Words/phrases you never want to hear again
 

"Empowerment"

"On the same page"

"Womyn"

"Touch base"

"Proactive"

"Gubernatorial"

I NEVER EVER want to hear someone say LIKE 30 times in the same sentence again. Also, when people are speaking and they make everything sound like a question.

"So, like, yeah? So, we like went? To the like store? And we met like this really like fine guy? And I like got his number?"

:mad: So aggravating.

"closure" The word has been beaten to death by the media.

"heart of hearts"

I hate to hear the word "like". I have made it my personal mission to stop using that word. Grrrr!

That's funny...I really like the term "womyn"

I have heard kids at the local HS saying "psych"... OMG I feel old when I start to laugh at them and say that that was cool when I was in about 4th grade... mainly b/c I don't want to be one of those ppl like my parents who always commented on how bell bottoms were cool when THEY were in HS :rolleyes:

Impact, when used as a noun...
or, when people arent pleased with a service or behavior, they describe it as "Unacceptable" :rolleyes:
get over yourself.

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librasoul22,

Oh frabjas day, callou, callay! (With apologies to Lewis Carroll). Let the bells peal with joy - we have found something to agree on!

Although I happen to have very strong reservations regarding capital punishment I might make an exception in the case of a "Like" sayer.

Wait, impact is a noun, so I think you mean you don't like when it's used as a verb, or a made-up adverb like, "IMPACTFUL." Right? Because I absolutely abhor that. I can't tell you how many ridiculous Power Point Presentations I've sat through with arrogant execs telling me how "impactful" their new program is going to be. PUHLEEZE.

Here's my partial list:

"revamp"

"radar screen" (as in, "I have a lot of things on my radar screen right now")


The head of my department at work says those two things all the time. It pisses me off. I will probably remember more after our departmental meeting tomorrow morning.


BTW, I say "like" all the time and I can't help it. Most of the time, I don't even realize I'm saying it unless someone points it out to me. Actually, I saw on the news awhile back that a linguist studied the recent evolution of the word like and she found something like 56 uses for it. It was pretty interesting.

I wish people would stop using words that don't really exist, like irregardless, conversate and disorientated.

Soooooo true. I heard "irregardless" pop into a speech once.... POOR speaker credibility!!

I agree! Or how about my favorite: uncomfortability.
Seriously, it's not even easy to say...why am I hearing it all over the place?

My torts prof is always saying "irregardless, as we say in South Louisiana..." I don't think most of the class got the joke.

I also hate to hear "the bomb" and "my bad" I've never said those phrases because I think they're stupid.

thats funny
:D So..
I never want to hear the phrase

Solutions are a problem
 

Solutions. I'm a business journalist and if I ever hear someone saying "we provide a seamless, end-to-end solution," I want to reach through the phone and give the flaq an open-handed slap to the mouth.

"resolve" G dub is playing that word out...

Women and children

Utilize -- The word is "use."

Empower

And I hate to say it, but "values-based _______." Fast becoming the "empower" of the '00s.

I agree! Has anyone ever heard a sports reporter/anchor use the work trickeration? WTF!! I laugh everytime...

Also when people use the word registrate when they talk about registering. It's register or registration... there is no such word as registrate.

"We'll get back to you shortly"

-Rudey
--How about right now you shmuck?

Never ever want to hear the pharse shift bid.:mad: That's like the pharse of death in a call center. Shift bids are bad evil things and I've been thur 9 in the 9 months I've been at my job.

"take it easy"

Hoping it would have gone away by now...

"Think outside the box..."

OBNOXIOUS!

I use and love the word 'like', like, I just totally love it!

Umm...

"Sup Dawg" or anything with "dawg" in the phrase

"Gelatinous"

"Puss/Pus/Pussy"

"Cock"

"my opponent...(insert something bad here)" - I'm just a little sick of political ads and I'm glad they're over

"call (insert name of politician) and tell him/her that you're sick of..." - Again, I'm glad the political campaign is over.

"that's so like Oh my God!" - What does that mean?

"Why hasn't he called me?" - Do you really want to know the answer to that?

"Opportunity"

"Challenge"

"Sensitivity"

"Inclusion"

Fresh from my departmental meeting, I have a couple more to add to the list:

"ManAfacturer"---this one guy always pronounces it manAfacturer instead of the correct way, manUfacturer. It's spelled with a "u" for a reason, you freaking dumbass.

