Words/Phrases/Terms that you hate?

• sleeper

  

  I need to get out more apparently. I don't even know what half these words mean.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  sleeper;1839209 wrote:I need to get out more apparently. I don't even know what half these words mean.

  Agreed, you really should try getting a life.
• TedSheckler

  

  "Gosh a ruddies"
• Fab4Runner

  

  I find it weird that people on the east coast say standing on line instead of standing in line.
• TedSheckler

  

  Spock;1839072 wrote:Rad, knarly, bogus are a few

  Has anyone said those words in the last 30 years? I don't think so.
• Zunardo

  Bulbous bouffant.
• Automatik

  

  Spock;1839072 wrote:Rad, knarly, bogus are a few

  Molder of young minds checking in. :laugh:
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  "Crazy busy" - another way of saying "I know deep down in my heart that my job isn't very important and I suspect you do too. Therefore I'm going to use this invented term to describe my current work life in a way that sounds insane. I used to use the word 'busy' to accomplish this. Unfortunately, more and more back-of-house types like me started using it, and the effectiveness of it suffered accordingly. So I decided to add an adjective on the front of my 'busy' to take things up a level. My hope is that you're so stupid that you'll have a more favorable impression of me as the result of hearing this."
  
  "Out of pocket" instead of "I won't be here"
  "Take it offline" instead of "let's talk about it later"
  "Bandwidth" as in "I don't have the bandwidth right now to take on that project." Are you a wire?
  "Circle back" instead of "follow-up"
• GOONx19

  

  Automatik;1839257 wrote:Molder of young minds checking in. :laugh:

  Haha I'm surprised there was a silent letter thrown in there at all.
• QuakerOats

  When people start every sentence with "So".
  
  "Reaching out to you" .......... No, you are are not; you are calling me on a phone.
  
  "Oh, my God" ............with the accent on "oh".
• CenterBHSFan

  

  Youinz or Yinz
  
  When people say "root" for route. I don't know why that bugs me, it just does.
• Heretic

  

  CenterBHSFan;1839462 wrote:Youinz or Yinz
  
  When people say "root" for route. I don't know why that bugs me, it just does.

  Growing up in the country, I basically had to re-teach myself how to speak like a normal human when I was a teen. That example, "warsh" for "wash", pronouncing "Ohio" as "Uh-hi-uh", etc. were staples of all the middle-aged/elderly farmer-types around me. It was essentially the Pure Trash dialect, as opposed to one of the more endearing dialects some people have.
  
  If anything, it was a success in some fashion. I've been asked a few times where I'm from, because people can't place me from hearing me talk, so I've apparently created my own personal dialect due to forcing the "country/hick" one out of my speech.
• QuakerOats

  Fab4Runner;1839222 wrote:I find it weird that people on the east coast say standing on line instead of standing in line.

  
  New Yorkers // they also say 'sneakers' instead of 'tennis shoes'; 'soda' instead of 'pop; and 'roll' instead of 'bun' .....just to name a few.
• Automatik

  

  "No worries"
  
  
  I AM NOT WORRIED.
• Automatik

  

  Also, I still say IN line.
  
  I've always said sneakers. Pop/soda....depends on where I am.
• QuakerOats

  "Have a good one"
  
  
  WHAT ........
  
  Have a good day
  Have a good evening
  Have a good time
  
  
  Not, 'have a good one'
• BRF

  

  If traveling, just say soda pop when in doubt.
  
  Oh-hi-YA. Can't stand it, either. Seems to come from areas south of Columbus.
• wkfan

  'MUTE' point........
  
  It is moot point.
• QuakerOats

  "on accident"
  
  What the hell
  
  something happens by accident
• wkfan

  'he should of......'
  
  HAVE!
• Zunardo

  "Save the date!"
  
  Another one that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. I started seeing that one at work ten years ago, I had to ask someone what it meant. I said, "Oh, you mean, "mark my calendar"? Well, why didn't you say so?
• CenterBHSFan

  

  Zunardo;1839640 wrote:"Save the date!"
  
  Another one that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. I started seeing that one at work ten years ago, I had to ask someone what it meant. I said, "Oh, you mean, "mark my calendar"? Well, why didn't you say so?

  I think the whole "save the date" for weddings is stupid and mainly people with a wish to spend more money than they need to. An invitation does just fine, IMO. But now it seems to be a trend to send both.
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Someone on here made the comment about "great golf shot" when playing golf. I agree with that. I hear that same thing all the time when football coaches get interviewed:
  
  "He's a hellova football player"
  "He plays intense football"
  "We've got to play strong second half football"
  "This is going to be a tough football game"
  
  Earl Bruce is the biggest user of the unnecessary "football". But there are many, many others. I have always wanted the interviewer to say something like, "Hey, thanks coach. I had lost track of things and thought we'd switched topics to darts. By as you so rightly reminded us, we're actually talking about football."
• Belly35

  

  I once had a sales manager years ago, who after almost every statement or talk he would say, "are you with me" or " get my drift" ...
  I never could figure out if he really wanted a truthful answers or not....
• bigkahuna

  Some from being a teacher...
  
  rigorous
  competency
  value added
  pedagogy
  evidence based
  best practices
  "I Can"
  
  Basically anything that is used to "fluff" teaching.