[Closed] Words that annoy you...

Hence. Particularly when used in the phrase "hence why".

"Leverage". Hear it about 50 times a day at work.

Ex boss : "we need to leverage capability from x team"

Me : "so we need them to help us?"

Ex boss : "err, yes".

FFS.

Chapeau
Muchly
Methinks
Nowt (when uttered by southerners)

Anything M&S use in an advert.

I almost forgot - "Ass", when used to describe the behind. The word is "ARSE".

Out, as in 'swap out'.

Off, as in 'Fry off'.

Unecessary Americanisms, used exclusively by pretentious morons.

Rustic. To me it means it looks crap.

'prolly' - no, it's pro[b]bab[/b]ly you illiterate/lazy ****s.

"Quality."

Anything that self-proclaims to be, almost invariably isn't.

See also, "new" and "original". I saw a pack of Refreshers sweets on sale last week with "new" emblazoned across the packaging. Do me a quaver, I was eating those in the 70s.

Artisan is good when used in a French context. Trouble is, those bloody French Artisans are about as reliable as our 'craftsmen'....

'prolly' - no, it's probably you illiterate/lazy ****.

"UR" and "B". Because "your" and "be" are such bloody long, tricksy words.

One that's infecting these pages: 'proper' as in 'that was proper dangerous that was' or some such bolleaux....

Agree with the OP about Artisan and Eclectic, along with Organic.

Touch base

Helicopter view

Let's park that idea

Chillax, Lol's, sic, or any other text speak I don't understand 😉

Kitty, when used for money collection

Couscous. Don't know why.

Artisan, Shirley just a pseudonym for "shonky" 😉

but eclectic is more than "mixed" it also makes my rather random music collection sound like a deliberate artistic endeavour.

ENJOY, when somebody delivers a crap meal,

Cheers mate, from somebody i have no intention of mating with,

Loving your work,

wheelsize

Antidisestablishmentarianism - when used by smug morons who have spent weeks practicising how to say it so they drop it in to conversations whenever they can but cant explain what it means when asked...

"Can I get?"
No you ****ing can't!
It's "may I have?"
Didnt your mum teach you any manners?

Epic

Very few things in our life are really epic. Really winds me up.

GoPro owners: very little of your homegrown footage is epic

And any words ending in balls. Amazeballs grrrr

bearnecessities - Member
Couscous. Don't know why.

Say it like the old peado in Family Guy, with a slight lisp. It suddenly becomes the best word ever.

My choice:
Engage. Used my middle management instead of "talk with".

i hate 'pack', as in 'pack of biscuits'.
Its a packet. Or a box, or a tube.
Pack is an action not an object. Theres some toothpaste advert on TV calling a tube of the stuff a 'pack'. Winds me up no end.

Oh, and 'legend'. Usually used to describe someone who is anything but.

"Better?"

26ers- Don't brand normal size wheels with your stupid buzzwords invented for those silly new ones.
Loose- when what they mean is 'lose'. Really grinds my gears that.
Expresso- just........arrgghhh!

But nowt (from the Wirral which is dead north) really bothers me really.

my daughter came out with diaper - it's a f** nappy - and I'm going to have the b*y disney channel disconnected in our house as that is where she is getting all the p**s boiling americanisms.
rant over.

Can I have a phrase instead of a single word?

'No brainer'.

Drives me 'kin insane when I hear people say that.

Uni.
Are you so lazy you can't say university?

Management speak of all kinds drives me nuts.

I finally jacked in working for big corporates when at what became the daily middle management bollocking, one of the directors started rattling on about "the delta".

After a few blank minutes we realised what was being referredt to was "the difference" (between actual and planned sales) or some such bollocks.

At that point I burned my CV, binned my excellent education and started work as a self employed handyman until I recovered.

And I felt better !

Not a real word but anyone using 'mahoosive' really bugs me oh and 'swap out', you mean "change' so why not say that. And 'thrutch', "thrutching' used by mountain bike journalists.

"critical path" really? no one will die you know... 🙂

Traumatic. As in "I've had a really traumatic day at work". Really?

And 'So' when used to start thread titles on STW. "So, I was picking my ass...."

🙂

"Ourselves" and "Yourselves"

As extensively used by cretins trying to sound businesslike on the phone.

Based on a recent encounter with an [i]artisan[/i] loaf, when used in conjunction with [i]organic[/i], it means [i]contains something that looks horribly like mouse poo[/i] 😯

Why would words irritate me? People who complain about words and get upset about the wonder of the evolution of language irritate me 🙂

"[i]first on my list is: Artisan - "craftsman" is much more descriptive.
second on the list is: Eclectic - "mixed" or "varied" will do just fine.
third on the list is: Moreover - "also" is a fine word.[/i]"

What, you're just hating on synonyms? We're taking the Communist economy view of language now, and the state issues one word per broad meaning, to be used by all? But what about "mixed" and "varied"? Isn't one of those an evil redundant artefact of capitalist language? And "craftsman" isn't more descriptive, it means the same thing as "artisan"; it's just that the latter has just been absorbed from another language - do you insist on ordering Black Forest Cake or buying a bag of Small Peas?

