Words or Phrases You Hate, Part 2

"Fam"

"Swole"

"Rents" as in parents.

"Broseph"

"Broski"

"if you will"

"at the end of the day"

"begs the question"

"Fam" is fucking stupid.

SUPER cute

Doggo

Kiddo

YES, super cute is BAD. Adding "super" at the front of any word just indicates the person is stupid.

"Gingered"

Any word that is a noun turned into an adjective by some asshole who is trying to make a simple menu item seem more "exotic"

Iconic - not every fucking thing that is slightly exceptionally is iconic.

WAP.... Eldergays, did you all have WAP's back in the day? What were they called back then?

Did anyone say “lean in” yet?

“Bon appetit” (when said before anything other than a fancy French meal)

Iteration. Really?

"Drizzle" when you're talking about food makes me not want to eat anything you make, ever.

“is bae”

All of the above. Although I use broseph and broski to troll when someone calls me bro. Fucking Hate it.

Cute list, OP.

I hate the word "like", and people who can't form a sentence without using it make me want to stab them.

Do better.

Be better.

"___________ " be like ......

“Fam”

“My guy”

“LFG”

"bliss"

"heaven" (which someone used this morning to describe a particularly disgusting fried eggwhite sandwich)

"Cis"

Terf

Some men have vaginas

Some women have penises

“Bruh”

circle back around

efficacy

paradigm <- especially when used incorrectly

schadenfreude

pivot

Republican

"Squeeeeee!"

I saw this in a Timotay thread. Omfg. It's my new, most-hated word.

Exactly, when it's not exact and yes will suffice.

"tease out" when not referring to hair.

"Unpack" when not referring to suitcases.

Bub for a baby.

Surreal.

It seems everything is surreal these days.

"Fresh" when referring to new episodes of television.

"clapped back". Especially when used in yahoo news headlines.

“Hate on”.

"So, this happened..."

"Circle back"

"Gaslighting"

"Tell us how you really feel"--I just did you moron!

“Ping me,” meaning, get in touch. Had a grown ass man say this to me yesterday when discussing a work project.

at the end of the day.

husbear

mussy

boi

man-pussy (or any variation thereof)

Gaslighting, which is rarely used correctly.

Wifey.

Hubby. It sounds too much like hippo. Just say your husband!

It's just gross. I agree! R42

“Wait,...”.

News headlines that end with "This is what happened next."

"Hey mama"

"I am not the one"

"Finna"

"yap, yap, yap!" (thi is an exaggerated version of the word yup that is only used in Gary, Indiana)

Referring to the JFK presidency as the "Camelot" years. Ugh.

R39, bussy?

Oh: “PREGGERS”

Veggies. Fucking baby talk.

when women call their husband "the Hubs". . So fucking cutsie poo.

"make love". No, call it what it is, FUCKING or HAVING SEX!

Same goes for "slept with".

"Team". Addressing your email, "Hi Team" will not prompt me to move faster. Fuck your team, I'm busy!

"Creepy" In reference to the most NON-creepy things! "Frosty the Snowman is "creepy"

“Husbear”. Translation: The husband is fat and hairy. Why don’t you just say that. FAT and HAIRY!

“Let’s throw some ideas against the wall, and see what sticks”.

“Lots to unpack here”.

“Plenty to unbox here”.

“Just doing me”.

“You do you”.

“Let’s not get into the weeds here”.

Bathroom Restroom Washroom Powder room

It’s a fucking toilet! Why are Americans so squeamish?

It's a shitter, R57, that's why.

Passed.

No, DIED.

I prefer "kicked the bucket" myself.

[bold]"Rock star"[/bold] for, say, an office worker who did a halfway decent job on something.

[bold]"Exhausted"[/bold] for "mildly irritated or annoyed." A health care worker who puts in an 18-hour COVID shift is legitimately exhausted. You just read an opinion on Twitter you didn't like.

[bold]"Bad boys"[/bold] as a euphemism for an indeterminate number of something, commonly used by hetero douchebagss. "I'm gonna eat ALL those bad boys!"

“North of” (a number), as in north of 50 dollars, or north of 95 degrees, or north of 70 million votes. It’s so stupid.

Granular,

Literally when used, as it usually is, figuratively,

Love on, hate on, and wanton use of superfluous prepositions generally.

Not a word or phrase, but the overuse of 'exclamation' marks, often by females on social media or work emails / Yammer sites.

Denotes an insecurity of the poster and or sycophantic tendencies.

Apparently it's a young person thing, r64. I don't know about the male/female breakdown, but I was introduced to it by a young (28) graduate student, who would wax exclamatory! in every email! I asked about it, and found it's considered a near requirement among those who refuse to use periods (another part of the discussion, mentioned voluminously on DL a month ago or so!)

R65 here again! My young TA was male, I forgot to type!

