It's time once again for... Words and phrases you hate!

[UrbScotty]

Quite frankly, you don't enter the "real world" when you graduate from high school. Do people live in a 'fake' world for the first eighteen years of their lives? I didn't think so.

Another one that gets me is when a politicians (or anyone else) says "we have a lot of work to do" when something needs to get done. Well, if that's the case (and I'm not saying it's not; it often is), then why arent they doing the work?

[Bullwinkle925]

1. "Compassionate Conservative" - what an oxymoron!!

Also - "A Thousand Points of Lights" from Bush 1.

What a bunch of crap out of these extreme right-wing pigs.

[Initech]

2. "Hate on"

As in - "Dont hate on George Bush."

Since when did hate need a motive? You either like something or you dont. I'm seriously lost whenever somebody uses this phrase in a conversation. It's not "hate on", it's "hate"! One word!

[unsavedtrash]

3. to axe a question, um, like, you know what I'm saying, shiznit, fair and

balanced, hearts and minds, compassionate Conservative, dude. Also, "that's so gay" is so offensive that I want to slap the person who says it. Especially when they are intelligent enough to know better.

[swimboy]

4. heart of hearts

As in "Look into your heart of hearts," or "I know in my heart of hearts". What does that even mean? Maybe if you said jack of hearts or ace of hearts. :shrug:

Also, when people pray out loud and the word they use far more than any other is the word "just" as in "I just want to thank you."

[shanti]

63. "that's so gay"

is so middle school....:eyes:

[Devra]

84. actually the phrase thats so any noun is annoying

if you use an adjective such as "that's so immature" it's more descriptive anyway

[u4ic]

5. "to be honest with you"

what, you haven't been up until now? :shrug:

And, of course, the dreaded "like". "Like I went to like the store, and I like saw this great looking guy and I like HAD to like talk to him." :nuke:

[Shell Beau]

7. I read that when most people use the phrase

"To be honest" or "honestly, ..." that they are about to lie.
:shrug: Not sure how true it is.

[u4ic]

9. I do, too

that they're about to tell you a whopper, but in the guise of an 'intimate little secret'.

[Mutley]

27. That's what I always assume when someone says that to me.

[Arkana]

40. YES! I HATE THAT WORD!

I have to hear it at work all the time, because I work in IT at school. You get these airheads coming in, and they use the word "like" about 50,000,000,000 times in a single sentence! :nuke:

[ashling]

47. "Brutally Honest:

I find that the majority of people who use this phrase are more about brutality than honesty.
:spank:

[Shell Beau]

6. Let's see how many hate "hubby"!!

:)

[hfojvt]

73. the phrase I hate there is

'my old man' or 'my old lady' sometimes pronounced as ol'

also the abbreviation DH bugs me, because I do not know what it means, unless it is the 'designated hitter' in an S/M relationship.

[no name no slogan]

8. "DU this poll!!!!!"

It's a self-selecting, unscientific, online poll. Go waste the bandwidth on something useful, like donwloading pirated movies or pr0n.

[ashling]

48. excellent choice n/t

[Lethe]

10. "punkin"

i hate that word :spank:

[Shell Beau]

11. It's so cute though!

:)

[Lethe]

13. hah, for me it conjures up memories

of old fat women squeezing my cheek as a kid

:evilgrin:

[Shell Beau]

15. LOL!

:)

[Lethe]

12. this is something you probably haven't thought about, yet use it everyday

the use of the word "have" in certain situations:

I have to go to the store today.

it doesnt make any sense. "need" or "must" make sense but not "have". combine that with the fact that most people say it like "half".

weird, hehe. i still use it like that all the time, not saying i dislike using it, it's just a little peculiar when you think about it

ok carry on......:evilgrin:

[lakemonster11]

18. How about "must needs"?

I must needs go to the store.

(Sorry, been reading Moby-Dick :))

[rug]

14. Periods. For. Emphasis.

[Chicken Girl]

24. I hate it when..... people........

type....... like this.........

[AlCzervik]

16. "Dollars to doughnuts" "Synergy" when used at corporate speak

"President George W. Bush" thats the one i hate the most.

[lakemonster11]

17. guesstimate

I want to kick anyone who says "guesstimate" in the knee-caps.

