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SqrachMasda
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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: arbitrary words that annoy you |
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besides the word arbitrary
i can't stand the word dungarees being used for jeans
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marshall
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Trying to remember some good examples...
It’s usually French words - “bourgeois” is one.
I also don't like the word "pretentious". People use it so often to criticize things they don't like without providing any further reason.
Also the word "practically". As in "it was so cold I practically froze to death". I admit that I use the word in that context when speaking but it annoys me to see it in writing. |
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Fuzzy
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| No, I love all words. I hate some phrases, like "near miss" |
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Pollux
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I hate the following words:
meat
meal
moist
rich (when it applies to food, but not when it applies to money - weird, huh?)
tender (again, when it applies to food)
ointment
Actually, I hate most adjectives used to describe food. "light and fluffy" is awful, but I like the words "light" and "fluffy" in other contexts.
All those words are bad, I just hate the way they feel. |
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KingofKaboom
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: arbitrary words that annoy you |
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arbitrary
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Ryn
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I dislike using the word "supper" and use the word "dinner" when at all possible.
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velodog
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| Paradigm shift. |
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NoNameRockBand
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Expensive
Extensive
Expansive
Perspiration
Excretion
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9CatMom
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Words and phrases inserted as fillers ("you know," "um," "uh," "and so forth")
"I says" instead of "I said." (It would be better that the extraneous phrase be eliminated from speech altogether. It is as bad as saying, "um.")
Busy (When discussing clothing styles, as in, "That fabric is just too busy.") |
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Momentarily.
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supahneko
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| I hate it when people use 'lol' and chat speak when not on the computer |
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Justthatgirl11
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| supahneko wrote: | | I hate it when people use 'lol' and chat speak when not on the computer |
OMG, that's idiotic!
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Fuzzy
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| drizzled. I HATE that word! |
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human_calculator
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all words beginning with sl- (apart from sleep)
also, does anyone else think that the words enigma and enigmatic are really overused?In my head they should be really uncommonly used but they are just used to mean "a little bit weird". |
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: arbitrary words that annoy you |
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| SqrachMasda wrote: | besides the word arbitrary
i can't stand the word dungarees being used for jeans |
I don't know anyone who uses the term 'dungarees' anymore. It's been out of use since the 1950s.
Words that annoy me most are of the hybridized slang variety (combining two words into a new one), like "Guesstimate" [guess and estimate]
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