Women of all ages seem to do the congrats!!!!! pile-on on social media and Yammer.

It's now become standard that often you're obliged to join in other wise be dubbed a 'wowser'.

"May or may not." As in, "I may or may not have just eaten half a pizza by myself," etc.

The word "may" ALREADY IMPLIES that the situation described could be either true or untrue.

Yes, I resurrected this one to get this off my chest. I just read the phrase in another DL thread.

On work calls, I’ve noticed a trend of people (generally mid 20s to mid 30s) pronouncing the word “important” as im’PORD’INT. Bugs the fuck out of me.

“Hate on”, as in “she’s hating on me”. Does this differ from “she hates me” in any intrinsic way? It sounds stupid, regardless.

My guy.

R57 pisses me off. Just call it shithole

"For the life of me" fuckin enrages me.

Sorry not sorry.

To "stand up" something, when a person could easily say instead to "start" or "initiate" a thing, etc. Is this a new thing? Why does everyone run with something stupid-sounding the minute one person purposely and vapidly creates it?

“You got this”

" oh my sides"

Seriously, that phrase is 30 fucking years old!

Nor Easter.

It's fucking slang for North Eastern. Now all the TV weather whores insist it's the woke way to pronounce it.

"Fake it till you make it"

Could any phrase be more shallow and typically Boomer thing to say?

R79 whoever gives you that "advice" couldn't care less whether you actually make it or not.

I'm starting to hate all European languages at this point.

In business: using "support" instead of "help", as in "thanks for supporting me."

And what gorgeous language do you speak, R81?

GOAT Narcissist-Apparently everyone is an expert today on detecting one.

WHET

pron

...is DEAD to me!

[somebody's] pussy stinks!

mussy

"Tea" as in gossip. Just call it gossip!

[quote] It’s a fucking toilet! Why are Americans so squeamish?

Because saying "toilet" is vulgar.

-Weird flex, but ok. -Bruh -Brah -Bae -Turnt -yeet -fam -lit (or the accompanying 🔥) -"ish" instead of SHIT -whatevs -my BFF -Literally (over-use or in wrong context) -Derp -"what even is"... -dead-ass -there's a lot to unpack there -totes amazing -amazeballs -sorry not sorry -i can't even - #blessed -squad goals (also hash-tagable) -all the feels -methinks -parentals -cool beans -hubby -wifey -man crush -give your head a shake -firstly (during an argument) -school night -that thing when -AF -salty -low-key -insta (anything) -influencer -wheelhouse -ghosting -OTUS family (ex. POTUS, FLOTUS) -eschew -moist -optics -thought leader -cray cray -keep calm and.... -just sayin' -at the end of the day -my bad -yasssssss

^That was supposed to copy-paste into a list. Sorry if it's cluttered. Read btwn the dashes.

R88, that’s a very good list. I agree with all of that. Awful. Actually, EVERYTHING submitted in this thread has been exquisitely awful. People are fucking lemmings.

“Explain it to me like I’m five.”

“Make it make sense.”

So many overused trendy phrases on perpetually outraged Twitter.

“This is a MOOD”

"kudos" don't know why-just can't stand it

Funny thing is, „kudos“ is actually a very old word — you’ll come across it in Agatha Christie’s literature.

Say 👏it👏louder👏for👏the 👏people👏in👏the👏back👏

Also, emotional labor...

R88, I like your list but “I just can’t” with some of them (see what I did there? Lol. Hey! Get your finger off the block button, I’m kidding!)

Turnt - I like this one but only because the first time I heard it it cracked me up. It was in this context, a guy was flirting and my friend said, “oh, he lookin’ to get turnt tonight!” I just found it so funny.

-"ish" instead of SHIT - This I see in emails, especially company-owned email programs, so the censoring software doesn’t change it or block it.

Give your head a shake - Never heard this one.

school night - Never heard this one either. When would it be used?

Emojis. Not the word, but use of, especially on DL.

"Food Insecurity". It's HUNGRY, stop trying to make it sound better.

Fair enough, R96. I guess I would find some funny if delivered in a witty /in-person manner rather than being vomited all over social media (which is how I came across most of these).

But I'm not just biased against the young. "Give your head a shake" is an older British expression (I believe) and pretty antiquated, it means "wake up/smarten up".

"School night" also antiquated (I'm dating myself). Used in context: "I better not have another glass of wine, it's a school night", meaning weekday. But luckily it's the weekend so cheers!

When gay men say "girlllllllll" to each other.

When people use the term "gross" to refer to EVERYTHING they dislike. No, not everything you dislike is gross, you twit! You're just weak!!

Normalcy.

“Speak on” as a substitute for “talk about”.

"Panties"- Not because I'm a gay man, and blah, blah, blah. The sound of the word just makes me cringe.

"Turd"- Anything toilet-related also makes me cringe.

