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   emievilposted 15 years ago

   Here are the words that are becoming my pet peeve ever since I started online writing:
   
   Wanted Writers - "Native English speakers ONLY".
   
   "We're sorry but we're only accepting US-based writers ONLY".
   
   Ooookkkkaaaayyyyyy, what does being a non-native English speaker have anything to do with my skill in writing English?????
   
   Oh and this also - "awesome"
   
   jeezzzz, makes me feel like the one saying this has nothing better to say so he just says this word .

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      rednckwmnposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      when I say awesome, I mean it. 

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   wordscribe41posted 15 years ago

   cyst
   pubic
   "ya think?"
   brassiere
   briefs
   mildew
   eject
   vomit
   trousers
   erect
   
   

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      tantrumposted 15 years agoin reply to this

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         wordscribe41posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         

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   JulietduPreezposted 15 years ago

   value add
   quality content
   business opportunity
   "friends" (as a greeting on an email that is not from a personal friend)
   social media
   make money online

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   wordscribe41posted 15 years ago

   I forgot these:
   
   gonads (nads)
   smear
   
   

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   Beth100posted 15 years ago

   At the end of the day...
   To be honest...
   Trust me.
   Listen, ....
   Do you have a minute?
   Hate.
   I don't know.

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   Sara Tonynposted 15 years ago

   ekcetera
   
   back in the day 
   
   so fun 
   
   nooky
   
   110 percent
   
   alls I'm sayin'
   
   borrow instead of lend
   
   supposably

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   jayjay40posted 15 years ago

   I hate people and shops that refer to themselves as 'honest' because you know they're not.

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   elisabethkcmoposted 15 years ago

   I strongly dislike the word hate

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   Sara Tonynposted 15 years ago

   A few more --
   
   
   diarrhea
   
   that’s retarded
   
   that’s so gay
   
   but I digress
   
   potty mouth
   
   indubitable (and all its forms and variations)

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    WaffleCheeseposted 15 years ago

    I actually hate it when people say ex cetera.
    
    
    There is no 'x'!!
    
    
    It's spelled 'et' cetera.

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       Sara Tonynposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       It's amazing how many TV broadcasters say it incorrectly. Drives me nuts!
       
       Hearing that is nearly as bad as reading the loose/lose error.

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       wordscribe41posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Similarly, I hate it when people say "eXpresso".  It's "espresso" for the love of God.

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    Lisa HWposted 15 years ago

    I don't even know if this one is worthy of a conversation about words (in writing or in conversation), but one non-word that makes my head feel like it will explode is
    
    "prolly"  (which a whole lot of people appear to be using instead of "probably").  I don't know if these people are being funny or if they're horrendously ignorant; but I can't stand it.
    
    And another one is when people refer to "pregnant" as "pregos"  (!!!)     

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       WaffleCheeseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       OOO H MAN ! YES! I hate prolly...
       
       I also hate 'my bad'

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    Eaglekiwiposted 15 years ago

    Hey man keep it G !! (as in gangster)
    
    
    Grrrr...

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    Sarra Garrettposted 15 years ago

    Kinda sorta.  I kinda sorta like that picture.

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