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[QuantumSquid]

Butthurt.

Yes I recognize the irony.

 

[MCN]

Delicious when used to describe something other than food.

"How's your kid doing?"

"He's delicious."

Fuck you.

This happens? What the fuck is wrong with the world?

 

[Lynx_7]

Pretentious - Lots of people using it to quickly dismiss something they don't like or understand.

That's the one. That and overrated.

 

[Forerunner]

This happens? What the fuck is wrong with the world?

Yeah, I never heard anyone use it like that before.

How's your day going?

It's delicious.

lol wtf

 

[EBE]

I will never utter "chimichanga" in conversation. You can't make me.
Such a dumb word.

 

[Rexatality]

It
The
And
Who
What
Where
When
Why
How
Please
Thanks
Welcome
Hello

Not much for social conversations, eh?

 

[ClivePwned]

starting to get mildly annoyed by the use of destroyed, crushed, annihilated and killing it for doing something well (or t least expressing it well).

speech changes over time so, whatever. /brid

 

[AxelFoley]

"Niggard" and "niggardly" - neither are etymologically related to "nigger".

that'sthejoke.gif

 

[Greddleok]

Toxic.

 

[Cyanity]

Pumanji. I know that isn't a word, but it's what my old racist boss calls anyone with skin darker than milk white. Makes my blood boil every time he mentions his dumb made up racist word.

 

[Friggz]

nothing drives me up the wall like "nope"

its like saying "no" and "fuck you" in one word.

 

[mussolman]

I really don't like it when people call their PC a "rig." Sounds dumb as shit.

 

[Shaanyboi]

nothing drives me up the wall like "nope"

its like saying "no" and "fuck you" in one word.

It's why it's so good.

 

[MMaRsu]

shipping

 

[Cyanity]

shipping

Shipping as in "Package sent", or "I ship these waifus."?

 

[vikki]

Craving.


Oh im craving a taco, I'm craving pizza. Shut the fuck up. Just shut the fuck up.

Treat.

I'm treating my self. Decided to have a treat.

Nope, nope, nope.

I think I like you. It's irrational, but I get it.

nothing drives me up the wall like "nope"

its like saying "no" and "fuck you" in one word.

I guess that's why my kids hate it when I say it.

 

[Abstrusity]

Cinematic.

You're not fooling anyone.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

YES I DID.

Oh no D:

 

[magnetic]

"You do realize [thing]?" - that phrase is just dripping with condescension.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

Koopie

What about the word "sandwich"?

As for me, there's a few words or phrases that annoy me, but only if they're used in a specific context. I don't think I dislike any legitimate words by themselves.

Spoiler

Unless "Yaaaas" is a word... In which case, please kill me.

 

[PillarEN]

Niggard.

Don't say it, white people.

Today I learned a new word. Like actual word, not urban dictionary level word.

"Yaaaas" is my pick. Lucky for me I never hear it. I only seem to read it but the tone of the voice that plays in my head makes me want to smack the person with a frying pan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yThfdrdFL8

haha. This is so X360 generation it hurts.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

For me, the usage of the word "meme" has become so broad and it's becoming more and more egregious in it's frequency.

 

[choodi]

I work in media and communication and a big part of my job is editing other people's writing.

Most of the time I'm able to just fix their bad writing without getting too worked up, but there are a few words that, when i come across them, really drive me crazy.

I like to refer to them as "words that people use to make themselves sound smarter than they are".

Some examples include:

• whilst (just use 'while')
• utilise (just use 'use')
• egregious (just don't)
• persons (the plural for person is people)

 

[Gravy Boat]

Sometimes words just trigger, gnome saiyan?

For me, it's "yummy" and "overrated". Whenever I hear "yummy" from a grown-ass adult, my brain loses half of its brain cells. Adult, stahp. You are not a kid. You do not sound cute when you say that word, you just make yourself seem juvenile, expired senior desperately trying to be younger than you are.

Kind of ironic really.

Gaf has ruined the words 'hype', 'cringe' and 'gross' for me.

I really don't like it when people call their PC a "rig." Sounds dumb as shit.

This too.

 

[Shadybiz]

"Leverage" gets on my nerves. I work in an office, so I'll frequently hear stuff like "We leveraged our knowledge of Excel to produce this file," or something like that. Why can't we just say "used"?

nothing drives me up the wall like "nope"

its like saying "no" and "fuck you" in one word.

Yeah, I'll use it in a joking manner manner occasionally, or to say that I "noped" out of a situation, but I don't think I've ever used it to actually answer a question...it's kinda rude when used in that way.

 

[Easy_D]

I work in media and communication and a big part of my job is editing other people's writing.

Most of the time I'm able to just fix their bad writing without getting too worked up, but there are a few words that, when i come across them, really drive me crazy.

I like to refer to them as "words that people use to make themselves sound smarter than they are".

