Words that make me think less of the people who use them

privilege

"based out of" instead of "based in"

Folks

Ostensibly.

"We need to talk about ..."

Anyways

"Best" to sign off an email

Kiddos/husbear/mama bear/any combination thereof.

Elites

TERF

illuminati

"on line" instead of "in line"

karma

youse

Womxn

Cis.

Old lady

Low-class str8s seem to often use this word, as in:

"My old lady bakes great brownies" referring to their wife/girlfriend.

Am I right about this?

"Y'all" if it's an affectation

Problematic.

r13, it's low class but I kind of find it charming when hets refer to their partner as old man/old lady. The ones I've met who do so seem to actually be in love.

Buddy, pal, kiddo,

Mate, lad...

Kiddo? An old fashioned word hardly used except by oldsters

“My pronouns are ...”

Journey

Soup tureen...so hoity toity.

Orientate

Irregardless

Between you and I

Ex cetera

"literally shaking"

Thank you, r22. I have often thought I was the only person who cringed when he heard "orientate."

Datalounge

I have never met a self-confessed DLer in real life

Sartorial

Crudités

The "n" word

Scrumdiddlyumptious

Amazeballs

Escapegoat

Pronouncing the "L" in: folks, yolk

Adding a nonexistent "L" in: both. WTH is "bolth"?

The list from R22 and any racist, homophobic, etc. based language. I also find the phrase “standing on line” as opposed to “standing in line” irritating as hell. Cutesy phrases like R28 gave, contrived, top-down terms like” Latinx,” and dumbed down, wannabe terms like “my bad.” Hackneyed phrases like “thoughts and prayers,” and of course all the invented, pronoun bullshit. I do find regional accents attractive and unique regional expressions fun. People who use multisyllabic words to impress others should be tortured.

'white supremacy' *eye roll*

Behoove.

Platform Brand Raise my profile

to parent

anyhoo

Dope. (meaning "great" I guess)

"ect."

uses “impact” as a verb = majored in Communications

R27 Do you mean the n-word or 'the n-word' ie. the actual word or the euphemism?

[quote] contrived, top-down terms like” Latinx,”

This, as well as:

Anyways

Mute (as in “it’s a mute point.” Wrong!)

Irregardless

Like most people who grew up in New York, I only heard people say "stand on line." I always thought "in line" was some affectation or British-ism.

It was not until I was older that I found out "on line" is a regionalism.

Like when people from California put the article "the" before the number of an interstate. I know I should not judge people who say "I was driving on the 310," but I do. It is just what they heard growing up...but it sounds stupid to me.

I guess I cannot complain when I get judged for saying "on line."

R41, I don’t know why you would think an article wouldn’t be appropriate for the freeway designation.

Have you ever said “I was driving on Belt Pkwy,” or “I was driving LIE,” or “BQE,” without ‘the’?

R42, on the East Coast, we do not use articles with numbered interstates. We say, "I was driving up 95, and then got on to 78 because it was faster."

I once drove with someone who moved here and they said "the 95." I assumed they were some hick hillbilly who came from some region without interstates.

Oh, I see what you mean, r43.

If you wanted to call the LIE Rte. 495, you wouldn’t say “I was driving the 495.”

I see it now.

[quote] Thank you, [R22]. I have often thought I was the only person who cringed when he heard "orientate."

It’s what the British say. It’s not grammatical English but it’s achieved widespread usage over there.

Influencer

In respect to my work managers, when they start emails with, “Hi Team” and micromanage by sending emails with the subject line, “Friendly Reminder” to nag us about something due in five days.

[quote] Uni

That's Canadian slang. You think less of Canadians?

"Utilize." Then I know I'm listening to a jargon fan.

"Democrat Party."

This is just a British thing, but I hate it when people say 'haitch' instead of 'aitch' when they are referring to the letter H.

R43, And you were headed to THE Lehigh Valley, not to Lehigh Valley! That missing article maddens me, and even the Tourist Authority deletes it!

R50, Maybe it's a Greatest Generation school thing, as my mother, born in 1924, used to say "haitch" for the letter.

"Heigh-TH" instead of "height" with the hard T. Where the fuck does that come from? Sounds so stupid.

Also hate "mute point." Ugh!

Also don't like "MAR-scapone" instead of "MAS-carpone" (the cheese). Especially in cooking videos.

Bobby Flay used to say "chipol-tay" instead of "chipot-lay" (chipotle chiles).

R53 ... did you mean misspelling moot?

