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| Homer | Posted – 4/30/2008 4:04:50 PM | show profile I was just going to add "you know" to that as well. Drives me nuts. And "you know" who uses it a lot, much to my chagrin? Obama! Listen for it in his next speech. |
| foto | Posted – 4/30/2008 11:23:38 PM | show profile Hello everyone. I'm back from a week of computer problems. Although I feel its too late to answer last weeks random questions, I just want everyone to know that I've never faked an orgasm. And its interesting that some of your least favorite words are my favorites. Actually, I love the word coitus. Its sounds sort of clinical. I imagine people in white lab coats fornicating. Its in the same category as erectile. Weiner is a winner. Makes me think of 4th grad boys looking at each others peckers. Okay, pecker, there's another. Would you prefer prick? Thats one of my favorites. And I've never even heard of Willie the Worm. He must be a friend of Rudy the Doody. How about joystick? I agree the word penis is sort of blunt and vulgar, but the plural peni sounds latin. Or maybe like a kind of pasta, clam sauce over peni. Okay, a word that I hate. How about "anyhoo." |
| sofisays | Posted – 5/1/2008 12:35:55 PM | show profile Yucky Words While, I agree with np, words-all words are valuable- Some are over used. No wonder people hate cliches- they are tired words, abused and spat out of people's mouths, willy-nilly. OK, now, my turn: Whatnot, as in one word- Blech & Blah! |
| voracious reader | Posted – 5/7/2008 8:26:11 AM | show profile "We're pregnant!" Mazel Tov! Saw a commerical that said "We're pregnant." Where the heck did that come from? I can't stand that phrase. Whenever I hear a woman say that, I cringe. When a man says it, I want to puke! Until a man can give birth, can we all agree to say that a WOMAN is pregnant and that a man is going to become a father??!!! Likewise for gays. Unless both women are having babies, only one needs to say that they are pregnant. Likewise, while I have gay male friends, I don't recall any of them ever saying, "We're pregnant." |
| northcoastlife | Posted – 5/10/2008 10:21:46 PM | show profile "Wow"...why do words like that ever make a comeback? Why do some expressions become deemed American "classic" when they only express dumbness of the culture? "Cool" or even worse, "kewl"...another retro word that instantly became uncool the second people in the midwest who vote republican started using it. "Gone south"....no comment necessary. "Joe"....actually no, it's COFFEE to you, if you truly enjoy it. "Joe" is first name of one of my five Italian-American cousins I can't keep straight in my head. |
| Metro Writer | Posted – 5/11/2008 1:24:33 AM | show profile I'm with Enigma. I hate the word blog. It's ugly. Most blogs aren't worth reading. I also dislike the word branding as a way of keeping you (or a client) on people's mind. Branding is for cattle, and it is cruel. |
| coastalwriter | Posted – 5/11/2008 3:47:14 AM | show profile pus. now that's an icky word. |
| moonnyc | Posted – 5/11/2008 8:29:46 AM | show profile words you hate OK, it's a phrase, but it makes me want to scream and I see it and hear it frequently: "The reason being is..." AHHHH!!! As for those of who appear to hate Yiddish expressions, many people don't realize these words come from the Yiddish. Nosh, kvell, oy vey! These are colorful words that quite efficient and descriptive, and often used incorrectly. |
| northcoastlife | Posted – 5/11/2008 9:16:41 AM | show profile "I'm no fan of...." - meaning, the speaker hates beyond words, but is determined not to use the "h" word. "Passion..." - see the other recent thread in this forum on "troll". This word is invariably misapplied to mask/excuse bad behavior, deluded or irrational or the acts of people who in another time would have been fully front lobotomized. |
| mumbo jumbo | Posted – 5/12/2008 12:01:57 AM | show profile WordyBird: No problem is my pet peeve also. I especially hate it when waiters use it--you ask for water and they say "No problem." I don't care if it is a problem, I want some water! I have a new assistant now and she uses it all the time, which drives me nuts. |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 5/12/2008 9:57:37 AM | show profile In defense of "reaching out", it's a phrase often used by cops, so there are places it's common vernacular. And silo is nasty jargon but it does effectively convey its meaning -- guarding information, even ineffectively, instead of sharing it. Hate: --folks. This is a word I never heard used in Canada, where I grew up. I hate its faux "folksiness." -- people. As in "Listen up, people." -- buddy. As in "Come on, buddy." When did this word become the word of choice when addressing every small boy child, even by its own parents? -- "at the present time". How about "currently?" -- yo -- mission-critical...as opposed to useless? |
| Homer | Posted – 5/12/2008 6:14:48 PM | show profile Caitlin, with you on folks. Rarely if ever hear it up here. I went ballistic when the copy editor of a large regional lifestyles magazine rewrote a paragraph in one of my stories and included the word "folks". Thankfully they sent me the layout, I caught it and told them no way in hell is my name going on a piece with the word "folks" in it (I didn't say it quite that harshly). They complied, but I always wondered about the original nationality of that editor. No offense to Americans, but the word folks coming out of a Canuck's face sounds so corny. |
| catlondon | Posted – 5/12/2008 6:22:04 PM | show profile So now I finally have a reason to ask: What, exactly, is a Canuck? |
| cabaraba | Posted – 5/12/2008 6:32:15 PM | show profile words i dislike moist (as mentioned before) pouch alrighty flem |
| voracious reader | Posted – 5/12/2008 8:42:27 PM | show profile cabaraba - even "flem" is spelled nasty - that's P-H-L-E-G-M! :( |
| df | Posted – 5/12/2008 9:01:11 PM | show profile i hate: with all due respect - what normally you just don't respect me? in all honesty - so normally you are lying? and a biggie: howdie? from salespeople on the phone |
| voracious reader | Posted – 5/12/2008 9:10:28 PM | show profile Since I got to see my kids for Mother's Day, I had the opportunity to listen to their use of the English language, which included, "No worries" and "Shoot me an email." Never mind, just shoot me! |
| Homer | Posted – 5/12/2008 11:02:11 PM | show profile Online Etymology Dictionary: 1835, cross between Canada and Chinook, the native people in the Columbia River region. In U.S., often derogatory. WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University: Canuck noun: informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006: [Origin: 1825?35; perh. ult. to be identified with kanaka Hawaiian, South Sea islander (< Hawaiian; see Kanaka), if the word once identified both French Canadians and such islanders, who both were employed in the Pacific Northwest fur trade; later reanalyzed as Can(adian) + a suffix] American Heritage Dictionary: Ca?nuck n. often offensive slang A Canadian, especially a French Canadian [Probably alteration of Canadian] Never considered it offensive. |
| mumbo jumbo | Posted – 5/12/2008 11:31:46 PM | show profile I was in a meeting today where the word "silo" was used. Can anyone explain what that means--things are heaped up on top of each other? We're now in the grain business? |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 5/13/2008 10:11:56 AM | show profile What does a silo do? It stores materials. The silo metaphor is used when departments of a corporation (or their equivalent) keep information hidden/guarded/separate from others who might (also) make good use of it. However cliche its non-farming use, it describes a common problem. The opposite of a silo is...?...a BB like this, on its best days, where helpful information is freely shared. |
| wineaux | Posted – 5/13/2008 12:11:45 PM | show profile Silo haunts my dreams. I have one client who insists on plucking it into every piece of material I write for her. I know it is a very common techie term, but a non-techie, it draws an image of red and white barns, feeding livestock and a John Deere humming in the background. |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 5/13/2008 1:48:06 PM | show profile siloh was one of my words to hate! just came from a company that used it in all business articles and in meetings. yawn. i am sleeply today. can't wake up. |
