Words that just bug you...

[JillMelissa]

I know everyone has them, certain words that just run you the wrong way for no real reason. (Kinda like the "least favorite word" question from Inside the Actor's Studio!)

Mine are:

Moist
Jumbo
Damp
Pulsate
And my new one... metrosexual. That one really bugs me, it kinda makes me think of a porn movie taking place on the subway.

I know I have more, I'll have to come back and add them as I think of them!

[Cazzle]

Observe

*shudder*

Ask, when it's pronounced arksk. My co-worker does this all the freaking time. Argh!

My dad hates imminent. Whenever he hears it on the news, it's all we hear about for a good five minutes. As a result I, too, hate the word imminent.

[harmonielyn]

Preggo.. No one should use that word, i dont think its cute!

Metrosexual just does not sound right at all.

[Hilary]

Preggo.. No one should use that word, i dont think its cute!


:lol: That's the first word I thought of when I saw this thread!!

Pregnant women are not spagetti sauce! :tearhair:

[harmonielyn]

:lol:

[Cazzle]

:lol: I very nearly included it on my list, but left it off because it's been a while since I saw it last :D

[TtownAnne]

gherkin. It's just not normal

[sheila]

irregardless --its NOT a word!!
supposubly --its supposedly!
bidness --when used without irony :rolleyes:

[Barb]

Moist - that's the first one I thought of. It's used in the weather casts alot here and I hate it.

[Kate]

serendipty

I have never heard anyone use this word properly. My mother uses it out of context all the time!!

[Nichole]

Nucular - It's nuclear (I'm talking to you, Mr. President)! :tearhair:
Realator - that extra "a" does not exist in that word; it's realtor!
Conversate - again, not a word

There are more, but that will do for now.

[SarahK]

irregardless...NOT a word!!
towards...drop the s!!
Washington when it's pronounced "worshington" :rolleyes:

[Jen S]

"anyways"--there is no s! :tantrum:

I also hate the word "classy".

[olcott]

Panties

I just *hate* that word...

[MaryNH]

I hate it when someone wants to "axe" me a question. It's A-S-K!!!

[Amy]

I also cannot stand 'metrosexual'...it just sounds WRONG!!

My least favorite phrase is 'first annual'....it's a joke with my family and they all get a kick out of pointing out ads/commercials/etc where it is used, just to hear me rant and rave. An event cannot be the 'first annual'!! grrrrr

[Stacey]

Nucular - It's nuclear (I'm talking to you, Mr. President)! :tearhair:
Realator - that extra "a" does not exist in that word; it's realtor!
Conversate - again, not a word

There are more, but that will do for now.
OMG, this is my exact list! I knew I liked you, Nichole. :)

DH cannot stand to watch the President talk with me around because I cannot take his saying "nucular." Well, DH doesn't like that I never let it go. :lol: Doesn't the President have advisors who could teach him to pronounce it correctly? I swear it must be like fingernails on the chalkboard to his speech writers. :lol:

[sheila]

:lol: I love reading that other people get as annoyed as I do when they hear some things!

Another of my linguistic pet peeves is "9am in the morning." 9am can ONLY happen in the morning!!

[Nocona]

:lol: My list would be 12 zillion long.

One that I hear every single day is actually 2 words -- "how come". Why oh why oh why can't you just say why?!?!?!

Prolly -- I've seen it spelled just like that too, not just pronounced :rolleyes:

[Cheri]

:lol: OMG This is hysterical...

Umm sorry about the preggo word ladies, I won't use it again...:blush:

I have way too many to list here...:rolleyes:

Oh and wtf is metrosexual?? That's a new one for me.

[Amy]

Metrosexual is the new buzzword for a heterosexual male who spends time and money on his appearance: manicures, designer hair cuts, facials, waxing, etc....ICK. My hubby may not be super polished, but he's a MAN dangit!!

[kim]

i HATE the phrase 'going forward'

i hear this a bazillion times a week at work!!!! 'going forward we will be blah blah blah...'

shut the fook up!

i'm waiting for someone to say they hate 'fook' :lol: i know i'm annoying someone.

[Stacy]

I hate it when someone wants to "axe" me a question. It's A-S-K!!!
I hate that too!!!

