[Closed] Least favourite words - what and why?

conservative... It just sounds exactly like the opposite of progress

degloved isn't the most pleasant

I'm a real ale drinker.

Artisan.

Just [b]NO!![/b]

Anyone who uses it before the words beer or bread deserves to be abducted by masked men, driven to a bleak, desolate location, slowly tortured, then buried in a shallow grave on the moors

And IHN ... that thread made me think much the same. The landlord of my local put a note up at the entrance to say that far from getting a discount, CAMRA members would incur a 20% surcharge for everybody else having to endure them.

Artisan.

"Bake" as a noun, adjective and verb.

"Maker"

Ample.

I'll be the judge of your portion sizes, thank you.

"Blues Night"

of nights in the pub: fret board ****ing wannabe's plying dirge blues to an audience of chubby accountants nodding along in cardies nursing a half of IHN's real ale all night....

Hell is indeed, other people.

Low calorie/lite/diet. If I wanted to get charged more for less food, I'd be a ****ing idiot. If I wanted to eat healthily, I'd be eating something less pie like.

+1 for artisan and craft

Literally, when used unnecessarily. 'It was literally 5 o'clock when I got home' As opposed to what? Metaphorically?

Haitch.

It's the mispronunciation of the eighth letter of the alphabet, which is neatly found in the dictionary under "aitch".

It's like fingernails down the proverbial blackboard, though conveniently also instantly marks out its user as an imbecile and someone to be avoided. I mean, even those arch manglers of the English language - Americans - manage to get this one right.

Tomhoward +1

It gets used all the time in the office for emphasis. I cannot stand it and will often reply "literally?" to those who do it.

I'm a real ale drinker.

In the interest of full disclosure, I should add that I like drinking the kind of beer to which the description 'real ale' applies. It's the term that itches my shit.

Straw man! Ooh i'm going to undermine you now by using the term 'straw man' because i'm so ****ing awesome at arguing. Well on the internet anyway.....

Piss off dweeb, I bet you got bog washed at school!

*I know its 2 words but who ever goes by the rules on this forum.

"Personal Development".

Oh, oh, I've thought of another

'Pop-up'. You have a pork sandwich van, not a Pop Up Pulled Pork Hacienda

"Personal Development".

*does the smug contractor dance*

Newbie, all the time but especially irks when used as an excuse. 'I'm sorry I've got what you asked me to do wrong, I'm a newbie'

Granulation tissue. Not explaining why. You don't want me to explain why.

Rachel

"Just", as in

Artisan.

Just NO!!

Is that even a meme for millennials?

Oh yes, "even", as in

Is that even a meme for millennials?

Meme. Just no. Use a proper word.

"Evolves", as in "language evolves". Just no!

"Bake" as a noun, adjective and verb.

As a noun, definitely*. Particularly when preceded by "signature"

(* unless preceded by Steak. Then I'll accept it)

And even more, nouns turned into verbs. Particularly when done in a crappy way. A recruitment consultant (could it have been anyone else?) recently called me about a job he was trying to fill, i couldn't speak at the time so he emailed me to ask if we could 'diarise' another time. I should have told him to **** off there and them but duly set an appointment in my diary. Which he then didn't turn up for.

Cockweasel. That's a word i do like.

Aluminium as mangled the Americans to aluminum. They don't do it to the myriad of other "ium" elements in the periodic table so why single that one out?

Do when used in a sentence such as "Can you do me two of those" when they mean something like "can you order me..." or "can you supply me with...". It's really lazy English.

"Can you do me two lattes?"

"Please may I have two lattes?"

Ggggrrrrrr!!!!!

he emailed me to ask if we could 'diarise' another time.

At the risk of defending a recruitment consultant (2016 is indeed a crazy year), 'diarise' is an actual verb, not a made up one.

