What word do you hate?

[Left Is Write]

I hate utilize. A lot.

I also hate nouns that have been inexplicably turned into verbs.

You?

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. 'Impacted'

Unless used in a discussion of dentistry.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

6. but not with asteroids that have impacted the earth's surface?

oh...d'oh :banghead:

:shrug:

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

11. I see its use has impacted you greatly.

:hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. How long you think that little wall's gonna hide you?

:spank:

[LeftyMom]

34. I hate it in a dental context. That word cost me a lot of money last year.

Stoopid wisdom teeth.

[grasswire]

58. Hey!

That's MY unfavorite. Well, I don't like "squat" too much either, but not in the same way that I don't like "impact" as a verb.

[Dogtown]

85. My dog's anal glands

get impacted.


What grinds my gears is "hubby".

[Haole Girl]

2. I absolutely detest the word cheap...

...when people mean to use the word inexpensive.

And, in my job, I have to hear it many times per day.

If I never hear the word, again, for the rest of my life

it wouldn't be soon enough. (sigh)

:rant:

[Left Is Write]

12. Talk is cheap.

:D

[mcctatas]

3. I have two...

chicken and wallet. They just piss me off, it's a totally visceral thing :grr:

[Left Is Write]

13. Especially if a chicken is carrying a wallet!

I hate those wallet-carrying chickens.

[mcctatas]

16. ...

:spray:

My worst nightmare, now and forever etched in my brain;)

[leeroysphitz]

4. "Yes" For me it's no or nothing. Yes equals compliance which equals submission.

And I will never submit.

[Left Is Write]

15. Yes.

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. The "N" word.

It remains one of the only words I can't bring myself to say.

[Left Is Write]

17. Entirely justifiable.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

39. With you there Finnfan

Top of the list here, as is the c word.

[Puzzle]

7. "crop"

Don't know why.

[Puzzle]

8. "crop"

Don't know why.

[Left Is Write]

9. You hate it so much, you mentioned it twice!

That's some hatred, there! :)

[Puzzle]

19. Haha. Yeah, I couldn't find any delete button either!

[Forkboy]

10. Bedtime

[Patsy Stone]

14. Systemically

Because I have a boss who insists on using it when she wants to say she'd like something to be taken care of automatically through the company's internal software instead of having someone do the task manually.

[PeaceNikki]

20. OMG... SO with you! I work with a guy who bugs me for MANY reasons.

One major reason is he uses "utilize" every time he should use "use". HATE HATE HATE it!! x( My friends at work know this and use "utilize" just to bug me.

[FloridaJudy]

21. "cleaning woman"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1oFnWHDPg0

[mikeytherat]

69. Reinemachefrau!

mikey_the_rat

[ashling]

22. I know that this will make me sound quaint here in DU, but

I really hate the word fuck More particularly its indescriminant overuse as a substitute for actually having a vocabulary.

Nouns that have been turned into verbs are troublesome, but no less troublesome are verbs turned into nouns. For example, if I want to read something, I don't want a "good read," while I might enjoy a good book, essay, article, etc. I guess there are some that are so ingrained into our language( such as a Sunday drive, etc) that they seem almost natural, but I submitt to you that they are not. They constitute an entire 5th column in the grammar hierarcy. Thay are an insidious thing, I tell you. A slippery slope from which there is no escape, leading, inevitably, to word anarchy!!!!!

Imagine if parts of speech just sort of indiscriminantly took on whatever use they got in their mind to try out.

God gave us nouns and verbs, dammit! Transyntaxology is just not right.

First its nouns and verbs: verbs acting like nouns - nouns acting like verbs. It won't be long before the other parts start swapping places. Pretty soon you'll have adjectives modifying verbs, articles going about willy nilly on their own.

I ask you, how will you direct your object then? ... when we have article on preposition syntax? Where will it stop?

Harrrrrrrumph!
:evilgrin:

[FloridaJudy]

28. What a fun post!

:evilgrin:

[ashling]

29. Thank you

Watch out for syntax anarchy :hi:

[Duppers]

23. the 'C' word

I won't use it on my worst enemy.

I feel using it degrades all women, not just the one called that.

[Left Is Write]

26. That's one of the few words that is absolutely stricken from my vocabulary.

Among other vile slurs.

[Ariana Celeste]

72. same here

that's one word that will drive me over the edge

[alphafemale]

24. "anywho" makes me cring everytime. Also "ginormous."

What's up with that?

[orleans]

25. let's see... "cut" and "run" when used together. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

27. Americana

effing useless.

[begin_within]

30. For the sound of it, "divulge." For the usage, "hating on," as in "why are you guys hating on her?"

[ceile]

31. fixin

fixin to go the store, fixin to go wash my car, fixin to cook dinner, etc.....:banghead:

[khashka]

32. Proactive, the N word

I also hate community since it never seems to include me.

