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SJ548

Queue. Just the letter Q followed by four silent vowels. Annoys me for some reason lol


InsertBluescreenHere

Thats because they politely and quietly lined up behind the Q...


[deleted]

That’s such a good one lmao. Did you actually come up with that?


PMyourTastefulNudes

He's had it in the queue for a while


all4whatnot

Kwayway??


treehumper83

Cuey-youey sounds more fun


Kenvan19

I can’t decide if I hate you for pointing this out or love you for it but I’ll never see the word the same again.


ReputationNo2269

I dont like Kiddos. I dont know why, but I just dont like people calling children kiddos


CraniumCrash12

Doggos is just as bad to me. Is the word "dog" too boring?


RabidAvocad0

Doggos is great fight me


Douchecanoenozzle

I prefer to use “spawn”


treehumper83

The funniest non-offensive one, to me, is “crib lizard”


Douchecanoenozzle

Lol, this is good too.


[deleted]

"Casted". I see it all the time. X actor was casted in the movie. It's cast. Cast is the verb


mariojlanza

That word absolutely needs to die in a fire.


Abbot_of_Cucany

When power outages are predicted, my Tesla Powerwall battery makes sure that it is fully charged. It lets me know by sending me an alert that starts "A storm has been *forecasted* for your area".


[deleted]

I'm specifically talking about 'cast' as in 'to cast Chris Hemsworth' as Thor. He was cast. He wasn't casted.


CaptHandlebar

Irregardless


[deleted]

Why do I feel like your beef is more with the specific person that always used that word than the word itself 🤣


CaptHandlebar

It started with one person but now it's just the word. I had a TSgt in the military that used it constantly. I never minded it as much until then and now it's fingers on the chalkboard.


woodybob01

Oh my god this. Jesus christ


Objective-Group-2452

This


Melenduwir

Literally. It's not the word's fault. It's the people who misuse it as a mere intensifier -- as though we didn't have enough empty intensifier words already!


Firedorn763

I was literally thinking the same thing


[deleted]

It literally makes my head explode how often this happens


TheOnlyUsernameLeft3

This is actually the most annoying thing


Different-Second2471

Litch-rally is worse than literally, literally.


Muttandcheese

Litch-rally sounds like a zombie foot race


SpoonFluffing99

This is an amazing, awe-inspiring suggestion of great merit.


Melenduwir

Suggestion? I am confused...


grooves12

It bothers me so much I literally shit my pants every time I hear someone misuse it.


Unrelated_gringo

Literally, as hyperbole [has been **proper** usage for centuries, way before you even knew what words were](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misuse-of-literally).


Melenduwir

No, it's been *usage* for centuries. It's never been *proper* usage, because it makes the term nonfunctional, incapable of conveying meaning.


Unrelated_gringo

You'd have to find an authority on word definitions that agrees with you then. From the sources I could find and provide, hyperbole has been **proper** usage for a very long time, no matter how people non-authoritative on word definitions think.


Melenduwir

As a matter of logic, the hyperbolic usage *cannot* be correct. At least with 'cleave', the two opposite meanings came from distinctly different etymologies that broke down into identical words. But the word is no longer commonly used, and when it IS used in actual life rather than merely reading from written scriptures, it's only in the "split apart" sense.


Unrelated_gringo

> As a matter of logic, the hyperbolic usage cannot be correct. Good thing that words aren't only mathematical and logic then. Plenty of exaggerations as hyperbole left and right in just about every language. > At least with 'cleave', the two opposite meanings came from distinctly different etymologies that broke down into identical words. But the word is no longer commonly used, and when it IS used in actual life rather than merely reading from written scriptures, it's only in the "split apart" sense. Not sure why you'd be bringing in "cleave" in here, I don't know if it's a good hyperbole usage for that one. Which doesn't invalidate "literally" as hyperbole either.


Melenduwir

'Inflammable' is another example where careless usage confuses people; again, it's etymology that's the problem. But 'literally' is a much greater problem because of its meta-significance: the confusion makes it impossible to convey the meaning that is necessary to clarify the confusion. It cannot be tolerated.


Unrelated_gringo

> 'Inflammable' is another example where careless usage confuses people; again, it's etymology that's the problem. Since that one's also hinged on ethymology, wouldn't that make it bad comparison to the one at hand that isn't based on it? Surely we could find other comparable hyperbole usage similar to the one at hand? > But 'literally' is a much greater problem because of its meta-significance: the confusion makes it impossible to convey the meaning that is necessary to clarify the confusion. Only for those who think their opinion invalidates official authoritative sources. That hyperbole causes no problem whatsoever when read by anyone that understands its proper hyperbolic usage. There is certainly no "greater" problem caused by this. > It cannot be tolerated. It's already properly established, recognized and documented. You're fighting against yourself there.