Unfortunately, it's usually someone I like and/or respect---then I have to reconcile the fact that I like them with the fact that they use the word "guesstimate."

Oh, and I have a (born and bred American) friend who uses British idioms ("Do you want me to put some milk in?" rather than "...milk in it?"). It doesn't sound like an affectation, and no one else seems to notice it (she doesn't actually speak with an accent, she just uses the wordings), but it drives me crazy. She claims she just picked it up because she read British books all the time growing up. I believe her, but I also read British books a lot and they didn't affect the way I speak.

[redqueen]

19. 'shoutout'

Argh I hate that word!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. "Think outside the box."

I'm really sick of that one, and it just won't go away.

[madinmaryland]

21. "If you haven't done anything wrong,

then you have nothing to worry about."

This is another attempt to justify the taking away more of our civil rights. (i.e. freedom of speech, freedom to read what we want from the library without being monitored, etc.)

[phusion]

22. I hate the use of "like"

it is just damned annoying listening to some of my fellow college students talk...

Painful, really.

"So, like, I went to this house party this weekend and OH MY GOD I was so like wasted. heh heh. And then, like, we went downtown to, like, well three different bars and, like, I threw up in one and then I like begged my boyfriend to take me home. Oh my GOD it was so crazy!"

:eyes:

[driver8]

34. I am with you on that one.

My sister used to use the word all the time and my father would constantly interrupt her to bust her chops.

My sister: "So, we were, like, going to the mall to, like, buy some shoes."

My father: "You were "like going to the mall or you WERE going to the mall? You liked buying shoes or you were going to buy shoes? I don't get it?"

My sister: "Dad! You know what I mean!"

My father: "I have no idea what you mean."

A conversation that the two of them were involved in took forever!

[In_The_Wind]

23. We need to talk ...

almost always precedes something bad ...

[Sequoia]

32. Yup! Hated it.

[In_The_Wind]

54. I dated one guy who used to say that so seriously ...

then just when my heart felt like it was in the bottom of my stomach ...

he would smile sweetly and say ...

I love you

[ucmike]

25. "supposably" and "uber-"

also, "greenlight this".

my old boss used to say that about whatever he approved. even routine submittals that required his signature, like payroll sheets. he had to sign them, even though he didn't prep them. he'd sign them and say "send these in and let payroll know i greenlighted them"...i guess his signature wasn't approval enough.

[KamaAina]

26. Nucular

misunderestimate
Hispanically

oh hell, anything that oozes out of King Dumbass**'s mouth!

[Mutley]

28. When people say "I could care less"

instead of " I couldn't care less".

Hello!?

[Kenneth ken]

75. ask them how much less? n/t

[Mutley]

78. Good one. I'll remember that.

[raccoon]

81. You and me both! nt

[samplegirl]

29. git r done

I'll bet he wishes he hadn't started that...now he has to
say it all the time.

[ikojo]

30. Several....everything happens for a reason

Things will get better (well sometimes they don't)

Try to look on the bright side.

[raccoon]

82. Me too. "everything happens for a reason"

I think that's horse manure.

[Sequoia]

31. Moving forward.

I hate that term, so over used.

[lpbk2713]

33. "Quote unquote" and "per se"

I used to work for someone who used both ad nauseum.


Sometimes used air quotes with two fingers of each hand.

[flvegan]

35. (something/someone) "got owned" or any derivative.

WTF does that mean. X "owns" Y or X "so owned" Y.

What? That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard (that wasn't uttered by GWB).

"Dude, you got owned." Good, if they own me, pay my fucking bills.

[realisticphish]

45. leet speak

a geek/gamer sublanguge. it means "destroyed" or "beat" (as in a game).

[vanamonde]

36. "thing of it is"

It seems to be used a lot in the software world. Used in conversation to indicate that the speaker is about to make an objection to some point. Hearing it is like nails on a chalkboard.

[NoPasaran]

37. "Word"

I got yer WORD right here, buddy!

[mtowngman]

38. the criminalization of politics

I know Bill Mahr covered this one a couple weeks ago, but Friday night Arron Brown and Kay Bailey Hutchinson just kept saying it back and forth to each other. It was maddening.