DH always says "acrosst" instead of "across". It drives me nuts!

[Jayne]

I hate the word

aint..
and I also hate when people speak with double negatives..AHHH

Jayne

[harmonielyn]

:lol: I know aint isnt a word but i use it everyday. Its so much of a normal word around here that I cant even pick it out when educated people are talking.

[Dawnie]

The word "cheezy" when it is used to describe things other food related items. :lol: For example: "I think giving out favors is cheezy!" or "Having a theme is cheezy." I'm not fond of "tacky" either but can tolerate that over "cheezy" any day!

Dawn

[Karri]

irregardless --its NOT a word!!
supposubly --its supposedly!
OMG! My list!!! :lol:
Some others would include...
dethaw....its THAW, damnit! :lol:
anyhoo
preggo/preggers

[Stacey]

Doily... It just sounds weird... Doily... WTH!

I also think the word 'fiery' looks weird written.

[Lette]

I hate when people spell the word Congratulations with a D...ie.. Congradulations! :errr: Drives me nuts!

[Nichole]

Ugh! Lette, that drives me nuts, too!

That, and "frusterated" :tearhair: Why do people insist on adding extra letters to words?! It's frustrated!!!

[JillMelissa]

I also hate the word "classy".
Oooh, that's a good one. My mom always says, "Anytime you see anything called 'A Touch of Class', it usually means just the opposite!" :lol:

[valeria73]

:lol: I totally agree about "classy"! :)

[MaryNH]

i HATE the phrase 'going forward'

!

i'm waiting for someone to say they hate 'fook' :lol: i know i'm annoying someone.
On American idol, there was a (bad) contestant named FOOKling....and I thought of you:)

[Stacey]

That, and "frusterated" :tearhair: Why do people insist on adding extra letters to words?! It's frustrated!!!
:lol: My dad says "flustrated."

FIL has a few words he says wrong too. He says "set" instead of "sit." WTH? And "cheft" instead of "chef." I'm just not sure why it's so hard to pronounce these. :dunno:

[Stacey]

On American idol, there was a (bad) contestant named FOOKling....and I thought of you:)
:lol: So did I! I was LOL at her name and thinking of what Kim would think of it. :lol:

[Ami]

:lol: I have a ton of words that bug the hell outta me!

I hate when people say birFday, ValentiMes, WalmartS, KmartS or the like.

My mom says 2 words that drive me nuts! Fim for film and filth for fifth.

Preggers is on my list too.



The word metrosexual cracks me up!

[Karri]

oooh, Ami, people add that 's' to stores around here too and it drives me fookin' bonkers!!!
which reminds me, it bugs the hell outta me when people add an apostrophe to places where there shouldnt be one!

[MaryNH]

oooh, Ami, people add that 's' to stores around here too and it drives me fookin' bonkers!!!
which reminds me, it bugs the hell outta me when people add an apostrophe to places where there shouldnt be one!Like when someone write "boat's" instead of the (proper way) boats. OMG. I want to say,"Let's go back to the third grade,people, and get an English lesson."

[Nocona]

AMEN to the apostrophe thing. It drives me INSANE!

[AahRee]

Oh, the apostrophe thing drives me nuts, too. And my sister (who is apostrophe-challenged) bought us a sign for the front of our house that says *The R****'s Ugh! The R****'s what? And which R**** are you referring to? If you mean all of us, it's The R****s' ... It's the thought that counts, though, right?

One word I truly hate is WARSH. As in, I'm going to go do the warsh (meaning, the laundry). It's WASH, people! And they do it when referring to our state, as well. It's WASHINGTON, not WARSHINGTON!!!

[Leslie]

My mom always mispronounces Toile fabric as Tulle. I correct her everytime and it doesn't matter. Dh always uses the word shrimps. With an S. Hello?! So annoying.

[Ami]

Another mom thing: she says Merlyn's instead of Mervyn's, drives me nuts!

[AmyLynn]

preggo/preggers
tar-jay ......it's TARGET!!!
another vote for metrosexual.....what's his face said it on the Bachelorette and if I could have smacked him, I would!!

