Plus any word or phrase used as a euphamism by people trying to downplay their failures or tell the truth.
For example when a politician or manager says it was "challenging" or "disappointing" or "robust" or they are feeling "passionate".
In fact most management jargon. Like 'proactive', 'think outside the box', 'hit the ground running', 'take that on board' or 'footfall'. Argh.
I definitely have a huge list, and I can't remember them all right now.
The word that bothers me most this week is 'moist'. It's an icky word, it makes my mouth form strange shapes in order to pronounce it properly, and it's even weird to do in sign language.
You ever seen this? One of the main characters hates the word moist too .
No, I haven't seen that before. When I hear a word I really don't like, I cringe like the girl in the video did, too. Anyone else have a physical reaction to words they don't like?
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject:
Being called sweetie and honey by people that I just met.
Technical jargon being thrown around when it doesn't make any sense.
Some of text shorthand stuff annoys me for some reason
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject:
sluice wrote:
Being called sweetie and honey by people that I just met.
Technical jargon being thrown around when it doesn't make any sense.
Some of text shorthand stuff annoys me for some reason
it's par the protocol hunny _________________ "grrrrr"
I definitely have a huge list, and I can't remember them all right now.
The word that bothers me most this week is 'moist'. It's an icky word, it makes my mouth form strange shapes in order to pronounce it properly, and it's even weird to do in sign language.
there are a lot of "normal" words i dislike to read/hear in german. quite a few in english.
most belittlements make me angry and it feels strange, because i can't explain that anger.
Joined: Nov 09, 2008 Posts: 3638 Location: Peterlee (for Industry)
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:21 am Post subject:
melvin-z wrote:
I hate hearing ramp, as in 'we're going to ramp this up.' The correct word is amp, as in increasing the amperage.
To be rampant is to stand up. If you see a lion on a shield and it is standing up ready to fight it is called rampant. Rampage is similar and ramp can generally be used as a verb. Linky: ramp.Linky: rampant. _________________ No one has gone missing or died.
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:26 am Post subject:
"Veggies"
You almost never see them being called "vegetables" any more, even on restaurant menus... _________________ "There's nothing sadder than an aging hipster." -- Lenny Bruce
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