“literally”

Peleton

Worse than the women who call everything "cute" are gay men who use it either as a positive or as a qualifier, "How was the party you went to?" "It was cute. We didn't stay long."

Cute should be used only to describe young children, a little girl's birthday dress with a big bow in back, or a basket of puppies or kittens.

Impact, when used as a verb.

"so extra"

"is fire"

'Reach out to' to mean 'ask'.

"Iconic" wins this thread by a country mile.

“Dude” can be endearing if said by an adorable teenaged boy, or a baby butch.

I agree, R107. And don't forget "impactful", which isn't even a word to begin with!

sex "on a stick"

“The steal.” Steal is not a noun, playskool fascists.

WITH THAT BEING SAID!!!!!

What's Up...I always reply the sky.

R116 is an idiot.

Men who call raunchy sex adorable. A kitten is adorable. Not your nasty sex!

“So...”.

"folks" and "y'all" when used by anyone other than southerners or black people.

"cringe"--no, not everything you dislike is "cringe", you're just dumb.

Cocksucker

(117) Up your ass

Cringe used as anything other than a verb. It’s not a fucking adjective.

"That's my name, don't wear it out!"--fuck you, childish cunt!

"fart box"

Chill

If you don’t know how to describe a setting, mood, object, person, opportunity, just use chill for fuck’s sake.

"I don't know where he's at". At what, you cretin? The word you're looking for is "are".

"Where he are," r128?

Oh, DEAR!!!

"Legit" for "legitimate" or "legitimately."

"Liberal commies" bleech... said only by deplorables, a word I love BTW

Buddy; mate

Agreed, R127, “chill” is really dumb and way overused by dipshits.

"Queen Bey"--what is she the queen of again?!

"Triggered"

Chuck Schumer

"Body positive"

What you really mean is "too lazy to work out, too little will power not to eat junk food, and too cowardly to admit it"

“Suppose to be”.

Yes r138 it bothers me when I see people writing “suppose to” and “use to”.

I don’t remember the grammar rule, but it used to be drilled into me in elementary school that you are supposed to use past tense.

“Sus”

"Cliche" instead of "cliched" is a similar error, R139. "Cliche" is a noun ("That's such a cliche") -- the adjective is "cliched" ("That's so cliched"). But so many people don't know the difference and say or write "That's so cliche".

Thank you, r141. I didn’t even realize that and now won’t make that mistake again.

I love DL!

You're so welcome, R142! As a grammar nazi, I'm not used to being thanked -- such a pleasure to know that I've helped someone.

"Dee Plorable" — Enough already. It was never really that funny.

Shots in arms

"jab"

[quote] "Dee Plorable" — Enough already. It was never really that funny.

At least she didn’t enable that awful AIDS-riddled whiny blond queen to have a career like Dee Wallace Stone or whatever her last name is these days. I was glad when they moved my show to Wednesday night.

Phrases such as the OP’s, which exclude the use of the pronoun “that” or “which”.

I think that it’s an American thing.

Homosexual

Homophobic

Biology

Sex

Logic

Facts

Life

Reason

Woman

Feminism

“Lived experience”

"step up"

"self-care"

“My truth”.

"jab"

"Swarmy"

Two posters in the Chauvin thread mentioned a "smarmy" lawyer. "Smarmy" wasn't quite the right word as there was nothing fawning or obsequious about him, but that's a topic for another thread. As with the constant misuse of jealousy and envy, the sentiment is understood. A third poster chimed in with:

[quote]Meh, he's not swarmy.

I hate that one, too, r150. What other kind of experience could you have?

"Smashing" to mean fucking.

"Hubster" is repulsive.

"Yummy" should not be in the vocabulary of anyone over the age of ten.

"Bespoke" if not referring to men's clothing or shoes. You do not have a bespoke microwave, you stupid bitch.

"Cunt" as the British use it - a nickname for one's toddler, etc.

"Passed" is something I don't understand getting angry about. And "bathroom" is an Americanism that's been around since there were bathrooms. I think it comes from the fact that Americans wash their hands and faces more often than the Brits and aren't necessarily looking to park a dump every time they inquire after the location of such a room. When in London, I try to meet our UK friends halfway and politely ask for the way to the shitter, you cunt.

I was just assaulted twice by "veggie" in another thread:

[quote]veggie burgers

[quote]veggie chicken sandwiches

"I've never heard women in other countries use cute so profusely."

Haven't been to Japan then, have you, OP?

かわいい!

I understand that language (especially English) is always changing. That's actually good, because it expands are ability to express ourselves.

Each generation develops slang; different cliques have their in-group slang, etc. At times, I'm irritated by some words, especially those used to divide us and create animosity and fear. But it doesn't bug me to much, otherwise.

I don't know if these were covered before, (No Link, Op!), but I don't like mispronunciations such as 'axe a question' and 'the specific ocean.' (That should be 'ask' and "Pacific Ocean"!)

r161 But it doesn't bug me to much, otherwise."