[Barb]

The apostrophe thing drives me nuts, too. Someone put a sign over the sink at work that says "don't rinse your dish's in the sink". I'm not kidding. :rolleyes:

[Lette]

another vote for metrosexual.....!
Okay.. I'm finally going to ask.... :blush:

What the heck does metrosexual mean?? :lol:

[mcox]

Okay.. I'm finally going to ask.... :blush:

What the heck does metrosexual mean?? :lol:


I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't know what that means. :blush: :lol:

Michelle

[Nocona]

Metrosexual is the new buzzword for a heterosexual male who spends time and money on his appearance: manicures, designer hair cuts, facials, waxing, etc....ICK. My hubby may not be super polished, but he's a MAN dangit!!

[Nocona]

I didn't know what it was either. I'd never heard it!

[Ami]

Here ya go:

Metrosexual is the new buzzword for a heterosexual male who spends time and money on his appearance: manicures, designer hair cuts, facials, waxing, etc....ICK. My hubby may not be super polished, but he's a MAN dangit!!

[Ami]

oops Nocona and I are on the same track this morning :lol:

[mcox]

[QUOTE=Ami]:lol: I hate it when people say birFday, ValentiMes, WalmartS, KmartS or the like. [QUOTE]


This drives me crazy!!!

My Dh also puts an s at the end of cents. "I have one cents." You only add a s if there are more than ONE, Bonehead!!!! One CENT, two centS.......

My dad says worsh and Worshington too. He also says over yunder instead of over there. :errr:

I'm sure there are more.

Michelle

[mcox]

Thanks. I have never heard the term.

Michelle

[Lette]

oops.. did I miss it earlier in this thread! :blush:

Thanks!

:lol:

[Stacy]

oops Nocona and I are on the same track this morning :lol:

:errr:

[Nichole]

Metrosexual bugs me, too.

I thought of my other annoying word: disorientated instead of disoriented. You go to an orientation for something new; you can't be disorientated. :tearhair:

[Nichole]

Wow, when I look at those words too much, they both look weird. :crazy:

[Leslie]

Glad I saw this thread. Now I know what metrosexual means. :lol:

[Karri]

There is actually a storfront sign that I drove by once that said "Adult Video's" ...you think you'd make sure your grammar was correct before investing in signage!!!

[Nocona]

I thought of another one... debaucle. Our CFO uses it ALL the time. ugh.

[gulp!]

Over the last year or two, I have come to hate the word "terror" (or terrah, as our oh so intelligent President pronounces it.)

I also cannot stand "gunna" (it's going to, people- it's not that hard to say!)

[Nichole]

I dislike "terror" ("terrah" especially) as well. That, and weapons of mass destruction.

[Brandi Jo]

My best friend always says "learn me how to do that" instead of "teach" It drives me crazy!
Also, around this area
warsh *wash*
orta *ought to*
fitty *fifty*

[Lette]

I thought of another.. UBIQUITOUS :crazy: I can't spell it and it drives me nuts!

[Martian Lullaby]

NOSTRIL! Ugh! It’s just such a disgusting word, regardless of what it means. It’s so harsh and awkward to say.

I too hate “preggo” or “preggers.” Just say pregnant!

DH says "I could care less" and I just want to correct him every time, but I hold my tongue because it would piss him off. It's I COULDN'T CARE LESS, honey.

It also bothers me when people write “dialated” instead of “dilated.” Just because something is pronounced that way doesn’t mean it’s spelled that way.

DH’s grandmother “makes” pictures, as in, “I made some nice pictures of the baby” instead of “I took some nice pictures of the baby.”

I also can’t stand “Where’s it at?” Saying “Where is it?” sounds a lot better.

It also bugs me when people say, “My baby is one years old.” Ack.

[Martian Lullaby]

Another of my linguistic pet peeves is "9am in the morning." 9am can ONLY happen in the morning!!

I thought I was the only one who catches stuff like that. :lol: I hate this with a passion. Newscasters and radio people say it like that all the time and it’s like nails on a chalkboard.

[Martian Lullaby]

There is actually a storfront sign that I drove by once that said "Adult Video's" ...you think you'd make sure your grammar was correct before investing in signage!!!