Khash.

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[Manifestor_of_Light]

35. "issues" used in place of the word "problems".

ARRGGGHHHH!

"They're not PROBLEMS, they're ISSUES." Yeah, let's minimize those rough spots in life out of existence. Enron had "issues", screwing thousands out of their life savings. Nahhh, it's just "issues". Cancer, heart disease, death? Nahh, those are just "issues".

Nouns that get turned into verbs, like "parenting".

TV talking heads who can't say "puddles" when it rains. They say "ponding" which isn't even a real word. A noun turned into a verb, yet again.


ARRRGGHHH!

:grr:

The serious adverb shortage. "He acted weird" instead of "He acted weirdly"(correct).

ARGGGHHH!!!

Generalized apostrophe abuse, due to confusion about plurals, and the belief that any word with an S on the end is fair game for an apostrophe.

Note: "It's" is a contraction of "it is".
"Its" is a possessive word -- as in "its own".

"A lot" is TWO WORDS. "All right" is TWO WORDS.

:banghead:


:banghead:

[riverdeep]

36. 'Diss'.

People are going along speaking in normal vocabulary and then all of a sudden they say 'diss'. People who you wouldn't expect it either.

Like this fake example: The Queen Mum said on Thursday "I shall no longer be visiting the otherwise fine island of Guam ever since they dissed the government at large."

Along the same lines, 'word' (to signify agreement). This isn't a Cameo song, stop using it.

[WinkyDink]

37. "Folks". "Panties". "Pro-active". "Factoid".

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

43. Holy crap

I was just going to say "panties"! Just say underwears dammit!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

90. Drawers. Or in England, they say "knickers".

Don't get your knickers in a twist. Or your panties in a wad.

[Perry Logan]

38. Racist. Like when the Obamites call their fellow Dems racist.

[Ptah]

40. hate

I strongly dislike the overuse of 'hate'

[SoxFan]

41. "aldermans"

This one needs some explainin'.

I'm a member of the local Board of Aldermen, which is our name for the city council. Several other members of the board are older, blue collar types, and so are a lot of the people who testify before the board. Aparently more than one alderman is aldermans.

It drives me nuts. Some day I'm going to snap and call a parliamentary point of order on someone who "aldermans" one time too many.

Either that or I'll turn it into a drinking game.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

67. Why don't they just call them "Councilmen" or "Councilpersons"?

I never got Alderman as a name for the City Council anyways. I think they just want to sound cool like "Eldermen" and then they get to be like the wise Elders...

[Enrique]

42. I hate the word love

it's overused
and if you want me to say it well then then I refuse.

[RetroLounge]

44. Hope

eom

RL

[Chan790]

45. "freethinker"

I'm not a freethinker: I'm an atheist, I'm a humanist, I'm supernaturalless, I'm deity-free.

:rant:
Please whoever it is who thinks that we need a cutesy label, just stop. I'd even prefer "brights" because it may be dumb but it is not pretentious. Freethinker is pretentious. It implies that we're the only ones seriously thinking about spiritualism and related moral issues. Wonder why we're disliked and invoke such a hostile response? It's because clearly some of us "godless heathens" insist on finding the single most offensive label they can and imposing it on the rest of us by insisting it be used to the exclusion of other labels.
:rant:

(This rant is not directed at anybody in the DU community.)

[WildEyedLiberal]

56. This freethinking Catholic gives you a hearty thumbs up

:thumbsup:

[ok_cpu]

46. "Re-purpose"

[bigwillq]

47. Work

:( Wish I were home in bed now. Just a few more hours....

[Darth_Kitten]

48. mobile....

Mom used to use it, and for some reason I hated it. Get mobile....Mom, we all sit on the couch all day? What do you mean mobile? :(

[AlCzervik]

49. Synergy and Meme.

not crazy about moist either but what are you gonna do?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

65. I'm with you 100% on "meme"

Sounds more like a baby's first blabbering than an actual word.

Of course, I'm not in the cult of Dawkins so maybe I see things differently.

[SallyMander]

50. Moist

Ew! Moist = gross!

[otherlander]

51. Redirect

[TZ]

52. The verb to jew...

Like to jew down a price. You'd be amazed how many people don't realize what a hateful word that is.x(

[LiberalEsto]

53. Republican

lederhosen
triglyceride

[PeaceNikki]

54. Congresscritters.

:shudder:

[Paula Sims]

55. Vet

It's a person's occupation or a designation for a person in the military -- not a matter of discussion.

[WildEyedLiberal]

57. "troops"

"Troops" originally referred to very large armies, not individual soldiers. They're SOLDIERS. Or Marines. Or Airmen. Or warriors. But they're not TROOPS, unless maybe they're in a paratrooper regiment. God that drives me nuts.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

59. Veggies

For god's sake, say VEGETABLES.