R55, not just misspelling, but mispronouncing it as well. I guess it's the correct pronunciation if you *intend* to say "mute point."

Nu cu lar.

Don't give them the codes!

[quote]Kiddo? An old fashioned word hardly used except by oldsters

Actually this is what parents of school-age children say nowadays and it's awful, as in "I have all three kiddos home today because of the snow."

"big boned"

Right, r58. They are the ones who own Doggos.

R52 Where are you and your mother from? Are you American?

Worse than kiddos: "littles." HATE. "I got some paints for my littles."

Fido.

Where did Fido come from when referring to dogs?

Veg and/or veggies.

^ Ugh! "Veggies" is cringe city.

Also "content".

Titties.

Cis

R61, Pennsylvania, USA!

R63, Probably from "fidelity."

[quote] Also don't like "MAR-scapone" instead of "MAS-carpone" (the cheese). Especially in cooking videos. Bobby Flay used to say "chipol-tay" instead of "chipot-lay" (chipotle chiles).

Speaking of Food Network people who mispronounce Spanish-language terms: holl-uh-PEEN-yo. I can't stand that--and there are several of them who pronounce it that way.

[quote]Titties.

[quote]Cis.

Cistitties, cistitties, cistitties!

FUCKKKKKER!!!

R51, a lot of geographic locations do not take articles. Lehigh Valley, Long Island, Lake Erie, Wind Gap do not take articles while other do.

Long ago, a friends asked me why one musical is called A Chorus Line, but 42nd Street has no article and The Boy from Oz takes an entirely different article. When you are dealing with proper nouns, there is no consistency about the articles used or whether they are used at all.

The "N" word.

Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island

The Bronx.

Excape (for “escape”)

Liberry (for”library”)

Problematic.

My old boss always said, "Cool beans", which I hated.

My brother says "supposably" instead of "supposedly".

Oh fuckin A yes, r77.

I forgot that one.

Misuse of reflexive pronouns

Why don't you give us an example, R80?

R76 just watched that [italic]Simpsons[/italic] episode with Rodney Dangerfield in it.

"Expresso" for "espresso."

Inclusivity , universe (in relation to anything but outer space),

Coupon

r83 I think that refers to a really quick espresso.

BICEP instead of the correct word BICEPS

Ally used in a groveling apology letter.

Any time a woman refers to her partner as her hubby or bae or boo or DH I immediately assume she is a bimbo with the IQ of sawdust.

"Anyways"

"I'm not for sure." Yes, this is something I see all the time.

“In the weeds”

Blood "splatter" instead of "spatter." Yes, I've heard people in law enforcement say it.

R73, I live in the center of THE Lehigh Valley, so don't try to tell me anything about that particular nomenclature!

Wind Gap is the name of a town. Nobody puts an article in front of a town's name. DUH!

Anyway, I wasn't discussing articles in general. Have a seat.

Buttrose

I was born and raised there, R93. And it pains me to say, you are right.

I usually hear it said as an adjective, which of course has no article.

Maybe I was thinking of that?

In any case, I was wrong and I apologize. And next time I visit my sisters, they will laugh at the big college professor who cannot even get the name of his home region right.

Husbear

I immediately dismiss them as trash, and desperate for attention.

Cis

Problematic

Sammich

Bling

Swag

Mussy

Cis

Any Racial Slurs

‘Animals’ instead of ‘pets’.

"Project manager". It means you have no discernable skills or talents, you're just *that* person that keeps flooding everyone else's calendars with unnecessary meetings. Congratulations on knowing how to use Microsoft Outlook and Powerpoint.

I’m a professor and about four years ago adopted “folks” and “y’all” to be gender neutral with groups. I’d never used them for 50 years prior.

Nah, R120. There are certifications for high-level project and program managers and a good one makes about 150k in big tech.

I run a design team of 28 and rely on them heavily to keep the different arms of the business moving together toward a product launch.

Keto

Ketosis

Essential oils

Adults who squeal "Oh my God!" like six-year-old girls. Adults who write "OMG" in their emails or text messages should be shot.

People who speak country vernacular or Ebonics in professional settings, in some misguided notion of "keeping it real".

“Cis”, “terf “ or any of that trans bullshit

The redundant use of “like” in, like, every sentence I, like, say

“Hope this helps” generally is annoying but is particularly galling when used to mean “I don’t care if this is useful to you or not but I’m done.”

Queer.

Nomenclature

Copacetic

Journey when it's not a journey

But I digress

Often pronounced with a t. I so hate this.