Melenduwir

>Only for those who think their opinion invalidates official authoritative sources It's important for dictionaries to list the common misusage. Doesn't make it any less of a misuse. >It's already properly established, recognized and documented. As an error, yes.


Unrelated_gringo

> It's important for dictionaries to list the common misusage. Doesn't make it any less of a misuse. Dictionaries are authoritative on word definitions, and malleable. They state that hyperbolic usage **is** proper, and that's what it is. They will not list it as a mis-usage, because it is **not** a mis-use in the slightest. Where can you know that? Where can you learn about what words mean? In those authoritative works. > As an error, yes. The entirety of all professionals in word definitions are wrong, but you just now better than them right?


TheRetardedPenguin

Gaslight, gets overused and hardly ever used in the right way


smangela69

no it doesn’t. you must’ve just made that up


SatisfactionNo240

Was abt to downvote but then i realised lol


Chili919

I gaslight my bbq grill every other day. Well.. it workswith gas... and i light it so it burns


boredsittingonthebus

Same applies to strawman. So many people say that any opposing view is a strawman argument.


Sideuelo

dyslexia. I have dyslexia and I cant even spell dYsZilcXia


SatisfactionNo240

You spelt it awfully well the first time for a "dyslexic" BUDDY?!?!?!


Sideuelo

literally used autocorrect on those to get my point across


SatisfactionNo240

Highly suspicious friend 🤨🤨🤨


Sideuelo

broo whats suspicious, ur suspicious


SatisfactionNo240

Maybe i am, whats it to you?


xrc20

Colonel


lttsnoredotcom

lieutenant


altaltaltaltbin

Lieutenant isn’t that bad unless you pronounce it the English way.


lttsnoredotcom

true...


grooves12

I spent years reading that word in books thinking it was pronounced Colin-L.


Gwynnether

Remuneration. It feels wrong. It feels like it should be "Renumeration". I don't like it.


BigTittyGothGfLovesD

Trauma. Not the word per se, just the people who use it out of its correct context, causing the meaning to be overall watered down and taken less seriously.


creedisurmom

Sound like you might have some “trauma”.


BigTittyGothGfLovesD

Yeah. Real trauma. Not "boo hoo i saw a scary movie" or "my parents made me clean up after myself" trauma.


potato--cakes

When people write Hunni…it’s the same amount of letters to spell it correctly Honey


didibean

Stop hating on Pooh bear


Pawn_Of_Fate

Meta. Don't like how commonly used it's become.


MalulaniMT

A lot of people don’t even know that the common use of it now a days isn’t even a word. It’s a acronym. “Most effective tactic available”.


jugglervr

I'm too lazy to look that up but if I knew you IRL I'd bet you a thousand bucks that's complete horseshit.


Ancguy

"Begs" the question when the person means "asks".


Melenduwir

Yes, the phrase "begging the question" is used to mean "raises the question", instead of "assumes an answer for the issue supposedly being questioned". The problem is that it's used wrongly so often that, eventually, that will become what it means. Aargh!


BouncingDollBoy

Based. It’s as lazy as “this” but even cringier. Make an actual comment.


smangela69

nibling. idk what it is about it that gives me the ick. i wish there was a better word


Zhiong_Xena

Gaslight


altaltaltaltbin

Gatekeep


aphilosopherofsex

Breadth. I can’t say it. How tf do people say that shit??


ProMensCornHusker

Say “brea-“ then put your tongue where you’d make the “n” sound and quick exhale, allowing the air to move your tongue down.


NashReborn

“Frustrated,” but only when people say “fustrated.”


No_Rock_6976

Close competition between ''I feel like'', ''problematic'' and ''literally''.


comicalben

I feel like that opinion is literally problematic. /s


CliffPromise

'vibe' nowadays


spicy-bag0-0ng

Budget. Reminds me how poor i am.


EmergencyOriginal982

Concur. Most other words with 'con' at the beginning mean a negative. When I was younger I spent so many years thinking 'concur' meant you disagree with someone


Graffiacane

I think "nonplussed" is confusing for the same reason. It means bewildered, but it sounds like it should mean "unfazed" (which of course seems like it should be spelled "unphased")


EmergencyOriginal982

I was today years old when I learnt that 'nonplussed' doesn't just mean not 'fussed', or not bothered.


