Words or phrases that annoy you - Page 6

pshsx1 · #1 08-10-2010, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Yea, I know it was you. I didn't know if you wanted your habit thrown out here with the rest of ours lol

My FB newsfeed just reminded me of another one: No Homo. I hate that phrase so much, especially when it's used on "non-gay" (for lack of a better term) statements.

Hey, bro, I heard you were sick. I hope you're feeling better. No homo.

What?

I think it's even crazier that girls have started to use it too!!

It's very much a [stupid] guy term.

"You look hot in that dress, girl! No homo." WTF?

agzg · #2 08-11-2010, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Yea, I know it was you. I didn't know if you wanted your habit thrown out here with the rest of ours lol

My FB newsfeed just reminded me of another one: No Homo. I hate that phrase so much, especially when it's used on "non-gay" (for lack of a better term) statements.

Hey, bro, I heard you were sick. I hope you're feeling better. No homo.

What?

LOL meh this isn't the first time I've posted about or alluded to being a smoker on GC. I figure at some point, everyone on GC has something they do that's just wrong. We are human, after all.

Like, take PB for example. He loves chitlins. Seriously?!

No homo is stupid.

OHNOITSJESS · #3 08-09-2010, 11:35 PM

I hate the phrase "Whats Good?" How am I supposed to respond? A steak is good. How about chocolate pudding? That's good too.

christiangirl · #4 08-09-2010, 11:53 PM

^^^That was huge in college. I think when a girl ran for student gov, her campaign was "What's really good?!"

She came in 3rd.

DaemonSeid · #5 08-10-2010, 06:26 AM

How about when someone passes and we hear, "They are in a better place"...especially when the deceased really suffered in this life.

Are we so certain? How do we KNOW that they are in a better place and we haven't been?

pshsx1 · #6 08-10-2010, 08:53 PM

"smh" used to annoy me.

I have no idea what happened.

I don't seem to use it outside of GC, though. lol

ree-Xi · #7 08-11-2010, 11:25 AM

I don't mind the word "boyfriend". My 90-year old grandmother, who has dementia, sometimes confuses me with her other 20-some-odd female grandchildren, and sometimes asks me if I have a boyfriend (I've been married 13 years). When my mom was dating someone for 6 years, we referred to him as her boyfriend. I don't see anything wrong with it. I'd rather someone say that than "significant other" (seems so detached) or "lover" (gag). I guess I'm just old and old fashioned.

cheerfulgreek · #8 08-11-2010, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Well if it was just one guy I'd dated I'd write it off to insecurity, but it's pretty much all of them.

lol
That's because you keep choosing the same kind of guys. So, it's really not them, it's you.

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

And in the world of dog people, and in English.

Using "the B word" to refer to a woman = rude and offensive (alhough some people might say not always).

Using "the B word" to refer to a female dog = correct and appropriate. Avoiding it in this context looks like finding offense where none is presumed by definition, none is intended and none is conveyed.

Huh?? I know what it is. I already said it's approriate in my post. I said in vet medicine. The last time I checked (in the clinics I've worked in), that's "where there are dog people" and "where we all speak English". I just don't like the word. I prefer to use "female dog". Neither way is wrong.

MysticCat · #9 08-11-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Huh?? I know what it is. I already said it's approriate in my post. I said in vet medicine. The last time I checked (in the clinics I've worked in), that's "where there are dog people" and "where we all speak English". I just don't like the word. I prefer to use "female dog". Neither way is wrong.

I know all that. (And when I said "where there are dog people," I was thinking more about shows/competitions.) People, of course, do speak English outside vet clinics.

I just think it's . . . odd? . . . for someone who deals with animals professionally to avoid the word just because, in other contexts and used with reference to a human, it would be offensive.

cheerfulgreek · #10 08-11-2010, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

I just think it's . . . odd? . . . for someone who deals with animals professionally to avoid the word just because, in other contexts and used with reference to a human, it would be offensive.

Well, if you find it odd, then, okay.

epchick · #11 08-11-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Well, if you find it odd, then, okay.

I hate it too. Whenever I watch dog competitions and they say that, i'm just like really? You can't come up with a better name for a female dog?

PrettyBoy · #12 08-13-2010, 01:20 AM

I also don't like the word "wasted" or "effed up". ex: folks at work on a Friday. "Yeah, man we're getting wasted/effed up tonight. We know you don't drink, but you never hang out with us. Come and hang out with us".

WTH? Now why would I want to be around folks like that, doing that type of mess?

ETA: Just say "We're going to the bar tonight. Do you want to go?" I still wouldn't go, though.

XanexAZ · #13 08-13-2010, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I also don't like the word "wasted" or "effed up". ex: folks at work on a Friday. "Yeah, man we're getting wasted/effed up tonight. We know you don't drink, but you never hang out with us. Come and hang out with us".

WTH? Now why would I want to be around folks like that, doing that type of mess?

ETA: Just say "We're going to the bar tonight. Do you want to go?" I still wouldn't go, though.

Dude, you don't bar hop? You don't know what you're missing.

Alumiyum · #14 08-13-2010, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I also don't like the word "wasted" or "effed up". ex: folks at work on a Friday. "Yeah, man we're getting wasted/effed up tonight. We know you don't drink, but you never hang out with us. Come and hang out with us".

WTH? Now why would I want to be around folks like that, doing that type of mess?

ETA: Just say "We're going to the bar tonight. Do you want to go?" I still wouldn't go, though.

When freshmen say it, fine...what gets on my nerves is people my own age and older who still "get wasted" routinely, and brag about it. I feel like once you have a college degree, it's time to start acting like a big kid. Or at least it's time to start attempting to.

PrettyBoy · #15 08-14-2010, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Alumiyum

When freshmen say it, fine...what gets on my nerves is people my own age and older who still "get wasted" routinely, and brag about it. I feel like once you have a college degree, it's time to start acting like a big kid. Or at least it's time to start attempting to.

I guess for me, even when I was in college, from my freshman year until I graduated, I never did drink/smoke weed or hang out with people when they were drunk/high. I'm not saying they weren't cool people to hang around when they were sober, because they were. It was only when they would get drunk/high, and I wasn't trying to be around any of that. If someone is not in their right frame of mind, and is reeking of alcohol/weed or whatever, I just can't be around that. That's never been cool to me. It isn't now, and it never will be. That's just not my type of crowd.

ETA: No disrespect to folks on here who do drink, get drunk/high. If that's your thing...cool, roll with it.