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brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,693
edited May 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Language is constantly changing. Tell us about new words you like or hate, about words that have changed meaning and what you feel about that, about usage of words that strikes you as funny, irritating, odd, etc.

I'll start with less/fewer. Does your grocery store have a line that says "12 Items or Less"? WRONG! It should say "12 Items or Fewer".
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Horse manure's not that bad. I don't even mind the word manure. It's newer, which is good, and a ma in front of it. Ma-Newer. When you consider the other choices, manure is actually pretty refreshing.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    roads...ro-ads
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



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  • loveontwolegsloveontwolegs Posts: 501
    I cannot stand the word "malt."

    I love chocolate malt, with extra malt but to say the word, or hear someone say it is a horrible, terrible noise to me.
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    I have a thing with alot of words, so this is a great thread. :lol: Most recently, my most irritating word to hear is 'EPIC'. Sooo overused.
  • loadedgunloadedgun Indiana Posts: 1,389
    Diva. Women are throwing it around without even knowing what it means.

    'Look at this picture of us girls. We're all such Divas'
    No, you're not. Just because you are a girl, doesn't make you a diva.
    Midwest. Indy/Lafayette.
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    EmBleve wrote:
    I have a thing with alot of words, so this is a great thread. :lol: Most recently, my most irritating word to hear is 'EPIC'. Sooo overused.

    Oh dear Lordy Lord, yes! Everything can't be epic. Or face-melting, that's another one. "So and so melted my face! Man, we had an epic blast!" :|
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    I am kinda surprised how mainstream the word "douche" is now.
    Grandmas are saying it!!! :lol::lol:
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,408
    I don't like it when advertisers make up fake words that are unnecessary. For example, there's a cable company pushing the word "More-dinary" .

    If people are going to make up words, I think they ought to at the very least be amusing or sound good!! :twisted:
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,527
    81 wrote:
    Horse manure's not that bad. I don't even mind the word manure. It's newer, which is good, and a ma in front of it. Ma-Newer. When you consider the other choices, manure is actually pretty refreshing.

    you said that? you said you like horse manure?

    and it was right around this time she said she had a boyfriend?.... :think:
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  • loveontwolegsloveontwolegs Posts: 501
    justam wrote:
    I think they ought to at the very least be amusing or sound good!! :twisted:

    Instead of just moredinary?? No?? ;)
  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 Posts: 12,632
    this is more of a grammatical complaint than a word complaint.

    I cringe when I hear/see someone say:

    "I seen it"

    Now, I am no grammer expert, but that to me just sounds terrible. And it seems to be creeping into common use more and more, and by people, who up until that comes out of their mouth, I would think are intelligent. Worse than when I hear "I axed a question".

    Proper use is "I HAVE seen it" or even "I've seen it" or "I saw it".
  • loveontwolegsloveontwolegs Posts: 501
    loadedgun wrote:
    Diva. Women are throwing it around without even knowing what it means.

    'Look at this picture of us girls. We're all such Divas'
    No, you're not. Just because you are a girl, doesn't make you a diva.


    I think Diva has become synonomous with fat. You will never find a t-shirt sized XS with the word "Diva" across the chest.
  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,799
    I hate when people combine words or phrases, like chillax

    how about shut the fuck up! :lol:
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    eMMI wrote:
    EmBleve wrote:
    I have a thing with alot of words, so this is a great thread. :lol: Most recently, my most irritating word to hear is 'EPIC'. Sooo overused.

    Oh dear Lordy Lord, yes! Everything can't be epic. Or face-melting, that's another one. "So and so melted my face! Man, we had an epic blast!" :|
    :lol: ohhh, but apparently everything and anything can be epic. :lol: :roll: and, good one--melting my face.. that reminds me of the face-off guy from the ticket sale. :lol::lol:
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,408
    loveontwolegs wrote:
    justam wrote:
    I think they ought to at the very least be amusing or sound good!! :twisted:

    Instead of just moredinary?? No?? ;)

    ARGH!!!! :twisted:
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  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    this is more of a grammatical complaint than a word complaint.

    I cringe when I hear/see someone say:

    "I seen it"

    Now, I am no grammer expert, but that to me just sounds terrible. And it seems to be creeping into common use more and more, and by people, who up until that comes out of their mouth, I would think are intelligent. Worse than when I hear "I axed a question".

