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[Mitsurux]

Some business ones lately

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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Folks
Yikes
Ya'all
Peak

Favorite english word is probably interloper. Sounds cool.


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Ahhh, I was referring to the ones below xD

 

[Hookshot]

Y'all - It's used by twats, sounds horrible, and doesn't really work when not shortened, "You all" would probably be better as "all of you"

 

[Dr.Morris79]

ResetEra.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Some business ones lately

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I had "glad we're in alignment" and "good to be aligned" last week.

 

[poppabk]

"Content creator"
It's such a depressing indictment of the modern world.

 

[Dacvak]

Bespoke

Ah man, I love bespoke.

B E S P O K E

 

[Punished Miku]

Vente
Verde

 

[AJUMP23]

Also Brat.....any of that new slang.

I want old slang like radical and cool and awesome.

 

[lachesis]

Normal - for lack of there is these days that literally everything is deemed normal, and the whole meaning of normalcy seems to be politicized.

Traumatized - gets used so often for simply just not liking something.

Gaslighting - often gets used to justify one’s own deficiencies when pointed out by others.

 

[V1LÆM]

Y’all
Folks
Yikes
Oof
Cooked
Cap
Bruh
Enshittification (Reddit loves this word)

 

[Grildon Tundy]

brewery, and words that sound similar to it.

I generally am not a fan of the english "r", especially in most American accents. most uses of that letter just sound like someone's choking on their own tongue... or as if they try to talk with a gobstopper in their mouth.

so in words like brewery, where there's not only 2 of them, but also accompanied by a w sound, it just literally sounds like your tongue is numb or you had a stroke while talking. brewery is just the worst example that comes to mind, but there are probably more words like it that I can't think of currently.

A close one is "jewelry". You've got "w", "l", and "r" in quick succession. I struggle with this word because of it, so I just call em "trinkets and baubles".

 

[diffusionx]

No Cap.

Bussin


Anything the kids are saying.

bruh

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Some business ones lately

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I hate the word epic too

 

[AJUMP23]

bruh

Get off my lawn.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I hate the word epic too

Hating the word Epic is quite Iconic.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Cis

Pronouns

 

[John Marston]

Interesting.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

If we are also talking about wrong use of words or idioms, I have seen a lot of posters here say "news at 11" as if they just dropped the mic. But it makes them look silly because it makes no sense. The news already happened, there is " "film at 11" tho.

Film at 11 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yes, I grew up watching The Kentucky Fried Movie many, many times.

The popcorn you are eating has been pissed on. Film at 11.

 

[Days like these...]

Comfortable because it's hard to pronounce

 

[kurisu_1974]

The popcorn you are eating has been pissed on. Film at 11.

Moscow in flames, missiles headed to New York!

 

[Highway Star]

Inclusive

 

[Azelover]

Faggot

 

[Humdinger]

Some of y'all need to learn how to spell y'all. And you'd better not move down south or y'all have conniptions.

My nominees:

toxic
fascist
problematic
bruh
cope

Discombobulate.

What? Discombobulate is a fine word. How dare you.

 

[The Stig]

"addicting"

Or rather the complete misuse of it.

Note to almost everyone on here and the wider internet. Before you type "addicting" STOP. The word is "addictive".

There are hardly any sentences possible that would use the word "addicting" correctly.

 

[Trilobit]

Yard
Feet
Miles
Ounce
Pound
Gallon

Spoiler

You know who you are!

 

[DGrayson]

Women who use bro and dude. Don't mean to sound sexist it just grates on my ears for some reason.

 

[Tams]

A close one is "jewelry". You've got "w", "l", and "r" in quick succession. I struggle with this word because of it, so I just call em "trinkets and baubles".

Looks and sounds much better if you spell it properly:

'Jewellery'

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Looks and sounds much better if you spell it properly:

'Jewellery'

Do you British English followers pronounce the "e" between "ll" and "r"?

 

[Outlier]

Most if not all adjectives.

Often used to no beneficial effects.

 

[killatopak]

IA grinds my gears.

It's supposed to be AI right. Right?

 

[BossLackey]

I have no idea why they're food related. I have no weird food aversions, but:

• Lunch
• Meal
• Snack
• Treat (specifically when saying "my treat")

 

[Pimpollo818]

b/c I have a hard time spelling them or pronouncing:

bureau
lure (like fish lure/tackle/bait)
queue

people misusing:
literally
irony/ironic

Youtube videos with thumbnails with "MY 100% BRUTALLY HONEST OPINION/REVIEW"

 

[RAL1992]

UK - Rizz / No Cap

 

[Garibaldi]

Cringe, gyatt, preppy.

EDIT: Slay

 

[8bitpill]

FINNA...

Seriously every single one who uses this word in a sentence sounds like an asshole. Plan and simple. I don't care of its origins, it has become modern day gibberish / baby talk for urban culture.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Squelch / squelching

Words you will never encounter unless you enable closed captioning / descriptive subtitles on streaming services.

Then you realize apparently things are constantly squelching. The word just sounds gross.

 

[Rran]

Coded
Dog Whistle
"So you're saying..."

These phrases are three peas in a pod for putting words in people's mouths, and they all suck.

 

[Sardaukarama]

For sure -watching decades of f1 drivers and team interviews saying it constantly now irks the shit outta me

Discharge - immediately makes me think of periods..Ive hated it since school, my friends used to say it just to wind me up lol

touch base - hearing managers talk bollocks for yrs i now have ptsd from it in retirement

 

[LarsQMorient]

"conversation"

 

[rogr rogr]

Genre
Dough

 

[abstract alien]

I can not stand when someone says "stupider"

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Yikes.

That and starting a sentence with so.

So I fell over today is exactly the same as I fell over today. Don’t know why people have started adding it to everything.

So… started in Silicon Valley where computer programmers / electrical engineers had to explain tech to people who weren’t in the know.

To me it’s ridiculously condescending because of that as it feels like the person is constantly explaining things to you like you’re a dummy but it’s all in how you take it as 99% of the population don’t mind it.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Definitely "ya'll".

 

[Lord Panda]

Another one comes to mind:

Influencer.

Apropos the influencers, they can go jump.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

Her truth
His truth
Your truth

If I hear a person use this phrase unironically,

.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

Also, all of this:

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

"addicting"

Or rather the complete misuse of it.

Note to almost everyone on here and the wider internet. Before you type "addicting" STOP. The word is "addictive".

There are hardly any sentences possible that would use the word "addicting" correctly.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Another one comes to mind:

Influencer.

Apropos the influencers, they can go jump.

Just sounds like influenza which is ironic because influencers are like a virus anyway…

 

[Valedix]

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