Oh Dear, myself. "Too", not "to;" not "two;" not "To be, or not to be." Too much?

Boss

[quote] because it expands are ability to express ourselves.

Oh, dear!

Most of the changes to English language in recent years have slightly reduced our ability to express ourselves. People start using words they don’t understand, and over time those words lose their original meaning.

There’ll be two words that mean different things, and idiots will start misusing word #2 when they should be using word #1, and eventually word #1 falls out of use. Word #2 now has two meanings (one incorrect) and dictionaries eventually give up on the fight. It’s sad. The problem is illiteracy.

“Language evolves”... yeah, ‘devolves’ is more like it.

Thanks, r164

That one is embarrassing.

"Rate This Ass"

By cracky.

"it is what it is", "what had happened was", "whatever," "caught feelings," baby momma/daddy, cherry not referring to dessert, smash or bone referring to sex, sword or louisville slugger for penis

“Wait,...”.

I’m starting to get irritated with “vibe.”

“That’s not who we are”, as popularized by Cunt of the House Pelosi.

R155, I believe the etymology of “swarmy” is an amalgamation of “swarthy” and “smarmy” and coined by DL to describe Justin Guarini during the first season of American Idol.

“Off of”.

Just came across a new one: ""strategize solutions"

"Bougie". Assholes, it does not mean what you think it means.

“Everyday” and “every day” are not the same, even if spellcheck tells you otherwise. “Could care less” is the opposite of “couldn’t care less” - it means that the user DOES care. “Suppose to” “Anyways” “Ice tea”, “grill cheese”, “sequin ball-gown” and other uses of nouns as adjectives. “Tired of” instead of “tired with”, “fed up of” instead of “fed up with” - seems to be an English thing. “In and of itself” - what does that mean, Americans?

And before I get “oh deared” - my apologies for buggering up the formatting above.

Man cave.

I like your list, R177, but I do say "tired of." E.g., I'm tired of eating oatmeal every morning.

Me too, r180, but other than that a great list, r177.

And “in and of itself” is sort of an anglicized [italic]per se[/italic].

Yeah r177, I don’t think “tired with” is correct.

"Gal Pal" - this seems to mean a woman who someone might be romantically / sexually involved. Magazines / tabloids / entertainment news programs use this term as a euphemism for 'possible girlfriend'.

"baby bump" - this means pregnant, but maybe magazines / tabloids / entertainment news programs don't like to use that word.

"amazing" - this seems to now mean that something's okay, relatively decent, or nice. Like "that mustard is amazing!", "the new Subaru Outback is amazing!", "Clifton New Jersey is amazing!"

[quote] "Clifton New Jersey is amazing!"

You’re reaching now. Ain’t nobody in the history of the English language ever say anything Joisey is amazing!

As an Australian I'm eternally frustrated by half-arsed similes...e.g. 'It's as good as'.

As good as WHAT mother fucker??????

I kind of hate "brekkie" as a short word for breakfast.

r188, my Dad married into a Jewish family, and the Yiddish word for barfing sounds like "brek"- my little brother used to barf a lot as a baby, and they used "brekkie". I've always associated that word with barfing ever since.

Here’s a new one:

Let’s “PEEL BACK THE ONION”, and dig deeper into the situation. Blow me, you pompous ass.

R190, we do the peeling and digging when "we have a lot to unpack".

And then we can "strategize solutions" r191

r188 where are you from? I've never heard that one before

It's British, R193. After you "wakie, wakie!", you sit down to "brekkie". Mornings must be hell in England.

At least until you’ve had your first cuppa, r194

Zero fucks given and its progeny

[quote] otherwise. “Could care less” is the opposite of “couldn’t care less” - it means that the user DOES care.

Well, not necessarily “care.” You could care very little about something, but then there’s still a little wiggle room to care even less about it.

So not exactly the opposite, but it turns a meaningful idiom into a mostly meaningless one.

My new micromanager is always asking if he can "lean upon" person A to help person B with something. One day I heard it 4 times.

"Sooner rather than later" or "sooner than later".

[quote] "Cute"--the word evvery American women loves to use for EVERYTHING they like. So fucking childish. I've never heard women in other countries use cute so profusely.

Oh, please.

NO ONE uses this word more than Japanese women. NO ONE.

The entire Japanese popular aesthetic for the last forty years has been entirely organized around the idea of cuteness.

I was surprise, I was shock etc - when did dropping the “d” start happening?

“That’s so cliche” - cliche is a noun, not an adjective.

“Off of” instead of “off” or “from”.

Clean-up / clean up, work-out / work out etc - just because spellcheck doesn’t catch it doesn’t mean that it’s correct. The former are nouns, the latter are phrasal verbs.

“In and of itself”. I’ve asked this before - what does this Americanism mean?