[Chan790]

60. LOL

I'm a vegetarian and I use "veggies" as a plural of "veg". I use "veg" as a descriptor for "vegetarian" because it's too long to type or say "vegetarian" that many times in a day.

"I'm a veg: I only eat fruits, vegetables, and some dairy. In fact, we're all veggies at this store."

Okay, I see your point...that sentence is silly.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

82. You're adorable.....

That was a wonderful response! I'm still laughing.

Are you really in such a hurry that you can't take the time to say "vegetarian" or "vegetable"? If you are, then I understand. But, they're beautiful words, representing beautiful things, and I want to preserve their purity.

Vegetable. Vegetarian.

Veggie.

See?

Thanks for the laugh ...........

[raccoon]

61. You and me both! nt

[Snarkturian Clone]

62. "Delish" "Pro-active" "Cite" "Rude" "Progressive" (!) "Jawn" (philly slang)

"Conversate""Carb""Organic""Volatile""Amazing""Fierce""EVOO"

[KitchenWitch]

63. feisty

Hate Hate Hate the word feisty. It comes off to me as so condescending.

[raccoon]

68. I hate it too. IME, it usually refers to being aggressive and an asshole. nt

[KitchenWitch]

70. To me it has always been used to describe "uppity" women.

"She is so feisty! Bless her heart."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

64. Facetious

For heaven's sake, just say "sarcastic", please? :eyes:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

66. Googled and Tivo'ed

I'm sorry, I'm not into the product placement for free. If I'm going to use a product name as a verb, they are going to have to pay me. (The same reason I never refer to baseball stadiums using their corporate names.)

[Snarkturian Clone]

75. Yeah I hate those too. It's "Record" or "Look Up".

I also hate when people say "taped" or "on tape" about things where no tape is involved.

[LanternWaste]

71. A few...

"dis". "vitriol". "spew".

My worst is "proof" simply because there are so many half-educated, sub-literate, knuckle-dragging posters (here and on other boards) who don't seem to know the difference between the words "proof" and "evidence"-- two words which are light-years apart in meaning.

[guitar man]

73. paradigm

...gawd I hate that word....STFU already!! :grr:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

74. pev -

god.how.I.hate.that.word.

[KamaAina]

76. Liaise

:eyes:

[Orsino]

77. "Retarded"...

...as a synonym for bad or stupid. The diminutive "retard" as well.

The most cowardly of insults, perhaps.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

78. In the same light....

...."gay" meaning the same thing.

And I'm not gay or even that up to speed on gay issues. I still think it is offensive to use.

[Orsino]

83. Yep. These terms are not so different in origin or intent. n/t

[madinmaryland]

79. IRREGARDLESS

It's not a word, my friends. The word is REGARDLESS.

Thank you.

[TZ]

80. Well

irregardless of that, what other words don't you like?:P
(sorry mom-the-ex-english teacher)

[madinmaryland]

84. Regardless, your post just plain annoying!!

:P

[Tommy_Carcetti]

81. Irregardless of its status as a non-word, I still like irregardless.

It flows so much better off the tongue than "regardless" or (yuck) "irrespective."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

86. "pwned"...code word for "I am a f**king idiot"

Also, people who post threads with "oh NOES" in them should be sent straight to Gitmo. I know that sounds harsh, but it was Darwin who introduced the idea of thinning the herd, not me.

:evilgrin:

[Common Sense Party]

94. AMEN.

And what's with the "pwned" spelling that inexplicably has the numeral 3 in it?

And what the hell does "Pwned" even mean?

[NaturalHigh]

87. Paradigm.

I've been hearing that word for nearly twenty years, and I still don't understand it.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

89. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn, 1964.

The book that made the word popular.

A paradigm is a theory or model. As in "new scientific paradigm".

Einstein's theory of relativity was a new paradigm for atomic physics.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

88. "Issues."

[swag]

91. "about" used in artspeak, art school papers, artists' "statements."

In fact, I hate artists' "statements."

Most are bullshit and seem to have been cooked up by a bad recipe similar to this one:

http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/marketingresources/artstatemt/

(Is that really for real?)

Artists' Statements do not enhance; they detract.

Leave your "Artist's Statement" at home. Nobody cares.

Let your art be on its own. Or else.

[Awsi Dooger]

92. Cheese

I despise the word and everything associated with cheese. Other than picture taking.

There's a lounge thread right now celebrating cheese. I could almost smell the ghastly horrors.

[Common Sense Party]

93. "sheeple"

How condescending can one get?

[Hardrada]

95. Empower, parameters, lubricants, prioritize

surge, mission, accomplished.

lubricants (or did I say that already?)