*does the smug contractor dance*

Ooft! Dunno why, this word just annoys me.

forzafkawi - Member
Aluminium as mangled the Americans to aluminum. They don't do it to the myriad of other "ium" elements in the periodic table so why single that one out?

Wikipedia Etymology
The various names all derive from its elemental presence in alum. The word comes into English from Old French, from alumen, a Latin word meaning "bitter salt".[79]

Two variants of the name are in current use: aluminium (pronunciation: /?ælj??m?ni?m/) and aluminum (/??lu?m?n?m/). There is also an obsolete variant alumium. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990 but, three years later, recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant. The IUPAC periodic table uses the aluminium spelling only.[80] IUPAC internal publications use the two spelling with nearly equal frequency.[81]

stop
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slowdown
arethesetrailsforyou

At the risk of defending a recruitment consultant (2016 is indeed a crazy year), 'diarise' is an actual verb, not a made up one.

Well well.

Still a shit word though.

My blood was quite literally boiling when he said it.

"going forward" used like its some sort of business ninja magic

and will often reply "literally?" to those who do it.

wooosh, straight over their head.

"Leverage"

Killed by business around 2003.

"mild OCD" / "a bit OCD".

You don't have OCD, that's an actual psychiatric disorder involving real obsession and real compulsion and genuine psychological distress. You're just being a fussy arse and want people to think it's not your fault.

remoaners

'So' when used by anyone to start a sentence

'Simply' when used in a recipe

'contractor' when used to replace a valued member of my team

Double post!

Literally, when used unnecessarily. 'It was literally 5 o'clock when I got home' As opposed to what? Metaphorically?

'contractor' when used to replace a valued member of my team

You mean I wouldn't be a valued member of your team? I'm sad.

I'll cheer up when you sign my invoice though.

"Hand Cut" crisps. Why bother telling is that? Tell us if they are cut with laser beams in an underground lair, but not if they are cut by somebody on minimum wage who has recurring nightmares about infinitely big piles of potatoes.

'Inbox' as a verb.

"Hand Cut" crisps

See, also, "pan-fried".

Pierre also +1.

I love literally. I literally use it all the time to refer to completely un-literal things because it amuses me so 😈

Spectrum. As in "on the spectrum". Why not just say "he's a bloke".

Empathetic.

What's wrong with empathic?

A former colleague of mine used to say "ironic". A lot.

This made me doodle pictures of medieval torture equipment.

Did you used to work with Alannis Morissette?

Don't ya think?

No.

Did you used to work with Alannis Morissette?

That would be massively...........

coincidental

Curate - it seems to be getting used as a tw*t-marker for the sort of pointless bearded, oh so desperately trying to avoid their own ordinariness, snowflakes that are *polluting our lovely world these days.

*Like, [i]literally[/i] polluting!

Cockpit when referring to bikes.

Every internet 'meme'.

Did you used to work with Alannis Morissette?

She got sacked. Turns it it's impossible to weld with one hand in your pocket.

Ironic, innit?

Verbalise

As in 'are you ok to verbalise that with the team?'

No I am not, I will just talk about it.

[quote=Rich_s ]Empathetic.
What's wrong with empathic?

they mean different things? An empathetic person is empathi

edit - nope, they mean the same thing. And empathic is the original form. Nice to learn something new!

Socialise

As in 'are you ok to socialise that with the team?'

No I am not, but I will let them have a copy of it.

BikePawl - Member

forzafkawi - Member
Aluminium as mangled the Americans to aluminum. They don't do it to the myriad of other "ium" elements in the periodic table so why single that one out?

Wikipedia Etymology
The various names all derive from its elemental presence in alum. The word comes into English from Old French, from alumen, a Latin word meaning "bitter salt".[79]

Two variants of the name are in current use: aluminium (pronunciation: /?ælj??m?ni?m/) and aluminum (/??lu?m?n?m/). There is also an obsolete variant alumium. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990 but, three years later, recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant. The IUPAC periodic table uses the aluminium spelling only.[80] IUPAC internal publications use the two spelling with nearly equal frequency.[81]

I just knew some sad **** would come up with that one but we are discussing words that annoy not whether they make sense or not!