R201 You've got a Harvard degree. So what. In and of itself that means nothing.

Ok, R202 - not being obtuse but couldn’t you just drop “in and of itself”? Seems redundant. Maybe that’s why I don’t understand / like it.

Thanks for responding though!

It's used for emphasis and for emphasis a bit of wordiness often helps.

[quote] “In and of itself”. I’ve asked this before - what does this Americanism mean?

You were also told at r181.

[quote] not being obtuse but couldn’t you just drop “in and of itself”? Seems redundant.

No, because in the example above:

“You have a Harvard degree. That means nothing” is a completely different statement than stressing that just [italic]because[/italic] you have a Harvard degree doesn’t mean you know what you’re talking about.

Oh I missed that, R205. Glad I’ve got you to keep track of me. Although it is slightly creepy.

It’s all the price you pay for being so damn good-looking. People will follow!

"I'm not perfect" when used in response to a criticsm you've made to someone. No, criticizing you for innappropriate or unncessarry behavior is NOT expecting perfection. People who usually respond this way are just incapable of taking criticism.

Gorge for gorgeous

Squeeeee

Adorbs

Referring to women as dude

Adorns

A certain type of guy says "To your point" in every second or third sentence. Total douchebag thing to keep saying.

I know someone who is in his late fifties and needs to sound cool all the time. So, "the doctor" becomes "the doc" and without being asked to, he always uses a more casual form of someone's name — David is Dave; Robert is Bob; Richard is Rich. So full of himself.

"the doc"? Does he know the 50s are over?

[quote] I was surprise, I was shock etc - when did dropping the “d” start happening?

I haven't heard people dropping the "d" or "ed" for past tense.

I have, which is why I posted about it, R214.

“In and of itself” is indeed a rather stupid phrase. “In and of” ... huh? What is the person really trying to say there? Anglicization of “per se”, yes, but isn’t it possible to Anglicize it in an intelligible way?

That phrase reminds me of “out and out”—what? “He’s an out and out liar.” Why the double ‘out’?

Racism/racist.

These words have lost all meaning. A few days ago even the BBC used the words in a misleading headline. The article was about how many Black people in the UK are reluctant to take the vaccine. The causes ranged from a mistrust of the establishment due to bad experiences with past clinical trials on black people in Africa to anger that the initial messaging about Covid precautions had been "too focused on the Asian community instead of including black people".

The article itself raised good points but the clickbait headline was some bullshit like "Black people not getting vaccinated due to racism." which wasn't what the article was about at all. It made it sound like black people are being denied vaccines due to racist health authorities.

"F Bomb". If "fuck" is what you mean, just fucking say "fuck"!

Pivot

“Stories” - as in, “we want people to tell their stories.”

I don't have time for your pettifogging, I have to watch my stories.

I heard a radio interview the other day where the pundit cautioned that people need to be more "planful" about whatever the subject was -- wildfire evacuations or retirement finances or some such thing. I thought I must have heard him wrong, since I was listening to the car radio and there was traffic noise -- so I turned the volume up and heard him loud and clear when he said it again while summarizing at the end. The interviewer never called him on it, maybe she was as shocked as I was, or hesitated for fear of sounding rude -- more likely, she didn't know her guest wasn't speaking proper English.

“Like” instead of “for example” or “such as” or “approximately” or “nearly”.

“Like” as a general verbal prop. “So I was like, sooo angry, and he was like, really into, like me and I was like...etc”.

“Cause” and “because” are not the same thing.

“Suppose to” and “use to”. “I was surprise to”. “He was bias”. Just wrong.

People who cannot work out plural and possessive use for words that end in an “s” or that sound as though they do. E.g. “Sussex”, “Sussex’s”, “Sussexes” and “Sussexes’”

Random apostrophe use in the hope that sometimes the user gets it right. Ditto “there”, their” and “they’re”. Same for “whose” and “who’s”.

People who do not understand the different applications of “who”, “which” and “that”.

“Apart” and “a part” are not the same thing.

People who say "ice tea" or "ice coffee" or "whip cream" sound so incredibly stupid to me.

Should be "iced tea" "iced coffee" and "whipped cream"

I was in line at a bakery this morning and heard a few people place their orders by saying, "I need..." as in, "I need a dozen blueberry muffins." This really irritates me and sounds so low class. You don't "need" any muffins. The polite thing to say is, "Good morning, may I please have six blueberry muffins..." or "Good morning, I'd like six blueberry muffins."

I don't like when people say "anxious" when they mean "eager."

And don't get me started on sales help responding to "thank you" by saying "No problem" or "No worries" rather than "You're welcome" or "It's my pleasure."

Where have manners gone?

"I need" is awkward, but I don't hear it said myself. Ice coffee is fine in spoken English, written not so much.