[philosophie_en_rose]

39. "Raped" used inappropriately.

I hate, hate, hate hearing people (especially kids) talk about having "raped" something. "I fucking raped that test, dude!" :grr:

[CBHagman]

41. "Utilize," for starters.

It's just dressing up a workaday word. Why not "employ" or "use"?

"I could care less" is a damnably stupid phrase when "I couldn't care less" is what is meant.

"Preborn" when applied as an adjective to a fetus or an embryo, as in "preborn babies." No, they HAVEN'T BEEN BORN YET.

[Democrats_win]

42. This is a work free drug place.

[NMMNG]

77. Heh heh

Doesn't that just suggest the type of place one would need drugs just to get through the workday? :rofl:

[strategery blunder]

43. The Detroit Red Wings

Sorry, somebody had to say it.:evilgrin:

mwahahaha...:evilgrin:

[UrbScotty]

57. You still like the CFEE? (Calgary Flames Evil Empire)

:evilgrin:

[strategery blunder]

60. I'll root for the CFEE over the DRWEE any day and twice on Sundays

DRWEE=Detroit Red Wings Evil Empire:evilgrin:

Although maybe with the team salary caps, it might not be such an issue anymore. I'll have to wait and see. Wings-haters have seen the team as a franchise that bought its success through high payroll for years.

[UrbScotty]

80. Hmmmmm... 22 points

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/standings

[strategery blunder]

86. I still think it's too early in the season

to be able to make these judgements.

I'll wait until 30 games into the season before making such judgements.

I haven't really been able to keep track of the season as closely because my cable isn't working, and I haven't bothered to call the cable company about it. (Hey, it's included in my room and board, and someone else is paying, so if I hardly watch TV at all, why should I care?)

[jonnyblitz]

44. 'Meh" nt

[realisticphish]

46. "No offense, but..."

This is always immediately followed by something that makes you want to punch them

[IDemo]

49. "Issue". The word doesn't mean 'problem'. Really.

"Junior is having flu issues". This type of nonsense has become part of the lexicon. "Issue" is a perfectly good word that has apparently been abducted by some motivational speaker to make us feel we no longer have problems.

I know some will have issues with this.....

[tallahasseedem]

50. "Its hard work",

"Im George W. Bush and I approved this message", and "University of Michigan."

[realisticphish]

74. here here

"University of Michigan" gets bandied about far too much. In fact, I think that there should be federal regulations halting any further mention of said phrase

[SlavesandBulldozers]

51. "wharf"

it's a terrible word.

and "Just kidding". ya know, when they're not?

and new to my list is "Well, look. . . " that has become standard practice for the pundits/politicians to not address any substance of a comment and just get right back to the talking points.

[khashka]

52. Irregardless

It just burns me up. It means the opposite of what people think it means and it ain't even a word anyway.

Khash.

[mtowngman]

53. thank you

I've been saying that forever.

[doc03]

55. "Exactly' and "With all due Respect"

[Lilith Velkor]

56. "jumped the shark" seems to have, well, jumped the shark

[alcibiades_mystery]

58. "And so it begins..."

I'm convinced that anyone who uses this ridiculous phrase is a douchebag.

[gardenista]

59. "Knock yourself out." I HATE THAT!!!

[A HERETIC I AM]

61. "Chomping at the bit"

Horses don't "Chomp" at the bit.

They C H A M P at the bit.
The expression is "Champing at the bit"

Any trucker CB expression used by anyone who has NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK IT MEANS!
"Good buddy" for instance. NO TRUCKER USES "GOOD BUDDY"!!
After that movie with Kris Kristoferson where it was overused and everyone started saying it, the drivers in this country changed it's meaning to mean a homosexual. Saying to or calling a trucker a good buddy is considered an insult. I'm not a homophobe, thats just how it is.

"Ten-Four, good buddy"

"Fuck you, asshole!"

[shanti]

62. i hate the word

cunt. it's so ugly.

[SeattleGirl]

66. Amen to that!

I despise that word!

[nguoihue]

64. words and phrases

..."you know"...

"at the end of the day"

"over the top"

[RobbinsdaleDem]

65. "The fact of the matter is"

[Buddyblazon]

67. "You have a good one."

