Catchy words, why do they annoy me?

I still say "bummer". I get odd looks sometimes too.

My boss uses the word "robust" when talking about making reports bigger, and more detailed.
Now I say I'm not overweight, I'm robust!

I hate the "my bad" phrase. I have only heard it on TV though but it is just bad english.
Another one (this one drives me nuts) I hear thankfully less and less is instead of "Do you like it?" they say "You like?". The first time I ever heard anyone say that to me I just stood there waiting for them to finish their sentance and at least say the word IT!!!. Then I compounded my un-coolness and had the nerve to ask them "do I like what?". For some reason it just grates at my brain, like hearing a song and they leave out the last note.
Oh well.

When someone says something is a "win-win" situation, I grab my pocket to make sure that my wallet is still there.

When someone says it's a "win-win-win" situation, I reach for a large stick.

"Facilitate" causes me to shiver a little.

Say "Face time", "Networking" and "dub-dub-dub (instead of www.)" and I'll release a bag of hungry weasels.

Got a chuckle out of this one...prolly get flamed...I tease my DH w/the "you like" b/c he told me stories of Viet Nam & the 'girls'-ahem-over there who said that all the time. Along with: "you #1 GI". (I tell him that too sometimes )

Patty

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Bling is one of the ones that grates on my ears. And they don't mean the sound a walnut makes when it falls on the tin shed roof!

On the other hand, I love some of the phrases my Granny used to say. One that comes to mind today for some reason is, "Well...it beats a slap in the face with a wet flounder."

I HATE politically correct words and, what we call "HR terms" at work.

We have an HR Director that never says 'talk' or 'chat' - she says "we need to dialogue...". gag

oh and I hate the overuse of "collaborate".

'Basically' this and 'basically' that drive me crazy.

'Ax' me question and get your head handed to you.

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When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep....like my Grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the other people in the car he was driving.

I hate the word "stunning". My sister has latched onto that one and everything she has, says, or does, is "stunning."

I also hate it when people use their fingers for "quote marks".

Oh another one from my sister..."drama triangle"....what in the heck is a "drama triangle"?

Guys, I think we need to like, totally collaborate on this -- everyone don't talk right anymore and we need to fix it becuase it's sooooo annoying!



The phrase "cash-money" annoys me. I expect it to ooze from the mouth of a miserly crone clutching a tarnished silver dollar in her claws. [shiver]

I'm the odd one out.
I love the way phrases come into vogue and then fade away.
I think the sayings my children bring home are a hoot.
I enjoy the way our language changes and takes on a life of its own.

On the other hand, I HATE the misuse of synonyms (their, there, they're), am frequently appalled at my own misspellings, and I find that subject verb disagreements make my teeth hurt.

Okay, here's one that REALLY irks me: in the yellow pages, it says "For Information Call" (complete with quotes). I want to know WHO SAID THAT???

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Ya sure, Ubettcha! Those catchy words really bug me, dontchaknow.

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I'm in my mid-40's and "like" is a very intrinsic part of my vocabulary and has been for a long, long time. I didn't realize how much I use it until I started doing a lot of phone work on the job and I tried being very careful about my speech patterns. I found myself using "ummm" and "like" quite often. So, I found the best solution for the situation; I quit doing phone work on the job

I heard one today that I absolutely HATE:

TWEAKING

What in the world is "tweaking"? It just sounds so stupid.

mine, off the top of my head:
issues
closure
facilitate
challenge
fluid

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Anyone remember the line from the song 'Why Can't the English..?" in the musical My Fair Lady?:

"There are even some places where English completely disappears...
While in America, they haven't used it for years."

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