Annoying Words and Phrases

[runnah]

Zombies.

So over it.

 

[limr]

Zombies.

So over it.

Yeah. I like me a zombie movie, but enough is enough already. And vampires. Especially the sparkly ones.

Oh yeah. "Back in the day." Hate.It.

 

[bc_steve]

Multi-faceted.

 

[limr]

Oh, so you want to "step up to the plate," eh? Go ahead and try it. layball:

 

[runnah]

I could care less about this thread!

 

[minicoop1985]

Mine: Amateur, pronounced Am-A-Tour, Mature pronounced Ma-Tour-those two make my skin crawl. And having moved north in my life, bubbler =/= water fountain. THERE ARE NO BUBBLES.

Things I say that may lead to divorce: Moist

 

[Derrel]

I heard this one tonight in a Fro Knows Photo video for the new Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 lens...the use of the term "tact-sharp". I cringe a bit when either I hear or see a comment about a lens that yields "tact sharp" pictures.

 

[Tee]

Not a fan of "amazeballs".

 

[robbins.photo]

This thread is starting to give me agida because I'm reminded of the stack of essays I have to grade tomorrow.

Okay, a couple more.
--'could have gone" and NOT "could of went"
--fewer people, NOT less people

And apropos of nothing, I hate the word 'munch.'

Well lets see, so many possiblities here:

Irregardless - I keep having to explain to people that this is not a word. Regardless is a word. There is no such word as irregardless. Yes, I do realize it does now appear in Websters, unfortunately Websters has gotten exceedingly lazy and started adding things like "ain't" to their dictionary as well. Apparently Websters believes that if enough people butcher the language by using a word that is not a word then suddenly it becomes a word by popular demand.

Affect and effect. If I had a dime for every instance in which I received an email where one was used and the other should have been - well I'd be buying some really expensive lenses right now and still have a pile of money left over.

I got an email the other day from someone I've known for a while. She sent me an email asking me to congratulate her because she had "graduated college". I told her to go back and demand a refund. She had "graduated from college".

You do not run a "gauntlet". A gauntlet is a glove, normally armored. It is thrown down in the form of a challenge. You run a gantlet, a lane of people on either side of you who are intent on tormenting and harassing you.

I think the one that cracks me up the most though, is people who send emails and try to use legal terminology, when it's obvious they do not have the slightest clue what the terminology itself means.

 

[JTPhotography]

Haha, good stuff everyone!

To take this in a professional sports direction, the possibilities are endless ............. 110%, no "I" in team .....

But one I have been hearing a lot lately is "skill set". The player has a good "skill set"? Is it not good enough just to say he/she is talented, good, or an excellent reciever or base runner? Geez

 

[kathyt]

Not a fan of "amazeballs".

Aw man. Come on Tee! Don't take away my amazeballs! I use that quite often!

 

[robbins.photo]

Haha, good stuff everyone!

To take this in a professional sports direction, the possibilities are endless ............. 110%, no "I" in team .....

But one I have been hearing a lot lately is "skill set". The player has a good "skill set"? Is it not good enough just to say he/she is talented, good, or an excellent reciever or base runner? Geez

Win win scenario.

Oh.. and synergy or synergistic. Just want to bludgeon someone to death when I hear them say it. Seriously? This should not be allowed unless your willing to go the full nine and actually dress like a cheerleader before you say it.

 

[pgriz]

Yeah.

YOLO
Like (used as a noun, verb, adjective, punctuation, filler... If I had a penny for every time I hear this used, could pay off the US deficit before the end of the year)
irrespective
you know? I know, right?
Like, you know? (Heard a 10-minute conversation where 90% of the content was this and the previous set of phrases. Maybe, it just felt "like" 10 minutes.)
Exciting! (when used to describe something as dull as 30-year old paint)
Technology (when used as a blanket phrase to imply superiority, supplants the use of "magic" in the middle ages, but with the same illuminating qualities)
Investment (used by sales-person instead of "cost" which would be much more appropriate)


And what the heck are "amazeballs"? Are they poofy, covered in glitter? Objects to be thrown? A new form of culinary delicacy?

 

[robbins.photo]

Yeah.

YOLO
Like (used as a noun, verb, adjective, punctuation, filler... If I had a penny for every time I hear this used, could pay off the US deficit before the end of the year)
irrespective
you know? I know, right?
Like, you know? (Heard a 10-minute conversation where 90% of the content was this and the previous set of phrases. Maybe, it just felt "like" 10 minutes.)
Exciting! (when used to describe something as dull as 30-year old paint)
Technology (when used as a blanket phrase to imply superiority, supplants the use of "magic" in the middle ages, but with the same illuminating qualities)
Investment (used by sales-person instead of "cost" which would be much more appropriate)


And what the heck are "amazeballs"? Are they poofy, covered in glitter? Objects to be thrown? A new form of culinary delicacy?

That reminds - "Dude". I really despise that one, particularly when it's used as a form of address by some teen or 20 something that doesn't know me from Adam.

 

[kathyt]

Yeah.

YOLO
Like (used as a noun, verb, adjective, punctuation, filler... If I had a penny for every time I hear this used, could pay off the US deficit before the end of the year)
irrespective
you know? I know, right?
Like, you know? (Heard a 10-minute conversation where 90% of the content was this and the previous set of phrases. Maybe, it just felt "like" 10 minutes.)
Exciting! (when used to describe something as dull as 30-year old paint)
Technology (when used as a blanket phrase to imply superiority, supplants the use of "magic" in the middle ages, but with the same illuminating qualities)
Investment (used by sales-person instead of "cost" which would be much more appropriate)


And what the heck are "amazeballs"? Are they poofy, covered in glitter? Objects to be thrown? A new form of culinary delicacy?

Ohhhhh pgriz......amazeballs is a term I use when something is so amazing that using the term amazing just wouldn't do it justice. Just picture yourself in a fine dining establishment with your wife, and you take a bite of the most amazing crab cakes you have ever tasted in your life. You say to yourself WOW that was amazing.....no wait....that was amazeballs! See the impact that has? Your wife would then say, "I know, right?" I crack myself up!!!