Members LoopQuantum Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Anybody else have these? Some words just make my skin crawl. I think that most of the ones that bother me are the ones people use to sound "in the know". "Society" drives me nuts, for example. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members draelyc Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 The one that gets me is a two-word phrase: "very unique." :mad: Look, "unique" means "one of a kind" (check the Latin root!). You're either "one of a kind," OR YOU'RE NOT!There are NOT degrees of "uniqueness," any more than you can be "a little bit pregnant," or "mostly dead." /rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Murdoch Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Irregardless. Oh holy hell, IRREGARDLESS. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Macelind Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Irregardless. Oh holy hell, IRREGARDLESS. :mad: THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OC_cub Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Assumed, as in "well I just assumed you....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 the over use of Actually gets on me. AND using weren't in place of wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members draelyc Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 AND using weren't in place of wasn't.Example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Technically. My Boss interjects this into anything she can to make the statement less than it should be... "Technically we are not supposed to be jumping off the roof..." It's because she refuses to lay down a black and white statement for some stupid reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Irregardless. Oh holy hell, IRREGARDLESS. :mad: Definitely +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TruSlice Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 fustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 "in regardS to..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoopQuantum Posted December 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoopQuantum Posted December 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Utilize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TurboRotary13b Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 funky.. I hate that {censored}ing word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pincookie1 Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 I hate * Outside the box *. One of my grad student ex girlfriends used to say that all the time. She was hot, So I dealt with it.. whenever anyone says it now I want to gouge out their eyeballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoopQuantum Posted December 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 "At the end of the day..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mustaine-who? Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoopQuantum Posted December 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 "That being said..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Example? That weren't me. That weren't mine. I weren't doin it. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eudaimonia02912 Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Literally. I hate it when this word is used in a non-literal fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurityS.L.G. Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just sayin' ...just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AXEL276 Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Awsome (hate it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Das Booty Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 here's some we can all relate to: layoff productivity cross-train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoopQuantum Posted December 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just sayin' ...just sayin' I'm guilty of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueSteam Posted December 16, 2010 Members Share Posted December 16, 2010 Most of the words/phrases I can't stand are the ones my mother-in-law uses all the time... such as, oh crumb, I really wanted to talk to you and not a machine, lets put a date on the calendar and this got really good didn't it... All of those phrases read in succession tell the story of us being invited over for dinner constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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