Okay, so mine is not really like y'alls, but I don't like the "P" word -- not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

Re: Re: Hmmm....
 

umm yea iknow- my best friend says that all the time- and i say it back to her- i'm like- waht- you couldn't waste the extra breathe saying the rest of the word??

i absolutely can't stand it when people write 2 for to- or u for you when typing online- and when its handwritten- thast just sad....oh and boi or gurl?? its the same amount of letters... what planet are you from?

ok... another grammatical rant- i'm also an english minor- and i'm pretty tolerant of most htings- but people... please learn the different means for your and you're... and i really hate their, there and they're.... ones a possessive... one is for direction and the other is they are! how hard is that..

i have to say i am pretty guilty of using like all the time... it is a really bad habit and i am trying to break myself of it- but its not too effective and i'm almost 21 and i sound as if i am in high school.... eek :(

"whatever"

I HATE when people say that!!!

Share/sharing/ let's share....

networking

my pet peeve words
 

incentivize

orientate

when people say el pollo loco, and don't pronouce it "poi-yo" (rather, they pronounce it "Paul-o")

communications (the word communication is both singular and plural. There is no such thing has "having communications" with other ... or working in "communications." It's communication. Capeesh?) It is very irritating to see academic institutions bastardizing this word to describe their programs.

"like, you know"

Re: Re: Re: Hmmm....
 

You know, if you're going to rag on people's grammar (and I do agree with you about bad grammar being annoying), you may want to proofread your post. No offense or anything, but I thought I would bring that to your attention.

~DWAlphaGam, editor

Bling-Bling.....

EWWW

Re: Solutions are a problem
 

OMG!!! I am so sick of the word solution! All you hear about now are "internet solutions" and "office solutions" etc etc etc. Nothing is a service anymore, it's all "SOLUTIONS!" Um, I don't have a problem, I don't NEED a solution!

I also start foaming at the mouth every time I see ALOT. I know, I know, many GCers are guilty of this and it is going to seem like a personal attack, but it is so incorrect and drives me crazy. My thing is, why "alot?" Does that mean every word preceded by the article "A" gets blended into one? For example, in November the hubby and I bought ahouse in areally beautiful development. We were so happy to be able to get in this neighborhood without having to spend afortune.

The last thing is the whole "izzle" thing. I never understood it anyway and now it's really played out.

"the issues"

They're not the issues, they're your issues. Implying that everyone who doesn't share your political agenda is inhuman, is illiberal.

My turn
 

Here are some of my least liked phrases and words:

Agree to disagree: A redundant juvenile sounding phrase. Try mutual(ly) disagree(ment)

Folk who interchange accept for except. "I cannot except this item" Morons.

Momentarily, as in "Someone will be with you momentarily"

Momentarily means FOR a moment, not IN a moment.

People who say forte (meaning strongest ability) as For-tay. The word is pronounced FORT and it is an English word meaning strong ability. For-tay is an Italian word that means "loud".

Any of these new millenium business buzzword speak, ie.

"Work smarter", "At the end of the day...", "think outside the box", etc.
The Apprentice is NOTORIOUS for overusing these played-out words and phrases and I read someone that if you made a drinking game out of this show where hearing one of these buzzwords/phrases required you to take a drink, you would be wasted in no time flat.

Any politically correct terms, such as "physically challenged", "handi-capable", "womYn", makes me sick to my stomach. Get over yourself and get a thicker skin.

Our lovely principal (:rolleyes: ) says " I want our students to behave perfect." It's PERFECTLY, you moron!! Use your G.D. adverbs!!:mad:

(Oh well, when I was in high school our principal said "liberry.")

COSIGN.

Re: My turn
 

And, "strong" in French.
ETA: I just looked it up...forte (for-tay) in Italian means loud, hard and strong.

So, basically, it is incorrect to say fort and correct to say for-tay.

Camel-toe!

oh god yes

Re: Re: My turn
 

That is correct, and it's a word that we took from the French. It is not originally and English word.

Thought of some more.