"Organic"? How can you get annoyed by "organic"? What's the alternative there? "Hence"? Really? What is annoying about a word?

Bah!

"[i]Pack is an action not an object.[/i]"

Pack of cards? Backpack? Woolpack? Pack of dogs? Six-pack? Battery pack? Ratpack? Jet pack?

Mine is ..."a couple of three..." To try and say two or three of something.

And ..."whaaa?" It's whaT. There's a T on the end.

"[i]Uni. Are you so lazy you can't say university?[/i]"

OHNOES TEH CONTRACTIONS

Are you so lazy that you can't type "so lazy that you cannot"? Presumably you always say "photograph", "television", "omnibus" etc?

Guesstimate winds me up. It's either a guess or an estimate.

Colourway.
Price point.

I agree with Bez.

Winningest. **** off.
Juxtapose makes me want to kill people.*

*not really. But I do find it extremely annoying.

"[i]Colourway. Price point.[/i]"

A synonym for "colour scheme" actually winds you up? And a concise way of saying "approximate price range which is differentiable and identifiable within an economic market"? You wouldn't get more annoyed by that phrase?

Traumatic. As in "I've had a really traumatic day at work". Really?

Depends on the person's profession.

Think Tank

PC or politically correct, just why should you change the way you think just so youre politically correct.

unexpected item in bagging area,its a bloody shelf, not a bagging area.

"Grab". As in, "Grab a 5mm hex wrench."

Most of all of the above. But I'll add Afgan, as a place, military folk talk of tours of duty in Afgan. The country is Afganistan.

"[i]why should you change the way you think just so youre politically correct[/i]"

What, why should you stop being racist or sexist or homophobic or whatever? Dunno, can't think of a good reason. Anyone?

"[i]its a bloody shelf, not a bagging area[/i]"

It's an area where you put things in bags, an action known as bagging. What shall we call this area in which we bag, so as to make it easily identifiable from the shelf on the left where you put your basket whilst scanning your goods? I know, let's call it "a shelf".

[i]"Grab"[/i]

This is just getting silly now. Is someone going to claim that the word "potato" should never be used because it drives them round the bend?

"[i]The country is Afganistan.[/i]"

Technically, you live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But I'm guessing you contract that.

And, also technically, the country is [i]Afghanistan[/i] 😉

To be fair Bez my old mate, I think you're the only person taking it seriously. 🙂

To be fair, I may not be taking it entirely seriously 😉

To be fair Bez my old mate, I think you're the only person taking it seriously.

You may not be taking it seriously, but I am. Those words up there are destroying my belief in humanity.

🙂

TJ says - the word "moderator" annoys him. * this may not be strictly factually correct.

Oh, I'm definitely taking it [i]partly[/i] seriously 🙂

its a bloody shelf, not a bagging area"

It's an area where you put things in bags, an action known as bagging. What shall we call this area in which we bag, so as to make it easily identifiable from the shelf on the left where you put your basket whilst scanning your goods? I know, let's call it "a shelf".

see its a shelf.

"Hun" and "Babes" don't know why it just grates my gears, got that today from a customer, never met them before.

Chillax, it's not even a word, don't know where it came from, but it can go straight back there.

Partner - eg our HR partners
Clearly - if it was that clear we'd all see it
Glide path

Aghhhhhhh it's pish

Empowered.

What shall we call this area in which we bag

we have a 'business hub' at work.

It's a bloody stationary cupboard you c**k!!!!!

Bez taking things seriously earlier

TJ would like to add "shibboleth" to the list of annoying words.

Extrapolate = turn a stat which may have some relevance into one that has none.

I can't believe nobody has yet mentioned "literally".

'business hub'

I like "bagodrome".

EVACUATE THE BAGODROME

Column - We all know why.

That is all.

service users, for people who are living in care homes.

service providors for those who provide services for service users,

I am a big fan of colorway.

Fettle and Chapeau can take a running jump...

Extrapolate = turn a stat which may have some relevance into one that has none.

I like to think of it as guess work, as in 'can we extrapolate the costs' 🙄

No shortage of grade A lunatics at our place I can tell ya.

and yip that 'business hub' is true, as is the 'information node'

it's a bloody notice board!!!!!!! 😡

Jamie - Member

I am a big fan of colorway.

You're dead to me now.

Sterling work from Bez. Can I get some of what he's having?

You're dead to me now.

I should actually probably tell you I am actually an actual ghost. So always have actually been dead to you, actually.

Wooooooooo!