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[Rentahamster]

Any shorthand internet term that gets overused, really. I still find 'salty' annoying as fuck.

One might say I'm salty about it.

I guess it's arguable that "salty" has for all intents and purposes become an internet term, but it was very much a word pre-internet as well.

 

[Viewt]

Oh also any time anyone says or acts out a meme in real life.

Or says the word "meme" in real life. Just leave it on the internet.

Some years back, I was working with this girl who said something like, "Oh, yeah, I saw that may-may on the internet."

"Sorry, what?"

"A may-may. It's like a picture with a joke on it."

"... You mean a meme?"

"It's pronounced may-may."

"...Is it?"

"Yes."

I dropped it because she was so confident, and I didn't want to make it awkward, but oof.

 

[WarMacheen]

Everything in this thread is annoying

 

[Transistor]

Throwing shade
Breh
Bruh

 

[Ashodin]

Not new, but shit is annoying:

Legit
Feels
Breh
Shade

BREH. BRAH. BRUH.

All these forms are acceptable when affecting a slightly condescending yet friendly tone

Legit I heard someone at my local game store for card games say OUT LOUD

"Is there some ResidentSleeper going on?"

Like the twitch emote. He said the twitch emote out loud.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Fetch

 

[shadow_shogun]

"shipping". Just learned of this term after watching reviews and analysis of the latest game of thrones episode.

 

[pablito]

Sorry for bringing this one up since it's old, but...ill. Never liked it. Why use it when you have sick as an alternative? Sick can actually be satisfying to say. There's just no umph to the word ill.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Fuccboi

 

[NYCmetsfan]

but it came from it in the first place right? cause it would change how i feel about it

It came from a video of a dude yelling at lady gaga. But yes like likely came from gay culture and its vernacular and extending of words

queen is a gay term though. well it was actually an insult and has been for years. Dante used it in purgatorio

The person speaking has committed heterosexual lust but insults "the people who don't come with us" as gays and people who have committed bestiality.

"The people who don’t come with us offended
By that same sin for which Caesar in triumph
Once heard a voice call out against him, ‘Queen! (Regina in Italian)’

"And that is why they run off shouting ‘Sodom!’
80 Railing against themselves, as you have heard,
And so support the burning with their shame.

"In sinning we were heterosexual:
But since we did not yield to human law,
Following our appetites like beasts,

85 "To heap opprobrium upon ourselves,
Leaving those shades, we blare the name of her
Who bestialized herself in beast-like planks.

This is why I hate language snobs. People have used these terms forever and language changing is what makes it great

 

[Ashodin]

Legit every time I see the word optics I see this

Sorry for bringing this one up since it's old, but...ill. Never liked it. Why use it when you have sick as an alternative? Sick can actually be satisfying to say. There's just no umph to the word ill.

But how can I be a doctor unless my flows are so ill?

 

[GhaleonEB]

Thanks for saying it so I didn't have to.

I originally posted the first line, the realized instantly the obvious joke. Stealth edit FTW

I guess it's arguable that "salty" has for all intents and purposes become an internet term, but it was very much a word pre-internet as well.

To be clear, I mean use terms that are overused on the internet. "salty" overran the forum for a while when it got popular. Most of its use was pretty lazy.

 

[Count Dookkake]

optics

in my wheelhouse

yas queen

I can't even

can you not

so much this

 

[Ashodin]

I originally posted the first line, the realized instantly the obvious joke. Stealth edit FTW

MOD CHEATS

"shipping". Just learned of this term after watching reviews and analysis of the latest game of thrones episode.

Don't fall down the well billy!

optics

in my wheelhouse

yas queen

I can't even

can you not

so much this

:jnc

 

[Dennis]

Breh
Bruh

Brah, those are legit.

 

[sixteen-bit]

lame

sick and tired of ableist terms like this one

 

[jrcbandit]

Fleek, Fam, and lit just need to go away.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

I came in here to post the use of "optics" around here.

Can someone explain to me please why people deny this word's right to exist so f'ing much? It's almost hilarious how upset I've seen people become when others use it.

 

[Ri'Orius]

Streets ahead.

Also, BNL. Do we really need a shorthand for the Barenaked Ladies?

 

[akira28]

sick and tired of ableist terms like this one

the doctors and old people have lost this one. the youngsters and the internet own it now. not to mention the original usage was pretty lame.

 

[J@hranimo]

I hate the term "fleek"

everything else is hilarious and can stay lol.

 

[Einchy]

"cringe worthy"

Cringe has been ruined, everything is fucking cringe now.

optics

in my wheelhouse

yas queen

I can't even

can you not

so much this

YAAAAAAAAS QUEEN

DRAG HER QUEEN

SLAY HER QUEEN

Those are the worst.