I’m so picky that I don’t shop at a place where the grammar is wrong. :blush: Although I guess most of the clientele of an adult video store aren't looking at the signs. :lol:

[Stacey]

DH says "I could care less" and I just want to correct him every time, but I hold my tongue because it would piss him off. It's I COULDN'T CARE LESS, honey.
:nod: This bothers me too. I correct people (friends and family) though. :lol: I'm sure they love that.

[Stacy]

I just thought of a phrase that bothers me. I can't stand it when people say "I seen it yesterday." It's "I SAW it."

[Nocona]

My best friend always says "learn me how to do that" instead of "teach" It drives me crazy!
Also, around this area
warsh *wash*
orta *ought to*
fitty *fifty*
here 40 is farty :lol: (south St. Louis city, any way)

[Nichole]

Yes! Stacy, I was just thinking about that one last night! Gah!

[kim]

I dislike "terror" ("terrah" especially) as well.

then i don't think i'll be your phone a friend anytime soon :lol: i think my boston accent would drive you up the wall....

terrah
mirrah
horrah

you get the picture :lol:

[Leslie]

My mom pronounces parmesan cheese as par-ma-san with a soft s. :rolleyes:

I love this thread. :lol:

[Nichole]

Kim, I don't think it would bug me coming from you. I think I just may have issues with GWB. ;) (and his overuse of that word)

I thought of another that completely skeeves me out.

Panties! :puke: It makes me think of pedophiles.

[Nocona]

I always call Paul's underwear his panties just to piss him off :rotflmao:

[Leslie]

I always call Paul's underwear his panties just to piss him off :rotflmao:
OMG! I do this to my DH too! REALLY makes him mad! :lol:

[Karri]

I love saying panties :lol: Which reminds me that I HATE the word moist :lol:

I thought of another. Although it is a word....
my MIL always says "check mix" instead of chex mix. Drives me batty. Its CHEX..with an X..lady!

[Ami]

Nichole you have issues, hon :lol:

Another thing my mom says :rolleyes:

instead of saying Alexis is cooing she says gooing WTH?? Goo describes glue or brownies :lol: My poor mom.

One of my friends says sawl instead of saw, and brawl instead of bra :lol:

Jen's step dad used to say Ophrey (O-free) instead of Oprah and pacific instead of specific. Which brings me to a sound that I can't stand, when people are eating bread and they breathe in and make that whistling noise :lol:

[Nichole]

Which brings me to a sound that I can't stand, when people are eating bread and they breathe in and make that whistling noise :lol:
Whuh? And you say that I have issues? :lol:

[sheila]

DH’s grandmother “makes” pictures, as in, “I made some nice pictures of the baby” instead of “I took some nice pictures of the baby.”


This one really drives me up a wall!

[Ami]

:lol: yes I admit I have real issues with all kinds of noises that happen while eating.

[Lette]

My co-worker says BreakFRAST instead of breakfast! :crazy: UGH!

[Hilary]

DH says something like "I'm going to make me a sandwich." It drives me batty! Just say I'm going to make a sandwich. You sound like a moron when you say it that way! :tearhair: I correct him every time he does it, I think he's starting to hate me. :lol:

[Karri]

Hilary & Lette's posts reminded me of two more....
I have a friend who says "breahfast" instead of breakfast and another who says "sammich" instead of sandwich

[Hilary]

Ok, the smilies are messing me up! At UB : tear : is :tearhair: not :tear: sorry about that. :lol:

[Amy]

DH says 'sammich' too, but only when he's being cutesy.

I can't stand it when people say "I seen"; it drives me INSANE!! My MIL does this constantly, and I just want to scream. FIL also says 'it broked' and if I'm in another room I mutter 'no it didn't...it BROKE' just so I feel better.

Count me as another one who refuses to shop at stores with misspelled words or grammatical errors in their signage. DH always dares me to call them, but I chicken out. No wonder my family refers to me as a comma cop...it's one thing to misspell/mispronounce words in a casual environment, but not in a business one!

[Nocona]

I was wondering why you were crying about it, Hilary :lol:

[Cortney]

The word "chunk" drives me crazy!!! :puke:

[Nichole]

Boughten

It's not store-boughten, it's store-bought.

[mcox]

My Dh has a bad habit with using the word take. He'll be talking about something and he'll say, "You take and do it this way or you take and do this." It drives me crazy.

