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04-17-2020, 03:52 AM
Are there specific words you hate hearing, or maybe the people who use such words...
Share one and why you hate it.
I'll start with one I hate.
Quaint.
People who use that word think they're better than everyone else. Like rich tourists who show up in your town and talk about how "quaint" it is. I feel like most wear fanny packs and mom jeans. You know what mom jeans are right?
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I have no logical reason why I hate this word but I do lol
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I hate the word 'Queer'
Even when its used in the definition for strange or odd. It just really goes through me and I'm not sure why.
I also really dislike when people start referring to the class system and refer to people as 'working class' in quite a derogatory way - as it really isn't anything to be ashamed of, as I think we've found especially in the Covid outbreak without these people we really wouldn't function.
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InbetweenDreams As you mentioned the 'T' word 'Trump' - Another term that drives me up the wall even though I'm a brit... 'Fake news'.
God I'm sure we don't have to even see him say that a fraction of what any Americans do but it drives me up the wall.
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(04-18-2020, 02:30 PM)Mark Wrote: @InbetweenDreams As you mentioned the 'T' word 'Trump' - Another term that drives me up the wall even though I'm a brit... 'Fake news'.
God I'm sure we don't have to even see him say that a fraction of what any Americans do but it drives me up the wall.
From the moment he started to mention Fake News we should have called him Fake President.
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For some reason this word is now making the rounds at my job in conference calls and emails, always referencing people who are free to help with a project.
"Who on this call has the bandwidth to help on this special project?"
Really? Can't they just say "who's free?"
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(05-02-2020, 03:45 AM)CellarDweller Wrote: bandwidth.
For some reason this word is now making the rounds at my job in conference calls and emails, always referencing people who are free to help with a project.
"Who on this call has the bandwidth to help on this special project?"
Really? Can't they just say "who's free?"
Ugh, don’t remind me of office-speak, please, proactive is another of those non-words.
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I hate it when people use the word "bro" disparagingly. I mean, I get that there are obnoxious guys out there who refer to each other as "bro" (two blond brothers on Youtube come to mind) but I don't think going after a family term of endearment is a way to go. Some of the nicest guys I ever met are the jock-bro-type that refer to other guys as bro. I don't call guys who aren't my brother bro, but whenever I hear it used disparagingly, all I picture is some out of touch elite at an expensive private university.
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