What is your least favorite word?

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:02 am

This thing.....

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:06 am

Cranberry wrote:
mutepointe wrote:there is this homemade word i've heard a few folks around here use:

flustered + frustrated = flustrated
Aren't all words homemade?

Bedad! No! Think . . . dictionary.

I'm surprised you did not know this. What did you do with that link I gave you, anyway?

Probably tumped it right out into the wastebasket. Tsk.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:18 am

Yeah, well, like, whatever, yuh know?

djm

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:59 am

I thought of another thing that people often say that makes them seem really unintelligent: "Know what I'm saying?" I've heard some people use this almost after every sentence they say. It's usually said when someone's brain doesn't work as fast as their mouth.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:01 am

My least favourite expression: "Oh, one more thing...".
My customers have a nasty habit of phoning up with an innocuous question. I've learned not to let my guard down. After the original question has been settled, there's "Oh, one more thing.." and it is something gawd-awful that it would take a combination of Machiavelli, Feynman and Gandalf to sort out. One in particular used to lay half a dozen "one more thing"s on me, and always at ten to five.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:52 pm

I get a chuckle out of people who append the phrase 'over here' and 'over there' to nearly every sentence.

I have heard people say things such as... "I'm feelin' good today over here. How you doin' over there? Is that a new shirt over there? I had to buy new shoes over here. When's the next time you are comin' over here over there?"

Sometimes though, it goes on to the point I stop chuckling...

Rod Sprague · Post by **Rod Sprague** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:46 pm

Devolve, which can imply evolution is running backwards. Things can get worse from an anthropomorphic standpoint, but evolution goes forward in time, so it can't rewind to a previous state. The word just strikes me as so pseudo-intellectual.

As far as phrases go, I hate revenue enhancement, because it is just a buzzword for overcharging people, often by charging for unneeded incidentals. I remember on NPR news the reporter suggested that sort of behavior is immoral. The person representing the hospital responded that its ethical, that "It's for the share holders!" The other favorite excuse is that everyone else does it. Everyone, including shareholders, who takes more than their fair share is depriving the rest of the economy, especially the customer, of that money. It's like voting for a weaker economy, and you can vote early and often.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:56 pm

Setting aside obscenities and words whose meanings I dislike, the word that really annoys me is winningest.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:03 pm

Any business buzzword that comes out of a C-level mouth just makes me cringe. Do they have any idea how vacuous and sheep-like they sound?

The other word that makes me cringe is the contraction "there's" when the words should be "there are". I absolutely hate that.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:34 pm

There're?

djm

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:38 pm

NOT setting aside obscenities

it's the F-word.

You know?

When I used to work in an office, one of the managers always said "I have a problem with . . . " and my first thought was always "Well, isn't that just too bad. Deal with it."

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:46 pm

Lately I've gotten tired of school administrators saying "piece" when they mean "part."

The latest thing...

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:32 pm

WyoBadger wrote:Lately I've gotten tired of school administrators saying "piece" when they mean "part."

The latest thing...

The first definition of "piece" in my dictionary is: "a part of a whole". So, you might hear me say "piece" when I really meant "part", just like the school administrators. However, when the administrators say that half of the high school seniors are carrying a piece to school, that is when I would run the other direction and call for help. You definately do have to be careful how you use the word "piece", though. In most social contexts it isn't OK to say that you would like a "piece of that" unless you are certain that everyone knows with certainty that you are referring to the cake and not the cupcake beside it. You can get by with the expression, "That was a piece of cake".

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:00 pm

sorry to join the 'least favourite phrase' crowd, but...

the one what really rankles my stones is:

"THE OLD COLLEGE TRY"

yeechhh

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:03 pm

"Bills".