Do you have certain words you don't like people saying?

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A what now?

You're a girl. Please don't remind me of my birth gender. Just don't!

I hate when people say ''Munchkin'', especially if men call me this. It just sounds so soppy and very cringing.

I'm like this too, but with age instead of gender. When people keep saying, ''you're a fully grown-up woman adult now!'' I hate it when people remind me how old I am. If they have to, why don't they just say, ''you're grown up now,'' instead of chucking every word that describes the same thing at me! It makes me feel really old! And I can't help that my mind is still only 12!

A word I am starting to resent now "contradiction" because I have noticed that word gets thrown around when people are too stupid to figure out what the person is saying. I see this word a lot now and I don't see any contradictions.

I hate it whenever people say, "I have to go pee." Couldn't you just say, "I have to use the bathroom/restroom?" instead of blatantly mentioning your excretory functions?

"That's so gay." I hate hearing that phrase. I don't care if your intention was not to be offensive, when you say that, you're using the word "gay" as a metaphor for something that is stupid, bad, or disagreeable.

I also generally don't like it whenever words that were originally supposed to be derogatory are just verbally thrown around like it's nothing.

I also don't like the word "sodomite" because it's always used by anti-gay bigots. I find the word not only offensive, but dehumanizing as well, because it attempts to define us by a single sexual act.

I also dislike 'Aspie' with a passion.

As for other posters' comments, swearing doesn't bother me in the slightest. I think the most taboo of all swearwords, the c word is one of the most imaginative and descriptive in the English language and it ought to be reclaimed.

My main hate is any word in any sentence spoken by someone using rising inflection. Where everything uttered sounds like a question. I can't listen to anyone who uses it.

Neurotypicals. That's about it. I hate it when Autistic people group everyone without Autism into one group and criticize them,

How's it hanging?

I have quite a few, but I'll only list my three Worst Offenders:

F.Y.I. (It's highly irritating to me when people actually say this aloud)
Ain't
Awallago (This is Indiana-speak for "a while ago")

I have issues with words spoken or written using incorrect grammar. Also, the British way of pronouncing the word "schedule" grates on my American ears. I'm not sure why, because I actually enjoy hearing a British accent (or Scottish, Irish, Welsh, or Australian for that matter).

1. "Dead. I don't mind "died" or "die" or "dying", but I don't like "dead". I say that people are "Paddy Murphy" when they are dead. (Paddy Murphy is a man who died, and some people wrote a song that I like about it). When talking about people who don't know what that means, I'll say that the person "has died" something like that. Sometimes I just say that "it's really sad".

2. "Canceled" I don't mind it when the event has actually been canceled, but it bothers me when it's postponed. Why can't they say that the event "is postponed"?

As poor, young chrissyrun found out, 'legit'. D:

Guesstimate. This word is quite irritating to me.

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I don't like words that are ambiguous. The English language is lousy for this, there are so many sentences that can be taken a dozen different ways, depending on context.

I try to always speak in a way that can't be misinterpreted as another meaning.