When this started being used by ALL the commentators during the Olympics...

[b]medal[/b]
?m?d(?)l

verb
1. win a medal in a sporting event. [i]"they medalled in all the relay events"[/i]

[b]It's not a ****ing verb!!!!!!![/b]

Granularity.
Do you mean more detail?

Cranberry is right. Curate is literally the worst word, like ever.

i've never heard it used other than in a religious or medical context. Give me an example?

I've curated some beautiful bespoke artisanal parts for the fixed gear I'm building.

I just knew some sad **** would come up with that one but we are discussing words that annoy not whether they make sense or not!

[Freud mode]Why does it annoy you that they are correctly using a word?[/Freud mode]

Staycation - Americans go on vacation, I go on holiday. If I chose to holiday in the UK, then I'm still on holiday.

"Hand Cut" crisps

See, also, "pan-fried".

And "hand-cooked" - literally what?

I've curated some beautiful bespoke artisanal parts for the fixed gear I'm building.

Why don't you pop over here, so I can show you my learning hammer?

"flow down"
"reach out"

I'm right there with artisan and craft and the like.

My current most hated word is "reimagine". No - you have just copied something.

Body English - as in posture adopted when cycling! Boak.

prequel and sequel - it just makes me sad that no one can be arsed to think of anything new to make a film about

If I chose to holiday in the UK, then I'm still on holiday.

It works in two ways!!
🙂

The 'can I get?' thing annoys me. It's not just youngsters using this phrase now either???

Also, when people type brought instead of bought. Is this a southern thing?

'Snowflake' is probably head of my list at the moment.

Brewery. just coz i cant say it. Bwewewerry...

Can't believe we've not had "Brexit" yet (we've not, have we?).

Portmanteau can be irritating enough when describing something frivolous, e.g. "Brangelina".

Using such a cutesy, frivolous term apply to something so far-reaching and potentially grim just seems macabre.

Coming soon: "Americaust".

The 'can I get?' thing annoys me. It's not just youngsters using this phrase now either???

It's the same people, it's just been around for so long that they are just old now...

Personality

In the context of Sports Personality.

I mean... Andy Murray and Personality, WTF!

"Going forward" always does my nut, I know what it's supposed to mean but in practice, the sort of person who says "going forward" usually means "Now I'm going to ignore everything you've just said and everything that's happened in the past and do something stupid or sociopathic"

ads678 - Member

Straw man! Ooh i'm going to undermine you now by using the term 'straw man' because i'm so **** awesome at arguing. Well on the internet anyway.....

OK but see when it's a real straw man- what you're doing is getting angry at the person who's calling out bullshit, for calling out bullshit. It's not an internet arguing tactic or trying to undermine, it's saying "We're trying to have a conversation here and you're pretending it's about something else, because you're a cock" Get angry at the bullshitter.

'Reimagine' used in place of e.g. redesign or rebuild,

'Im good' when asked 'how are you?'

As already said, 'can I get a coffee' - of course you can you prick its a ****ing cafe, would you like a coffee?

Botch vs bodge. This is more a confusion thing than a word I don't like, but... A botch is a failure, you attempt and it goes wrong. A bodge is a heroic success using inappropriate tools or hardware. If you try to fit a new part and crossthread it, that's a botch job. If you try to fit a new part and it doesn't quite fit but you machine it to shape by spinning it in a drill and turning it down with a stanley knife, that's a bodge. To confuse the two is an offence to bodgery.

buckster - Member

As already said, 'can I get a coffee' - of course you can you prick its a **** cafe, would you like a coffee?

"Here you are"
"Oh, no, you misunderstood- I'd like a coffee, that doesn't mean I'm going to buy one"
<throws coffee over customer>