Internet buzzwords/phrases that get on your nerves

FinsburyParkCarrots
FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I don't mean the old acronyms (LMAO, LOL, IMHO, OP, etc.), but those terms that seem to pop up in Internet conversations on blog threads or message boards. The one that is irritating me like fook right now is "meme". I love the board member meme, of course, and of course I've read Dickhead Dawkins, but that word just annoys the hell out of me. Go to a political forum, and people talk of the "meme" of a certain political candidate and their supporters; read a debate and one person writes off another's argument as a "meme". Shaaaaadappp wid dem fakkin' memes, okay!

Any other word or phrase that pisses you off?
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Cookie cutter

    Straw man

    and lately I've been seing protheletyze (sp?) and I'm sick of the sight of it! :D
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  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    'internets' and 'the google' used to piss me off until I heard Henry Rollins say it in person.
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  • TransplantedNewf
    TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    "I just threw up in my mouth a little"

    a) that's disgusting.
    b) it's not funny. you didn't make it up, it came from a movie so don't pretend it's your own witty remark.
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  • myhook
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    I can't stand the word blog or podcast. I work in a high school and the teachers here don't really know what blogging or podcast are but they want it. I had this conversation with a teacher about a month ago:

    Teacher: Can you set me up with the podcast application.

    Me: WTF?

    Teacher: I saw on the news last night that other schools are using podcasts as a teaching tool and I would like that application installed on my computer. (as if Podcast is an app like Word or Photoshop)
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  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    Krisdababe wrote:
    "I just threw up in my mouth a little"

    a) that's disgusting.
    b) it's not funny. you didn't make it up, it came from a movie so don't pretend it's your own witty remark.


    i've said that before :o, but only in extreme cases! ;) i don't say it a lot....anyway -

    i hate when people say or type 'prolly' for 'probably'! hello! people sound and look so uneducated when they say or type that. it's just laziness! :o
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    you are wrote:
    i've said that before :o, but only in extreme cases! ;) i don't say it a lot....anyway -

    i hate when people say or type 'prolly' for 'probably'! hello! people sound and look so uneducated when they say or type that. it's just laziness! :o

    I use 'prolly' sometimes. and yeah, it is laziness. :D

    but I mainly use it if I'm in a hurry to type something (like on MSN when I need to dash).. also, I hate typing the word 'probably', the proper spelling took me ages to learn/remember so I just really, really dislike it nowadays.
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    eMMI wrote:
    the proper spelling took me ages to learn/remember so I just really, really dislike it nowadays.

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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    myhook wrote:
    I can't stand the word blog or podcast. I work in a high school and the teachers here don't really know what blogging or podcast are but they want it. I had this conversation with a teacher about a month ago:

    Teacher: Can you set me up with the podcast application.

    Me: WTF?

    Teacher: I saw on the news last night that other schools are using podcasts as a teaching tool and I would like that application installed on my computer. (as if Podcast is an app like Word or Photoshop)
    I understand that one (well, the concept really -- not so much the actual words). I hate it when people misuse technology/software terms like that. The way I see it, people can be annoyed with my bad grammar and I can be annoyed that they don't know the difference between a gigabyte and a gigahertz.



    As for phrases/words, they really arent buzzwords, but the following annoy me:
    -using 'prolly' for 'probably'
    -using 'becos', 'becuz', 'cos', etc for 'because'
    -the words 'youtubed' or 'youtubing'

    There's probably more, but that's what immediately comes to mind.
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    Collin wrote:
    All that work for nothing! :D

    lol. no. :p

    I do use it, I just hate it.
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  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I can't stand when people say they are going to PING someone. Fucking say you are going to talk to them, email them, text them - you ain't gonna PING them.

    HATE IT
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    people who use 'then' instead of 'than'

    my dad is bigger then your dad... makes no fucking sense!!

    can i just add that only americans do this. :)


    also.. "i could care less"... well go on then... care less.. its COULDNT CARE LESS!!!

    can i just add that only americans do this one also :)


    this doesnt quite fit in with your thread Finsy... :o
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    You will never see me use an emoticon. I was trained to communicate using words not pictures. I'm positive this leads to a lot of people thinking I am serious when I'm not, but I really don't care. Oh, and nothing against all of you who do. It's a personal thing...
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  • decides2dream
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Cookie cutter

    Straw man

    and lately I've been seen protheletyze (sp?) and I'm sick of the sight of it! :D



    DEAR sweet bejeebus i loather that one!


    hahahaha.


    only other i can think of off the top of my head is 'mayhaps'...it's just annoying to read imo.
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  • Super Vedder
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    eyedclaar wrote:
    You will never see me use an emoticon. I was trained to communicate using words not pictures. I'm positive this leads to a lot of people thinking I am serious when I'm not, but I really don't care. Oh, and nothing against all of you who do. It's a personal thing...

    ;)
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  • eyedclaar
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    Super Vedder wrote:
    ;)

    Sweet. I knew that was coming...
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  • Super Vedder
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    eyedclaar wrote:
    Sweet. I knew that was coming...

    :o
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i'm sick of buzzword ;):p
  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    eMMI wrote:
    I use 'prolly' sometimes. and yeah, it is laziness. :D

    but I mainly use it if I'm in a hurry to type something (like on MSN when I need to dash).. also, I hate typing the word 'probably', the proper spelling took me ages to learn/remember so I just really, really dislike it nowadays.


    no worries! i won't hold it against you. ;) i'm sure someone hates that i never capitalize anything when i post on here.
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    you are wrote:
    no worries! i won't hold it against you. ;) i'm sure someone hates that i never capitalize anything when i post on here.

    haha. thanks. :D not that I'd care if you did. :cool:

    I'm sure someone does.. :p
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  • smg9779
    smg9779 Posts: 235
    pwn. Usually used in gaming. Every time I see this I want to reach through my computer screen and strangle the 14 year old punk who wrote it. Whats worse is when people try to pronounce it, "pown." Its OWN you idiots, it is a typo that spread like wildfire.
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