaths* I'm OK. I'm calm.

 

[JoeyChopps]

A little late but I when I have to hurl I always say " well I'm going to go call the dinosaurs."

 

[reinstone]

head for the mountains....busch bavarian beer with corn!!!!!!!!

 

[whoaru99]

"Minty" when describing condition of something.

I always want to reply, "Is it spearminty or pepperminty?".

 

[drainbamage]

I hate the word Arse. Please don't use it ever in writing, or especially in speech. Being British or Australian shouldn't matter either. You all know what an Ass is, and it's not a Donkey.

I've heard before from British people that "arse" really was the original term, and for whatever reason, the Americans bastardized it to "ass".

Then again, these are the same people who add an extra i to aluminum to pronounce it "aluminium", so I'm not sure they are to be trusted.

 

[zeg]

I've heard before from British people that "arse" really was the original term, and for whatever reason, the Americans bastardized it to "ass".

Possibly true. Trying to figure out etymologies for vulgar terms can be pretty tricky business, though.

Getting hung up on regional variations in language, especially when talking about slang terms, is rather pointless. Claiming that your own version is the correct one is rather than amusing.

In this thread, though, it's fine with me. You don't have to have a solid logical basis for being annoyed by something, and we're all just ranting, right?

 

[BigGoat]

My boss says supposebly instead of supposedly.

And also itch it. Its scratch it. Its called a scratch and sniff sticker, not an itch and sniff sticker.

 

[drainbamage]

Possibly true. Trying to figure out etymologies for vulgar terms can be pretty tricky business, though.

Getting hung up on regional variations in language, especially when talking about slang terms, is rather pointless. Claiming that your own version is the correct one is rather than amusing.

In this thread, though, it's fine with me. You don't have to have a solid logical basis for being annoyed by something, and we're all just ranting, right?

Oh, I know. I have no basis or research behind my post other than hearsay, just providing some insight.

It's kind of like the origin of the F-word. Everyone has their own theory, and they're probably all wrong historically.

 

[mpride1911]

It's kind of like the origin of the F-word. Everyone has their own theory, and they're probably all wrong historically.

There's actually an entire documentary devoted to that word. It's 'origins' and usage and perception. It mentions most of the popular beliefs over it's origin. But says that there really isn't a specific person or event that it spawned from.

 

[bobbrews]

I've heard before from British people that "arse" really was the original term, and for whatever reason, the Americans bastardized it to "ass".

Then again, these are the same people who add an extra i to aluminum to pronounce it "aluminium", so I'm not sure they are to be trusted.

I think it's more of a slang word. Original term is relative depending on the culture. "Can I bum a ***?" is not something I would ever want to hear said either... even if it actually means, "Can I have a cigarette?" It appears as if the American version of that sentence is closer to the true English language.

 

[pig140]

"get 'er done"

 

[pig140]

My boss says supposebly instead of supposedly.

And also itch it. Its scratch it. Its called a scratch and sniff sticker, not an itch and sniff sticker.

+1 that gets on my nerves too... along with curb/curve - as in, "I hit a curve with my tire and got a flat"

 

[BigGoat]

"get 'er done"

+10.

 

[zeg]

"Can I bum a ***?" is not something I would ever want to hear said either... even if it actually means, "Can I have a cigarette?"

Well, "***" is, of course, a shortening of "******," which is a small bundle of firewood.

 

[brick_haus]

One of my coworkers has samriches for lunch...

**** tube

Chick Flick = any movie that makes a grown man cry.

Not tonight

Far out :fro:

Hands up!