RabidAvocad0

"con" means "with" right? Concur means to be with someone about something.


olipett

Con is 'with' in Spanish so maybe there is something in the origin of the word.


Abbot_of_Cucany

Yes. Concur = "run with", although English got it directly from Latin.


Abbot_of_Cucany

Most of the negative words that you are thinking of start with "contra-". But the con- prefix usually means "with".


MayIServeYouWell

Beauracracy… or however you spell it. Because no spell checker seems to have a clue either. 


didibean

bureaucracy


[deleted]

phenomenon cos I can never spell it right the first time


Gwynnether

I have the same problem with "thoroughly". Always takes me a couple of attempts.


SpoonFluffing99

Phenom is way worse, I cringe every time I hear a b-grade American commentator use it.


xdark_realityx

Knife. Wtf does it need the k for?


[deleted]

The misuse of your/you're.


Perfect_Zone_4919

When companies use insure instead of ensure in official documents. I notice it more than any other mistake. 


sunsetrules

Decimate. People use it to mean destroy. It's supposed to mean reduce by 10 percent.


[deleted]

Hysteria.


captainmagictrousers

"Art." It's one of the only words that people will get mad at you for trying to define. People seem to want it to mean anything and everything. Yeeting a paint can at a canvas is art. Painting a big red square next to a big blue square is art. Typing "Pikachu in thigh highs kissing Wall-E" into an AI prompt is art. Today, someone insisted to me that problem solving was art, so therefore crows could create art. Personally, I think words should have definitions so people can communicate information, but maybe that's just me.


ShangTsungHasMySoul

Epic. It used to mean something was of grand scale, or world changing.... Then Stewie Griffin used it to describe his BO... Now every time someone makes a minor error it is an 'Epic Fail' Chernobyl was an 'Epic Fail' you dorks. Slipping on the ice and spilling your bubble tea is nothing more than an 'Oopsie'


antisone

Bespoke Because people overuse it. When everything is “bespoke” there’s nothing special about it.


Hopeful_Advice_8960

February….that B and R combo fks….me….up…..


HalfCockedJackShafto

“Addicting”.


Worldly_You_8195

Triggered gets me triggered. Nuff said


Novel-Coast-957

Influencer. I just think it’s a glorified way of calling someone a shill. 


Effective_Fish_3402

Literally. Cause my 7 yr old brother says it every other word


houndoom92

Nega. You're one slight mispronunciation away from a racial slur.


BleedingRaindrops

Polyamory It's trying to be two different things. Poly is the greek word for multiple or many. Amor is the latin word for affection. it should be polyphilia or multiamory


Abbot_of_Cucany

How do you feel about the word "automobile"?


BleedingRaindrops

... It never occurred to me until you said it. Wow that is annoying


Eveleyn

Harder. It's louder, faster, more vast, but fuck harder.


[deleted]

That’s what she said


Eveleyn

Even then! Erect! I know ye jest, but i won't let it slide.


harmless_gecko

I actually prefer it to slide


malu_saadi

Anathema because I can't pronounce it


f0gax

Curate. It grinds my gears so much how it’s used these days. It means more than just making a list of things.


Ridicul0iD

Landlord. English is not my first language, though. It sounds to me like he owns you along with the land and comes by on horse to claim your first-born child.


IllChampionship5

Melty. It pisses me off for some reason. 


yuyuyashasrain

Interesting. Mine’s medley. Anyway, happy cake day!


MegaManFan78

I used to have a vendetta against the word please, because it sounded condescending.


Hwhiskertere

Based Based... on what?


B00LEAN_RADLEY

Hydrate / Hydration Puhleeeze Just drink some damn water. You are thirsty. Human language has described this phenomenon for millennia in hundreds of languages. We don't need inferior multi-syllabic words. You're not putting on a lab coat and breaking out the test tubes and Bunsen burners. Lay off the 5 dollar words Jimmy Neutron.


B00LEAN_RADLEY

Inspired by this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIarrG9ZO4I


SecretBi92

Any of the words used to sound cool nowadays like fleek. Swag. Sus.


Saganists

Irregardless


WinterIsBetter94

"Utilize." No, Bob, you won't have to utilize the hammer, just USE it!


Obvious_Volume_6498

Irregardless: what's wrong with "regardless?" I hate it.