I don't mind no problem if, say, the server has made an effort to look through the restaurant stock for other jams because I really hate strawberry. At worst, it's a bit informal.

Planful??? Good God NO!

"Tell their stories" is the same as the more formal "relate their experiences" to me.

R210 hates me, as I'm fond of using "Totes adorbs!" (occasionally!) when guys post pics at Instagram.

I still dislike, "If mammary serves..."

“Drop” as in “release to the public”

“Kiddos”

“Hubby/husbear”

“Mommabear”

“Tea” as in gossip

“(Some stupid trivial thing) is everything”

“Bop” as in song

“Boomer” for anyone over 30.

“Karen” for annoying frau

“Smashcake”

“Gender reveal party”

“woke” / “shook”

“Do better”

“White privilege”

“____AF”

“Claps back”

“In the weeds”

“Around” instead of “about.” (We need a discussion around the budget, etc)

“From 30 thousand feet”

ANY and all inane corporate speak

How could I forget "Boris"?

I am starting to despise all non-British English.

Adult women describing everything as "fun."

r230, I hate it when people say "it was so fun" instead "it was so much fun." "Fun" is a noun, which has sadly become adjectivized in the last few decades.

I say, "It was SUCH fun!"

R224, I like all your examples except the "no problem" one. Usually, it's a service person saying "no problem." What came before that was that they did a satisfactory job on what you needed. IMO, no need to get upset about "no problem."

I do agree that saying: "I need a caramel macchiato" or "Give me a caramel macchiato" sounds fucking rude.

Americans (some) think that French people are rude. Apparently, when you go into a shop in France, you say a brief hello (bonjour) to the worker before launching into your "needs." To immediately launch into what you need or immediately say "I need ___" is rude in France.

And it is rude in the United States (and anywhere else for that matter). People are rude and ungracious.

Wifey, Kiddo, Hubbie, Veggie

[quote] And it is rude in the United States (and anywhere else for that matter). People are rude and ungracious.

Yes, agree, but apparently, the French will give you a death stare if you immediately launch into your needs ("I need a ____").

“Veggie” has to go! Grow the fuck up!

And “foodie” - STFU

People who type "dollface" when they're talking about cute animals make me want to punch them in the face repeatedly. Doll's faces are ugly, dirty, and smelly. Cute animals are cute. These are cute cats (maybe kittens). Their faces could not be any less similar to the faces of dolls.

In the best way possible! "This maudlin story will make you cry in the best way possible!" My journey. "Join me on my journey to health, weight loss, self-acceptance," ad naseum. Shaming. "Fat shaming, addict shaming, body shaming, mental health shaming." Some things are fucking shameful and shame is an important part of the social contract. Self-care. "101 ways to indulge in self care." Self-care now extends to such basic human functions as showering and brushing your teeth.

Bullshit all of it.

R238 they are adorable!

"Babe"

... just makes me cringe. I immediately think of instahoes.

R78 It's spelled nor'easter. It's a contraction of northeaster.

Savory. I don't know why I hate it.

“Cohort”. Suddenly it’s everywhere.

No problem with cohort so long as it's used properly.

“Meet-cute”

“Instagood”

“Latergram”

"dropped pie face"

Toxic.

"It goes without saying..."

Well then don't fucking say it.

"NO PROBLEM" Grrrrrrrrr

"Dozens" when the appropriate term would be "scores."

"Let's 'Cheers'!"

I really dislike male nicknames for females, especially "Sam." I also don't like addressing women of Medicare age by diminutives, e.g. Janie, Susie, Lizzie, Katie, Sammi, Tami, and Pammy.

I'm trying to wean myself off "Here's the thing."

You're a sick puppy, r238. A doll's face is "smelly"? Do you find your toys in a landfill?

I guess you think the musical should be titled "Guys and Ugly, Dirty, and Smelly Dolls"?

R186, Have you ever had some Bayonne pizza? HAVE YOU?!

I had a dear friend who said "supposably." I couldn't bring myself to correct her.

Another friend, who had 4 years of German in high school plus visited the country once, used to say "Dootchmarks."

As for moi, I absolutely refuse to pronounce the herb basil with a long "a." I prefer the British.

I'm sure it's been mentioned upthread, but grandbabies is especially grating (grandkids is okay in moderation).

[quote]I guess you think the musical should be titled "Guys and Ugly, Dirty, and Smelly Dolls"?

No, dumbass r252. Obviously "dolls" conveys the message.

R225 It's "On" Instagram, dollface.

Why would “establishment” not acceptable?

Completely agree R251 about adult women with little girl names. “Katie” really grates.

The one I’m really hating now, and of course, it’s rampant on NPR, are people who inject “right” in their sentences. Not a questioning “right?” This is more about the speaker assuming you agree but not being confident enough not to check.

“We are trying to finalize the budget, right, so let’s be sure this gets done by next week.”