To which I either reply:

"Good "one" what?"

or

"I do? My pants must be to tight."

[tuvor]

68. "If I'm not mistaken..."

That phrase lets you say absolutely anything afterwards, no matter how wrong it is.

"If I'm not mistaken, bush's presidency is unrivaled in its compassion for the less fortunate."

[tuvor]

69. "Clearly"

Never heard that word so much as I have with this admin.

I think condi gets the credit in the ramp-up to the war.

[njdemocrat106]

70. Pissed off

Don't ask me why, but that phrase really pis, er, annoys me.

[BlueIris]

71. Mine's a little slangy--"babymomma." Ew.

For starters, I hate any term that defines a woman's identity by any children she may or may not have, as if she does not have a life and an identity of her own apart from her offspring. Yeah, I know we refer to men as "Dads," too--but anyone who claims that most people who do that do it to suggest something derogatory about the man in question is...totally lying. Culturally, calling someone "a Mom," is generally condescending and pejorative, implying weakness, wimpyness, inability to seriously pursue anything other than motherhood, etc. "Babymomma"? In addition to literally making a woman and her role as a caregiver the same word--it's just dorky. Funny sounding. (And hey, I love the faux-urban street slang as much as the next person--just not that term.) Plus, when was the last time you hears anyone use it as any kind of a compliment? Hate.

[tishaLA]

88. Well, Fantasia uses it as a compliment

Her song "Baby Mama" is about female empowerment.

It's about time we had our own song
Don't know what took so long
Cuz now-a-days it like a badge of honer
To be a baby mama
I see ya payin' ya bills
I see ya workin' ya job
I see ya goin' to school
And girl I know it's hard
And even though ya fed up
With makin' beds up
Girl, keep ya head up...

I see you get that support check in the mail
Ya open it and your like "What the Hell"
You say "This ain't even half of daycare"
Sayin to yourself "This shit ain't fair"
And all my girls who don't get no help
Who gotta do everything by yourself
Remeber: What don't kill you can only make you stronger
My baby mama...

Cuz we the backbone (of the hood)
I always knew that (that we could)
We can go anywhere, we can do anything
I know we can make it if we dream
And I think it should be a holiday
For single mothers tryin' to make a way
But until then
Here is your song
Show love to

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. My bad.

Your bad what, and what about it?

[mrcheerful]

76. Yeah I hate that too

It came out of prison slang, it started out as my bag as in thats my problem. Some rap idiot got a hold of it and mis-spoke the word bag and it came out bad so all the nice little sheep now go around saying it. 90% of slang out there comes right from prison, makes you wonder if the youth are just prison wanna bes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

79. That's an interesting story...

I thought it had its origins in some shitcom. Thanks for enlightening! :hi:

[WeRQ4U]

83. "Panties"

I've always hated that word.

And I don't like the phrase, "And so on and so forth". I hate those little sentence enders that people use. Equally annoying is when people say "Blah blah blah" or "And on and on and on". Etc. I just can't stand that.

[yellowcanine]

85. "think out of the box" , "new paradigm", "bring closure to"

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

87. "Lush" - makes my skin crawl

(and, of course, people who say "Whazzup" STILL)

[ironflange]

89. When somebody "could care less"

It's "couldn't!" Anyone who "could care less" still has room for more apathy.

[Initech]

90. Here's another one: "God fearing"

Christians use this one all the time. And the impression I get about Christianity is that the Christian god is supposed to be a loving one. The term "god fearing" makes him sound like a raging alcoholic.

[EstimatedProphet]

91. Hollaback girl

[Lindsey]

92. The pharse "Does that make sense?" God I'm sick of hearing

that. I want to scream out: "NO!!!!!!!!!!! It doesn't make sense..it doesn't make sense that you keep asking does that make sense!!!!"

[AirmensMom]

93. TMI

One of my sisters says that all the time. I could say, "The sky was blue yesterday." And she chimes in with, "TMI! TMI!" :wtf: Turns out that anything I say is "too much information."

Some words I hate are doable (whatever happened to "possible"?) and solution as a verb ("solve" would do nicely). I'm sure there are more that I'm just not thinking about right now.