[Closed] Words that annoy you...

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.