[Closed] Words that annoy you...

I'm not keen on "actually".

Or adverbs, generally.

Ah. Now. "Haitch" [i]is[/i] annoying. And, since a word annoys me, I must therefore now shoot myself.

"Cool" when used by anyone presenting Top Gear.

I have a few:
Showcase
Skillset
Iconic
Epic
As someone mentioned earlier: Ourselves instead of "us",
Myself instead of "me", Yourselves instead of "you".

Any word that loses its 'g' ending to be replaced with a k.

Somethink
Anythink
Nothink

How we feel about going to Tescos?

How we feel about going to Tescos?

To buy strawberry's?

I DO like "skelington" though!

'Sessioning'. It's a word that people who need to practice a lot use instead of 'practice'.
That's not what it says in the Urban Dictionary though.

I like cottaging and dogging.

I DO like "skelington" though!

and chimbley,

but obligate and concur ?
No!

Genuinely. ( in that Simon Cowell way )
Synergy
Rad
awesome

"uber" - oh, [i]do[/i] **** off

I've always liked scaredypants - he's an über-cool kinda guy.

"Pack is an action not an object."

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

Its a deck of cards, a rucksack, and theres no need for 'pack' after battery (say batteries instead).

I see 'pack of dogs' a bit like 'gaggle of geese', as a collective term for more than one of the same animal.

'Ratpack'- wasnt that invented for a bunch of crooners in a film? Can't think of an alternative to 'jet pack' however....

Really no need to describe a tube, packet or parcel as a 'pack' though, is there?

I here 'swap out' from customers every single day and have to bite my tongue far too much!

"You have a right to your opinion" as said by obnoxious highways bloke at planning meeting this evening.

theres no need for 'pack' after battery (say batteries instead).

Except that batteries would imply more than one battery pack. So I'll add "battery" when used to refer to a cell.

Can I "get" a cappuccino? When you mean Can I "have" a cappuccino!

This.

Whatever.

+1

Outwith

Why has this word been invented?

That hurts, Darcy 😥 - credit for the umlaut though

Steed, It annoys me a lot.

Except that batteries would imply more than one battery pack. So I'll add "battery" when used to refer to a cell.

You're quite right, i stand corrected 🙂

Outwith
Why has this word been invented?

It hasn't. It is a pre-existing Scottish word that is slowly creeping into general usage outwith Scotland.

It's in the OED and everythink:
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/outwith

Jonny5 - Member
Steed, It annoys me a lot

In kiting circles a collection of kites is referred to as a quiver. It vexes me greatly.

'vexes' is a great word!

"[i]Really no need to describe a tube, packet or parcel as a 'pack' though, is there?[/i]"

Arguably not, but then by the same argument there's no need for any synonyms at all, in which case we're all the poorer to the tune of hundreds of thousands of words and a panoply of wonderful nuances.

It's one of my favourites. I also like the phrase 'incur my displeasure'. I use it with my 3yr old son quite a lot. He has started using it himself now.

An.
when put in front of MTB, Hotel, Historic etc.
I don't care if its right, to me it's wrong.

Gravitas ---a few years back, here in the US, a couple of TV news people started using it regarding politicians, i.e. so-and-so speaks with gravitas and for a few months it was "the" descriptive of choice. It kind of went away, but just today heard it twice on radio news reports---still makes me cringe.

Guy I work with is always telling people he has a "property" adjoining the wilderness area--I tell him he had a f'ng house next to the forest.

Addicting.

Words (literally) fail me.

Most of the above. Although the majority would be absolutely fine if they weren't overused. Variety is good but when a word is repeated too often it seems to lose both its meaning and its impact.

Except bagodrome, obviously!

Simples

Me likes

plush - when has riding over rock and roots felt like a velvet sofa from DFS, or a roll of andrex bog paper.

[i]iconic[/i] [i]paradigm[/i] shifts among [i]networked[/i] [i]diasopora[/i]

there I put my pet hates in a sentence - wanders off to see if actually remembered it from this weeks Economist

'Incentivise' and 'Excellence'. WTF does 'excellence' mean anyway?

