words you hate the most (1 Viewer)

[classic seanc]

All the businessy ads on newstalk

"grow the business" etc
Also marketing waffle.

And, until half 12 tomorrow, strategic management waffle.

 

[pete]

hahaa he hasn't done boutiqueS! or boutiqued.

gotcha brady.

neither of those are used to describe festivals

 

[pete]

kids in my school say "can you higher it up miss?" when they want the volume turned up. RAAAHHHH!!!

have you ever been to dublin?

 

[pete]

"crunk"?

me too.

no. crusty.

 

[pete]

Also, "stylings", as in "rock stylings". Fuck that shit right up the ********-hole.

see also: "their own brand of"

 

[pete]

All the businessy ads on newstalk

"grow the business" etc
Also marketing waffle.

And, until half 12 tomorrow, strategic management waffle.

"headquartered"

 

[ICUH8N]

It's like these people have never read a style guide.

AVOID CLICHES
AVOID COLLOQUIALISMS
seriously, I spend more time on this bartleby page than I care to admit.
Considering the lengths 9-year-old ICUH8N went to in order to learn this language, you'd think people would make more of an effort, but no.

Die roaring.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Already

As in..enough already, shut up already etc..

Guesstimate and thanking-you....

 

[RSJ]

I find the phrase "funt up the hole" the most offensive sounding thing in the world.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

kids in my school say "can you higher it up miss?" when they want the volume turned up. RAAAHHHH!!!

I hate that one too. I know plenty of adults who use it, and dont beilive you when you try to explain that its the wrong word

 

[Jerry Twig]

"funt" ?
never even heard that before.

my least favourite word is 'lacuna'.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

All the businessy ads on newstalk

"grow the business" etc
Also marketing waffle.

And, until half 12 tomorrow, strategic management waffle.

"were in the business of providing solutions for a dynamic business environment."

Cunts.

Whats worse are the foreign property ads.

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

not a word, but this is the most annoyibng thing ever. Me and my mate were singing the ghostbusters tune one night, when i realised he was adding in an extra note.

Where the song goes:
::clef:: "deh neh neh neh, neh neh, deh neh neh neh neh neh..." ::clef::


he was going:
::clef:: "deh neh neh neh, neh neh neh, deh neh neh neh neh neh..." ::clef::


that still gets me.

 

[Dr Winston Umbogo]

what a twat - who was this useless fucker?

 

[cheryl]

it's not just one word but i hate the end of ads for mortgages:

"regulated by the irish financial regulatory authority" - can they not just abbreviate it? it's like the actress who is saying it is trying to break a world record in how quickly she can say that stupid stupid regulatory authority's name. aaarrrrggghhhh!!!!

i also hate the word gee.

 

[ICUH8N]

^^ that one always reminds me of "Cheques will not be honoured" from the Krustyburger ad

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

what a twat - who was this useless fucker?

he posts here. i think his name is Rectal_Cleanliness or something like that. fucking idiot.

 

[Bellatrix]

Pacific

As in:

"I PACIFICally told him not to do that."

"Could you be a bit more PACIFIC please?"

I recently used specifically in a sentence only to find myself corrected by someone whose exaggerated enunciation of "pacific" was an attempt both to enlighten and also to infer that I was retarded.

Also cocktease. In films, in conversations, whatever, that word is rage-inducing.

 

[Spam Javelin]

"Savage" when used as a positive adjective.

"Savage episode of Lost last night"

 

[RSJ]

"Savage episode of Lost last night"

That sentence is the wrong.