Words or phrases that annoy you

[LatinaAlumna]

Originally Posted by groovypq

Robust. We seem to want everything to be robust around here. Overkill. Same with engage/engagement. We want to "engage" alumni. No, we just want to get their butts back here and have them give money.

Agreed! I can't stand those terms, either!

[irishpipes]

this-a-way and that-a-way
irregardless
where are you at, where is it at
could care less
supposably

[BraveMaroon]

Pinch black instead of pitch black.

If you're not sure, just say it's dark out.

Oh, and once at our office, we had a guy giving a demonstration of some software and he meant to say someone had given him the stink-eye, but instead said they'd given him the "stink finger". So I had to call him on it. Had to. My poor boss was trying not to laugh...

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

"stink finger"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx-_RCwVEqY

[tinydancer]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

this-a-way and that-a-way
irregardless
where are you at, where is it at
could care less
supposably

Every time I hear "where are you at?" I want to say "Right before the at, you simp!"

[agzg]

My boss dropped "wave of the future" about 20 times in yesterday's staff meeting.

I almost peed my pants.

[lovespink88]

"Hey, lady"

As in when a co-worker is greeting you. The chick that sits next to me calls all the women lady. "Hey, lady!" "Thanks, lady", etc.

IT. DRIVES. ME. NUTS. I don't know why but it does...

[cheerfulgreek]

When people cuss in a normal conversation. I mean, we all slip when we're mad, but to do it in normal conversation isn't necessary to get your point across. Two people I know from vet school were like that. Nice people, but terrible language.

Ex: "Dude, you're f_cking kidding me". or "That's the sh_t I'm talking about." or "Same sh_t different story." or when people say "Sh_tty". That really annoying.

[DubaiSis]

My current biggest peave is till. The abbreviation for until is 'til. Till is what you do in a field to turn over soil. Can my 10th grade teacher be the only person in the world to have taught this? She was adamant about that, as well as literal (don't use it if it's not LITERAL) and unique. Things can't be somewhat or even very unique. It either is or is not unique and it better be really seriously different than anything else in the world if you're going to call it unique. If in doubt, don't use it!

[ree-Xi]

Just got off the phone with someone and the conversation reminded me of this thread. She uses the word "mega" instead of "many" or "bad". As in, "mega people are without power," or "I have a mega headache, mega."

She's the type who discovers a slang word about ten years after it's fallen out of popular use, and uses it nonstop. She just started using the phrase "TMI" a few months ago, and she's really enthusiastic when she says it - "TMI! TMI!! Too much TMI!"

[thetaj]

"Abbreves" make my skin crawl. "Totes presh, totes adorbs!" (my roommate says both of those often and I tell her I'm going to totes vom.) I do, however, love the phrase "uber cray cray"

I also can't stand all of the different forms of "bro" when used seriously in conversation. Like brochacho, broseph, brrraaaa etc.

[*winter*]

Um. My coworker says Um like 999 times in every conversation. Sometimes it's Um, only to be followed by Um again. Makes us sound SO professional! We don't have offices or cubes so here I am, sitting in her line of vision, when she is on the phone Ummmmming away! It drives me nuts! This guy who used to work in our office did an "Um" tally one day, I forget the actual number but it was ridiculous (and yes, I still type that out...ridic is just, well- ridiculous!)

[CeCe Newbie]

All of my friends like to say "foreal". First of all, it would be spelled "for real". Second, is it "foreal" as opposed to "fofake"?

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by CeCe Newbie

All of my friends like to say "foreal". First of all, it would be spelled "for real". Second, is it "foreal" as opposed to "fofake"?

The antonym of for real real is for play play. That is unlikely to be on the verbal portion of the SAT.

[honeychile]

I have two major ones:

-When did invitations become invites? I will admit that we had a bit of a joke about women we would invite back to parties. The ones we really wanted got invitations, the ones who were definitely B list got invites. Seeing invites on when looking for invitations made me think twice about which place I eventually used. Invites = terribly low class to me.

and

-"All the trimmings" Commercials asking for donations to sundry homeless shelters etc, so that the residents can have turkey with all the trimmings bring out a violent streak in me. Who decorates a turkey? Does that mean that there are ornaments in the cavity? Twinkle lights on the legs? Ugh. And yes, I sent some money to two different ones today, but with the caveat that the phrase "all the trimmings" is shorthand for "we don't give a rat's a$$ what these people are going to be served with their turkey. Yeah, that's how much it upsets me.