And yes kiddo is now used by young adults with children.

Creatives

[quote]"Expresso" for "espresso."

r83 I never really learned the spelling as a child, until I read a transcript of one of the Columbine shooter's online journal (I don't think blogs existed per se) and he ranted about that exact thing, idiots writing "expresso" for "espresso". Well I learnt it quick smart.

Found it! Eric Harris wrote:

[quote]"You know what I hate? Star Wars fans: get a friggin life, you boring geeks. You know what I hate? People who mispronounce words, like 'acrost,' and 'pacific' for 'specific,' and 'expresso' instead of 'espresso.' You know what I hate? People who drive slow in the fast lane, God these people do not know how to drive. You know what I hate? The WB network!!!! Oh Jesus, Mary Mother of God Almighty, I hate that channel with all my heart and soul."

Frankly

Incredibly... If it's not the equivalent of buying a mint-condition Ferrari for $5,000 or watching space aliens land on Earth, it ain't incredible.

Hubby.

Cunt

“Out of pocket” to mean “won’t be at the meeting.”

R115, is it used to refer to a person who will not be at the meeting?

I have never heard this use before.

Cunt

President Trump

Pronouncing cavalry as “cow-vuh-ree” makes me want to jam pencils into my ears. Cavalry is the term for an elite, well-armed, and highly mobile military force. It is pronounced “kavv-ul-ree.”

This is not to be confused with the always capitalized word Calvary. This word refers to nailing messiahs to trees. So unless the military battle you are describing was dramatically turned by the physical arrival of a man on a cross, the word you are looking for is cavalry.

"Verse" instead of "versus." Ugh. And it's becoming commonplace.

Cucumber

R51 Never thought to vacation in Bethlehem PA.

When anyone compares anything to "performance art", I know I am dealing with an uneducated moron.

"Folks"

"Cheers"

"Frazzled"

"Organic" when not describing produce or gardening etc.

"Swag"

Smegma

R109 - my grandfather to his last day claimed he invented the word "copacetic". He was a newspaper man and said that he had a bet with another employee to make up a word and put it in the newspaper. So that was his word. This would have been in the '20s. The dictionary says it is of "unknown early 20th century origin", so who knows?

R126 Copacetic (with many variant spellings) is probably better known for competing theories of its origin than for any record of unconscious everyday use in American English. The first written occurrence of the word thus far detected (as copasetic) is in A Man for the Ages (New York, 1919), a novel about the young Abraham Lincoln in rural Illinois by the journalist and fiction writer Irving Bacheller (1859-1950), born in northern New York state.

R112 So, logically, you object to "fabulous" when it doesn't describe a fable, legend, or story? You are unhappy when "fantastic" is used without referring to a fantasy?

R128, I think you lost him when you used the word "logically" to describe something other than a syllogism.

"breed that hole! breed that hole!"

"Breed" in any gay context. It makes no sense.

Mangina, mancunt, boypussy or any of the awful expressions idiot some bottoms use when begging to be fucked. Instant boner killer.

Keeping with the copacetic theme, if you mispronounce it as copastetic, I’m judging you.

"puzzle through"

Notoriety and unctuous. Both words are more complex than how they are currently used. Notoriety is now used just to me "fame." Unctuous is supposed to have a negative connotation (oily, sleazy); now, it's just used for "oily."

[quote]“Out of pocket” to mean “won’t be at the meeting.”

Another winner: "off-site." As in, "[random VP] is off-site this afternoon." Translation: He's on the 12th green.

Any word that's not a word. Example: conversate.

“Thanks in advance”

"We need to have a conversation..."

"it's time to have a conversation about...."

"Kartrashians." I'm not a fan, but it sound stupid to say their name like that.

Repug also sounds kind of dumb, IMO.

R141 It was already said upthread... but when a Republican say "Democrat Party"... it pisses me off. I read a couple years ago that this was a calculated diss developed by some Koch-funded rightwing think tank.. always say Democrat as an adjective, never say Democratic....

I understand "out of pocket" to mean unreachable.

“Well smell her!” “Well smell you!”

"Cringe" used as anything but a verb.

I teach college students and see no need for "folks" or "y'all" to be gender neutral.

I begin emails to students with "Hi Students," "Hi Class," or "Hi Everyone."

A lot of my colleagues say things like, "When folks ask me about X ... " How are "When people ask me about X" / "When students ask me about X" not perfectly acceptable in this context?

And in most contexts, "you" in the plural sense is implied.