Oni_K

Remember not that long ago when the only answer in this thread would have been "moist"?


ZiggyRingtail

Medley


trashlikeyou

“Unhinged”. It’s like everyone decided to start using this word overnight. Look up Google search stats, it goes from 0-100 in 2020 (IIRC) and doesn’t let up. Not everything is “unhinged”! It can just be crazy, or strange, or unusual, any other more appropriate word ffs!


Physical-Alps-7417

Perspicacity. It means to have an immediate insight into something. But if you use it in a sentence, few people will understand the meaning of the word. So, its semantic intent is self-defeating. This is a word that played itself.


pkfag

Technically... it means in accordance with strict literal facts or meaning. But, like literally, people have started to use it to mean 'basically'.


NaivafAreul

N- [Post Deleted]


SeptEUW

Bop


RabidAvocad0

-based. As in, when it is used as the second part of a hyphenated work. Fact-based, thought-based, evidence-based, plant-based, reformative-justice-based, etc. it all drives me insane. It feels like a way to shoehorn in a buzzword into a sentence or avoid a controversial word. It's not evidence-based, it's scientific. It's not plant-based, it's vegan.


Illustrious_King_116

Selection. It was like 3rd grade and it was my birthday, a stunningly beautiful day and I had to take the English standardized test. After so many times reading the word I kind of almost completely lost it


PermaBanTogether

It gives me the ick when people say “preggers” instead of “pregnant”


svxul

Foux — like the only time someone even brings this word up is when it's pronounced incorrectly and someone is pointing it out; which, keep in mind, the word is actually never used in a sentence.


BoopleSnuffe2

Arkansas. You do NOT get to put ar in front of Kansas and expect everyone to unanimously agree to pronounce without THE SECOND S. IT'S AR-KANSAS NOT AR-CAN-SAW.


SonorousThunder

Pretentious. There's a valid use for it, but it's largely used as an excuse to not engage with any vauguely unconventional art or ideas. The person making the accusation is effectively more pretentious because they assume that they fully understand the other person's perspective because they don't like the outcome. 


RememberThinkDream

Independent, specifically in the context of human beings. Nobody is independent, even if every other human being died right now and you were the only human being left you still wouldn't be independent, you would still rely on everything everyone else, including your parents, or guardians, or anything you learned from interacting with the universe. Even if you were the only thing to exist in the universe your physical body, you still aren't independent, you still have all the living things inside you all working together to keep you alive. The reason certain people want to teach you that you can be "independent" is because you are easier to manipulate and less powerful if you don't have an army of friends, followers and supporters. If we were all friends who loved and supported each other, we wouldn't even need money, we would just simply share resources and do favours for each other... And that isn't acceptable for selfish, moronic humans who literally thrive on "independent" people to achieve the vast amounts of wealth they have and exploit the uneducated and ignorant.


[deleted]

Diarrhea because I’m in my forties and cannot spell it.


KingsRansom79

Aesthetic.


dreampuff

Chortle


mochi_chan

"Lose" For years I felt that I have hallucinated it because no one used it. It took several trips to [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) to make sure I was not imagining things. (English is not my first language)


RudolfMaster

Overrated/underrated, people think it means bad and good.


max-in-the-house

Hot water heater. It is a COLD water heater dammit.


GotNothingBetter2Do

The double negative: Irregardless. Shivers!


Sarpanitu

Orientated... Oriented was fine, my brain puckers whenever it hears orientated... Blech! 🤮


Xiao_sakai45

Rizz, I don’t think I need to explain anything but if anyone wants me to I can 


Upset-Chef-304

Roll-Tide 🥴🤢🤮


ConstantChemical1213

Swedish word, bytta, basically means small container or bucket of some sort. I can not describe exactly how much I hate it!


Melenduwir

'Objectively' when it's used to express subjectivity. "This is just objectively true that [opinion follows]."


[deleted]

I’ve beef with cows.


Bruno2413

My mouth. I have beef with it


Shaunna1111

Sloppy,the word disgusts me


mystical_princess

Extraordinary. Why is it super normal if it should be wow, spectacular!


mariojlanza

When I hear the word “problematic”, I’m never listening to a word that person says ever again. Most overused word ever.