You do it this way or you do this. You do not TAKE and do anything!!!!


Michelle

[harmonielyn]

This thread makes me think about how much I hate being around my dad. He cant say ANYTHING right. He always orders me a sprike instead of sprite. :rolleyes: He says so many other things that I cant think of. Next time I talk to him I'll end up making a list. :lol:

I also hate how he gives all kids a nickname. Christopher = crispy, Kaylie = crash, Madison = meme. I HATE when people call DD a nickname I didnt give her.

While Im on the subject of what I hate. I hate how my dad lies all the time. He was telling my aunt he's on the Atkins diet. Now my dad is a 300lb+ man and he NEEDS to be on a diet but it only works if you're actually ON the diet. Just saying you are doesnt work.

[Amy]

My mom is a good one for mangling words too. She says 'elbow' as 'albow', 'tiger' is 'tager', and so on...she's from Pittsburgh, and that's all I can think of as to why she pronounces things that way! My biggest pet peeve is how she'll pronounce this man's name in my hometown...he's a huge developer and is in the news a lot. His last name is "Pitcher", and she & my dad call him "Pritcherd". DRIVES ME INSANE!!! DH is even getting bugged by it now too. I think the next time they do it, I'll play stupid and act like I don't know who they are talking about, and then say, "OH! You mean, PITCHER, like a pitcher of milk!" :rolleyes:

[Barb]

My DH says "wooves" instead of "wolves". Example: "Do you want to watch 'Dances With Wooves' ". Drives me nuts!

This thread is cracking me up. :lol:

[Lette]

I thought of another one... debaucle. Our CFO uses it ALL the time. ugh.I heard this word on my way to work today on the radio and I immediately started cracking up. It's such a funny word! :crazy:

I think it was some guy who got booted from some reality show talking about the "hot tub debaucle" :lol:

[Martian Lullaby]

My mom pronounces parmesan cheese as par-ma-san with a soft s. :rolleyes:


My MIL pronounces the L in salmon. :errr:

A friend of ours can't seem to pronounce the OY sound in words. "Oil" is "ole" (I need to get my ole changed) and "toilet" is "toe-let" (We replaced the toe-let in the upstairs bathroom).

[Nocona]

My MIL pronounces all 'oi' as 'er'. "I'm going to replace the terlet in the bathroom" :rolleyes:

[Stacey]

My MIL pronounces all 'oi' as 'er'. "I'm going to replace the terlet in the bathroom" :rolleyes:
My grandpa does that. "Oil" is "erl." He also pronounces "battery" as "battree." It cracks me up. For Megan and Harmonie... He pronounces "Metairie" as "Mettree." :lol:

[sheila]

My grandfather also had "erl" and "battrees" :lol:
Pronouncing the "w" in "sword" is another one that drives me batty.

And my home ec teacher in HS said parmesean "par-mee-zee-an" I couldn't take another class with her after that!

[Ami]

My DH says "wooves" instead of "wolves". Example: "Do you want to watch 'Dances With Wooves' ". Drives me nuts!

This thread is cracking me up. :lol:

My mom does this too!

[Jenn]

I can't stand when people say wrastling instead of wrestling. Some of my family members watch WWE and it annoys the crap out of me.

I also hate when people pronounce the L in salmon.

[Hilary]

My grandma calls ibuprofen I-b-protien. :lol:

[MaryNH]

There was this SGT in my dh's unit who was very good at his MOS(job). So good, in fact, that there was talk about making him a Warrant Officer. As a rule, officers are supposed to be very eloquent........Unfortunately, SGT %^&*( didn't fit the bill. read on:
"I runned it by the 1st Sgt"
"That place(post neighborhood) ain't ghetto-it's ghetTO"
"I guaranTOLD him"
" He writed it down for you, Private? Didn't you done read it?"

[harmonielyn]

My grandpa does that. "Oil" is "erl." He also pronounces "battery" as "battree." It cracks me up. For Megan and Harmonie... He pronounces "Metairie" as "Mettree." :lol:

:lol: We dont even break it down that much.

My little brother says barradies as batteries. :lol: Its so cute but hes 5 years old and my mom refuses to correct him.

[AmyP]

I agree with the poster who said "weapons of mass destruction" I am so tired of hearing that in the news!