"I know how you feel." NO YOU DON'T. You may have been through something similar or whatnot, but only I know how I feel! This is ESPECIALLY annoying to hear people use when consoling someone who just lost a loved one. Instead of saying that, just express your sympathy and let them know you're there for them. OHHHH it bugs me.

Any words for the female, um, parts. Ugh. Those words disgust me.

"It'll be okay." Or, "Smile." Hey dumbass, if I'm having a bad day, that's not gonna help.

Okay, this one is more obscure I guess and other musicians or whatnot on here will understand me.

I HATE IT when I meet someone, and I tell them I play the saxophone...and they ask...."ARE YOU GOOD?" wtf am I supposed to say to that? If I say yes, I sound conceited. If I say no, I sound like I suck and have no self confidence.

Besides I've been playing for almost 14 years, am a music major, I perform in a lot of conferences around the region, and am looking into grad schools to study saxophone performance. Surely I've picked up some kind of ability over the years...

Re: Re: My turn
 

Not quite.

When using 'forte' to refer to a person's strongest ability, the 'correct' pronunciation should be /fort/ - versions of the OED have alternated between declaring this (correct) version dead, and attempting to revive it.

When using 'forte' as a musical term, you add the ending flourish /tay/.

The reason why you do NOT add the 'tay' for the first meaning is precisely the same as what you said - the term comes from the french word for strong. Much like "morale" or "locale," we have mistakenly adopted the feminine version of the French term, but kept the masculine pronunciation.

Don't feel bad if you're a 'for-tay' person, though, as I'd say well over 99% of the people on the planet use this pronunciation. Many consider it to be a 'disputed' pronunciation at this point, but it seems obvious which has 'won.'

"Notate" - Totally made up word. Correct usage is "I'll make a note in your account/file etc. NOT "I'll notate your account."

"Freemasonary" or "Masonary" - There ISN'T a second A in the word! It's "Masonry" and "Freemasonry".

"How come you're so smart?" - Eat shit and die, people! If you take a little time and keep up on current events by reading the newspaper or watching the evening news instead of watching mindless crap on the TV, you won't be totally oblivious to what's going on in the world!

'Like' is a word. 'Likelike' is a Hawaiian word. NOT a verbal punctuation mark!!!!

Re: Re: Re: My turn
 

The masculine pronunciation is actually "for" and the feminine is "fort." The flourish on the "e" comes from Italian.

:)

Re: Re: Re: Re: My turn
 

I don't speak French, so that's my bad, but I'm about 90% sure that we were taught that the traditional french feminization of 'strong' comes out 'forte' in modern english usage classes, directly to explain this phenomenon. But "forte" meaning "strongest skill" is directly an f-up using the French feminine word for "strong" and should thus be pronounced /fort/ as you spelled it above.

The flourish being italian is correct, and that's why it was only used for the musical term.

This argument is rendered pointless by the fact that, since about 1960, both American and British English has pronounced it incorrectly and thus it has become acceptable usage (according to the OED circa 1963, I'll post a link if you'd like further backup) to pronounce both terms the same.

I have great jugs.

He/she/it is in a better place.
They aren't in pain anymore.
You still have three OTHER dogs to love.

No you can't get that purse/shoes. :(

It's NOT good...
 

I thought I would scream if I heard one more time my twenty-year-old niece say to her eighty-year-old grandmother:

It's all good.

"for real?"

my grandfather says this and then he just laughs and laughs.....thinks he's "in" or something.

example:
"grandpa, this is the never-ending football game"
"for REAL? hahaha"

:rolleyes:

"Chrismahanukwanzakah"

wtf were those people at virgin mobile smoking when they coined that sorry excuse of a commercial. And to think they ingored all those poor druids and their winter solstice...

Oh and i just want to shoot that tiny tim everytime he opens his mouth, please let this commercial die with the end of this year :)


RUgreek

HI-C. I mean, everyone knows I am better. Who doesn't love KOOL-AID?

"Get over it!"
That is so smarmy; I can't stand it!

I also hate the
"we r 2 kewl 4 u"
typing. I can stand 1337; it's fun sometimes, but randomly changing a two-letter word to a number is not. It's just irritating.