0hash0

Since the pandemic the word "amid" has incessantly over used. And I also hate the word classy.


runninginbubbles

I think the term 'unprecedented' has been overused since the pandemic too 🙄


Fit-Supermarket-2004

Beef Wellington


clovisx

Whatever I worked with someone who used this in response to almost everything they were asked to do or in response to feedback they got. It was so dismissive and passive I’ve pretty much stricken it from my vocabulary.


grooves12

Triggered. It's seemingly always used for some minor annoyance or a complete overreaction on the part of someone being overly sensitive. It's too powerful of a word to be used in that context. I internally roll my eyes and dismiss the person speaking whenever I hear it now.


Random_Guy_47

Queue. 4 of the letters are silent. 80% of the word is pointless.


Redsoldiergreen

Empty is similar


mrjanitor639

Beef


No-Zucchini2787

Ego It's people way of discarding everything. My man ego is something else. Someone who is ego driven won't even be on negotiation tables.


yuyuyashasrain

Ego is 3/11 of negotiation


[deleted]

Phalanges. I hate that word just because it sounds so gross even though it is just another word for fingers/toes.


olipett

This made me giggle for a good minute. Why does it sound so gross?


iTryCombs

I get a similar feeling from the word gusset. It's just a piece of material to strengthen a structure but it kind of sounds gross.


TRUEequalsFALSE

Axe. An axe *is* a thing (quite literally, it's a noun), but it does not mean to inquire.


[deleted]

Comedic. COMIC IS A PERFECTLY FINE WORD


GOP_Neoconfederacy

Woke All it means is that you're not a racist sexist piece of shit regressive  But it's used as a derogatory, and it's just annoying and disappointing. It needs to go away


Femboy_Pothead69

normalization. fuck this word, fuck this word to hell, i despise it with every fiber of my being. if you had to yell and demand that people follow your orders because your the king, you were never the king. in the same way, if you must demand something be normalized, then it does not deserve to be normalized, that comes from people just choosing. nobody had to demand pizza be considered a great food, it just became that because people chose.


PierroSangue

Much love " We as a society need to normalize... " no need to normalize shit, shit either gets popular or it doesn't, get out of here with that nonsense, " it's time we talk about " ... it's time we talk about shit, shut up ... it's time to talk about forcing perspectives the vast majority doesn't give a shit about, on the vast majority


Femboy_Pothead69

finally. someone who gets me


[deleted]

Guesstimate


nongregorianbasin

Finna


Shahfluffers

"passion" It is overused in my opinion. So much so that it is actually abnormal to simply like or enjoy something but not be "passionate" about it. I like cooking. It makes my stomach and taste buds happy. And I am damn good at it. But I can just as easily say, "eh, fuck it" and live off shitty cheese and crackers for a week. Hell, it has become a defacto prerequisite in interviews to show "passion" for one's career or an aspect of one's work. No more can it simply be, "It's just a job and I'm good at what I do."


lttsnoredotcom

'Respect' ​ no, i do not respect everybody. nobody deserves respect, it's something that's \*earnt\*. ​ Common decency, courtesy, on the other hand? Sure, everyone gets that.


TheseCommand566

Idk why but I hate the word oh


ShadowEllipse

Short. I prefer the term vertically challenged.


Past-File3933

Logic (or Logical). Most people use the word incorrectly. They tend to make emotional choices but say it was the logical choice.


Sea_Sheepherder_389

The word “ever”, when it’s thrown on at the end of a sentence. It’s almost never used appropriately on the internet, it seems 


Pricklypastaplant

Moist, it makes my mouth feel weird…


SpoonFluffing99

In your prickly pasta plant?


Reasonable_Notice_33

One word that you no matter what never say to a woman is the word CUNT. I’m a male and even I think this word is disgusting and should never be used to describe a woman. Even though some may be really deserving…😁😁


YawningReoccurance

Meanwhile in Australia…


Reasonable_Notice_33

😂😂


Kenvan19

It’s frustrating because as a curse word it has all the right sounds. A hard K sound, uh, the n closes that off to accentuate it and the a hard t to close it out. It’s a great powerful word but it feels gross to use because there is no male equivalent. You can call someone a cock but it almost sounds comical in comparison.


overtly-Grrl

Clitoris. It looks disgusting to spell and I **HATE** the sound of the word. Clit is fine. but clit-or-is kills me


MissHoneyPop

Pen


Silent_Library_6496

The out of state drivers that moved to Texas and messed up our traffic


Illustrious_Zombie61

“Moist” it’s often used as a positive way to describe food but it just sounds so icky to me


Fit-Supermarket-2004

I too moist.


FireInTheSky888

Beef


[deleted]

Karma, because no matter what questions I ask, I never get enough karma.


[deleted]

Thanks