"Right" -- as in, when people punctuate the end of declarative sentences with it.

Monetize/demonitize

Conversate

R137, my bad you got that one, I’ll go “irregardless”

[quote]That type of industry isn't based out of DC.

When someone uses "based out of" instead of "based in." Makes no sense.

Anyways

Orientated when they mean oriented

Gifted

Mentor

"I was gifted a beautiful Edible Arrangement basket by my work mentor."

This thread is AMAZING!!

Woke

R153 I like to be orientated sideways!

"Diss" or "dis" for "disrespect." I kind of cringe when I see that word. I'm mostly seeing that word online b/c people in my everyday life don't say it.

akin instead of like.

Trololololololololol!

Problematic

Latinx

Audacity

Lmao

cuz

Obsessed with

Beginning sentences with “So”. Using the word “like” like, too much.

[quote]Beginning sentences with “So”.

I don't get this. I've been starting sentences with "so" for as long as I've been able to speak, and I am a rather elder gay. And suddenly now, over the past two years, DL has been overrun with people who think this is some sort of grammatical mortal sin. Again, I don't get it.

“My bad.”

Nowaday instead of nowadays.

R165, some sentences are perfectly appropriate when started with “so.”

EVERY single sentence out of a persons mouth on the other hand....

R165 Starting a sentence with "So," implies that you're about to give a context to your answer, which can sometimes sound patronizing especially when the context has already been explained. I find a lot of "woke" interviewees on NPR do this constantly. It's annoying.

Supremists when they mean supremacists.

R140 - how do you feel about "Whoredashians"?

R141 - how do you feel about Repuke instead?

My personal annoyance is when major shit happens and HR calls is a "challenge". Or "let's see if this gels" or "let's take a granular look". I need a Klonopin after a meeting where I hear that shit or at least 2 Coronas. Fuck that for a life.

No one in this generation of men call their wives old lady

doggos, kiddos, mani-pedi: BARF

WOKE

Uhmm

[quote]"Right" -- as in, when people punctuate the end of declarative sentences with it.

This is the worst. It makes the speaker sound simultaneously insecure and condescending, or like they think they're giving a TED talk.

“Dollface.” As in that “dollface” seal who got bitten up by a dog in London. Calling him “dollface” makes me think the seal must have done something to deserve it.

Valid.

So.........Yeah

[quote]Appropriate

?!?!?

influencer

social media 'star'

R50 I've heard the "Haitch" pronunciation in Nova Scotia, as well. In fact I've noticed a number of British-isms used here, for example "arse" instead of "ass." My mother always used the term "arsehole" to signify someone she had little respect for.

Just saw this thread for the first time and was reminded of someone years ago absolutely losing their shit at me using "big words" like "appropriate."

I had only used it as an adjective, something like "that's the appropriate response," not as the verb form that means "to take."

Narrative.

Cis.

"Uni" is just awful. When I hear it used, I always want to smack the speaker. It's just simply AWFUL.

Latinx

Classy

Any word longer than five letters. It's elitism!

"Exquisite," "elegant," and "wonderful."

I also don't like it when someone says, "It's fine," in response to another person's critical observation.

Example:

Critical observation: Matt Gaetz looks like Butthead.

Response: Matt looks fine.

“Off of”.

“Bored of”.

A phrase, but "Taking a bio break" instead of saying "Going to the washroom/restroom," etc.' Bio break sounds like something a robot would say to a human.

Restroom. Washroom.

R193, fortunately, I’ve never heard that. It makes me immediately think of a bio-hazard.

"moreso," which isn't even a word.

Think about the referents in your sentence before typing. If "moreso" were an actual word, it would be some kind of adverb. So what is it modifying?

"You're fine," in response to a casual apology.

[quote] Restroom. Washroom.

In this case, I don't mind euphemisms. Esp. if you're going to say "shit house" or something like that. In other countries, they say "toilet," which is accurate.

[quote] "You're fine," in response to a casual apology.

It means: You're not on my shit list ... yet. You should be thankful to still be in this person's good graces.

I just can’t.

It’s a fragment.

R198 I am in another country - we do say “toilet”, which is why American squeamishness about the most basic bodily functions makes me laugh.

Anyways

[quote]Appropriate

[quote]R180: ?!?!?

I assume OP means 'appropriate' used as a verb. I did that a few days ago, and triggered the DL's equivalent of 'the Hebrew Hammer' (a troll pretending to be a native Jewish speaker).

R197, here: