Words you Hate the Most

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   Stacie Lposted 11 years ago

   What words do you hate to hear or read the most?
   There are certain words that people hate to hear. I'll answer this after some responses.

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      MickeySrposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not at all sure why, but as long as I can remember (and I'm nearing 60) I've always hating using 'pet peeve' . . . and I don't know of an appropriately informative alternative - it just seems to suggest one keeps and cultivates all these insignificant little annoyances that they delight to be bothered by, or something . . . am I reading too much into it?
      
      As far as so-called 'bad words' - I don't think there is such a thing, in reality . . . only in the hearer's ear, or heart. I just don't at all agree that it's an evidence of a limited vocabulary or demonstrates an insufficient mind to use 'bad words' . . . sometimes, often, the word that most accurately expresses the point being made is on someone's list of 'bad words'. The badness of 'bad words' is not in the order of the letters strung together or in the phonetic sound they make, etc - their badness rests in offense. If someone is offended by the use of  certain word I will not distress them, and will not use it - but if I'm with folks who recognize there are no 'bad words', only evil intent and ugly actions, then no word I use is 'bad', like on the cosmos' or God's list of 'bad words' . . . God's 'bad' list is about offense, not syllables.

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      Rhonda_Mposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Reason being (not grammatically correct...why do people use that instead of "because"?!

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   peeplesposted 11 years ago

   cunt, twat, duh, twit, totally, "Like" (when used at the start of every sentence), and booger.

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   Beth100posted 11 years ago

   hate
   
   any racial slang
   
   "at the end of the day"  (ok, not a single word, but it may as well be)

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   Hannahh3posted 11 years ago

   Whatever, really annoys me!

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years ago

   "That said" - makes me crazy.  I had an overdose of that phrase once over a two-day business trip.

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      bBereanposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Or the more dismissive version; "be that as it may..."

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   MartinKennyDesignposted 11 years ago

   Absolutely is a word I do not like being used for a reply - to me means nothing its not a yes or a no

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   Anti-Valentineposted 11 years ago

   Addicting.

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   bizarrett81posted 11 years ago

   swag

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      R Creighton Gposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      "Antidisestablishmentarianism".  SO overused.  Oh, and "so".

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   Louise Latelyposted 11 years ago

   I detest over used business speak or jargon such as : 'moving forward', 'from the get go', 'blue sky thinking', 'touch base', 'in future', 'ideaing' (*shudder*), 'all hands on deck' - argh!

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      Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Oh yes - let's think out of the box and be proactive with our bandwidth. We might get on board with the new paradigm.

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    Stacie Lposted 11 years ago

    Those are all good ones. I hate "baby bump", "amazing"  and "ginormous."

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    MomsTreasureChestposted 11 years ago

    I don't like the words bloated and groin!

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       R Creighton Gposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Especially in the same sentence.

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          Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          haha

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             Cletus Jonesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

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                Soul Man Dancerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                Its internet stuff. You can go back to sleep.

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                   Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                   Interesting how you and Cletus are practically twins score wise.

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                      Soul Man Dancerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                      I will under do him!

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                         Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                         You have a gift like no other. (twss)

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                            Cletus Jonesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

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                               Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                               Don't speak my language... it's unfair.

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                                  Cletus Jonesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

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                                     Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                                     Yeah... usually that might send a little tingle, but that pic prevents all electric shock like a good grounding wire.

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    Brenda Durhamposted 11 years ago

    "Let me be clear"............and then no clarity is forthcoming

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    LillyGrillzitposted 11 years ago

    A goose walks over my grave every time I hear, "I love her/him/you to DEATH"...words mean what the mean.

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    Beth100posted 11 years ago

    "whatever" is another annoying one....

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    Dame Scribeposted 11 years ago

    I'd have to say, racist slurs

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    Stacie Lposted 11 years ago

    it would be interesting to get more responses and then make as many sentence combinations with the words we hate..

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    Cardisaposted 11 years ago

    I really hate when someone uses the word 'and' excessively in the same sentence. It's like every other word is "and".

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    tom_catonposted 11 years ago

    pube
    
    strangely the plural is fine. I just can't hack the word for lone constituents of the genital beard

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       Cletus Jonesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

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          tom_catonposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I guess one would annoy, and several - you'd just have to get used to!

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             Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

             Men are filthy and I hate that word as well... I mean I really, really hate it!

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                R Creighton Gposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                What word?  "Men"?  Daaaamn!

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    Lauren Amy Smithposted 11 years ago

    I literally hate the word literally.

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    Zelkiiroposted 11 years ago

    I can't stand "large." That's a belch, not a word.

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    Beth37posted 11 years ago

    I hate words that have 2 matching vowels in them... and they touch... that's just crazy.

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    ComfortBposted 11 years ago

    I hate when people say, "you know what I mean", when I have no clue as to what they're getting at. You know what I mean?

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    sammieham0317posted 11 years ago

    I have hated a lot of the same things a lot of others have hated on here.. but one of the saying I hate the most is "I know how you feel..." No. No you don't, not even in the same exact situation as me would someone know how I feel. Even though I have three siblings, when our mom died 3 years ago, we didn't know how each other felt. We could relate. But we couldn't tell each other exactly how we felt.

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    Sonya-Artisposted 11 years ago

    I agree with a LOT of the post here, and if I missed it, please excuse me but I really don't like 'I'm just saying' or 'you know what I mean' and the person speaking to you hasn't said anything...at all.

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    PurvisBobbi44posted 11 years ago

    In business meetings I found these words at the top of my “Exasperation Meter”:
    
    Team effort---we all need to pitch in---bring your “Happy Face” to work---stay positive---I’m counting on you---no vacations in June (unless you are a brown-nosier) ---my door is always open (just don’t come in)---I am open to any suggestion (just don’t make them).
    
    My list is endless for the waste of time these meetings were---
    and any and all information we needed to know could be sent by email.

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       Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       haha, that sounds like hell.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 11 years ago

    hate and selfish

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    Stacie Lposted 11 years ago

    ..."it's just my opinion",,,,"this two shall pass",,, "it's Gods will."

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