I know I have more but work is busy and I'm brain-dead.

[Toni]

My co-worker says "frigillator" instead of refrigerator. Drives me INSANE. :rolleyes:

[Alyssa]

I have words I hate too (I'll get there in a second) but more than anything I HATE inappropriate use (or lack of use) of apostrophes, especially around the word its/it's. :crazy:

As for actual words, moist, slacks, and blouse top my list. Panties used to bother me, now I kind of like the word. I have some words that are Boston accent specific that really irk me...most of all "shots" for shorts. :rolleyes:

[valeria73]

:lol: These are awesome. I never realized how universally unpopular the word "moist" is.

My stepmother always says "srimps" instead of "shrimp" and it drives me f%$#ing insane (I will admit I have a very low tolerance for this... :)).

DH _pronounces_ certain words wrong... he says "apparently" with the emphasis on the first syllable. The infuriating thing is that he's doing it deliberately--he picks up on words his clients use and then uses them around me just to irritate me. We were together for 3 years before I realized that he's not just stupid. :lol:

[Cazzle]

I thought of my other annoying word: disorientated instead of disoriented. You go to an orientation for something new; you can't be disorientated. :tearhair:Ooh! I'm going to have to argue this one, ever so mildly. It's a regional thing - here in Australia, disoriented is "wrong" and disorientated is the norm (hands up all those who hate the phrase "the norm"), and I believe it's the preferred form in the UK too.

Oh - and I'm guilty of the woof for wolf thing too - I never realised until my DH pointed it out, and now I do it to annoy him :lol:

I hate when people spell the word Congratulations with a D...ie.. Congradulations! :errr: Drives me nuts!Oh yeah! Add to that rediculous for ridiculous and tempermental for temperamental (no offence intended to the UB user of that name). These seem to be the most commonly misspelt words that I encounter on the internet, and they drive me crazy.

I also hate the random insertion of apostrophes in any word ending in "s", but I'm horrified to find that I'm beginning to struggle with my own apostrophes - it's such a common occurance that it almost looks wrong to do it right. I'm afraid the idiots are winning.

[LisaE]

Conversate - again, not a word


Um excuse me but The Notorious BIG used that word in a song so it MUST be a real word!! :nod: :lol:

[Toni]

Um excuse me but The Notorious BIG used that word in a song so it MUST be a real word!! :nod: :lol:
YEAH! So take THAT Nichole! :lol:

[Stacey]

I'm afraid the idiots are winning.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :lol:

[Alyssa]

One more: ointment.

[Mamey]

Friends of ours say on instead of un.... as in ONbelievable or ONreal. SO annoying!! This thread is totally cracking me up!

Amy

[Karri]

slacks.How could I forget about this word?? My grandma & MIL use it and it makes me think of the elastic waist polyester pants w/ the front pleats :lol: Anyway, I hate it :lol:

[Bev]

I am laughing out loud here!! This thread is hysterical, I can't believe I'm just finding it now. I am with just about everyone on this list. But what I particularly hate is when the idiots who are winning, actually get their word in the dictionary!
My all time worst words are:
Guesstimate. Sorry, you are either estimating or guessing. This is not a word. Or at least it wasn't until someone convinced Webster otherwise. :rolleyes:

Importantly. No such word. The word is important. Do you say Less importantly, the company.... NO! So why would you say more importantly? It drives me crazy! (er, as DH would say)

Prioritize. I quite simply hate it.

Also, I am guilty of bad grammar, but I always try to, rather than try and, as try to is a verb and try and is bad grammar.

[Shanna]

Nipple... the word just creeps me out....

[Ami]

along the same line....

vagina and vulva bug me!

[Shanna]

along the same line....

vagina and vulva bug me!
I wanted so badly to post those... but, alas, I didn't have the cahoneys... :rotflmao:

[Karri]

along the same line....

vagina and vulva bug me!
oooh. same here. add labia to that, as well

[Barb]

Yes, the "v" words bug me as well. :nod: There really aren't any nice words for that part of the female anatomy.