LOLZ

Re: My turn
 

One thing that drives me up the wall is when people say "irregardless". WTF? THAT IS NOT A WORD!!!!!
Also, when people speak spanglish. For goodness sakes, pick one language and then speak.

Re: Re: Grrrr!!!!
 

Awww...but air quotes are so much fun...:(

Also, I hadnt seen the first set of comments on the word irregardless, but obviously i agree!!

Got some more...
 

All these colloquiolisms (sp?) for breasts and genitals. Pick one slang term for each body part and stick with it.

The anatomical slang I particularly hate:

Breasts: Boobs (sounds so juvenile), jugs, knockers, rack (some guy told me that [this particular woman] got a great rack on her, and I literally didn't know what the heck he was talking about). BTW, I am a black guy and I don't know of too many brothers who use the term "rack" to describe breasts. However, for bedroom talk, I use and find the term t*ts or ti**ies acceptable.

Penis: C*ck, pee-pee, wang-wang, 3rd leg, Johnson, love log, meat, joint (what the heck is with all the nicknames). Again, for bedroom talk, I find the word d*ck (or Richard) acceptable.

Vagina: tw*t, beaver (I heard Beaver College in PA literally had to change its name in part b/c of its anatomical inference), cu*t, coochie (sounds ghetto), cooter (that is a Dukes of Hazzard character and should remain that way). For bedroom talk, pu**y is acceptable.

I say all that to say that at least when it comes down to making love and talking and chatting, you don't have to sound like an MD in the bedroom, but IMHO too many slang terms spoil the mood.

More later...

Got even more...
 

Here are some random ones...

The folk who use foreign phrases in their everyday talk, whom I call the "Moi/Ciao crowd"

Ex.: if you accuse someone of doing something they shouldn't have, they respond by, "Who, Moi?" Or, when they leave, they say, "Ciao", "Arrivederci", "Hasta la vista", or "Bon Voyage".

Other annoying foreign/pseudo-foreign phrases include "Exactamundo", "[insert verb here]-vous", ie "standay-vous" (read: You stand).

And of course the now-played-out Lady Marmelade song chorus "Voulez-vous couchet avec moi se soir" (Would you like to sleep with me tonight?).

Some other phrases:

Just a tad - sounds insincere

That's a no-no - WTFreak? That is THE most condescending phrase I have ever heard. What's next, you gonna send me to bed with no yummy in my tummy?

You hear what I am saying? - What is this, a fricking Belltone/Miracle Ear commercial? I hear you just fine. Here's one for you. EAT SNOT! Did you hear what I am saying

Short version - One of my former employers used to say that to me all the time when he didn't want to hear a long, drawn-out story. Even before I had something to tell him, he would say, "Short version". OK, FLIP OFF, is that short enough for you?

And here's a word I am sure a lot of folk here are tired of hearing:

BIOTCH!!

Lemme give you the origin of that word, which dates back almost 30 years:

The term was coined by Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite, a 70s blaxploitation movie star and "The Godfather of Rap". He would use that term in his stand-up and movies.

Ex. in the Human Tornado (1976), Dolemite was caught in bed with a white women. The white woman panicked and said, "He made me do it". Dolemite replied, "Biotch, are you for real??!!"

In his stand up movie Rude (1982), Dolemite used this term very frequently in his routine, only more exaggerated, ie (biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiotch).

Well, while Snoop Dogg is probably more so credited with coining the term, it should noted that he was a major Dolemite fan, and even said that he saw the Human Tornado at least 300 times. Having been a protege of N.W.A., who also used that term in their album Efil4zaggin in a filler song called "Automoble", their rebellious nature in their song material left a cult following, and with the pervasiveness of rap music going mainstream, needless to say, the rest is history.

Hope this helps demonstrate that this word isn't nearly as "new" as we think it is.

"How come girls only like me as a friend?" ~ My guy friend who I have a huge crush on.

"Mission Accomplished" ~HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Kiss him the next time he says that. Then tell him you like him. Or just tell him...whatever girls do. Let him know you like him.