New phrases that grate on my nerves...

[nmmom95]

I"ll see your preggers, hubby and embies and raise you a kiddo.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Wack
Snap
Booya
What the Dealy?
Holla

Holla makes me gag, too.

 

[DMass]

"I just wanted to touch base with you"

 

[Liberty Belle]

Oh these people that use those words on the message board aren't from Boston, they are from all over the country. The one woman actually owns a stamping company and she writes things out like that all the time on her company blog. Here is an example:

"Let’s discuss WINNAHS from Last Week’s Bellarific Challenge (July 9th). All of the entries were FANTABULOUS!!

Winnah of da COMMENTATIN’ SISTAHS"

Oh I would have to find another board.

 

[Kathi OD]

the phrase I hate the most is used by my students...I'm a grown a## man.

 

[TifffanyD]

oh thought of another one!

"Back of the envelope"

 

[Liberty Belle]

Ignorant

This just reminds me of watching Jerry Springer and seeing people call each other this. So it screams of low class to me

lol Ig'nant.

 

[BunsenH]

Time frame

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Ignorant

This drives me absolutely nuts. And it's used a lot on these boards. "You are just being ignorant" is a common response to an opinion that somebody doesn't like.

 

[Disney Ella]

It's hard for me to take adults who use the word "awesome" seriously. I keep looking for their surfboards.

 

[DBL101]

My bad
Grow (as in grow a business). You can't grow a business. It isn't living.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

It's hard for me to take adults who use the word "awesome" seriously. I keep looking for their surfboards.

I'm totally guilty of this. I try to contain it, but it just comes out.

Here's one that I hear on talk shows and E! a lot and I hate it:
"winning the genetic lottery" Drives me insane. It's not awesome. (Sorry, just couldn't help it.)

 

[surfergirl602]

OMG
prolly
ain't
I seen
and ADVISE.... It's ADVICE PEOPLE!!!!! "I need advise...." ugh!! Drives me crazy!!!!

 

[Irish9697]

This is a regional thing, but still thought I'd share mine. It drives me crazy!

Nashvegas
Knoxvegas
Hotlanta

These words are prolific on Facebook, but I also hear people call the cities by these names outloud and they are being serious! I am not lying when I say that I cringe every time.

 

[paintnolish]

Where's the hate for "meh" been? See my tag! Embies is new to me, as are the Twi-whatevers. Embies is gross, though. Something about it...Now, how about conversate?

 

[JCJRSmith]

Not at all. It merely makes them sound like they're from Boston . Not nearly the same thing.



Okay, I wasn't going to say anything, but... "the wife", "the husband/hubby", "the spouse", "the kids"... because the person posting or saying this is apparently under the mistaken impression that she/he has the ONLY spouse or children in the entire world.

Sorry, but DD/DH/DW/DS, etc., bug me.

And "ressies" and ADRs. They're reservations. Many CMs (it's fine with me when posters abbreviate that ) don't even know to what we're referring when we say "ADR".

And, slightly off-topic - overuse of quotation marks bugs me as well

How about SWMBO - for She Who MUST Be Obeyed I use that one all the time to refer to my wife.


"Vacay" makes my teeth itch. That and "should of", "would of", "could of" - those drive me crazy.

 

[nmmom95]

oh thought of another one!

"Back of the envelope"

I've never heard this one. What does it mean?

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I thought of another that makes me scream. It may be a local thing because I watch ACC sports. It is when the commentator speaks about Virginia Tech and pronouned it "vah tech". Arrgghhh

 

[TifffanyD]

I've never heard this one. What does it mean?

In business people do quick approximate calculations that they call "back of the envelope" calculations. It just bugs me to hear it SO much and the fact that someone does a quick approximation and then still wants me to do hours and hours of work to back their 5 min thing up

Lots of business buzz words aggravate me tho

 

[dejr_8]

Hfcs