Excellence? As in 'a fine example of excellence', something that is the best of its kind, never to be surpassed, created by genius [i]par example[/i]. What, pray tell, is wrong with that one?

There be some right grumbly monkeys around these parts.

I like panoply. A veritable gem.

Incidentally, contractions, i.e. chillax, that be a proper word not - whilst I laud the concept of attempting to advance the language, we should exclude America from this process, as they just don't get it right very much.

Afgan, as a place, military folk talk of tours of duty in Afgan. The country is Afganistan.

I think if you've done a tour of the place, you can call it "Brian" if you like.

Any word that loses its 'g' ending to be replaced with a k.

My dad calls a glass receptacle a "bokkle". And yet inexplicably he still lives.

Addicting

As used in every third Android Store review. HULK SMASH.

Incidentally,

Shouldn't this be words [i]which [/i]annoy you?

Bez - Member

"Colourway. Price point."

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?

Literally - it is usually pointless and adds nothing to a sentence aside for to say you want to exaggerate something boring.

Best Practice - it doesn't exist. Good practice is the best you can really hope for.

Lol - especially when spoken - laugh if its funny, don't say lol it makes you look me an idiot. It's no better I. Text to be honest.

when grown ups say "Ginormous"

Makes you sound like a 4 yr old!

This thread is now officially pedant's corner

On topic, for some reason I really dislike the word utensil

"transportation"

Dear americans, the word is simply "transport", that is all. The "ation" is redundant, please cease its misuse.

god

when grown ups say "Ginormous"

Do you also dislike monstronormous and hugemungus?

It's Charlie, not Hugh.

[i]Meal solutions[/i]. It's food. Just food.
[i]Milk[/i]—I don't like the [i]lk[/i] thing. Also the place name [i]Galmpton[/i]

"It hasn't sunk in yet: I emptied the tanks and am stoked to have podiumed". Any combination of the above when uttered by a sweaty athlete. Or a dry athlete. Their state of post-exercise bodily cooling not being my main concern.

Mr Woppit - Member

god

Quite right Woppit, it should always be capitalised 😉

'Breakout area'
'Monetise'
'Gamify'

Epic - when used to describe some GCSE hipster pish debut album that has just come out.
massif - on here
hive mind - same

Those last 2 really make me angry.

Ok, not a word per say, but:
Hunting Elephants (relating to American sales speak - easy deals)
Low hanging fruit - as above.
Oh, and myself. There is never a right time to use this word. Myself is just a no.
Any sentence that starts with "You know.." No. In fact I don't know.

My real hate is reserved for "Me and John went for a ride"
That's "John and I went for a ride"
The rules are easy:
1. Never put yourself first.
2. If in doubt, remove 2nd or 3rd party, and test the sentence:
"Me went for a ride" No! "I went for a ride" Yes!

Simples!

BASICALLY - I'm sure it can be removed from any slack jawed mouth breathing teenager's utterances without changing their meaning one jot.

"My bad"

and

"Incredible" - only when used multiple times in an interview.

Off of as in "that bloke off of the telly."

The use of holiday as a verb as in "where did you holiday?"

"my bad" always makes me want to ask what the utterer is talking about, on account of it being an incomplete sentence.

my bad foot?
my bad tooth?
my bad dad?
my bad habit of uttering poorly thought through phrases?

"Buttery smooth"

Oh **** off.

For me its 'brought' instead of 'bought', 'expresso' instead of 'espresso' and 'gotten'. But what really annoys me is Eastenders grammar such as "I ain't got none", which is a double negative and actually means you have some, so not just bad grammar but actually wrong.

[b]Random [/b]- but only when used by teenagers which want to describe something that is out of the ordinary. Used in good context it is fine.
[b]Reem[/b] - need i explain?
[b]Amazeballs[/b] - I don't understand how this ever caught on...
[b]Loam[/b] - no reason, just gets on my tits
[b]Plush[/b] - I couldn't describe this feeling if i tried as i don't know what it is, but it really ****in annoys me

And one that seems to be a trend with young girls who fancy themselves ..
[b]Prins[/b]or [b]Prinnies[/b] (presumably short for princesses) - that one really makes my piss boil

Phablet.

