Terms that annoy you

[mykidsand_i]

OK, it's not one that many have heard frequently, but I hear it at work EVERY DAY I sub in the kitchen- two different women say it "just a titch"- I HATE the word 'titch' it drives me NUTS and they sound totally uneducated when they say it! It sounds like a made up word (titch)...I know it's not, but it's the dumbest word I've ever heard!

 

[Green Tea]

It has to be one of the most overused words on T.V. .

The one I laugh at being overused is entertaining. I love the HGTV shows like House hunters and property virgins. I have NEVER seen an episode where entertaining was not used. As in good for entertaining..... Not much space for entertaining...... I always looked for a house to fit my family. I didn't worry too much about the invited guests.

 

[Robinrs]

I can understand its use in context or for dramatic effect in a song or movie but to use it in normal conversation just makes one sound uneducated.

Okay, I admit to HATING the songs "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Can't Get No Satisfaction" because of the bad grammar and I was in elementary school when they were out!!

 

[kaytieeldr]

In fairness, the actual lyrics to the Rolling Stones' song are grammatically correct: "I can't get no satis - " oh, wait. No, they're not. But at least it's a complete sentence, including the subject missing from the title

 

[emer95]

I keep thinking of more and more!

"Healthful"

Why not healthy? Healthful is so clunky!

 

[bambii]

Not much space for entertaining.

my son and i hate that who cares about entertaining, you don't entertain 360 days of the year...., your family lives there, and who cares what you friends think..

 

[cinderellascastle29]

The one I laugh at being overused is entertaining. I love the HGTV shows like House hunters and property virgins. I have NEVER seen an episode where entertaining was not used. As in good for entertaining..... Not much space for entertaining...... I always looked for a house to fit my family. I didn't worry too much about the invited guests.

ITA! That drives me nuts too!

 

[krcit]

How about 'hydrate'? Ughh, just say drink.

 

[focusondisney]

The one I laugh at being overused is entertaining. I love the HGTV shows like House hunters and property virgins. I have NEVER seen an episode where entertaining was not used. As in good for entertaining..... Not much space for entertaining...... I always looked for a house to fit my family. I didn't worry too much about the invited guests.

LOL! We laugh at that, too. And every room has "a lot of light" & does everyone really need an office? As in "this room would work good for an office!" Happens in every episode!



Some other annoying phrases are things I read, only related to celebrities: "ultra" & "over the moon". I don't know anyone who uses those phrases IRL.

 

[NY Disney fan]

I hate the fact that "Baby Daddy/ Baby Momma" is becoming so mainstream. Its such a ghetto-fabulous term and I can't stand it. Its like YUCK to my ears. When I hear it I immediately think lowly of the person saying it.


I can't stand when people say "or lackthereof". JUST SAY LACK OF!!!

 

[Jennasis]

Heigth...yes you read that right. The word HEIGHT but pronounced with a "TH" at the end instead of a hard "T". I hear it all the time down here and I just want to start punching people when I hear it.

 

[NY Disney fan]

Another I can't stand, "Epic Fail".

I know! That is so infantile.

 

[jx3smom]

said by my boss:

not for nothing

 

[Green Tea]

Mama Bear!

 

[chattyann]

The one that drives me crazy is "ridonculous" for the word ridiculous. I also do not like Yeppers. Can't you just say yes?

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yepper, I fer sure can!

 

[FireDancer]

Another I can't stand, "Epic Fail".

That was a tech meme that got thrown into the mainstream and, like most tech in the mainstream, got completely misused and/or over used.

Luckily it has already been replaced, and by an image:

 

[momtoprincess A]

"It's not fair"

It's bad enough coming from my children ~ but I'm hearing it more and more from so called adults. I just want to ask "How old are you?"

 

[lovepurple]

"Who you tellin?"

That is what the lady at the post office said yesterday not really as a question but as a comment similar to saying "I know that's right"

And when someone says something is "mines". I have a good friend who says that a lot and I think she might actually think that is the correct word.

 

[threecrazykids]

"Shorty" also drives me nuts.