Terms that annoy you

[PoppyGirl]

I try not to allow too many trivial things to annoy me. However, the proliferation of "cutesy" yet pointless abbreviations on these boards does sometimes make me grit my teeth.

"We got ressies at Cindy's and we're staying at the Poly on our vaca."

Stop that! Stop it now! Cease and desist!

On the other hand, I enjoy using "not so much" verbally.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Oh, thanks..

I thought it was some sort of referance to an "EMO" kid or something.

Your welcome.

It is grating to hear it though. I want to say, "Just say it!".

 

[dawn1620]

Baby Daddy is the one I can't get over - why not call them sperm donors and be done with it.

But then again Baby Mama isn't any better.


I overheard some girl the other day ask her boyfriend why he kept "blowing up" her phone. Hate that one too.

 

[bitohoney]

"It is what it is." Really? What else could it be?
"from the get go"
"That's what she said." Guys at work say this all the time. Ugh.

 

[TDC Nala]

Personally. Words I will never use.

Ressie
Appy
Furbaby
Prolly (apparently it's used for "probably")
Anywho
Yummy (or its more obnoxious derivative made popular by Rachael Ray, "Yum-O"
Mousekeeping (just too darn cute)

I think "hot mess" is funny though. But I have yet to use it in a sentence.

 

[TDC Nala]

"Walt would roll over in his grave"

No, he wouldn't. He was a business man, he would understand why prices keep going up.

He was also cremated...

 

[marcyinPA]

Furbaby gets on my nerves too. It's a pet, people!

Another one that my DS10 says quite a bit (and gets into trouble for!) is "What the!" What the what??? I know what you want to say, son, and it's not appropriate!!

 

[DebbieB]

Mousekeeping


"Loose" when they mean "lose".

 

[ThanksForNoticingMe]

when people say..."I'm just saying "...after every comment they make

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

when people say..."I'm just saying "...after every comment they make

or "ya see what I am sayin'?"

ummm, no your words are not visible!

 

[Maridw]

"just picniked a photo" is a saying I can NOT stand. There is a person on FB that uses this ALL the time. Picked and Picniked are two very different things. Everytime I see this on her page, I want to comment that she "PICKED" a photo.

Baby Daddy is the one I can't get over - why not call them sperm donors and be done with it.

As far as my daughter's ex-boyfriend who got her pregnant - sperm donor is the best description of him. He will never be a daddy to her daughter.

 

[mommyintn]

Hot Mess. Though if I knew exactly what it meant, I might like that one

You must watch Chelsea Lately on E to really get this, she uses the term about good looking celebrities that are a mess. It cracks me up!

Google-fu annoys me to no end.

"Can someone find a resource on how to remove the gasoline smell from my husband's clothes, my Google-fu is failing me now."

Oh , please, you are not the master of Google and it is seriously NOT THAT HARD to even find one resource on the Internet. Yes, there are tricks to narrowing down your sources, but still.

It's like were all Zen masters at everything we do. Please. Just admit that you don't know how to look something up. Don't relate or even equate something to "fu-ness." or maybe admit that your too lazy to read though an entire webpage all because you want "GASOLINE SMELL" to be in red letters, highlighted for ya.

I have NEVER heard this but your entire post was so hysterical I might have to start using it.

When my over forty yr old friends call each other "peeps". Seriously?

What old people can't have peeps?! I'm just a bit over a year away from this "old age" and I love my "PEEPS".

I agree with pretty much everything posted here.

po po instead of police

I am guilty of this but I think it's hysterical although I'm afraid my kids might actually say it to a policeman one day.

Furbaby

What the heck does that even mean, pets?! If so it's now on my annoying list also.

I also say peace out AND I sometimes do the hand gesture with (to chest thumps, peace sign to lips and kiss it and then throw out the peace sign!)

I'm surprised my personal favorite is not on here which is "What up?"

LOVED reading this thread, hysterical!!

 

[LuvOrlando]

I really despise it when couples use 'babe' for each other. To me it just screams Herb Tarek from WKRP, and all things 70's, eek.

But my number one is "Oh he/she just wants attention" when a kid is crying. Seriously, what is wrong with a child asking for attention from his parents? I think the whole mentality around that one is altogether batty. I used to tell people, "So what if my baby wants attention? It would be nice if words were used but either way, if they want it they'll get it." Honestly I don't get it at all, what is it supposed to be, 'tough love' for infants so we don't enable them???

 

[nerdylightbulb]

"just picniked a photo" is a saying I can NOT stand. There is a person on FB that uses this ALL the time. Picked and Picniked are two very different things. Everytime I see this on her page, I want to comment that she "PICKED" a photo.



As far as my daughter's ex-boyfriend who got her pregnant - sperm donor is the best description of him. He will never be a daddy to her daughter.

Picnik is a photo editing site.

 

[sasywtch]

I didn't read all pages but I hate "my man" or "my woman" like you or they own each other. Just say, this is my husband,boyfriend,wife, girlfriend. Also, my daughter continually says "you know?" after everything thing she says and I tell her over and over to quit it! Somewhere along the line she must have felt that no one was listening to her so she makes sure they finished listening so they can answer her "you know?".

Oh I hate Cali for California.

 

[bananda]

anyways.

and i hate when people abbreviate everything. a few weeks ago, i was watching tv and there was an ad for a certain show that would be on tuesday night after "desperate." if it wasn't for the viewing schedule on the screen, i would never have known that "desperate" was actually short for "desperate housewives."

 

[themilesfamily]

Words that bug me:

"preggers" or "preggo" (for pregnant)
"hater"
"Cindy" for Cinderella
"copped to" (admitted to)
"like" (when every other word a person says is like)

Any combination of two celebrities names to describe them as a couple: TomKat and their child the TomKitten. Brangelina. Bennifer (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.) Spederline.

 

[bambii]

this a lot, "I do believe"...

 

[jrmasm]

If you are over the age of 6 you should never, ever, ever, ever, ever say yummy.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Oh I hate Cali for California.

I hate that one, too!

And along those lines, I hate "the OC". I'm on a facebook group called "Orange County natives do not call it the OC".