I can see why those might appear childish, but a 70 year old Janie wouldn't bother me; I know a fair number of older Jimmy's, etc.

An ex and I used to joke decades ago that kids mentioning "Grandma Dawn and Grandma Tiffany" would sound silly a generation later.

R255, Just to clarify, because I'm mgobsmacked:

You think that the word "Dolls" in the musical's title CONTAINS WITHIN IT the connotation of "ugly, dirty, and smelly"?

Because if so, where the hell did you encounter such dolls?! Is or was your mother/sister/grandmother a nutcase?

R259, I didn't mention men's names; I'm good with Jimmy, Bobby, Frankie, Tommy, etc.

"Long story short" coming at the end of a long-winded, convoluted, non-concise telling of a mind-numbing story.

I had a friend who did that. I once said: "Too late!"

News reporters who start off like this: "Yeah, Angela, Hurricane Janet is bearing down on the coast ..."

(This usually happens after a hand-off from one broadcaster to another.)

The word that is irritating, IMO, is the "Yeah."

R262 = Dorothy Zbornak

“So, “

"I know, right?"

"melty"

Xe/Xir

Cis

[quote]I'm trying to wean myself off "Here's the thing."

But that would make you a weanee.

Actually, r269, it would make r251 a wean[bold]er[/bold].

Bless your heart, r270.

Full stop!

Just reminding R267 that my sandwiches are the meltiest, craviest, butteriest! (sic x3)

You sound tasty!

“Step foot”.

It’s “set foot”.

This one has really taken off recently.

“Reign in”

“Deep-seeded”

You reign, r276.

"Have a blessed day!"

"Signage" -- what's wrong with "signs"?

"Woke"

So dumb I can't even fathom someone stupid enough to use it.

[quote] "Signage" -- what's wrong with "signs"?

R279 - Because there is a difference, and words matter.

R281, your link gives the definition of "signage" as "Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively".

So you seem to agree with me that "signage" means "signs" (taken collectively). There's a difference between "signage" and "sign", but no difference between "signage" and "signs". Glad we got that cleared up!

“I’m not crying, you’re crying’

“So there’s that”.

Like a lot of these expressions, it was really kind of clever at first and then got flogged to death.

Sus

“Vet,” as in Google somebody’s name.

Bruh. Trashiest, frau response I can think of.

“It’s been a minute since I…” meaning, “I haven’t done X in a while.” LOATHE it.

“Pupper”. Love dogs but hate that frautastic term.

Deadass

Anyhoo!

17 Photos Of Chonky Doggos That Are Just *Chef's Kiss*

Normalcy

Moving forward, going forward

"Nasty" used to describe a food that someone doesn't like. Not talking about rotten food, just something they, personally, don't like. Sign of a baby-taster.

Tasting babies is NASTY!

'baby tastes'

[quote] Normalcy

Haha. This one bugs me too. It should be normality, and whenever I heard someone use the correct word it makes me smile a little. But truth be told, normalcy has taken off like a black mold and everybody says it now. English is a living language and it evolves. Another example is the word nonplussed which should mean without emotion/dumbfounded but now can also mean the exact opposite. WTF?

BTW, fuck that illiterate crook Warren G. Harding for corrupting a perfectly good word.

I just heard I new one I hate:

“It was so othering.”

Yes, it was on NPR.

"He was tasked with ... "

Yikes.

Sufficient.

"Existential crisis" -- bitch please, this isn't your philosophy 101 college class.

Broth. The sound of the word bothers me, not the actual substance.

“Yt” and “wipypo.” It’s depressing that race is now the only thing we’re supposed to find significant about a person.

“X is the Y movie you didn’t know you needed.”

"I call bullshit!" Just say "bullshit!"

Myself.

Grossly overused and mostly inappropriately. What’s wrong with the word me?

I agree with R304. Be direct!

R305 - As for me, I never say myself when referring to I.

Me never do either.

“Poop.” And it’s everywhere now.

“Veggies” as well.

If the word "amazing" didn't exist, would Americans manage to find another word to express the concept of "really pretty good", "not half bad", etc?

The word "Literally" even when used correctly (which it rarely is) has become nails on a chalkboard to me. Millennials ruin literally everything.

It’s not even a word but some idiots still use it: “alot”.

[quote]If the word "amazing" didn't exist, would Americans manage to find another word to express the concept of "really pretty good", "not half bad", etc?

We could borrow "brilliant" from the Brits.

Moreso. (For more so. I have accepted “everday” for “every day.”)

"Marge" as in short for Margaret. It sounds like chewing on a gristle feels like.

Thanks for giving

Adorable blanket

'So STINKIN' cute' is now the tired, stupid frau refrain for every single baby pic EVER posted.

"Centering."

As in, "We are centering BIPOC transwomen's voices...."

Sex positive

Queer

Any letters that come after "LGB."