 

[Count Dookkake]

"Rest in Power."

No, fuck off.

 

[Calvero]

Any shorthand internet term that gets overused, really. I still find 'salty' annoying as fuck.

One might say I'm salty about it.

YOU SOUND SAL- oh nevermind

 

[Log4Girlz]

These terms make me cringe

 

[Ri'Orius]

Can someone explain to me please why people deny this word's right to exist so f'ing much? It's almost hilarious how upset I've seen people become when others use it.

It's pretty snobby in usage.

If you say that a situation has "bad optics," you're saying that it's not actually a big deal, but those stupid plebians that make up the general public will make a big deal out of it. It also allows you to criticize someone for something that you claim you don't care about, which is kinda disingenuous.

 

[Einchy]

These terms make me cringe

 

[TemplaerDude]

Yo that was totally lit fam *fire emoji* *fire emoji*

I have no idea what you just said, so this.

 

[Doc Holliday]

"shipping". Just learned of this term after watching reviews and analysis of the latest game of thrones episode.

Woah, I thought this was just a One Piece thing because it's about a pirate crew on a ship lol

 

[mrhyderager]

Pretty tired of white girls constantly referring to "white men/boys" as though they're not included in that same group.

 

[Air]

Haven't heard 'hot take' yet.

The only thing that's annoying is when people use internet speak when you're not online.

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

The whole "Yas" thing annoys me too.

"cringe worthy"

Maybe not new, new..and I only hear it here.

I actually used Cringe-worthy not long ago in a post, hoping it was something that people forgotten by now. I knew it was popular years ago. Same with roxxor, which is roxxor going to be popular again?

 

[Glass Shark]

I'm a big believer that language should be fluid, so I try not to let any of this stuff bother me, and instead strive to understand it.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Pretty tired of white girls constantly referring to "white men/boys" as though they're not included in that same group.

...this comes up a lot for you?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Pretty tired of white girls constantly referring to "white men/boys" as though they're not included in that same group.

It's even funnier when they only date white guys.

 

[Spaced Harrier]

Hey GAF, it's that time again. What kinds of phrases are you seeing (either here on GAF or elsewhere) that are really annoying to read over and over again?

I've been seeing more and more

• hot take

It's pronounced hottakè.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

"Hella"

Its just phonetically grating.

 

[Dreavus]

BREH. BRAH. BRUH.

All these forms are acceptable when affecting a slightly condescending yet friendly tone

Legit I heard someone at my local game store for card games say OUT LOUD

"Is there some ResidentSleeper going on?"

Like the twitch emote. He said the twitch emote out loud.

Okay, that is just unacceptable, sorry. Not allowed. We're not doing this.

That's like saying "ell oh ell" out loud, but about one million times worse.

 

[Novocaine]

Fam is fucking stupid.

 

[PSqueak]

"Rest in Power."

No, fuck off.

Eh, what's wrong with Rest in Power? It's just people paying their respects to someone who passed away.

 

[Rentahamster]

To be clear, I mean use terms that are overused on the internet. "salty" overran the forum for a while when it got popular. Most of its use was pretty lazy.

I see. I just latched onto the phrase "internet term", thinking that it was implying that it was birthed from the loins of this internet.

 

[backflip10019]

Oh yeah, also people who type "kappa." Fucking Twitch.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Oh yeah, also people who type "kappa." Fucking Twitch.

Every time I see it I think of that old Nicktoons Network exclusive cartoon Kappa Mikey.

 

[JCX]

All the OP examples are old.

I heard someone say "meet-cute" IRL the other day and I flashed back to that gaf thread. I know I am getting old because I had a physical negative reaction to it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Eh, what's wrong with Rest in Power? It's just people paying their respects to someone who passed away.

Noble intentions do not prevent one from sounding like a fucking moron.

All the OP examples are old.

I heard someone say "meet-cute" IRL the other day and I flashed back to that gaf thread. I know I am getting old because I had a physical negative reaction to it.

But meet-cute is ancient screenwriting terminology. Like decades old.

 

[tearsofash]

"Rest in Power."

No, fuck off.

Yeah this one gets me rock hard, and I can't stand it. It's like, we get it, you're trying to be bold or something.

 

[Ashodin]

I got a new one

"Oh you sweet summer child"

 

[Einchy]

Has the word epic reverted back to actually meaning epic? I feel like people stopped overusing epic so the word actually has meaning now.

Maybe the same will happen to cringe.

 

[Ourobolus]

"I am so hype"
"I am bias"
"fam"
"yaaaaassss"

and so many others.

 

[BTM]

Hack