"top 10 list"




:mad: :mad: :mad:

Hey Lifesaver,
I know exactly what you are talking about. Does your intent equal your impact?

I never want to hear the words "do your homework" again. Unless it applies to doing my homework. For instance, when its used when I didn't know something i.e. "You didn't know the computer lab would be closed? You need to do your homework.

Also, "congeal salad." That stuff's yucky.

This is more of a spelling thing, but I hate seeing "u" for "you" and "boi" for "boy."

He was a Sk8ter Boi she said see you later boi.......

Haha sorry her song came into my head when I read the boi part.

Bumping this up because if I see/read/hear "values based" one more friggin time I am gonna borrow North Korea's Big One and drop it on the speaker.

Grrrr!!!!
 

I wish people would stop using "whatever" omg its so annoying bc its so vague and sooo many people use it for an easy out to an answer...you can't tell if they are happy or upset or "WHATEVER!!" just sounds so Cluessless-esque to me...oh and I definitely agree with ya'll on the "like" word..like i dont like using like whatever like comes to like mind or whatever! haha PEOPLE LEARN HOW TALK hahaha :-D I love these threads...so much fun when your bored

Re: Grrrr!!!!
 

Can I just AGREE with you here?!?! My ex is 34 years old and he STILL uses this fukking phrase!?!?!?! It sounds so immature, and NOT TO MENTION GAY, when a grown man says this!!!!!!!!

Other words I hate:

* Anything Snoop Dogg'd up : shizzle for snizzle?!?! WTF??!?

* dawg

* "We have a challenge.." No, muthafukka, we have a problem!!!

* Iraq, terror alerts, Hussein, etc

* AIR QUOTES!! I know they aren't "really" a "word" or "phrase", but if I "see" anyone "air quote" me again, they're gonna get SMACKED!!

* reality TV

* alternative (nothing is alternative anymore when Coldplay is now mainstream...I'm so disgusted!)

* "You're lucky you still have a job!!" OK, "whatever"!

and finally, my biggest word annoyance and it's SO OVERUSED ON THIS BOARD:

*drumroll please*


DIVERSITY!!!!

OH STOP!! If you are all the same race, but Chrissy likes football and Joanne likes reading, THAT'S NOT DIVERSITY!!!! It's different hobbies!!! GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

Re: Grrrr!!!!
 

This isn't something you hear, but it annoys the hell out of me when I see it (and the above rant just reminded me of it).

People, please please PLEASE learn the difference between "your" and "you're." "Your" is a possessive (e.g. your book, your opinion), while "you're" is a contraction of "you are" (e.g. you're bored, you're silly).

I'm not saying that you have to spell everything correctly all the time, but this one is really easy, so there is no excuse. Plus, if you're (ahem) going to comment about language, the least you could do is use it properly yourself.

[/grammatical rant]

Re: Re: Grrrr!!!!
 

What if Joanne and Chrissy likes football, reading and each other. Is that diversity?

Re: Re: Re: Grrrr!!!!
 

Yes...:D

*exclusitivity*
a coworker says that. is it even a word?

*doppler radar*
our constant non-predicting weatherman

*jennifer lopez*, *britney spears*, *eminem*

*high tech*

*wealth management*

*free checking*
these bastards lie, lie, lie about this.

*let me put that on my to-do list*

*must see TV*

one reporter always uses these phrases:
*the situation at hand*
*as the situation stands*
*the situation emerges*
*with the present situation*

Herd this in a news conference:

"There is 100% chance of another attack." -US Dept of Defense Spokeperson

Er, 100% means it's a certainty, not a chance. If it's 99.9%, then it's a chance. 100% is not chance.

edgy
heavy-hitting
classic (if something is truly classic, it wouldn't need to be said)
pop-princess
diva (very-overused)

hah. i have something that came to my mind the second i saw the tagline for this thread.

"douche-bag"

what kind of insult is that?! when my boyfriend pledged, he said that term around me once, because he had been hanging around a bunch of other pledges that used that sort of ridiculous language. he used that phrase, and i gave him the "look of death". THAT was NOT a habit i wanted him to pick up. i don't know why it bothers me so much, but he has not used it since - at least not in my presence ;)