[Nichole]

I don't mind vagina, but vulva and labia are just skeevy. I'm going to have problems if I have a girl when it's time to teach names of her private parts. :lol:

p.s. As a joke, my sisters and I used to say "los otros labios" (the other lips) instead of labia. Somehow, it didn't seem as bad in Spanish. :lol:

[Lette]

"drill down"

I'm so tired of it at my company! It's quite the GE buzz word with 6 sigma and all. ie... Let's drill down to the root of the problem.

ARG. :rolleyes:

[Mrs. Smith]

This thread is great!

I can't stand when people use quotation marks inappropriately (ex. Please "close" the refrigerator door). I want to know what the heck that means! Do you want the door closed or just something similar to but not quite closed? I see this all the time and it drives me crazy!

[gulp!]

"drill down"

I'm so tired of it at my company! It's quite the GE buzz word with 6 sigma and all. ie... Let's drill down to the root of the problem.

ARG. :rolleyes:
:lol: Lette, I feel your pain on this. At our company, every client is marketed as "pre-eminent". And we often have to remind ourselves not to "compare apples to oranges." (O.k., so that one was a phrase, not a word, but you get my point!)

[Nocona]

This thread is great!

I can't stand when people use quotation marks inappropriately (ex. Please "close" the refrigerator door). I want to know what the heck that means! Do you want the door closed or just something similar to but not quite closed? I see this all the time and it drives me crazy!
I used to work with a woman who did this all the time...verbally. OMG she drove me crazy!

[Nichole]

"drill down"

I'm so tired of it at my company! It's quite the GE buzz word with 6 sigma and all. ie... Let's drill down to the root of the problem.

ARG. :rolleyes:
Lette, our new CEO is from GE and is now implementing 6 sigma here. :rolleyes:

[Lette]

Lette, our new CEO is from GE and is now implementing 6 sigma here. :rolleyes:OMG! :errr: Good luck and try to stay sane! :crazy:

[Cazzle]

Oh goodie! An ad from the local pizza place just arrived, asking me to try their new lasagne's.

Am thinking of writing reply along lines of "Try your new lasagne's what?" :supergrin Either they left out a word (maybe "Try our new lasagne's brother, spaghetti!")... OR THEY PUT IN A BLOODY UNNECESSARY APOSTROPHE!

How are kids supposed to learn when examples of how to do it wrong are in front of them all the time?? And how does a mistake like that get past the person who wrote the ad, the person who approved the ad and the person who printed the ad without anyone noticing?

[valeria73]

"Try our new lasagne's brother, spaghetti!" :lol:

[Nocona]

I thought of another one.... "gal" Ugh

[Lynn]

I could go crazy with this thread, but I'll try to restrain myself! :lol: My MIL is the queen of poor grammar and pronunciation. Here are a few.....

Yous. As in, "What time do yous think you'll be here?" This actually makes me MAD when I hear her say it.

Came/Come. As in, "Oh, that picture COME out good". No - it is correctly pronounced, "that picture CAME out good".

Strength. She doesn't pronounce the G at all. She says strenTH.

She says that kielbasa is pronounced kielbaseeee which drives me batty.

I can't stand it when people say cousinT. It's cousin with no T!

She also seens movies instead of sees them. :rolleyes:

She says that something don't matter. It's DOES NOT/doesn't.

She says riGotta cheese instead of riCotta cheese.

Geez, just writing these makes me mad and makes me want to protect my poor DS from his evil grammar challenged grandma! :lol:

[~Lisa~]

Oh Lynn I feel your pain! My step mother is the same way. The only thing I can think of right off hand is that she says WARSH instead od WASH. It drives me crazy and it makes her so mad when everyone in my family corrects her.

[~Lisa~]

"drill down"

I'm so tired of it at my company! It's quite the GE buzz word with 6 sigma and all. ie... Let's drill down to the root of the problem.

ARG. :rolleyes:
They were just implementing this at my old company when I left and it is enough to drive you crazy! They use so many buzz words/phrases that its not even funny.

[ShannonR]

Being a teacher I don't know how I am still a sane person! :crazy: So much of what the kids say drive me up the wall. Many of you have posted some of these but here is my list.

1. ain't got no....:doh:
2. axe instead of ask
3. How come?
4. One little boy calls his agenda his magenda. Drives me CRAZY!