"Over-exaggerating." Just say "exaggerating."

I say thank you, they say "no problem".

"swimming in the lady pond"

Isn't "toilet" a marker of class in Britain, R57? I thought more posh people say "loo".

I prefer "crapper" or "water closet".

Woke

R57, if you say someone is in the "toilet" in the U.S. or Canada, that means they have literally squeezed their whole body inside the toilet bowl, which is quite an accomplishment. "Toilet" refers to the actual thing you sit on, not the room.

I hate the sound of the word "lavish".

"Dunno"

"Mum"

Super anything -- it sounds so childish! Super fun! Super exciting! Super hot! Super boring!

I don't mind the name Superman but the word should be retired (or shot dead) otherwise.

Adulting

Mega colon

R191 😂

Shittle

Slap your grandma!

Oh, dear.

You’re very welcome

Awesome,

Tasty

"Centered."

Even worse than cute is "supercute" said in that annoying baby voice. "Like, it's a supercute shirt!" or a "supercute selfie" make my stomach churn. Strawman is overused, gaslighting is overused and a lot of the time is used incorrectly to boot. I hate this country right now, and I especially hate boring and dumb Trumpers.

Cheeky

Welcome to Offerpad

Queer. I was bullied with the word like many others and it is not empowering to reclaim it for me. I’ve learned to accept its use but at least one or two hairs on the back of my neck raise up every single time I hear it.

I loathe the word queer. Almost as much as the term latinx. What I really don't get why it's supposed to be "LGBTQ..." if queer is supposedly an umbrella term.

LGBTQIA

Go hide your face in my ass

Bless your heart

Babe

Cis and all gender-related nonsense like "birthing people"

That swing was so nasty

"Goss," as in "Tony Duquette - What’s the Latest Goss?"

Are you slow? You can't type two more letters?

R348 I dated a guy a couple of years ago that called me babe constantly. It was too much.

"Salty," unless you're talking about the salt content in food. Where did that even come from?

"Based off of." They're even incorporating it in soap opera dialog (Y&R), so I guess its replacement of the correct "based on" is complete.

"you got this!" so overdone!

"Spicy" when they are talking about something other than food.

"Self-loathing"

"Facts!"

"Harry Styles"

"Carbon footprint"

"Experts"

I spray Febreze every time after I shit

GOAT

I, too, am SICK TO DEATH of every old biddy yelling, "You Got this!" to every other old biddy attempting to do something she should be able to do with ease, but can't, because she's been sitting on her fat, priveleged ass, waiting for everyone to wait on her!

Let’s have a CONVERSATION

Pupper. It's dog or puppy for FFS.

Out of curiosity, what a better alternative to cute? Winsome, twee?

I hate it when people call adult dogs puppy.

Sesh used for session

Hangry.

Any phrase from the world of sales: Manager to a salesperson, "Make it happen." Salesperson to a potential customer, "I'll circle back around ... " When I get calls I often want to stop and tell the salesperson that if he would stop using phrases that real people never do, I'd be more willing to take the call.

Thirsty

Stan

R325

I was told long ago that "toilet" is the posh word because it's not a euphemism.

"Reach out" -- really hate this one.

Talking points

Dollface

Really, r342?!

“Perfect.”

When someone asks for my email address, I give it, and they say “perfect,” I have to summon all my self control not to say, “Then why did you ask?”

R4 it’s an abbreviation for FAMILY. It’s not stupid at all.

R372 how do you act behind the wheel?/

Huh, R371?

Huh?

R375, Did you watch? "Simon" says, "Cheeky monkey." I'm suggesting that you must not mean "cheeky" as its use is both funny and charming from Mike Myers.

Of course, the explanation made it boring.

I’ve never watched SNL. I was referring to “cheeky” as a descriptor which English people use, such as “I had a cheeky glass or two of Chardonnay”.

So my explanation made it sound boring too!

It’s fucking stupid, R373.

“Thanks, fam!”

It’s used like the equally retarded “bro”.

People that want to “leverage” something, usually at work. WTF does it mean?!

Fresh cracked pepper

Good olive oil

ICONIC

My salad days

“Curate” in any culinary context.

Bae

“Split the baby” is a phrase that only a twisted mind could have thought up. It’s a terrible expression and it’s been overused to death. When are court watchers and TV political pundits to ever drop it?!?

*going* to…

"Salty" unless you're describing food.

Scorched Earth

Bro and Ya'll....used by Anyone !

"V card" as in, "When did you lose your V card?"

I'm open to new slang if it's clever and easy-to-use.

It's the awkward, unclear words that people (both young and old) desperately try to shoe-horn into a conversation that I can't stand.

Like "fit" (for outfit) and "rizz."

Gifted. As in the noun trying to be a verb. And now it's being used in shows and movies that are supposed to be taking place in the fifties or sixties. Anachronisms! I blame Seinfeld.