Words you hate to hear

[KSUViolet06]

*Legit (meaning cool, good, nice).

My youngest brother is in HS. He and he his friends use "legit" all the time.

Example: "Those shoes are so legit! Where did you get them?"

[33girl]

Originally Posted by epchick

"Panty." I HAAAAAAAAAAAATE that word, and it just creeps me out when people say it.

"Panty" or "panties" is such a gross, pornoriffic word. I can't put a finger on why, but it is. My friend who is a writer had a story with that word in and I pretty much told him, unless he wanted to gross out every girl who read it, take it out NOW.

Originally Posted by carnation

'empower'

Any corporatespeak grates on my nerves, and anyone who uses it loses so much credibility in my eyes it isn't funny.

Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

""come with" - as in, "We're going out. Wanna come with?"

"to coffee," "to sushi," etc. - I can't stand when people say "I'm going to coffee."--NO, you are GOING TO HAVE COFFEE.

"to prom" - This may be a regional thing, but we didn't say "We're going to prom." We said "We're going to the prom."

I think all three of these are regional things.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

*Legit (meaning cool, good, nice).

My youngest brother is in HS. He and he his friends use "legit" all the time.

Example: "Those shoes are so legit! Where did you get them?"

This reminds me of when some friends used the word "bogus" constantly. It's just one of those fads that will be over soon.

I've seen Filth & The Fury enough times that the c-word doesn't even make a dent as far as I'm concerned. People saying GD and/or JC bug me a lot more.

Oh, and nouns as verbs. Example: "Journaling" - AAACK!! "Writing in your journal" is perfectly fine and really, you aren't so important that the earth will dissolve if you take the time to say those extra 3 words. Again, I think this ties in with the corporatespeak.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by 33girl

"Panty" or "panties" is such a gross, pornoriffic word. I can't put a finger on why, but it is.

Yessssss I completely agree!!! It's like I have to take a hot shower and scrub myself clean if I hear that word, and I really don't know why. lol

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Hispanics call each other "spic(sp)," etc.

I've never heard people calling each other 'spic' in the way that blacks call each other 'n***a.' Beaner, yes. Spic, no. I've only heard it in a negative way.

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

It doesn't matter whether they are saying "nigger" or "nigga". It's the same conotation and it's just a horrible word.

Just like others have said. It is definitely NOT the same connotation.

ETA: Idk if i'm the only one, but I hate seeing both those words typed out.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Whatever the racial and ethnic epithets are that would be offensive if coming from an outsider.

Oh most def that would be offensive. IDK if 'spic' is just specifically for Mexicans, but I know a lot of PRs, Cubans, etc get suuuuuuper offended if you call them 'spic' because then they think you are calling them a Mexican. I'm just like whatever.