Or, as someone at school used to say 'can I lend your pencil?'

No, lend out your own pencil.

He also used to say 'borrow us your pencil' so he got it doubly incorrect.

[i]Vast majority[/i] meaning [i]I haven’t done any research and I’ve no idea what the actual figure is but I need it to be a big one or my argument falls flat on its face[/i]
[i]Clearly[/i] when spoken by a politician. Actually any word when spoken by a politician. As serial violators of language, politicians should only be allowed to communicate using glove puppets. (Maybe this protocol is already in force—how else to explain what Nick Clegg is for?)

I agree with pretty much most of the above and don't even begin to comprehend about a third of them!

"Antelope" does annoy me for absolutely no reason at all.

[i]Scottish MTB Accomodation[/i]—I look at that advert and all I can see is the missing 'm'
🙂

RichieBoy - Member

'vexes' is a great word!

Prinsor Prinnies ❓
Never heard the term. Not down wit da yoof, though, me. 😉

when 'itch' and 'scratch' are swapped i.e. can you itch my back.

Also, words like 'basically', 'essentially'...

And 'gotten'. It's get, got, got (unless you're American!).

"like", when used as punctuation by teenagers - as in the interview I heard yesterday where it was about every 5th word.

Wow, 5 pages of people getting annoyed with words.

Irritable lot arent [s]you[/s] we 😀

Surely theres better things to be annoyed with like how much Kate middletons Pram cost, or radioactive water leaking from Fukushima?

Amazeballs - I don't understand how this ever caught on...

Originally coined by Simon Pegg on Twitter, I believe.

Since we're doing words which annoy TJ, can I add "petrol" 😉

I love 'vexed'

Surely theres better things to be annoyed with like how much Kate middletons Pram cost, or radioactive water leaking from Fukushima?

Surely we can agree radiation leaks are bad but also discuss other things that annoy us?

Statements like "utterly unique", mmm remind me of the meaning of unique.

Slightly smug that i got some adverstising cards withdrawn at my last place of work by publicly slating the term "singularly unique".

"[i]Oh, and myself. There is never a right time to use this word. Myself is just a no.[/i]"

Er, yes there is: it's for when you're both the object and subject of a transitive verb. For example, "I made myself look stupid", or "I tried to blow myself".

"[i]"my bad" always makes me want to ask what the utterer is talking about, on account of it being an incomplete sentence.[/i]"

Leaving aside the precise definition of a sentence for a moment, a noun phrase is a perfectly valid statement if there's an implied verb (the explicit use of which would make it a sentence by anyone's definition). You'd be ok with someone saying simply "my fault", implying "that's my fault", right? So "my bad" is fine, given that "bad" has been nounified to become a synonym for "fault" or "mistake". If you refuse to accept that "bad" has been nounified (or that "noun" has been verbified into "nounify", and that "verb" has also been verbified into "verbify") then fine, but you're basically objecting to the mechanism by which we arrived at the rich language we have today and if you want a durable moral high ground you should really go about simply grunting and pointing at things.

😉

"[i]Or, as someone at school used to say 'can I lend your pencil?' No, lend out your own pencil. He also used to say 'borrow us your pencil' so he got it doubly incorrect.[/i]"

There are a number of vernaculars that show this sort of inversion, though. A common example is "that'll learn yer" where "learn" means "teach". Is it wrong or just different? It makes perfect sense to people who speak in that vernacular so it's really just different; same goes for "ain't got no somethingorother", words get inverted in specific contexts.

Fascinating fun, innit? 🙂

Is it wrong or just different?

😛

Can I "get" a cappuccino? When you mean Can I "have" a cappuccino!

Can I have a cappuccino? When you mean "May" I have a cappuccino!