The words siggie and ressie...

[Tigger&Belle]

It's cool, 'cause that's exactly the way I intended it to read.

You don't REALLY yell out WOO HOO then, do you?

 

[Principessa Alba]

Yes, I think 'phlemy' is closer but I still can't grasp the use of personal body fluids. There's nothing catchy about a loogey. (yurp!)

How about 'blecky'?

OR! OR!.......BECKY! (as in Beckham)

*ducks*

Oh yeah! What a becky idea! I like it! It's so becky!

(or do you like beckie better?)

 

[dcgrumpy]

My kids have cutesy nicknames among the family too, but I don't use them outside the family, as if a bunch of random strangers are going to know who the heck I am referring to (or care what her cutesy nickname is).

Exactly, I think it would be weird if started posting about Mikey Mouse, Sarafina and Jessie Bell .

I used to work with someone who always referred to her kids as Cookie, Budgie and Beanie. It was so annoying

 

[OK!]

You don't REALLY yell out WOO HOO then, do you?

Not then, no. But maybe later.

 

[mommasita]

I abhor poor grammar and these cutesy conjunctions of words that are easily typed on a QWERTY keyboard.

What really gets me is many of the people who type these words are often educated adults. There are a number of teachers on the Disboards who are atrocious spellers and one teacher I personally know spells kindergarten as kindergarden. Don't you think one should know how to spell the name of the grade one is teaching??

What is with using "are" as a possessive pronoun (e.g. "Are car died.")

It ranks up there with the improper use of the apostrophe and your instead of you're.

Thank you to the OP for starting this thread. My blood pressure goes up each time otherwise educated adults prove their absolute ignorance of the language they have lived with their entire lives.

One also must take other languages into consideration. English is not everyone's first language, but we do our best

 

[outlander]

Oh yeah! What a becky idea! I like it! It's so becky!

(or do you like beckie better?)

Hehehehe...to me, either one is better than 'phlem' or 'phlemy'!

 

[kejoda]

Yes, I think 'phlemy' is closer but I still can't grasp the use of personal body fluids. There's nothing catchy about a loogey. (yurp!)

How about 'blecky'?

OR! OR!.......BECKY! (as in Beckham)

*ducks*

Oh yeah! What a becky idea! I like it! It's so becky!

(or do you like beckie better?)

ok I'm not sure I want my name being used in such a way. Unless you plan on using it in positive ways. If not I'll get the other Becky disers after you.

 

[JunieJay]

What's with the Racheal Ray speak on the dining board and other places?

Why is breakfast now "breakie" and a sandwich is "sammie"?

I hate those the most.

The lady I worked with has been using "sammie" for sandwich longer than Rachel Ray has been alive. Same with sal sal or sally for salad.

Then again, this is a woman who calls her husband Mr. (Lastname) and he calls her Miss Fancy. They also refer to her breasts as her "pretties". They aren't exactly a normal couple.

 

[Ride Junkie]

Most cutesy words bug me too. Siggie is often a nickname for a cigarette ("I'm gonna go have a siggie"), so that grosses me out. Ressie not so much. I think the worst one for me is "hubby". It just sounds icky. Maybe because it reminds me of that Judy Blume book, "Wifey"? Eww, that's another icky word!

I'm getting out of here, as I am annoying myself!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Not then, no. But maybe later.

Perhaps this shouldn't be such a monumental occasion... I've got to stop now!

 

[Deb in IA]

"Aspie" . . . cannot STAND this one.


Others that drive me crazy have already been mentioned - furbaby, pooh-sized, siggie, ressie, preggers, Cindy's . . .

People who can't get the "there", "their", and "they're" straight. And "your" and "you're".


And finally, the biggest one that drives me insane, are people who say "I COULD care less". It's "I COULDN'T care less"!!

(I think I should have been an English teacher . . . )

 

[OK!]

Perhaps this shouldn't be such a monumental occasion... I've got to stop now!

And speaking of annoying expressions, this "be my bra" commercial on Lifetime is driving me CRAZY.

 

[kejoda]

And speaking of annoying expressions, this "be my bra" commercial on Lifetime is driving me CRAZY.

I saw that yesterday. Its right up there with have a happy period.

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

Yes, I think 'phlemy' is closer but I still can't grasp the use of personal body fluids. There's nothing catchy about a loogey. (yurp!)

How about 'blecky'?

OR! OR!.......BECKY! (as in Beckham)

*ducks*

Now we all know it's Becks and leave him out of this - he can be as cutesy as he wants to be!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

And speaking of annoying expressions, this "be my bra" commercial on Lifetime is driving me CRAZY.

I haven't seen that one. I'm fairly certain that no bra REALLY wants to be mine...they can do so much better with someone else.

 

[Allison]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who this bothers.

 

[Uuaww]

These words flourish in Australia. Football is called footy, Breakfast is called Breaky, Mashed Potatoes are called Mashies... I could go on, but there is an entire continent that does this stupid junk.

 

[OK!]

I haven't seen that one. I'm fairly certain that no bra REALLY wants to be mine...they can do so much better with someone else.

That's the thing--it's not even about a REAL bra; it's about a supportive friend or family member "being your bra." Gag. You're my supportive friend or family member; you're not a lacy garment that, for the most part, keeps the girls from wandering to parts unknown. Sheesh!

 

[dcgrumpy]

another one

could of
should of
would of

 

[lyzziesmom]

Hehehehe...to me, either one is better than 'phlem' or 'phlemy'!

I think either one of those is better than the traditional spelling of "phlegm" or "phlegmy."

The lady I worked with has been using "sammie" for sandwich longer than Rachel Ray has been alive. Same with sal sal or sally for salad.

Then again, this is a woman who calls her husband Mr. (Lastname) and he calls her Miss Fancy. They also refer to her breasts as her "pretties". They aren't exactly a normal couple.

Although "pretties" is quite cringe-inducing ,I'm more disturbed by the fact that you'd know what a coworker's husband calls her private parts. Did she run around announcing it, or talking about her "pretties" often? I think I'd have to kill her.

These words flourish in Australia. Football is called footy, Breakfast is called Breaky, Mashed Potatoes are called Mashies... I could go on, but there is an entire continent that does this stupid junk.

Note to self: Cross Australia off the list of places to visit before I die.