    Proper use is "I HAVE seen it" or even "I've seen it" or "I saw it".
    That's a good one. I am guilty of this. :oops: I know the correct usage, but a strong southern accent encourages saying "I seen it". It flows off the tongue. :lol: Another one along these lines is when somebody says 'bring' instead of 'take'. For example, 'bring me back to the room' instead of 'take me back to the room'. It's kind of cute, but sometimes annoying.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,408
    loadedgun wrote:
    Diva. Women are throwing it around without even knowing what it means.

    'Look at this picture of us girls. We're all such Divas'
    No, you're not. Just because you are a girl, doesn't make you a diva.

    People take it to mean that someone is acting like a bitch but even THAT isn't what it actually means.

    The first "Divas" were women who could be bitchy because they could actually DO something (sing amazing arias) that other people can't do and therefore people had to put up with their bitchiness. Now, every stupid person wants that right without having to do the job that gave the old divas their allowence to be demanding. (!!!) :geek:

    Everything is so watered down now... ;):lol:
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  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    roads...ro-ads

    Roods..


    Rural... ruhl.. rew-rawl...
  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 Posts: 12,632
    Lizard wrote:
    I am kinda surprised how mainstream the word "douche" is now.
    Grandmas are saying it!!! :lol::lol:


    it is really fun to say though.

    "douche"

    "douche"

    "douche"

    :lol:
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    nukular=nuclear
  • loveontwolegsloveontwolegs Posts: 501
    Mirror is meer-or NOT meer
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    not one specific word...but I *hate* it when people throw in an 'R' or 'L' (or other random letter) into words...

    'Seattle is in WaRshington State'
    'I'm gonna waRsh my hands'
    'I'm gonna drawL a pretty picture'

    and bad grammar sometimes gets to me...
    'I gots to gets me something to drink'
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    loveontwolegs wrote:
    Mirror is meer-or NOT meer


    i can see my reflection in the meer or in the water.
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Lizard wrote:
    I am kinda surprised how mainstream the word "douche" is now.
    Grandmas are saying it!!! :lol::lol:


    it is really fun to say though.

    "douche"

    "douche"

    "douche"

    :lol:
    especially when the word nozzle is added to it!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Lizard wrote:
    I am kinda surprised how mainstream the word "douche" is now.
    Grandmas are saying it!!! :lol::lol:


    it is really fun to say though.

    "douche"

    "douche"

    "douche"

    :lol:


    Wait a second _ I just had an idea for a new word.

    If you pronounce "douche" as though it rhymes with "touche," it sounds not like "doosh" but "doo-shay" which is far more elegant.

    Douche (picture the little hash mark over the "e" making it be "doo-shay" instead of "doosh") could be used when acknowledging or retorting to a rude comment. For example...

    Unlost Dogs: "I got so lost on my way to New Hampshire last weekend. Friggin' GPS."
    81: "Must have been using your iPhone."
    Unlost Dogs: "Douche, 81, douche."
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    unlost dogs wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Lizard wrote:
    I am kinda surprised how mainstream the word "douche" is now.
    Grandmas are saying it!!! :lol::lol:


    it is really fun to say though.

    "douche"

    "douche"

    "douche"

    :lol:


    Wait a second _ I just had an idea for a new word.

    If you pronounce "douche" as though it rhymes with "touche," it sounds not like "doosh" but "doo-shay" which is far more elegant.

    Douche (picture the little hash mark over the "e" making it be "doo-shay" instead of "doosh") could be used when acknowledging or retorting to a rude comment. For example...

    Unlost Dogs: "I got so lost on my way to New Hampshire last weekend. Friggin' GPS."
    81: "Must have been using your iPhone."
    Unlost Dogs: "Douche, 81, douche."


    :P :lol:
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  • loadedgunloadedgun Indiana Posts: 1,389
    How about 'walmarts'

    There is no S!!!

    'I'm going to Walmarts.'
    Unless you're going to more than one, that makes no sense.
    Midwest. Indy/Lafayette.
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,365
    The color of the sun is yell-O, not yell-A
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    And what about right, right? Or, like, right? As in...

    "We were, like, going to the store, right? To like, buy a case of Sam, right? And like, you know the guy behind the counter, right? He was like, "Dude!"

    Actually that is an incorrect representation. In these parts you don't go to the liquor store for your beer, you go to the packie.
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    edited May 2011
    Last night at the local school board meeting...the board president had to RECUSE himself from a vote involving a close family member.....he said..."i am going to RESCUE myself from this vote."

    With leadership like that, no wonder our schools are in the shitter and that wasn't the first time he said that either
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
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