There are many more but I can't think of them all right this minute. I have several coworkers (teachers) that put a S at the end of mine. As in, I can't find mines. There is NO s at the end of that word!! I always think, "And you are teaching these kids??" :complain:

[Katrina]

Metrosexual bugs me, too.

I thought of my other annoying word: disorientated instead of disoriented. You go to an orientation for something new; you can't be disorientated. :tearhair:Along the same lines, I HATE when people say "orientate" as in, "let me orientant you to my map"

Its ORIENT, damnit!!

I won't even go into the ARMY buzzwords and terms I can't stand.

NOt really a WORD pet peeve but a phares.. when people ask "Would you mind doing such and such" and you answer with the word "Sure!" and then DO it, you are contradicting yourself! If you DON"T mind, then you say NO, I DON'T mind!

[Tracey]

I hate, hate, HATE the words "preggo" and "preggers". I also can't stand when people say or write the word "towards". The word has no "s" on it. It has become so common that spell chekcs are programed to catch it!

[valeria73]

when people ask "Would you mind doing such and such" and you answer with the word "Sure!" and then DO it, you are contradicting yourself! If you DON"T mind, then you say NO, I DON'T mind!
:lol: At my firm, whenever one of my bosses says, "Do you mind [insert inane task here]?", I always say "Yes" and leave it at that unless they just tell me to do it. It irks me that they pretend I have a choice! My other "favorite" is "Would you like to [insert unappealing task here]?" Shouldn't the answer always be "No"???

Am I going to get fired? :lol:

BTW, re: toward and towards: I think it's actually a difference between American and British English, respectively; it's not strictly incorrect to say "towards," just not "normal" American English.

[catalina]

I hate it when my students say "I am not agree" instad of I disagree (that's literal translation from Spanish)

Once a student told me it was a "misconfussion" :wtf:

Or they call me "T-shirt" instead of teacher :rolleyes:

[catalina]

Oh goodie! An ad from the local pizza place just arrived, asking me to try their new lasagne's.

Am thinking of writing reply along lines of "Try your new lasagne's what?" :supergrin Either they left out a word (maybe "Try our new lasagne's brother, spaghetti!")... OR THEY PUT IN A BLOODY UNNECESSARY APOSTROPHE!
This happens in Mexico A LOT! They put apostrophes where they would never go, mostly on the bussiness ad outside the door or for plurals, maybe they think that with the apostrophe it looks more classy, I guess :dunno:

They write thinks like LADIE'S BAR'S...PIZZA'S... HAMBURGER'S etc:disbelief

[Tracey]

just not "normal" American English.
Speaking as an American...precisely!

[Brandi]

I couldn't get through the whole thread since I have to get going here, but I'm totally laughing about this!

I can't stand "panties" either! It drives me crazy! I should start calling DH's underwear panties. That would be hilarious. I'm sure he would love it.

Martha Stewart says herbs (as in herbs and spices) with the H at the beginning - Like it's some guy's name! She also says sable (say-bul) instead of sah-blay (which I believe is the correct pronunciation of the word. It's a cookie btw.

I know there are more that drive me crazy - sack, flaccid (ugh, I'm totally grossed out just thinking of that word) I'm sure I'll think of more later.

[tinycandi]

preggo sort of...mostly preggers. it just sounds like something a 14 year old would say.
i don't like when people type things like: u, ur, r, etc. for crying out loud, they aren't long words to begin with.
conversate...it's just converse people.
pussy, cunt, and cock...i hate those words with a passion. definitely more than anything else.

[Cazzle]

Brandi, dictionary.com is on Martha's side! It says herb can be pronounced with or without the h, and the pronounciation guides for sable are all variations of sa'ble.

(I confess I'm relieved; I've always pronounced them Martha's way)

[catalina]

I hate my tutor who says language like "languash" instead of saying it like "languaech" :mad: ... and she calls herself an EFL expert :rolleyes:

[cmmteaches]

I love this thread!!

I hate:
panties
sharp ~ "Those pants are really sharp."
hamburg for hamburger (My grandma used to do that.)

I am guilty of overusing the "quotes" and exclamation points.

[JenniferC]

Another one who hates preggo ...that's a pasta sauce not a term for a creation of life!

[catalina]

preggo... sounds like PRESTO! :lol: