Adults using the word "yummy"

[georgina]

Oh man. This reminds me of an inquest I attended where a woman - convicted of murdering her grandchild and torturing his sister - responded to the lawyer's question about "And then you put the two kids in this room?" by saying, in very self-righteous tone, "They are not kids. They are not goats. They are children. Have some respect." Really? You're the one to talk about respect?

OK, that's a good one. I just find it odd that someone who uses a nickname for children thinks it's better than someone else's nickname. Neither is the correct term.

 

[brooke789]

One that bothers me is 'smell of' or 'taste of'. "Let me have a taste of it and I'll tell you if it needs spices." "Come smell of this candle". I'm not sure it's wrong, just drives me crazy.

DH says ice chest for cooler and that one drives me crazy. I then drive him crazy by pretending I do t know what he's talking about until he says cooler.

I live in the 'Coke' region, but we always say soft drink to refer to well a soft drink. Ha!

 

[powellrj]

I am glad I am not the only one to hate the word yummy. Can I add foodie to the list? Nom, nom, nom is hard to even type because auto correct keeps changing it to mom!

 

[NMAmy]

In my world, you should say "My mom asked me if I was coming home this weekend" or "My dad loves the Cardinals". It's just too weird for me when someone drops the "My"- it makes me want to turn around and see if the person is really talking to their sibling and not me! - but I already admitted that I am not above letting people get on my nerves LOL.

My sister does the opposite. In conversation with me, she'll say "My mom" or "My dad." To which I usually reply, "Oh, yeah, I think I remember meeting them before."

I HATE HATE HATE "feels" used as a noun and not a verb.... for example, "Reading sad articles gives me the feels". Also, the word "adult" being used as a verb. *** is adulting?????

I totally agree on the "feels." Weird. Even worse when it's ALL the feels. Gag..

 

[joannamet]

Bugs me that everything on the internet is either 'astonishing' or 'heartbreaking.' I have been neither astonished nor broken-hearted over anything I've read recently.

 

[Kiren]

I'm guilty of saying a lot of these but I'm mostly doing it to poke fun at people. I find it so awkward calling pop 'soda' (Canuck here if you didn't know already!). My big pet peeve in general is parents baby talking their kids. My stepson is turning 6 on Friday and doesn't have any pet words. I mean, the first time he asked his dad about his "thing" he was told the proper term. So it's either his private parts or it's his you know what (the actually anatomical word, not the phrase) I just find it so weird to be hearing adults talking to their children like pets.

I also bug myself a bit but ya'll. I have never been to anywhere where that's a common term and have no idea where I picked it up from but I say it at least once a day!

 

[lovin'fl]

using the word whenever instead of when...like: I saw a snake at 3pm, whenever I went to my friends house yesterday.

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

I agree with a bunch of these that have already been said. My number one annoyance these days is "drives truck" as a profession instead of a truck driver - as in "what does our husband do for a living?" Answer "he drives truck." Um no, he drives A truck, or he's a truck driver.

 

[tvguy]

"went missing".
You mean, "disappeared?".

As for carbonated beverages......my cousins in Canada call everything "Freshie" which I guess was a competitor to Kool-Aid there. My wife's family in Missouri call it "sodie" In Atlanta, everything is a Coke, in parts of Texas it's Dr. Pepper (even if you are ordering a Root Beer or a Cola). "Pop" was popular here because there was a chain of stores called the "Pop Shop" that advertised like crazy on the Radio and TV.

 

[Mizzoufan]

"went missing".
You mean, "disappeared?".

As for carbonated beverages......my cousins in Canada call everything "Freshie" which I guess was a competitor to Kool-Aid there. My wife's family in Missouri call it "sodie" In Atlanta, everything is a Coke, in parts of Texas it's Dr. Pepper (even if you are ordering a Root Beer or a Cola). "Pop" was popular here because there was a chain of stores called the "Pop Shop" that advertised like crazy on the Radio and TV.

being from Missouri I have never heard it called that before .

 

[EMom]

"went missing".
You mean, "disappeared?".

As for carbonated beverages......my cousins in Canada call everything "Freshie" which I guess was a competitor to Kool-Aid there. My wife's family in Missouri call it "sodie" In Atlanta, everything is a Coke, in parts of Texas it's Dr. Pepper (even if you are ordering a Root Beer or a Cola). "Pop" was popular here because there was a chain of stores called the "Pop Shop" that advertised like crazy on the Radio and TV.

I have never been to that part of Texas and my family has been here since before the revolution. I only know of Coke/coke country. Never heard anyone ask for a Dr. Pepper and mean anything but a Dr. Pepper. But if they say they want a Coke/coke, that can mean any carbonated beverage.

It doesn't bother me if someone says pop or soda. I just know they're not from around here.

 

[tvguy]

being from Missouri I have never heard it called that before .

It did throw me when I was at the drive through at White Castle in St. Louis and the voice on the other end asked me if I wanted a "sodie" to go with my sliders. I suspect you have heard the term "slider" before in relation to White Castle.

 

[tvguy]

I have never been to that part of Texas and my family has been here since before the revolution. .

That term was made famous in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies.

 

[EMom]

That term was made famous in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies.

Sorry, I'm not up on my Smokey and the Bandit quotes.

 

[tvguy]

Sorry, I'm not up on my Smokey and the Bandit quotes.

Never saw the movies until I married a Texan.......who worked in a movie theater when those movies came out.

 

[whatname]

tin foil. It's aluminum. At least I think it is.

When someone says they need to "Itch my back" or "Itch my nose." No, your back or nose itches. You need to scratch it.

I hate it when people refer to my daughters as "the girls." They are individuals with names. I never refer to them as a set. (I know that is picky but it always irks me.)

 

[JaxDad]

Sorry, I'm not up on my Smokey and the Bandit quotes.

"There's no way, *no* way that you came from *my* loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I'm gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth!"

I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself...

 

[EMom]

I still wonder what part of Texas refers to all carbonated beverages as Dr. Peppers instead of Cokes.

 

[MataHari22]

It also bothers me when people say, "We're pregnant." No, I was pregnant. My husband was never pregnant and has never been pregnant.

That saying, drives me insane. Hate it.

turnt or turn up

Also, when people say, rachet. I think that is how it's spelled. I don't even know, because it's stupid, and I do not say it.

I know this one is regional as well, but phrasing like "the door handle needs fixed" also drives me up a wall. No, you need to fix the door handle, or it needs to be fixed, or it needs fixing if you really want to say it that way.

I never heard that, until I moved to PA from NYC. My ex MIL, kept saying things like "needs ironed" or "needs washed". All I kept thinking was, where is the "to be" in there?

I do use yummy. I don't say fur baby, but that is probably because my dog is a hairless Chinese Crested, and he has no fur. I do refer to him as my four legged baby sometimes. I never had kids, so my animals are as close as I get.

Another word that annoys me, is ressie, instead of reservation.

 

[JaxDad]

I still wonder what part of Texas refers to all carbonated beverages as Dr. Peppers instead of Cokes.

It was invented in Waco, so maybe around them thar parts...