New phrases that grate on my nerves...

[Breezy_Carol]

I can not stand the new price point. What is wrong with the old word price.

Another that bugs me is stay-cation.

That is all.

 

[AKL_Megs]

Yeah, it makes no sense.

I would never say, "We didn't buy the house because the price point wasn't right."

Also, it's a vacation no matter WHERE you go. Just SAY you are on VACATION. Who cares if you are STAYING.

 

[NMAmy]

I can not stand the new price point. What is wrong with the old word price.

I agree--I've been watching a lot of home buying shows and they keep talking about "price point." Is budget a dirty word now? Or does saying, "I have a price point of $150K" just sound so much better than a $150K budget?

 

[LuvOrlando]

Stay-cation bothers me too. I think it's just another marketing tool meant to make people who choose to vacation home feel pressured about going away. The word is cheesy so I think it's deliberately meant to make people uncomfortable. My DH LOVES to stay home for a vacation. He does it every year the week between Christmas and New Years Day. I just call it a vacation.

Price point means the price that the market will tolerate where supply and demand meet on the graph, not the actual number, that's still just the price. The term doesn't always bug me, in fact I'm kind of glad consumers are being taken into consideration because for ages we were just ignored. People using the term just to sound impressive does bug me though. It doesn't belong in infomercials, it does belong in a sales meeting.

 

[phorsenuf]

I can't stand all the abbreviations. Prolly, souvies, ressies and the newest one......embies! While I wish anyone that's pregnant all the best in the world, but really, embies???

 

[DMass]

I know it's part of everyday speech now, but "my bad" really irks me. It just sounds so stupid.

Another one is "transparency". Every one in politics now is saying how they are going to be more open to their constituents, but they're just as "opaque" as they've ever been.

 

[golfgal]

I can't stand all the abbreviations. Prolly, souvies, ressies and the newest one......embies! While I wish anyone that's pregnant all the best in the world, but really, embies???

I haven't heard that one yet--YUCK.

Disrespect, as a verb--HATE that usage

Closure--hate this term....

 

[PlutoLuvr]

You-betCHA. I don't know how new it really is, but it's sure seen a resurgence as of late.

 

[Pakey]

I can't stand all the abbreviations. Prolly, souvies, ressies and the newest one......embies! While I wish anyone that's pregnant all the best in the world, but really, embies???

These drive me insane too.

 

[Jex]

"kwim" in threads, it's annoying enough in person, but to have it so ingrained in speech that it gets typed out, wow.

 

[annegirl]

These aren't new but they annoy me.

"At the end of the day." This isn't always annoying but it is just so over used that every once in a while it bugs me.

The second one that really bugs me every time I hear it is "each and every one of you". Each of you is every one of you.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

I really dislike the following:

1) Fail
2) Epic Fail

 

[KAMLEM]

Another that bugs me is stay-cation.

How about "day-cation". I heard that one on the radio this morning. You're on a "day-cation" when you go to an amusement park for the day.

 

[KNJWDW]

This isn't new, but the word "amazing" drives me nuts. It is so over-used!

Amy

 

[krcit]

I hate 'man-cave' Someone says it on almost every episode of House Hunters.


I'm cracking up over 'embies'

 

[wdwfan16]

I hate staycation!!!!!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

"drinking the Kool Aid".

But that's not really that new.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

It's been floating around for a couple of years, but I can't stand the terms "Hating" and "Haters" in their modern usage.

 

[MiniGirl]

I agree with so many of these, and wish I hadn't read the "embies" post. That is just too much. I don't like things ending in "with." Go with. Do with. Etc. I also don't like OMG -- either the abbreviated or the long version. Talk about way overused.

 

[JessicaR]

Just sayin
peeps
kwim
u instead of you
epic anything
all things being equal
LOL - really starting to bug me - I guess its just been around too long.

But - embies? Please say it aint so!?! That takes the cake...