Some examples include:

• whilst (just use 'while')
• utilise (just use 'use')
• egregious (just don't)
• persons (the plural for person is people)

Excuse me good sir, but I will utilise whichever word pleases me whilst I write, no matter how egregious some persons may find my writing. Mayhap you'd do good to peruse the local library to broaden your vocabulary as to learn how to express yourself as eloquently as others of my rang and intellect?

 

[Pillville]

"I mean,"

Everytime I hear that phrase I want to start lighting fires.

Seriously listen to any interview on tv, they can't start a fucking sentence without it, no matter what the context or if they are even starting the conversation.

 

[Mr. X]

irregardless

It's not a word, it doesn't mean the same as regardless which is what you want in this context anyway.

 

[Rrang129]

"foodie"
"young professional"

Whenever I hear those two, I die a little inside.

 

[Chuckie]

'Haul' when talking about bought products. You see it a lot in the LEGO topic and I somehow can't stand it at all. I don't know why.

 

[Dandy Lyin]

"Hack."

I find it's critical without saying anything.

Overrated annoys me for similar reasons.

 

[Shadybiz]

Oh right, "I feel like" is another one. Very much overused currently, at least in my region.

"I feel like we should have a meeting."
"I feel like I should go get lunch."
"I feel like we should get a bottle of wine."
"I feel like I need to get gas."

I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF!!

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

Bae

Yas
Queen
Slay

All these, plus:

Based

Also, kinda annoyed at how much people are tossing "schadenfreude" around now more than ever. It almost sounds like a bunch of young college students trying to impress people with all the "new stuff" they learned this past week in their classes.

 

[Shredderi]

GG.

Anytime the winning team in overwatch says "gg" I go full berserk in my head. In my mind no winning team says that with good intentions. It must be that they're mocking me and my team and I want to obliterate them and destroy their personal lives for a little moment.

 

[Mupod]

'tendies'

I'd never heard that specific food item called that until a couple years ago. I guess they're called chicken fingers or strips here. It was some obnoxious teenager in my raid group who talked like he was in Twitch chat all the time. I'm pretty sure it was the only thing he ever ate and he felt the need to tell us this repeatedly every time he had them.

 

[Eidan]

Cringe.

Yes. Completely overused and in most cases makes the user seem like an oversensitive idiot.

 

[Wilsongt]

Henny. Sweaty. Calm down.

 

[Easy_D]

Henny. Sweaty. Calm down.

Is that his killphrase? What have you done????

 

[Raw64life]

Plenty of good ones in here.

One that I didn't see mentioned was saying "bizarre" when it's used to mean "I don't agree".

 

[Fury451]

Fleek.

 

[Wilsongt]

Plenty of good ones in here.

One that I didn't see mentioned was saying "bizarre" when it's used to mean "I don't agree".

Bizarre reminds me of that terrible 90s song "How Bizarre" which I hated.

 

[PK Gaming]

"canon"

Jesus christ, this

Especially when it comes to gaming

 

[AppleSeason]

Being a native spanish speaker and despite english now being my main default language, "spanglish" gets of my nerves, specially with one specific "word". I have to deal with fits of rage whenever somebody says "customizar" instead of "personalizar" for Customise. Like wanting to crush heads with the RAE dictionary.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

This doesn't exactly count since it's two words but I hate when people use the phrase "Occam's Razor." Of course I've heard of it, and people usually trigger it as if it somehow makes them more intellectually superior, when in reality they just don't feel like going into an in-depth discussion.

 

[choodi]

This doesn't exactly count since it's two words but I hate when people use the phrase "Ochman Razor." Of course I've heard of it, and people usually trigger it as if it somehow makes them more intellectually superior, when in reality they just don't feel like going into an in-depth discussion.

Auto-correct error?

 

[Rexatality]

"canon"

Well, if there's a story with multiple endings, but only one ending was chosen for the sequel, what would you call it?

 

[kavanf1]

Same as last time:

Perfect, another chance for me to rant about using the word "super" in place of "very". It's fucking stupid. Stop it. You know who you are.

*shakes fist*

 

[MatthewB92]

Sometimes words just trigger, gnome saiyan?

For me, it's "yummy" and "overrated". Whenever I hear "yummy" from a grown-ass adult, my brain loses half of its brain cells. Adult, stahp. You are not a kid. You do not sound cute when you say that word, you just make yourself seem juvenile, expired senior desperately trying to be younger than you are.

Overrated is tomhardytaht'sbait.jif. Why can't you say you just didn't like it and leave it at that. Why you gotta denigrate every other person's opinions on said work as if they were invalid?

That for the same reason you hate yummy.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Auto-correct error?

Ah; thanks.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Trope.

10 years ago it wasn't a widely used mainstream word when criticising media. Today most reviews lean on it as a crutch for the reviewers inaptitude.